By Year
- Denotes joint winners.
| Year | Nation | Winner | Sport | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | ENG | Cooper motor racing team !Cooper motor racing team | Motor racing | |
| 1961 | ENG | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. !Tottenham Hotspur F.C. | Football | |
| 1962 | ENG | BRM motor racing team !BRM motor racing team | Motor racing | |
| 1963 | WIN | West Indies cricket team !West Indies cricket team | Cricket | |
| 1964 | ENG | England youth football team !England youth football team | Football | |
| 1965 | ENG | West Ham United F.C. !West Ham United F.C. | Football | |
| 1966 | ENG | England football team !England football team | Football | |
| 1967 | SCO | Celtic F.C. !Celtic F.C. | Football | |
| 1968 | ENG | Manchester United F.C. !Manchester United F.C. | Football | |
| 1969 | GBR | Women's 4 x 400 m relay team !Women's 4 x 400 m relay team | Athletics | |
| 1969 | GBR | Ryder Cup team, GB !Ryder Cup team | Golf | |
| 1970 | CAN | Nijinsky horse racing team !Nijinsky horse racing team | Horse racing | |
| 1971 | GBR | British Lions rugby union squad !British Lions rugby union squad | Rugby union | |
| 1972 | GBR | Olympic three day event team !Olympic three day event team | Equestrianism | |
| 1973 | ENG | Sunderland A.F.C. !Sunderland A.F.C. | Football | |
| 1974 | GBR | British Lions rugby union squad !British Lions rugby union squad | Rugby union | |
| 1975 | GBR | Men's swimming team !Men's Swimming team | Swimming | |
| 1976 | GBR | Olympic modern pentathlon team !Olympic modern pentathlon team | Athletics | |
| 1977 | ENG | Liverpool F.C. !Liverpool F.C. | Football | |
| 1978 | GBR | Davis and Whiteman Cup tennis teams !Davis and Wightman Cup tennis teams | Tennis | |
| 1979 | GBR | Showjumping team !Showjumping team | Equestrianism | |
| 1980 | ENG | England rugby union squad !England rugby union squad | Rugby union | |
| 1981 | ENG | Champion, Bob and Aldaniti !Bob Champion and Aldaniti | Horse racing | |
| 1982 | GBR | Torvill and Dean !Torvill and Dean | Figure skating | |
| 1983 | GBR | Torvill and Dean !Torvill and Dean | Figure skating | |
| 1984 | GBR | Olympic Showjumping team !Showjumping team | Equestrianism | |
| 1985 | EUR | Ryder Cup team, EUR !Ryder Cup team | Golf | |
| 1986 | ENG | Liverpool F.C. !Liverpool F.C. | Football | |
| 1987 | EUR | Ryder Cup team, EUR !Ryder Cup team | Golf | |
| 1988 | GBR | Olympic hockey team !Olympic hockey team | Hockey | |
| 1989 | GBR | Men's athletics squad !Men's athletics squad | Athletics | |
| 1990 | SCO | Scotland rugby union squad !Scotland rugby union squad | Rugby union | |
| 1991 | ENG | England rugby union squad !England rugby union squad | Rugby union | |
| 1991 | GBR | Men's 4 x 400 m Relay team !Men's 4 x 400 m relay team | Athletics | |
| 1992 | GBR | Olympic rowing pairs !Olympic rowing pairs | Rowing | |
| 1993 | ENG | England rugby union squad !England rugby union squad | Rugby union | |
| 1994 | ENG | Wigan !Wigan | Rugby league | |
| 1995 | EUR | Ryder Cup team, EUR !Ryder Cup team | Golf | |
| 1996 | GBR | Olympic rowing pairs !Olympic rowing pairs | Rowing | |
| 1997 | GBR | British Lions rugby union squad !British Lions rugby union squad | Rugby union | |
| 1998 | ENG | Arsenal F.C. !Arsenal F.C. | Football | |
| 1999 | ENG | Manchester United F.C. !Manchester United F.C. | Football | |
| 2000 | GBR | Olympic and Paralympic athletes !Olympic and Paralympic teams | — | |
| 2001 | ENG | Liverpool F.C. !Liverpool F.C. | Football | |
| 2002 | EUR | Ryder Cup team, EUR !Ryder Cup team | Golf | |
| 2003 | ENG | England rugby union squad !England rugby union squad | Rugby union | |
| 2004 | GBR | Olympic men's coxless four !Olympic men's coxless four | Rowing | |
| 2005 | ENG | England cricket team !England cricket team | Cricket | |
| 2006 | ENG | St Helens RLFC !St Helens RLFC | Rugby league | |
| 2007 | ENG | England rugby union squad !England rugby union squad | Rugby union | |
| 2008 | GBR | Olympic cycling team !Olympic cycling team | Cycling | |
| 2009 | ENG | England cricket team !England men's cricket team | Cricket | |
| 2010 | EUR | Ryder Cup team, EUR !Ryder Cup team | Golf | |
| 2011 | ENG | England cricket team !England cricket team | Cricket |
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Famous quotes containing the word year:
“This generation is very sure to plant corn and beans each new year precisely as the Indians did centuries ago and taught the first settlers to do, as if there were a fate in it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The first year was like icing.
Then the cake started to show through.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)