Winners
| Year | Title | Author(s) | Featured subject(s) | Featured sport | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny | Dan Topolski, Patrick Robinson | The Boat Race | Rowing | |
| 1990 | Rough Ride: An Insight into Pro Cycling | Paul Kimmage | Paul Kimmage | Cycling | |
| 1991 | Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times | Thomas Hauser | Muhammad Ali | Boxing | |
| 1992 | Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life | Nick Hornby | Nick Hornby | Football | |
| 1993 | Endless Winter: The Inside Story of the Rugby Revolution | Stephen Jones | Rugby football | Rugby football | |
| 1994 | Football Against the Enemy | Simon Kuper | Football | Football | |
| 1995 | A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour | John Feinstein | PGA Tour | Golf | |
| 1996 | Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing | Donald McRae | Boxing | Boxing | |
| 1997 | A Lot of Hard Yakka: Cricketing Life on the County Circuit | Simon Hughes | Simon Hughes | Cricket | |
| 1998 | Angry White Pyjamas: An Oxford Poet Trains with the Tokyo Riot Police | Robert Twigger | Robert Twigger | Aikido | |
| 1999 | A Social History of English Cricket | Derek Birley | Cricket | Cricket | |
| 2000 | It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life | Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins | Lance Armstrong | Cycling | |
| 2001 | Seabiscuit: The True Story of Three Men and a Racehorse | Laura Hillenbrand | Seabiscuit | Horse racing | |
| 2002 | In Black and White: The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens | Donald McRae | Joe Louis, Jesse Owens | Athletics, Boxing | |
| 2003 | Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football | Tom Bower | Football | Football | |
| 2004 | Basil D'Oliveira: Cricket and Conspiracy: the Untold Story | Peter Oborne | Basil D'Oliveira | Cricket | |
| 2005 | My Father & Other Working Class Football Heroes | Gary Imlach | Stewart Imlach | Football | |
| 2006 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Geoffrey Ward | Jack Johnson | Boxing | |
| 2007 | Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years With Brian Clough | Duncan Hamilton | Brian Clough | Football | |
| 2008 | Coming Back to Me: The Autobiography of Marcus Trescothick | Marcus Trescothick, Peter Hayter | Marcus Trescothick | Cricket | |
| 2009 | Harold Larwood | Duncan Hamilton | Harold Larwood | Cricket | |
| 2010 | Beware of the Dog: Rugby's Hard Man Reveals All | Brian Moore | Brian Moore | Rugby football | |
| 2011 | A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke | Ronald Reng | Robert Enke | Football | |
| 2012 | The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs | Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle | Tyler Hamilton, Lance Armstrong | Cycling |
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