Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year

The Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year (known as the Laureus World Sports Award for Newcomer of the Year prior to 2007)[3] is an annual award honouring the achievements of those individuals or teams who have made a breakthrough performance in the world of sports. It was first awarded in 2000 as one of the seven constituent awards presented during the Laureus World Sports Awards.[1] The awards are presented by the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, a global organisation involved in more than 150 charity projects supporting 500,000 young people.[4] The first ceremony was held on 25 May 2000 in Monte Carlo, at which Nelson Mandela gave the keynote speech.[5] As of 2020, a shortlist of six nominees for the award comes from a panel composed of the "world's leading sports editors, writers and broadcasters".[1] The Laureus World Sports Academy then selects the individual winner or winning team who is presented with a Laureus statuette, created by Cartier, at an annual awards ceremony held in various locations around the world.[6] The awards are considered highly prestigious and are frequently referred to as the sporting equivalent of "Oscars".[7][8][9]

Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year
Awarded for"Awarded to the sportsperson or team whose performance as a newcomer suggests the greatest potential for an outstanding career or to an established sportsman or sportswoman who produces a significant step-up in class to a considerably higher level of sporting achievement."[1]
LocationBerlin (2020)[2]
Presented byLaureus Sport for Good Foundation
First awarded2000
Currently held byEgan Bernal (COL)[2]
WebsiteOfficial website

The inaugural winner of the award was the Spanish golfer Sergio García. During his debut season as a professional, the 19-year-old finished one stroke behind Tiger Woods at the 1999 PGA Championship and became the youngest player to gain selection for Team Europe for the Ryder Cup.[10][11] As of 2020, the award has been won by a different individual sportsperson every year (four to women, sixteen to men), although eight teams have been nominated – Ghana men's national football team (2007), VfL Wolfsburg (2010), Afghanistan men's national cricket team (2014), Switzerland Davis Cup team (2015), Chile men's national football team (2016), Fiji national rugby sevens team (2017), Iceland national football team (2017) and Leicester City F.C. (2017). British and Spanish sportspeople have won more awards than any other nationality with four, followed by Americans, Germans and Chinese with two. Golfers are the most successful overall with six wins followed by Formula One drivers with five. The winner in 2017 was the German Formula One driver Nico Rosberg. Having beaten teammate Lewis Hamilton to the 2016 World Championship title by five points, Rosberg announced his retirement from the sport five days later, two months prior to collecting his Laureus statuette.[12][13] The 2020 winner of the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year was the Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal.[2]

List of winners and nominees
Year Image Winner Nationality Sport Nominees Refs
2000 Sergio García  ESP Golf Kurt Warner ( USA) – American football
Serena Williams ( USA) – tennis		 [14][15]
2001 Marat Safin  RUS Tennis Aaron Baddeley ( AUS) – golf
Jenson Button ( GBR) – Formula One
Juan Carlos Ferrero ( ESP) – tennis
Brett Lee ( AUS) – cricket		 [16][17]
2002 Juan Pablo Montoya  COL Formula One Kim Clijsters ( BEL) – tennis
Steven Gerrard ( GBR) – football
Justine Henin ( BEL) – tennis
Andy Roddick ( USA) – tennis		 [9][18]
2003 Yao Ming  CHN Basketball Daniela Hantuchová ( SVK) – tennis
David Nalbandian ( ARG) – tennis
Wayne Rooney ( GBR) – football
Jochem Uytdehaage ( NED) – speed skating		 [19][20]
2004 Michelle Wie  USA Golf Fernando Alonso ( ESP) – Formula One
Ben Curtis ( USA) – golf
LeBron James ( USA) – basketball
Robinho ( BRA) – football
Maria Sharapova ( RUS) – tennis		 [21][22]
2005 Liu Xiang  CHN Athletics Amir Khan ( GBR) – boxing
Svetlana Kuznetsova ( RUS) – tennis
Laure Manaudou ( FRA) – swimming
Dani Pedrosa ( ESP) – MotoGP
Xing Huina ( CHN) – athletics		 [23][24]
2006 Rafael Nadal  ESP Tennis Paula Creamer ( USA) – golf
Lionel Messi ( ARG) – football
Andy Murray ( GBR) – tennis
Danica Patrick ( USA) – auto racing
Ben Roethlisberger ( USA) – American football		 [25][26]
2007 Amélie Mauresmo  FRA Tennis Xavier Carter ( USA) – athletics
Ghana men's national football team ( GHA) – football
Lewis Hamilton ( GBR) – Formula One
Britta Steffen ( GER) – swimming
Ma Xiaoxu ( CHN) – football		 [27][28]
2008 Lewis Hamilton  GBR Formula One Novak Djokovic ( SRB) – tennis
Tyson Gay ( USA) – athletics
Alberto Contador ( ESP) – cycling
Oscar Pistorius ( RSA) – athletics
Casey Stoner ( AUS) – MotoGP		 [29][30]
2009 Rebecca Adlington  GBR Swimming Novak Djokovic ( SRB) – tennis
Ana Ivanovic ( SRB) – tennis
Anthony Kim ( USA) – golf
Sebastian Vettel ( GER) – Formula One
Zou Kai ( CHN) – gymnastics		 [31][32][33]
2010 Jenson Button  GBR Formula One Mark Cavendish ( GBR) – cycling
Tom Daley ( GBR) – diving
Juan Martín del Potro ( ARG) – tennis
Jiyai Shin ( KOR) – golf
VfL Wolfsburg ( GER) – football		 [34][35]
2011 Martin Kaymer  GER Golf Christophe Lemaitre ( FRA) – athletics
Teddy Tamgho ( FRA) – athletics
Louis Oosthuizen ( RSA) – golf
Matteo Manassero ( ITA) – golf
Thomas Müller ( GER) – football		 [36][37]
2012 Rory McIlroy  NIR Golf Li Na ( CHN) – tennis
Oscar Pistorius ( RSA) – athletics
Mo Farah ( GBR) – athletics
Petra Kvitová ( CZE) – tennis
Yohan Blake ( JAM) – athletics		 [38][39]
2013 Andy Murray  GBR Tennis Gabby Douglas ( USA) – gymnastics
Kirani James ( GRN) – athletics
Neymar ( BRA) – football
Yannick Agnel ( FRA) – swimming
Ye Shiwen ( CHN) – swimming		 [40][41]
2014 Marc Márquez  ESP MotoGP Afghanistan men's national cricket team ( AFG) – cricket
Raphael Holzdeppe ( GER) – athletics
Nairo Quintana ( COL) – cycling
Justin Rose ( GBR) – golf
Adam Scott ( AUS) – golf		 [42][43]
2015 Daniel Ricciardo  AUS Formula One Marin Čilić ( CRO) – tennis
Mario Götze ( GER) – football
Switzerland Davis Cup team (  SUI) – tennis
Mikaela Shiffrin ( USA) – alpine skiing
James Rodríguez ( COL) – football		 [44][45]
2016 Jordan Spieth  USA Golf Max Verstappen ( NED) – Formula One
Chile men's national football team ( CHI) – football
Adam Peaty ( GBR) – swimming
Tyson Fury ( GBR) – boxing
Jason Day ( AUS) – golf		 [46][47]
2017 Nico Rosberg  GER Formula One Almaz Ayana ( ETH) – athletics
Fiji men's rugby sevens team ( FIJ) – rugby sevens
Iceland men's football team ( ISL) – football
Leicester City F.C. ( GBR) – football
Wayde van Niekerk ( RSA) – athletics		 [13][48]
2018 Sergio García  ESP Golf Giannis Antetokounmpo ( GRE) – Basketball
Caeleb Dressel ( USA) – Swimming
Anthony Joshua ( GBR) – Boxing
Kylian Mbappé ( FRA) – Football
Jeļena Ostapenko ( LAT) – Tennis		 [49][50]
2019 Naomi Osaka  JPN Tennis Ana Carrasco ( ESP) – Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Jakob Ingebrigtsen ( NOR) – athletics
Geraint Thomas ( GBR) – cycling
Sofia Goggia ( ITA) – Alpine skiing
Briana Williams ( JAM) – athletics		 [51][52]
2020 Egan Bernal  COL Cycling Andy Ruiz ( USA) – boxing
Bianca Andreescu ( CAN) – tennis
Coco Gauff ( USA) – tennis
Japan men's rugby team ( JPN) – rugby union
Regan Smith ( USA) – swimming		 [53]

Statistics
Statistics are correct as of 2020 ceremony.

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