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The '''German [[Athlete of the Year|Sportspersonality of the Year]]''' ({{Langx|de|Sportler des Jahres}}) has been chosen annually since 1947, with separate awards made for men and women. The record holder is tennis player [[Steffi Graf]], who won five awards. Swimmer [[Michael Groß]], tennis player [[Boris Becker]], and high jumper [[Ulrike Meyfarth]] each have four awards. Since 1957 the [[sports journalism|sport journalists]] also vote for '''Germany's Sportsteam of the Year'''.

In [[East Germany]] (GDR) there was also an annual vote for the Best Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year, from 1953 to 1989, chosen by the readers of the daily newspaper [[Junge Welt]]. Since 1990, after [[German reunification|reunification]], the East and West German awards merged into one single award.

==West Germany and Germany==
{|border=1 align=center width=100% cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2 style="background: ivory; font-size: 90%; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; clear:center" 
|- style="background:beige"
!style="width: 5em"|YEAR
!style="width: 20em"|MALE
!style="width: 20em"|FEMALE
!style="width: 20em"|TEAM
!style="width: 20em"|MALE (DISABLED)
!style="width: 20em"|FEMALE (DISABLED)
!style="width: 20em"|TEAM (DISABLED)
|-
|align="center"|[[1947 in sports|1947]]
|[[Gottfried von Cramm]] 
|[[Marga Petersen]] 
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1948 in sports|1948]]
|[[Gottfried von Cramm]] 
|[[Mirl Buchner-Fischer]] 
|-
|align="center"|[[1949 in sports|1949]]
|[[Georg Meier]] 
|[[Lena Stumpf]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1950 in sports|1950]]
|[[Herbert Klein (swimmer)|Herbert Klein]] 
|[[Ria Baran-Falk]] 
|-
|align="center"|[[1951 in sports|1951]]
|[[Paul Falk]] 
|[[Ria Baran-Falk]] 
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1952 in sports|1952]]
|[[Karl Kling]] 
|[[Ria Baran-Falk]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1953 in sports|1953]]
|[[Werner Haas]] 
|[[Christa Seliger]] 
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1954 in sports|1954]]
|[[Heinz Fütterer]] 
|[[Ursula Happe]] 
|-
|align="center"|[[1955 in sports|1955]]
|[[Hans Günter Winkler]] 
|[[Helene Kienzle]] 
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1956 in sports|1956]]
|[[Hans Günter Winkler]] 
|[[Ursula Happe]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1957 in sports|1957]]
|[[Manfred Germar]] 
|[[Wiltrud Urselmann]] 
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1958 in sports|1958]]
|[[Fritz Thiedemann]] 
|[[Marianne Werner]] 
|-
|align="center"|[[1959 in sports|1959]]
|[[Martin Lauer]] 
|[[Marika Kilius]] 
|[[Deutschland-Achter]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1960 in sports|1960]]
|[[Georg Thoma]] 
|[[Ingrid Krämer]] 
|[[Deutschland-Achter]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1961 in sports|1961]]
|[[Wolfgang von Trips]] 
|[[Heidi Schmid]] 
|[[1. FC Nürnberg]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1962 in sports|1962]]
|[[Gerhard Hetz]] 
|[[Jutta Heine]] 
|-
|align="center"|[[1963 in sports|1963]]
|[[Gerhard Hetz]] 
|[[Ursel Brunner]] 
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1964 in sports|1964]]
|[[Willi Holdorf]] 
|[[Roswitha Esser]]<br>[[Annemarie Zimmermann]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1965 in sports|1965]]
|[[Hans-Joachim Klein (swimmer)|Hans-Joachim Klein]] 
|[[Helga Hoffmann]] 
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1966 in sports|1966]]
|[[Rudi Altig]] 
|[[Helga Hoffmann]]<br>[[Karin Frisch]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1967 in sports|1967]]
|[[Kurt Bendlin]] 
|[[Liesel Westermann]] 
|[[FC Bayern Munich]] 
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1968 in sports|1968]]
|[[Franz Keller (skier)|Franz Keller]] 
|[[Ingrid Becker]] 
|[[Deutschland-Achter]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1969 in sports|1969]]
|[[Hans Fassnacht]] 
|[[Liesel Westermann]] 
|[[Deutschland-Achter]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1970 in sports|1970]]
|[[Hans Fassnacht]] 
|[[Heide Rosendahl]] 
|[[Germany national football team|men's national football team]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1971 in sports|1971]]
|[[Hans Fassnacht]] 
|[[Ingrid Becker|Ingrid Mickler-Becker]] 
|[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] 
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1972 in sports|1972]]
|[[Klaus Wolfermann]] 
|[[Heide Rosendahl]] 
|[[Germany men's national field hockey team]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1973 in sports|1973]]
|[[Klaus Wolfermann]] 
|[[Uta Schorn]] 
|[[Bahnrad-Vierer]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1974 in sports|1974]]
|[[Eberhard Gienger]] 
|[[Christel Justen]] 
|[[Germany national football team|men's national football team]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1975 in sports|1975]]
|[[Peter-Michael Kolbe]] 
|[[Ellen Wellmann]]
|[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] 
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1976 in sports|1976]]
|[[Gregor Braun]] 
|[[Rosi Mittermaier]] 
|[[Bahnrad-Vierer]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1977 in sports|1977]]
|[[Dietrich Thurau]] 
|[[Eva Wilms]] 
|[[Germany Foil team]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1978 in sports|1978]]
|[[Eberhard Gienger]] 
|[[Maria Epple]] 
|[[Germany men's national handball team]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1979 in sports|1979]]
|[[Harald Schmid]] 
|[[Christa Kinshofer]] 
|[[TV Großwallstadt]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1980 in sports|1980]]
|[[Guido Kratschmer]] 
|[[Irene Epple]] 
|[[Germany national football team|men's national football team]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1981 in sports|1981]]
|[[Toni Mang]] 
|[[Ulrike Meyfarth]]
|[[Germany men's national water polo team|men's national water polo team]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1982 in sports|1982]]
|[[Michael Groß]] 
|[[Ulrike Meyfarth]]
|[[Erwin Skamrahl]], [[Harald Schmid]], [[Thomas Giessing]], [[Hartmut Weber]] ([[4 × 400 metres relay]]) 
|-
|align="center"|[[1983 in sports|1983]]
|[[Michael Groß]] 
|[[Ulrike Meyfarth]]
|[[VfL Gummersbach]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1984 in sports|1984]]
|[[Michael Groß]] 
|[[Ulrike Meyfarth]]
|[[Germany Fencing team]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1985 in sports|1985]]
|[[Boris Becker]] 
|[[Cornelia Hanisch]]
|[[Germany Davis Cup team]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1986 in sports|1986]]
|[[Boris Becker]] 
|[[Steffi Graf]]
|[[Germany Fencing team]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1987 in sports|1987]]
|[[Harald Schmid]] 
|[[Steffi Graf]] 
|[[Germany Billie Jean King Cup team|Germany Fed Cup team]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1988 in sports|1988]]
|[[Michael Groß]] 
|[[Steffi Graf]]
|[[Deutschland-Achter]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1989 in sports|1989]]
|[[Boris Becker]] 
|[[Steffi Graf]]
|[[Deutschland-Achter]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1990 in sports|1990]]
|[[Boris Becker]] 
|[[Katrin Krabbe]]
|[[Germany national football team]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1991 in sports|1991]]
|[[Michael Stich]] 
|[[Katrin Krabbe]]
|[[1. FC Kaiserslautern]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1992 in sports|1992]]
|[[Dieter Baumann]] 
|[[Heike Henkel]]
|[[Germany men's national field hockey team|men's national field hockey team]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1993 in sports|1993]]
|[[Henry Maske]] 
|[[Franziska van Almsick]]
|[[Germany national basketball team|men's national basketball team]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1994 in sports|1994]]
|[[Markus Wasmeier]] 
|[[Katja Seizinger]]
|[[Germany ski jumping team]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1995 in sports|1995]]
|[[Michael Schumacher]] 
|[[Franziska van Almsick]]
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1996 in sports|1996]]
|[[Frank Busemann]] 
|[[Katja Seizinger]]
|[[Germany national football team|men's national football team]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1997 in sports|1997]]
|[[Jan Ullrich]] 
|[[Astrid Kumbernuss]]
|[[T-Mobile-Team]] - [[Road bicycle racing|Road cycling]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1998 in sports|1998]]
|[[Georg Hackl]] 
|[[Katja Seizinger]]
|[[1. FC Kaiserslautern]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1999 in sports|1999]]
|[[Martin Schmitt]] 
|[[Steffi Graf]]
|[[Germany ski jumping team]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[2000 in sports|2000]]
|[[Nils Schumann]] 
|[[Heike Drechsler]]
|[[Bahnrad-Vierer]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2001 in sports|2001]]
|[[Erik Zabel]] 
|[[Hannah Stockbauer]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[2002 in sports|2002]]
|[[Sven Hannawald]] 
|[[Franziska van Almsick]]
|[[Germany national football team|men's national football team]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2003 in sports|2003]]
|[[Jan Ullrich]] 
|[[Hannah Stockbauer]]
|[[Germany women's national football team|women's national football team]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[2004 in sports|2004]]
|[[Michael Schumacher]] 
|[[Birgit Fischer]]
|[[Germany women's national field hockey team|women's national field hockey team]]
|[[Wojtek Czyz]]
|[[Kirsten Bruhn]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2005 in sports|2005]]
|[[Ronny Ackermann]] 
|[[Uschi Disl]]
|[[Germany national basketball team|men's national basketball team]]
|[[Michael Teuber]]
|[[Kirsten Bruhn]]
|[[Sitting volleyball team]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[2006 in sports|2006]]
|[[Michael Greis]] 
|[[Kati Wilhelm]]
|[[Germany national football team|men's national football team]]
|[[Gerd Schönfelder]]
|[[Verena Bentele]]
|[[Wheelchair basketball team]] (women)
|-
|align="center"|[[2007 in sports|2007]]
|[[Fabian Hambüchen]] 
|[[Magdalena Neuner]]
|[[Germany men's national handball team|men's national handball team]]
|[[Mathias Mester]]
|[[Natalie Simanowski]]
|[[Wheelchair basketball team]] (women)
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[2008 in sports|2008]]
|[[Matthias Steiner]] 
|[[Britta Steffen]]
|[[Germany men's national field hockey team|men's national field hockey team]]
|[[Wolfgang Sacher]]
|[[Kirsten Bruhn]]
|[[Wheelchair basketball team]] (women)
|-
|align="center"|[[2009 in sports|2009]]
|[[Paul Biedermann]] 
|[[Steffi Nerius]]
|[[Germany women's national football team|women's national football team]]
|[[Michael Teuber]]
|[[Andrea Rothfuss]]
|[[Wheelchair curling team]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[2010 in sports|2010]]
|[[Sebastian Vettel]]
|[[Maria Riesch]]
|[[Germany national football team|men's national football team]]
|[[Gerd Schönfelder]]
|[[Verena Bentele]]
|[[Paracycling team]]
|- 
|align="center"|[[2011 in sports|2011]]
|[[Dirk Nowitzki]]
|[[Magdalena Neuner]]
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|[[Gerd Schönfelder]]
|[[Anna Schaffelhuber]]
|[[Wheelchair basketball team]] (women)
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[2012 in sports|2012]]
|[[Robert Harting]]
|[[Magdalena Neuner]]
|[[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's eight|Deutschlandachter]]
|[[Jochen Wollmert]]
|[[Birgit Kober]]
|[[Wheelchair basketball team]] (women)
|- 
|align="center"|[[2013 in sports|2013]]
|[[Robert Harting]]
|[[Christina Obergföll]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich]]
|[[Thomas Schmidberger]]
|[[Anna Schaffelhuber]]
|[[Wheelchair basketball team]] (youth)
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[2014 in sports|2014]]
|[[Robert Harting]]
|[[Maria Höfl-Riesch]]
|[[Germany national football team|men's national football team]]
|[[Markus Rehm]]
|[[Anna Schaffelhuber]]
|[[Wheelchair basketball team]] (women)
|- 
|align="center"|[[2015 in sports|2015]]
|[[Jan Frodeno]]
|[[Christina Schwanitz]]
|Nordic combined team Germany
|[[Georg Kreiter]]
|[[Anna Schaffelhuber]]
|[[Wheelchair basketball team]] (women)
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[2016 in sports|2016]]
|[[Fabian Hambüchen]]
|[[Angelique Kerber]]
|[[Laura Ludwig]] and [[Kira Walkenhorst]] (beach volleyball)
|[[Niko Kappel]]
|[[Vanessa Low]]
|[[Johannes Floors]], [[Markus Rehm]], and [[Léon Schäfer]], [[Tom-Sengua Malutedi]] (4 × 100 Meters men's Relay)
|- 
|align="center"|[[2017 in sports|2017]]
|[[Johannes Rydzek]]
|[[Laura Dahlmeier]]
|[[Laura Ludwig]] and [[Kira Walkenhorst]] (beach volleyball)
|[[Niko Kappel]]
|[[Anna Schaffelhuber]]
|[[Johannes Floors]], [[Felix Streng]], [[David Behre]], and [[Markus Rehm]] (4 × 100 Meters men's Relay)
|-style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[2018 in sports|2018]]
|[[Patrick Lange]]
|[[Angelique Kerber]]
|[[Germany men's national ice hockey team|men's national ice hockey team]]
|[[Martin Fleig]]
|[[Andrea Eskau]]
|[[Andrea Eskau]], [[Alexander Ehler]], and [[Steffen Lehmker]] (Cross-country para skiing mixed team)
|-
|align="center"|[[2019 in sports|2019]]
|[[Niklas Kaul]]
|[[Malaika Mihambo]]
|[[Germany men's national ski jumping team]]
|
|
|
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[2020 in sports|2020]]
|[[Leon Draisaitl]]
|[[Malaika Mihambo]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich]]
|
|
|
|-
|align="center"|[[2021 in sports|2021]]
|[[Alexander Zverev]]
|[[Malaika Mihambo]]
|[[Bahnrad-Vierer]] women
|[[Valentin Baus]]
|[[Elena Semechin]]
|[[Wheelchair basketball team]] (women)
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[2022 in sports|2022]]
|[[Niklas Kaul]]
|[[Gina Lückenkemper]]
|[[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
|[[Marco Maier]]
|[[Anna-Lena Forster]]
|[[pararowing|mixed para-rowing team]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2023 in sports|2023]]
|[[Lukas Dauser]]
|[[Denise Herrmann-Wick]]
|[[Germany men's national basketball team]]
|[[Léon Schäfer]]
|[[Anna-Lena Forster]]
|[[Sebastian Marburger]], [[Marco Maier]], [[Linn Kazmaier]] with guide [[Florian Baumann]], [[Nico Messinger]] with guide [[Robin Wunderle]] ([[Paralympic cross-country skiing|Cross-country skiing relay team]])
|-
|align="center"|[[2024 in sports|2024]]
|[[Oliver Zeidler]]
|[[Darja Varfolomeev]]
|[[Germany women's national 3x3 team]]
|
|
|
|}

==East Germany==
{|border=1 align=center width=72% cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2 style="background: ivory; font-size: 90%; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; clear:center" 
|- style="background:beige"
!style="width: 5em"|YEAR
!style="width: 20em"|MALE
!style="width: 20em"|FEMALE
|-
|align="center"|[[1953 in sports|1953]]
|[[Gustav-Adolf Schur]] 

|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1954 in sports|1954]]
|[[Gustav-Adolf Schur]] 

|-
|align="center"|[[1955 in sports|1955]]
|[[Gustav-Adolf Schur]] 

|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1956 in sports|1956]]
|[[Gustav-Adolf Schur]] 

|-
|align="center"|[[1957 in sports|1957]]
|[[Gustav-Adolf Schur]] 

|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1958 in sports|1958]]
|[[Gustav-Adolf Schur]] 
|[[Karin Beyer]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1959 in sports|1959]]
|[[Gustav-Adolf Schur]] 
|[[Gisela Birkemeyer]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1960 in sports|1960]]
|[[Gustav-Adolf Schur]] 
|[[Ingrid Krämer]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1961 in sports|1961]]
|[[Gustav-Adolf Schur]] 
|[[Ute Starke]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1962 in sports|1962]]
|[[Helmut Recknagel]] 
|[[Ingrid Krämer|Ingrid Krämer-Gulbin]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1963 in sports|1963]]
|[[Klaus Ampler]] 
|[[Ingrid Krämer|Ingrid Krämer-Gulbin]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1964 in sports|1964]]
|[[Klaus Urbanczyk]] 
|[[Ingrid Krämer|Ingrid Krämer-Gulbin]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1965 in sports|1965]]
|[[Jürgen May]] 
|[[Hannelore Suppe]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1966 in sports|1966]]
|[[Frank Wiegand]] 
|[[Gabriele Seyfert]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1967 in sports|1967]]
|[[Roland Matthes]] 
|[[Karin Janz]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1968 in sports|1968]]
|[[Roland Matthes]] 
|[[Margitta Gummel]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1969 in sports|1969]]
|[[Roland Matthes]] 
|[[Petra Vogt]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1970 in sports|1970]]
|[[Roland Matthes]] 
|[[Erika Zuchold]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1971 in sports|1971]]
|[[Roland Matthes]] 
|[[Karin Balzer]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1972 in sports|1972]]
|[[Wolfgang Nordwig]] 
|[[Karin Janz]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1973 in sports|1973]]
|[[Roland Matthes]] 
|[[Kornelia Ender]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1974 in sports|1974]]
|[[Hans-Georg Aschenbach]] 
|[[Kornelia Ender]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1975 in sports|1975]]
|[[Roland Matthes]] 
|[[Kornelia Ender]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1976 in sports|1976]]
|[[Waldemar Cierpinski]] 
|[[Kornelia Ender]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1977 in sports|1977]]
|[[Rolf Beilschmidt]] 
|[[Rosemarie Ackermann]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1978 in sports|1978]]
|[[Udo Beyer]] 
|[[Marita Koch]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1979 in sports|1979]]
|[[Bernd Drogan]] 
|[[Marita Koch]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1980 in sports|1980]]
|[[Waldemar Cierpinski]] 
|[[Maxi Gnauck]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1981 in sports|1981]]
|[[Lothar Thoms]] 
|[[Ute Geweniger]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1982 in sports|1982]]
|[[Bernd Drogan]] 
|[[Marita Koch]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1983 in sports|1983]]
|[[Uwe Raab]] 
|[[Marita Koch]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1984 in sports|1984]]
|[[Uwe Hohn]] 
|[[Katarina Witt]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1985 in sports|1985]]
|[[Jens Weißflog]] 
|[[Marita Koch]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1986 in sports|1986]]
|[[Olaf Ludwig]] 
|[[Heike Drechsler]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1987 in sports|1987]]
|[[Torsten Voss]] 
|[[Silke Möller]]
|- style="background:lemonchiffon"
|align="center"|[[1988 in sports|1988]]
|[[Olaf Ludwig]] 
|[[Kristin Otto]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1989 in sports|1989]]
|[[Andreas Wecker]] 
|[[Kristin Otto]]
|}

==See also==
*[[German Footballer of the Year]]
*[[German Volleyball Player of the Year]]
*[[German Sports Badge]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{National Sportsperson of the Year}}

[[Category:German sportspeople| ]]
[[Category:German sports trophies and awards|Sportspersonality of the Year]]
[[Category:National sportsperson-of-the-year trophies and awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1947]]
[[Category:1947 establishments in Germany]]