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Who won Sports Personality of the Year 2025?

Rory McIlroy after winning the Masters golf tournament.Image source, Getty Images

The golfer Rory McIlroy has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award for 2025.

It's the night when some of the biggest names from different sports come together to celebrate the amazing sporting achievements from the year.

There are a total of seven awards up for grabs on the night.

If you're a fan of the Lionesses there was a couple of familiar faces in the list of other winners with Michelle Agyemang and Sarina Wiegman picking up Young Sports Personality of the Year and Coach of the Year.

What do you think of the winners? Who did you want to win? Let us know in the comments below.

Why did Rory McIlroy win?

Rory McIlroy at the Sports Personality of the Year Awards.Image source, Getty Images

It's fair to say Rory McIlroy has had an incredible comeback this year.

After years of near misses he won the Masters golf tournament in April, that alone is very impressive but it meant he completed a golf career Grand Slam.

That's when you win all four of the major golf championships - he's only the sixth man in history to do that.

When he picked up the award he said: "2025 has been the year I made my dreams come true."

Michelle Agyemang playing for England.Image source, Getty Images

At only 19, Michelle Agyemang was the youngest member of the Euro 2025 winning Lionesses squad, but she certainly didn't look out of place.

The superstar striker came off the bench to score goals when England really needed them, in the quarter-final against Sweden and again in the semi-final against Italy.

The Lionesses' coach Sarina Wiegman was also recognised at the awards - winning Coach of the Year.

We wonder where she is going to keep all her trophies, she's already picked up the prize for best women's coach at the Ballon d'Or awards and at the Fifa Best awards.

Sarina Wiegman at BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards 2025.Image source, Getty Images

Who won which award at SPOTY 2025?

  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025 - Rory McIlroy

  • Team of the Year - European Ryder Cup team

  • Lifetime Achievement award winner - Thierry Henry

  • Helen Rollason award - Sergio Aguiar and David Stancombe

  • World Sport Star - Armand Duplantis

  • Coach of the Year - Sarina Wiegman

  • Young Sports Personality of the Year - Michelle Agyemang