List of sport awards

This list of sport awards is an index to articles about notable medals, prizes, and other awards in the field of sport. It is organized by sport. For a given sport, awards are often given for the best players or teams in each country.

Start of the Hanover Grand Prix on August 5, 1920

General and miscellaneous

American football and Canadian football

Association football

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Australian rules football

  • AFL Army Award to players who produce significant acts of bravery or selflessness to promote the cause of their team during a game
  • AFL Rising Star to a standout young player in the Australian Football League
  • AFL Players Association awards a group of awards given annually to players in the Australian Football League, voted for by all AFL players
  • All-Australian team an all-star team of Australian rules footballers selected by a panel at the end of each season
  • Brownlow Medal to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game
  • Coleman Medal to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year
  • Goal of the Year for the best goal of the season
  • Herald Sun Player of the Year a media award for the Australian Football League given by Melbourne newspaper the Herald Sun
  • Jock McHale Medal to the coach of the winning premiership team in the Australian Football League
  • Leigh Matthews Trophy to the most valuable player in the Australian Football League
  • Lou Richards Medal to the best player in the Australian Football League as voted on by the Sunday Footy Show panel
  • Mark of the Year for the best mark of the season. A mark is the action of a player cleanly catching a kicked ball that has travelled more than 15 metres (49 ft) without the ball hitting the ground
  • Michael Tuck Medal to the "fairest and best" player in the AFL Pre-season Cup Final
  • Norm Smith Medal given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match

Auto racing

Baseball

Basketball

Beach soccer

Boxing

Cricket

Cycling

Figure skating

Golf

Horse racing

Ice hockey

North America

Sweden

Lacrosse

Olympic medalists

Paralympic medalists

Rugby league

  • 1989 League Legends Cup  awarded to the winner of the annual match between National Rugby League clubs the Canberra Raiders and the Wests Tigers
  • Albert Goldthorpe Medal  award to the Super League player of the year by Rugby Leaguer & League Express magazine
  • Auckland Rugby League club trophies  prizes, medals, and awards won by clubs of the Auckland Rugby League
  • Clive Churchill Medal  awarded to the annual National Rugby League Grand final's man-of-the-match
  • Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Honours  prizes, medals, and awards of the National Rugby League team Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
  • Dally M Awards  the National Rugby League's official annual awards ceremony
  • Foley Shield  awarded to the winners of the annual inter-city competition of North Queensland
  • Harry Sunderland Trophy  awarded to the annual Super League Grand final's man-of-the-match
  • The Immortals  the top six players in Australian history according to Rugby League Week
  • J. J. Giltinan Shield  awarded annually to the National Rugby League season's minor premiers
  • Jack Gibson Cup  awarded to the winner of the annual match between National Rugby League clubs the Parramatta Eels and Sydney Roosters clubs
  • Johnny Mannah Cup  awarded to the winner of the annual match between National Rugby League clubs the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Sydney Roosters clubs
  • Lance Todd Trophy  awarded to the annual Challenge Cup Final's man-of-the-match
  • League Leader's Shield  awarded annually to Super League's leaders at the end of the regular season
  • Mal Meninga Medal  awarded to the Canberra Raiders player of the year
  • Man of Steel Awards  awarded annually to the Super League player of the year
  • RLIF Awards  the Rugby League International Federation's annual awards ceremony
  • Ron Coote Cup  awarded to the winner of the annual match between National Rugby League clubs the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Sydney Roosters clubs
  • Rothmans Medal  awarded annually to the best and fairest player of the New South Wales Rugby League and the Brisbane Rugby League
  • Royal Agricultural Society Shield  awarded to the annual winners of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in its early years
  • Charity Shield (NRL)  awarded to the winner of an annual pre-season match between National Rugby League clubs the South Sydney Rabbitohs and St George Illawarra Dragons
  • Rugby League World Golden Boot Award  awarded annually to the player of the year according to Rugby League World magazine
  • South Sydney Rabbitohs competition honours  prizes, medals, and awards of the National Rugby League team South Sydney Rabbitohs
  • Super League Dream Team
  • Thacker Shield  awarded annually to the winner of a match between the champion clubs of the Canterbury Rugby League and West Coast Rugby League
  • Wally Lewis Medal  awarded annually to the player of the State of Origin series

Rugby union

Domestic trophies

  • European:
    • European Rugby Champions Cup a competition involving leading club, regional, and provincial teams from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales
    • European Challenge Cup the second-tier competition to the European Rugby Champions Cup
    • European Shield a defunct repechage tournament for teams knocked out in the first round of the European Challenge Cup (no longer awarded)
    • Heineken Cup (no longer awarded)
  • France:
  • Great Britain and Ireland:
    • Anglo-Welsh Cup (aka LV Cup, a cup competition for English and Welsh top-level club teams)
    • British and Irish Cup a cup competition for British and Irish semi-pro club teams
  • New Zealand:
    • ITM Cup New Zealand's annual professional domestic competition
    • Meads Cup a cup played for between provincial teams during the Heartland Championship, the second-tier domestic league
    • Lochore Cup the secondary trophy in the Heartland Championship
    • Ranfurly Shield a trophy between provincial teams
  • South Africa:
    • Currie Cup South Africa's premier domestic competition
  • Southern Hemisphere:

International two-team challenge trophies

IRB Awards

IRB Awards (includes two awards given by the International Rugby Players' Association as part of the awards program):

  • IRB Development Award
  • IRB International Coach of the Year
  • IRB International Player of the Year
  • IRB International Sevens Player of the Year
  • IRB International Team of the Year
  • IRB International Women's Personality of the Year
  • IRB Junior Player of the Year
  • IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service
  • IRB Spirit of Rugby Award
  • IRPA Special Merit Award
  • IRPA Try of the Year
  • Melrose Cup to the winners of the Rugby World Cup Sevens
  • Webb Ellis Cup to the winners of the Rugby World Cup

Sailing

  • Awards:
    • ISAF World Sailor of the Year
  • Trophies:

Tennis

Water polo

Other sports

References

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