Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award
The inaugural Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Brazilian footballer Pelé. Since then, thirteen further awards have been given to individuals, all men with the exception of Moroccan athlete Nawal El Moutawakel (2010). Footballers have received more awards than any other sports with five, and only Great Britain has multiple winners with three: Steve Redgrave (2001), Bobby Charlton (2012) and Sebastian Coe (2013). As of 2020, two individuals have been honoured posthumously. The New Zealand yachtsman Peter Blake was shot dead by pirates on the Amazon River in December 2001. Arne Næss Jr., the Norwegian mountaineer, died in a climbing accident in South Africa four months before the 2004 ceremony. No award was presented at the 2005, 2009, or 2017 Laureus Awards ceremonies; American tennis player Billie Jean King won the award in the 2021 Laureus Awards ceremony in Seville. The most recent recipient of the award is quarterback Tom Brady.
Recipients
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Year | Image | Winner | Nationality | Sport | Ref. |
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2000 | ![]() |
Pelé | ![]() |
Football | |
2001 | ![]() |
Steve Redgrave | ![]() |
Rowing | |
2002 | –
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Peter Blake † | ![]() |
Yachting | |
2003 | ![]() |
Gary Player | ![]() |
Golf | |
2004 | –
|
Arne Næss Jr.† | ![]() |
Mountaineering | |
2005 | No award | ||||
2006 | ![]() |
Johan Cruyff | ![]() |
Football | |
2007 | ![]() |
Franz Beckenbauer | ![]() |
Football | |
2008 | ![]() |
Sergey Bubka | ![]() |
Athletics | |
2009 | No award | ||||
2010 | Nawal El Moutawakel | ![]() |
Athletics | ||
2011 | ![]() |
Zinedine Zidane | ![]() |
Football | |
2012 | ![]() |
Bobby Charlton | ![]() |
Football | |
2013 | ![]() |
Sebastian Coe | ![]() |
Athletics | |
2014 | No award | ||||
2015 | No award | ||||
2016 | ![]() |
Niki Lauda | ![]() |
Formula One | |
2017 | No award | ||||
2018 | ![]() |
Edwin Moses | ![]() |
Athletics | |
2019 | ![]() |
Arsène Wenger | ![]() |
Football | |
2020 | ![]() |
Dirk Nowitzki | ![]() |
Basketball | |
2021 | ![]() |
Billie Jean King | ![]() |
Tennis |