Find out who the favourites are for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2023.
There is a clear bookmakers’ favourite to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2023, which will be announced on Tuesday 19th December.
Last week, cricketer Stuart Broad, jockey Frankie Dettori, footballer Mary Earps, wheelchair tennis player Alfie Hewett, athlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson and golfer Rory McIlroy were confirmed as the six nominees for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2023.
Gary Lineker, Clare Balding, Gabby Logan and Alex Scott will present the 70th edition of the annual awards - first awarded in 1954 - live from MediaCityUK in Salford.
Who will win Sports Personality of the Year 2023?
Man United and England Lionesses star Mary Earps is the big bookmakers’ favourite to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2023 at a best price of 1/7 on Coral (implied probability of more than 87%). One bookmaker on the oddschecker grid has her as short as 1/14.
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Mary Earps SPOTY Odds
Mary Earps has been given a greater than 90% chance of winning the 2023 BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Tuesday night having won the Golden Glove at the 2023 Women's World Cup.
The 30-year-old conceded just four goals in seven matches, while also saving a penalty in England's final loss against Spain. She also claimed the Women's Super League Golden Glove for the 2022-23 season with Manchester United, having kept a record 14 clean sheets.
Stuart Broad SPOTY Odds
Former England cricketer Stuart Broad is considered the only genuine contender to Mary Earps in the race to win this year’s award. He is the only other nominee with a best price shorter than 20/1, with bet365 offering 9/1 (10% chance) for the 37-year-old.
Broad is second in the list of leading test wicket takers for England with 604, including 22 in the drawn 2023 Ashes against Australia this summer.
He announced his retirement shortly before the end of the series, playing his final match at the Oval. Broad is one of only 10 men to score more than 3,000 runs and take 300 wickets at Test level.
Has a woman ever won Sports Personality of the Year?
Swimmer Anita Lonsbrough became the first female recipient of the main award in 1962, eight years after it was launched in 1954.
The award has been dominated by male winners over the years (54-14), while figure-skating couple Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are counted as a single mixed-gender winner.
However, Mary Earps would become the third female winner in a row after Emma Raducanu in 2021 and Beth Mead in 2022.
2023 Sports Personality of the Year Odds
| Name | Best Price | Worst Price |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Earps | 1/7 | 1/18 |
| Stuart Broad | 10/1 | 7/1 |
| Katarina Johnson-Thompson | 22/1 | 14/1 |
| Frankie Dettori | 40/1 | 20/1 |
| Alfie Hewett | 66/1 | 40/1 |
| Rory McIlroy | 250/1 | 40/1 |
