Jamaican Sportsperson of the Year

The Jamaican Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year is an annual election, organised by the RJR Sports Foundation, which honours outstanding achievement(s) in sport by Jamaican athletes during the previous year.

List of winners

Year	Sportsman of the Year		Sportswoman of the Year		Ref
	Athlete (wins)	Sport	Athlete (wins)	Sport
1961	Bunny Grant	Boxing	Joy Foster	Table tennis
1962	George Kerr	Athletics	Monica DeSouza	Table tennis
1963	Noel Douglas	Cycling	Una Morris	Athletics
1964	Percy Hayles	Boxing	Una Morris (2)	Athletics
1965	Phillip Alexander	Swimming	Sarah Newland	Paralympian
1966	Jackie Hendriks	Cricket	Carmen Smith	Athletics
1967	Octavius Morgan	Paralympian	Monica DeSouza (2)	Table tennis
1968	Orville Haslam	Table tennis	Frances Noble	Swimming
1969	Paul Nash	Swimming	Audrey Reid	Athletics
1970	Donald Quarrie	Athletics	Marilyn Neufville	Athletics
1971	Donald Quarrie (2)	Athletics	Marilyn Neufville (2)	Athletics
1972	Lawrence Rowe	Cricket	Audrey Reid (2)	Athletics
1973	Maurice Foster	Cricket	Andrea Bruce	Athletics
1974	Lawrence Rowe (2)	Cricket	Belinda Phillips	Swimming
1975	Donald Quarrie (3)	Athletics	Andrea Bruce (2)	Athletics
1976	Donald Quarrie (4)	Athletics	Vivalyn Latty-Scott	Cricket
1977	Donald Quarrie (5)	Athletics	Helen Blake	Athletics
1978	Mike McCallum	Boxing	Leleith Hodges	Athletics
1979	David Weller	Cycling	Merlene Ottey	Athletics
1980	David Weller (2)	Cycling	Merlene Ottey (2)	Athletics
1981	Bertland Cameron	Athletics	Jacqueline Pusey	Athletics
1982	Bertland Cameron (2)	Athletics	Merlene Ottey (3)	Athletics
1983	Bertland Cameron (3)	Athletics	Merlene Ottey (4)	Athletics
1984	Mike McCallum (2)	Boxing	Merlene Ottey-Page (5)	Athletics
1985	Mike McCallum (3)	Boxing	Merlene Ottey-Page (6)	Athletics
1986	Mike McCallum (4)	Boxing	Grace Jackson	Athletics
1987	Mike McCallum (5)	Boxing	Merlene Ottey (7)	Athletics
1988	Jeff Dujon	Cricket	Grace Jackson (2)	Athletics
1989	Mike McCallum (6)	Boxing	Merlene Ottey (8)	Athletics
1990	Mike McCallum (7)	Boxing	Merlene Ottey (9)	Athletics
1991	Patrick Patterson	Cricket	Merlene Ottey (10)	Athletics
1992	Winthrop Graham	Athletics	Juliet Cuthbert	Athletics
1993	Winthrop Graham (2)	Athletics	Merlene Ottey (11)	Athletics
1994	Jimmy Adams	Cricket	Merlene Ottey (12)	Athletics
1995	James Beckford	Athletics	Merlene Ottey (13)	Athletics
1996	James Beckford (2)	Athletics	Deon Hemmings	Athletics
1997	Deon Burton	Association football	Michelle Freeman	Athletics
1998	Courtney Walsh	Cricket	Sandie Richards	Athletics
1999	Courtney Walsh (2)	Cricket	Beverly McDonald	Athletics
2000	Courtney Walsh (3)	Cricket	Deon Hemmings (2)	Athletics
			Lorraine Fenton	Athletics
2001	Christopher Williams	Athletics	Lorraine Fenton (2)	Athletics
2002	Michael Blackwood	Athletics	Brigitte Foster	Athletics
2003	James Beckford (3)	Athletics	Brigitte Foster (2)	Athletics
2004	Danny McFarlane	Athletics	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Athletics
2005	Asafa Powell	Athletics	Trecia-Kaye Smith	Athletics
2006	Asafa Powell (2)	Athletics	Sherone Simpson	Athletics
2007	Asafa Powell (3)	Athletics	Veronica Campbell-Brown (2)	Athletics
2008	Usain Bolt	Athletics	Veronica Campbell-Brown (3)	Athletics
			Melaine Walker	Athletics
2009	Usain Bolt (2)	Athletics	Brigitte Foster-Hylton (3)	Athletics
2010	Chris Gayle	Cricket	Veronica Campbell-Brown (4)	Athletics
2011	Usain Bolt (3)	Athletics	Veronica Campbell-Brown (5)	Athletics
2012	Usain Bolt (4)	Athletics	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Athletics
2013	Usain Bolt (5)	Athletics	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (2)	Athletics
2014	Nicholas Walters	Boxing	Alia Atkinson	Swimming
2015	Usain Bolt (6)	Athletics	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (3)	Athletics
2016	Usain Bolt (7)	Athletics	Elaine Thompson	Athletics
2017	Omar McLeod	Athletics	Alia Atkinson (2)	Swimming
2018	Fedrick Dacres	Athletics	Alia Atkinson (3)	Swimming	[1]
2019	Tajay Gayle	Athletics	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (4)	Athletics	[2]
2021	Hansle Parchment	Athletics	Elaine Thompson-Herah (2)	Athletics
2022	Rasheed Broadbell	Athletics	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (5)	Athletics
2023	Antonio Watson	Athletics	Shericka Jackson	Athletics
2024	Rojé Stona	Athletics	Shanieka Ricketts	Athletics

See also

• Athlete of the Year
• Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year (Laureus World Sports Academy)
• Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year
• L'Équipe Champion of Champions Award