List of sport awards explained
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.
General and miscellaneous
American football and Canadian football
Association football
- A - E
- F
- G - M
- N - Z
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
Badminton
Baseball
See also: Baseball awards.
Basketball
Beach soccer
Boxing
Cricket
Cycling
Figure skating
Golf
Horse racing
Ice hockey
North America
Sweden
Lacrosse
See also: List of multiple Olympic gold medalists.
See also: List of multiple Paralympic gold 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:
- New Zealand:
- 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):
Sailing
Tennis
Water polo
Other sports
- rifle shooting (National Rifle Association (United Kingdom))
- rifle shooting (National Rifle Association (United Kingdom))
- swimming
- powerboating
- long range shooting (National Rifle Association of America)
- river racing
- underwater diving
- coursing
- long range shooting (National Rifle Association of America)
