World Athletics Awards
1988 Carl Lewis (USA) – Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)
1989 Roger Kingdom (USA) – Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)
1990 Steve Backley (GBR) – Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1991 Carl Lewis (USA) – Katrin Krabbe (GER)
1992 Kevin Young (USA) – Heike Henkel (GER)
1993 Colin Jackson (GBR) – Sally Gunnell (GBR)
1994 Noureddine Morceli (ALG) – Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
1995 Jonathan Edwards (GBR) – Gwen Torrence (USA)
1996 Michael Johnson (USA) – Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)
1997 Wilson Kipketer (DEN) – Marion Jones (USA)
1998 Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) – Marion Jones (USA)
1999 Michael Johnson (USA) – Gabriela Szabo (ROM)
2000 Jan Zelezny (CZE)
2001 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) – Stacy Dragila (USA)
2002 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) – Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
2003 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) – Hestrie Cloete (RSA)
2004 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) – Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
2005 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) – Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
2006 Asafa Powell (JAM) – Sanya Richards (USA)
2007 Tyson Gay (USA) – Meseret Defar (ETH)
2008 Usain Bolt (JAM) – Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
2009 Usain Bolt (JAM) – Sanya Richards (USA)
2010 David Rudisha (KEN) – Blanka Vlasic (CRO)
2011 Usain Bolt (JAM) – Sally Pearson (AUS)
2012 Usain Bolt (JAM) – Allyson Felix (USA)
2013 Usain Bolt (JAM) – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)
2014 Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) – Valerie Adams (NZL)
2015 Ashton Eaton (USA) – Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)
2016 Usain Bolt (JAM) – Almaz Ayana (ETH)
2017 Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) – Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)
2018 Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) – Caterine Ibarguen (COL)
2019 Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) – Dalilah Muhammad (USA)
2020 Mondo Duplantis (SWE) – Yulimar Rojas (VEN)
2021 Karsten Warholm (NOR) – Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)
2022 Mondo Duplantis (SWE) – Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA)
2023
track: Noah Lyles (USA) – Faith Kipyegon (KEN)
field: Mondo Duplantis (SWE) – Yulimar Rojas (VEN)
out of stadium: Kelvin Kiptum (KEN) – Tigist Assefa (ETH)
2024 Letsile Tebogo (BOT) – Sifan Hassan (NED)
track: Letsile Tebogo (BOT) – Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA)
field: Mondo Duplantis (SWE) – Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)
out of stadium: Tamirat Tola (ETH) – Sifan Hassan (NED)
