Sports Personality of the Year

[F1Brits_90]

great to see Lando Nominated

Sports Personality of the Year 2025 nominees: Hampton, Kelly, Kildunne, Littler, McIlroy, Norris

Find out who is on the shortlist for the 2025 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

www.bbc.com

this is probably 1 of the closest one for quite a while. for me i think the top 3 will be Rory Mcilroy, Lando Norris & Chloe Kelly but ive no idea about the order, as all 3 would all hugely deserve it. Lando up against

• Rory Mcilroy - won the masters, completed the career grand slam & won the ryder cup arguably the greatest British sportsman thats never won the award
• Chloe Kelly - scored the winning goal again & 1 of the best players in a lionesses team that retained the European Championship

i know the F1 & lionesses fans will vote but will the golf fans vote as this is Mcilroy's 5th nomination & he made the top 3 once

 

[Johnny Carwash]

Rory Mcllroy should be in the overseas award, as he doesn’t represent Team GB.

 

[Greenlantern101]

Luke Littler will win it.

 

[F1Brits_90]

Rory Mcllroy should be in the overseas award, as he doesn’t represent Team GB.

i do have sympathy that he was in tough scenario of being northern irish.

 

[FB]

I believe we all known who will be overseas Sports Personality of the Year

 

[cider_and_toast]

And if he doesn't win it, FIFA will give him a special award.

 

[Il_leone]

Luke Littler will win it.

Not enough people watch darts especially his physique represents someone downing pints

 

[Il_leone]

great to see Lando Nominated

Sports Personality of the Year 2025 nominees: Hampton, Kelly, Kildunne, Littler, McIlroy, Norris

Find out who is on the shortlist for the 2025 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

www.bbc.com

this is probably 1 of the closest one for quite a while. for me i think the top 3 will be Rory Mcilroy, Lando Norris & Chloe Kelly but ive no idea about the order, as all 3 would all hugely deserve it. Lando up against

• Rory Mcilroy - won the masters, completed the career grand slam & won the ryder cup arguably the greatest British sportsman thats never won the award
• Chloe Kelly - scored the winning goal again & 1 of the best players in a lionesses team that retained the European Championship

i know the F1 & lionesses fans will vote but will the golf fans vote as this is Mcilroy's 5th nomination & he made the top 3 once

Think Hannah Hampton might win it in response to what Earpes said about her

Rory was miffed he lost out to Lewis in 2014 because it was his break up with Wozniacki and he sulked how Lewis got it

Lando might win ...

 

[F1Brits_90]

Not enough people watch darts especially his physique represents someone downing pints

Luke Littler is Huge not just physically

(excluding football) the last 2 world darts championship finals. sky sports say they were most watched shows ever

3.4m - Luke Humphries V Luke Littler 2023
3.1m - Micheal Van Gerwen V Luke Litter 2024

In comparison
2.23m - 2021 Bahrain GP
2.19m - 2025 British GP
(abu dhabi 2021 final lap peaked at 3m but averaged less)

 

[Il_leone]

Rory will get upset if he does not win it 11 years on being snubbed

 

[F1Brits_90]

rory on merit should win. but golf fans have to vote

 

[Il_leone]

Well they did except the rest of country voted Hamilton last time

 

[Brogan]

I'm going with all republicans and trump supporters, for the incredible mental gymnastics they've been performing all year.

 

[Greenlantern101]

Not enough people watch darts especially his physique represents someone downing pints

AI Overview

Darts ranks very high in the UK, often challenging for the #2 spot behind football in TV viewership, with major events drawing millions (over 3.6M peak for the 2024 World Final on Sky) and even cracking the Top 10 most watched sports in pubs by 2024, showing huge growth driven by stars like Luke Littler and strong betting interest, especially popular in the UK, Netherlands, and Germany.
In the UK (Highest Popularity)

• TV Ratings: The PDC World Darts Championship Final often competes with major football matches, sometimes becoming the second-most-watched event on Sky Sports after football, notes The Conversation and OLBG.com.
• Pubs: A 2024 study by FANZO placed darts at 9th in pubs, up from previous years, indicating strong local interest.
• Growth: Darts is considered the fastest-growing sport in the UK, with a significant portion of the population becoming more interested recently, reports Darts World Magazine.