Littler and Norris favourites to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025

Imago Formula One driver Lando Norris is second favourite for the award. 

We may only be a month into the year, but Luke Littler is already the front-runner to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025 Award. The teenage darts sensation has already crowned himself as the winner of the PDC World Darts Championship, beating many of the world’s greats in the process. 

The 18-year-old placed second at the 2024 awards, behind Keely Hodgkinson, after his debut year in professional darts where he finished second at the World Championship but did win a number of tour events including the Premier League. 

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However, despite not winning the main award, the darts player did win the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year for 2024. When receiving the award, he said: “It shows how well I have done this year (2024), not only for myself, but I have changed the sport of darts.”

The current second favourite to win this year’s award is F1 driver Lando Norris. The McLaren driver finished second in the driver standings last year after winning four races in the 2024 calendar. 

If he manages to win his first world title this year, he could be a good bet to win the BBC award, especially at his current price of 11/2 via Mr.Play. 

Third place on the list is another F1 driver in Lewis Hamilton. The seven-time world champion has won this award two times already; in 2014 and 2020. And, since he’s been struggling in the Mercedes car in recent years, he will drive for Ferrari this year. 

Should he win the world championship in one of F1’s most iconic cars, he could be great value at 14/1. 

Joint-fourth on the current list are two Lionesses, Lucy Bronze and Leah Williamson. It’s a big year for the England Women’s Football Team as they look to defend their European Championship title this summer in Switzerland. 

Beth Mead and Mary Earps won it in 2022 and 2023 respectively so, should one of Bronze or Williamson win it, it would be the third time in four years that a Lioness has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. 

Further down the list are Rory McIlroy, Emily Scarratt and Zoe Aldcroft at 33/1. McIlroy, who this weekend won the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, has never won this award but did finish second in 2014. 

For Scarratt and Aldcroft, they’re both integral members of the England Women’s Rugby Union Team. The Women’s World Cup is taking place in England later this year and the hosts will be hoping to go one step further than they did in 2021 and win the title for the third time. 

The winner will be announced in December 2025.

Full odds from Mr.Play are listed below and were correct at the time of publishing