BBC SPOTY 2025 odds: Has Lando's F1 win shifted outright odds?

IMAGO Lando Norris celebrates his maiden F1 World drivers title on Sunday 7 Dec

The 2025 BBC Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) Awards are just 10 days away. The ceremony will take place on Thursday, 18 December. 

Like last year, it will be held at MediaCity in Salford, presented by Clare Balding, Alex Scott and Gabby Logan.

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It has been a superb year for British sport. From Rory McIlroy finally winning the Masters to the Lionesses securing another European Championship title this summer.

More recently, Lando Norris became the 11th British driver to seal a Formula 1 World Championship and it sets up the ceremony rather well.

FIRST.com’s partners William Hill have McIlroy as the favourite to win the coveted award. Who else will challenge the Irishman next week?

Rory McIlroy – 5/6

What more is there to be said about McIlroy? He has now completed the career Grand Slam following his Masters victory, placing him in the pantheon of the greats.

Not since Nick Faldo in 1989 has a golfer won this award, but that could change next week.

McIlroy confirmed that he will be at the ceremony and it would cap off a wonderful 2025 for the 5-time major champion. 

Previously, he was 7/4 to win, but that has gone to 5/6 in recent weeks thanks to William Hill.

Lando Norris – 11/4

Norris is a late challenger for the award after securing his maiden world title on the weekend.

He finished third in Abu Dhabi, but it was enough to pip Oscar Pistari and Max Verstappen to the title.

In November, the Englishman was 10/3, but he could be a legitimate challenger to the Irishman, especially considering racing drivers fare quite well at the SPOTY.

Since the inception of the award in 1954, a total of five F1 drivers have won it. Could Norris become the sixth?

Chloe Kelly – 7/2

Kelly was favourite with the bookmakers to claim the award for a long time due to her exploits at the Euros with England.

Indeed, she was as short as 11/8 last month, but Kelly is now 7/2 with William Hill for the award.

If she did win, Kelly would become the third female footballer to win the award in the previous three four years, following on from Beth Mead in 2022 and Mary Earps in 2023.

It appears as though McIlroy is going to pip her, though.

Luke Littler – 14/1

Only weeks ago, Little was as long as 40/1 to win this award. Since then, having won the Grand Slam of Darts and the Players Championship Finals, last night teenager was 10/1 but with markets shifted, he's out at 14s with William Hill.

It might come too late for him to win the award, but if he carries on at his current rate, there is no doubt Littler will win this in the future.

He could be the youngest ever person to defend his World Darts Championship title when the tournament begins this week, and looking at the odds he’s favourite to do so.

Hannah Hampton – 16/1

A few weeks ago, Hampton was out at 25/1, but this has shortened slightly in recent weeks, with the England goalkeeper now 16/1 courtesy of William Hill.

His exploits for England during the summer are the reason she is on this list. Hampton saved two penalties in the shootout win over Sweden in the quarter-final, before repeating these heroics in the final against Spain as the nation successfully defended the title they won back in 2022.

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06/02/2025

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. 

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