Finalists & Winners

Vivid shadow of tennis player on bright blue tennis court.Baseball fielder jumping high to stop baseball flying into the crowd.American Football players sat in changing rooms with towels over their heads.Gymnasts legs moving across a beam at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.Swimmer Caeleb Dressel gliding through water in lane.Black & White photograph of Paralympic table tennis player throwing table tennis ball.Golfer hitting golf ball whilst being surrounded by crowd and paparazzi.Basketball player stretching over opposition player to catch the basketball.Vivid shadow of tennis player on bright blue tennis court.Baseball fielder jumping high to stop baseball flying into the crowd.American Football players sat in changing rooms with towels over their heads.Gymnasts legs moving across a beam at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.Swimmer Caeleb Dressel gliding through water in lane.
Vivid shadow of tennis player on bright blue tennis court.Baseball fielder jumping high to stop baseball flying into the crowd.American Football players sat in changing rooms with towels over their heads.Gymnasts legs moving across a beam at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.Swimmer Caeleb Dressel gliding through water in lane.Black & White photograph of Paralympic table tennis player throwing table tennis ball.Golfer hitting golf ball whilst being surrounded by crowd and paparazzi.Basketball player stretching over opposition player to catch the basketball.Vivid shadow of tennis player on bright blue tennis court.Baseball fielder jumping high to stop baseball flying into the crowd.American Football players sat in changing rooms with towels over their heads.Gymnasts legs moving across a beam at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.Swimmer Caeleb Dressel gliding through water in lane.Black & White photograph of Paralympic table tennis player throwing table tennis ball.Golfer hitting golf ball whilst being surrounded by crowd and paparazzi.Basketball player stretching over opposition player to catch the basketball.

Finalists 2025

World Sports Photography Awards 2025 has had more photographers enter than ever before from over 96 countries around the world, with images capturing the spirit of more than 60 different sports from the grassroots in local communities to elite athletes in world famous stadia.

Winners 2024

World Sports Photography Awards 2024 has had more photographers enter than ever before from over 83 countries around the world, with images capturing the spirit of more than 40 different sports from the grassroots in local communities to elite athletes in world famous stadia.

Messi kissing World Cup

Winners 2023

World Sports Photography Awards 2023 has had more photographers enter than ever before from over 65 countries around the world, with images capturing the spirit of more than 40 different sports from the grassroots in local communities to elite athletes in world famous stadia.

Messi kissing World Cup
Basketball Game Image

Winners 2022

2022: The biggest year yet for World Sports Photography Awards. Over 7,000 images featuring more than 30 different sports. And we are joined by MPB our new headline sponsor. Global media coverage from some of the world’s biggest publications from the BBC to Vice, My Modern Met to Bored Panda.

Basketball Game Image
Cyclist flying around the velodrome track as crowd blurs into colours.

Winners 2021

2021 Mid-Covid Pandemic. Sports might have slowed down but we didn’t want to stop celebrating brilliant sports photography. Photographers were able to submit their favourite frames from the past 25 years producing a stunning selection of images.

Cyclist flying around the velodrome track as crowd blurs into colours.
Swarm of swimmers thrashing through the water at an Iron Man contest.

Winners 2020

2020 was the inaugural year of the awards. Our first categories focussed on the energy and emotions of sport and the ways the photographers were able to capture them. The awards immediately gained traction with international media and the sports photography community.

Swarm of swimmers thrashing through the water at an Iron Man contest.