Quiz! Can you name every footballer to be in the top three of Sports Personality of the Year?

BBC Sports Personality of the Year award
BBC Sports Personality of the Year award (Image credit: BBC)

BBC's Sports Personality of the Year 2024 was announced last night with Athlete Keely Hodgkinson taking home the award.

But we've got a football quiz for you based off the famous SPOTY award.

Only 18 footballers have been in the top three over the years - from World Cup winners to Premier League champions. For those few who made the podium on multiple occasions we've listed their most succesfull position.

We are giving you exactly five minutes to name the 18 different players who have been named in the top three of the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year awward since it began in 1954.

As a clue we have given the year and the position in which each footballer finished.

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Ben Marsden

Ben is currently studying for his NCTJ qualification with News Associates after graduating from Durham University. He is an avid Liverpool fan, lover of tactics and long-time enthusiast of FourFourTwo’s quizzes. His favourite memories of being a journalist so far include his interview with musician Banners that featured in the Liverpool FC Programme, as well as Jurgen Klopp signing his article for his student newspaper on Klopp’s brilliant tenure at Anfield. When he does play football he plays as a bizarre striker/right-wing/right-back hybrid.