2024 Laureus Awards Nominees: Messi, Djokovic, Biles, Shiffrin in List

Laureus World Sports Awards 2024 Finalist: Messi, Djokovic, Biles, and Shiffrin, Ericksen among the Nominees list.

Nominees for the 2024 Laureus World Sports Awards in Madrid, Spain, this April include renowned athletes such as Lionel Messi, Novak Djokovic, Simone Biles, and Mikaela Shiffrin. 

Among the notable contenders, Messi, the 2023 World Sportsman of the Year, finds himself once again in the running for the prestigious award. Djokovic, recognized for his three tennis Grand Slam titles in 2023, joins Messi in contention. The shortlist also features pole vault world record holder Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis and Noah Lyles, triple gold medallist at the World Athletics Championships.

Shiffrin, who set the Alpine Skiing World Cup record for race victories in 2023, competes for the World Sportswoman of the Year title alongside track athletes Shericka Jackson, Faith Kipyegon, and Sha'Carri Richardson. Football World Cup winner Aitana Bonmatí and French Open tennis champion Iga Swiatek are also part of this prestigious shortlist.

Biles leads the nominations in the World Comeback of the Year category, recognized for her remarkable return to artistic gymnastics with four World Championships gold medals after a two-year hiatus.

In the World Breakthrough of the Year category, Chinese swimmer Qin Haiyang and British runner Josh Kerr are among the nominated Olympians. The World Action Sportsperson of the Year category features prominent Olympic stars, including Rayssa Leal and Bethany Shriever, showcasing their exceptional contributions to the world of sports.

The 2024 winners will be revealed at an awards ceremony in May.

Laureus World Sports Awards 2024 nominees: Full list of winners.

Sportsman of the Year

Novak Djokovic (Serbia, tennis); 

Mondo Duplantis (Sweden, athletics); 

Erling Haaland (Norway, football); 

Noah Lyles (USA, athletics); 

Lionel Messi (Argentina, football); 

Max Verstappen (Netherlands, motor racing)



Sportswoman of the Year

Aitana Bonmatí (Spain, football); 

Shericka Jackson (Jamaica, athletics); 

Faith Kipyegon (Kenya, athletics); 

Sha'Carri Richardson (USA, athletics); 

Mikaela Shiffrin (USA, Alpine skiing); 

Iga Swiatek (Poland, tennis)



Team of the Year

Europe Ryder Cup team (golf); 

Germany men's basketball team; 

Manchester City FC (Great Britain, football); 

Red Bull Racing Formula One team (Austria); 

South Africa Springboks (rugby union); 

Spain women's football team

Breakthrough of the Year

Jude Bellingham (Great Britain, football); 

Linda Caicedo (Colombia, football); 

Coco Gauff (USA, tennis); 

Qin Haiyang (People's Republic of China, swimming); 

Josh Kerr (Great Britain, athletics); 

Salma Paralluelo (Spain, football)

Comeback of the Year

Simone Biles (USA, artistic gymnastics); 

Sébastien Haller (Côte d'Ivoire, football); 

Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Great Britain, athletics); 

Siya Kolisi (South Africa, rugby union); 

Jamal Murray (Canada, basketball); 

Marketa Vondrousova (Czechia, tennis)



Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability

Simone Barlaam (Italy, para-swimming); 

Danylo Chufarov (Ukraine, para-swimming); 

Diede de Groot (Netherlands, wheelchair tennis); 

Luca Ekler (Hungary, para-athletics); 

Nicole Murray (New Zealand, para-cycling); 

Markus Rehm (Germany, para-athletics) 



World Action Sportsperson of the Year

Rayssa Leal (Brazil, skateboarding); 

Caroline Marks (USA, surfing); 

Kirsten Neuschäfer (South Africa, sailing); 

Bethany Shriever (Great Britain, BMX racing); 

Filipe Toledo (Brazil, surfing); 

Arisa Trew (Australia, skateboarding) 



Sport for Good Award

Bola Pra Frente (Brazil), 

Dancing Grounds (USA), 

Fundación Rafa Nadal (Spain); 

ISF Cambodia; Justice Desk Africa (South Africa); 

Obiettivo Napoli (Italy)

Laureus World Sports Awards 2023: The full list of winners.

Winner: Lionel Messi (Argentina) - Football

Winner: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) - Athletics

Winner: Argentina men's football team

Winner: Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) - Tennis

Winner: Christian Eriksen (Denmark) - Football

Winner: Catherine Debrunner (Switzerland) - Para-athletics

Winner: Eileen Gu (China) - Freestyle skiing

Winner: TeamUp - Support for refugee children (A programme for children displaced by war by Barcelona and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski))

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