The BET Award for Sportswoman of the Year is given to the best and most successful female athlete of the previous year. The award was originally titled Best Female Athlete, but was later changed to its current title in 2010. As the only woman to win more than once, Serena Williams holds the record for most wins in this category with sixteen, she also holds the record for the most nominations, being nominated every year since the awards inception.
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The BET Award for Sportswoman of the Year is given to the best and most successful female athlete of the previous year The award was originally titled Best Female Athlete but was later changed to its current title in 2010 As the only woman to win more than once Serena Williams holds the record for most wins in this category with sixteen she also holds the record for the most nominations being nominated every year since the awards inception BET Awards for Sportswoman of the YearCountryUnited StatesPresented byBET AwardsFirst awarded2001Currently held byNaomi Osaka 2022 Most awardsSerena Williams 16 Most nominationsSerena Williams 22 Websitehttp www bet com shows bet awards html Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1 1 2000s 1 2 2010s 1 3 2020s 2 Multiple wins and nominations 2 1 Wins 2 2 Nominations 3 See also 4 ReferencesWinners and nominees editWinners are listed first and highlighted in bold 2000s edit Year Sportswoman Ref 2001 Serena Williams 1 Laila Ali Lisa Leslie Venus Williams 2002 Serena Williams 2 Laila Ali Lisa Leslie Vonetta Flowers Venus Williams 2003 Serena Williams 3 Laila Ali Lisa Leslie Sheryl Swoopes Venus Williams 2004 Serena Williams 4 Laila Ali Cheryl Ford Lisa Leslie Venus Williams 2005 Serena Williams 5 Laila Ali Gail Devers Lisa Leslie Venus Williams 2006 Venus Williams 6 Chamique Holdsclaw Lisa Leslie Sheryl Swoopes Serena Williams 2007 Serena Williams 7 Swin Cash Tamika Catchings Gail Devers Lisa Leslie 2008 Candace Parker 8 Tamika Catchings Cheryl Ford Serena Williams Venus Williams 2009 Serena Williams 9 Tamika Catchings Lisa Leslie Candace Parker Venus Williams 2010s edit Year Sportswoman Ref 2010 Serena Williams 10 Tamika Catchings Vanessa James Candace Parker Venus Williams 2011 Serena Williams 11 Tamika Catchings Candice Dupree Maya Moore Venus Williams 2012 Serena Williams 12 Skylar Diggins Smith Brittney Griner Candace Parker Venus Williams 2013 Gabrielle Douglas 13 Brittney Griner Candace Parker Serena Williams Venus Williams 2014 Serena Williams 14 Skylar Diggins Smith Brittney Griner Lolo Jones Venus Williams 2015 Serena Williams 15 Skylar Diggins Smith Brittney Griner Candace Parker Venus Williams 2016 Serena Williams 16 Skylar Diggins Smith Gabrielle Douglas Venus Williams Cheyenne Woods 2017 Serena Williams 17 Simone Biles Skylar Diggins Smith Gabrielle Douglas Venus Williams 2018 Serena Williams 18 Elana Meyers Taylor Candace Parker Skylar Diggins Smith Venus Williams 2019 Serena Williams 19 Allyson Felix Candace Parker Naomi Osaka Simone Biles 2020s edit Year Sportswoman Ref 2020 Simone Biles 20 Ajee Wilson Claressa Shields Coco Gauff Naomi Osaka Serena Williams 2021 Naomi Osaka 21 A ja Wilson Candace Parker Claressa Shields Serena Williams Skylar Diggins Smith 2022 Naomi Osaka 22 Brittney Griner Candace Parker Serena Williams Sha Carri Richardson Simone BilesMultiple wins and nominations editWins edit 16 wins Serena Williams 2 wins Naomi Osaka Nominations edit 22 nominations Serena Williams 16 nominations Venus Williams 10 nominations Candace Parker 7 nominations Lisa Leslie 5 nominations Tamika Catchings Skylar Diggins Smith Brittney Griner 4 nominations Laila Ali Simone Biles Naomi Osaka 3 nominations Gabrielle Douglas Sheryl Swoopes 2 nominations Gail Devers Cheryl FordSee also editBET Award for Sportsman of the YearReferences edit BET Awards 2001 Winners amp Nominees BET Retrieved July 13 2017 BET Awards 2002 Winners amp Nominees BET Retrieved July 13 2017 BET Awards 2003 Winners amp Nominees BET Retrieved July 13 2017 BET Awards 2004 Winners amp Nominees BET Retrieved July 13 2017 BET Awards 2005 Winners amp Nominees BET Retrieved July 13 2017 BET Awards 2006 Winners amp Nominees BET Retrieved July 13 2017 BET Awards 2007 Winners amp Nominees BET Retrieved July 13 2017 BET Awards 2008 Winners amp Nominees BET Retrieved July 13 2017 BET Awards 2009 Winners amp Nominees BET Retrieved July 13 2017 BET Awards 2010 Winners amp Nominees BET Retrieved July 13 2017 BET Awards 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