The BET Award for Sportsman of the Year is given to the best and most successful male athlete of the previous year.
LeBron James holds the record for most wins in this category with nine.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Reggie Bush was nominated for the award twice, in 2007 and 2009, despite putting up average numbers for a player at his position in both those seasons.
In both years, he was nominated among athletes who were considered the best of the best in their sports, which upset some sports fans, as Bush has not accomplished enough to be in the same list as them.