The annual William Hill Sports Book of the Year British sports literary award is dedicated to rewarding excellence in sports writing.
Previous winners of the William Hill Sports Book of the year Award:
| Year | Title | Author(s) | Sport |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Tom Simpson: Bird on the Wire | Andy McGrath | Rapha Editions |
| 2016 | Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life | William Finnegan | Corsair |
| 2015 | The Game of Our Lives: The Meaning and Making of English Football | David Goldblatt | Viking |
| 2014 | Night Games: Sex, Power and Sport | Anna Krien | Yellow Jersey Press |
| 2013 | Doped: The Real Life Story of the 1960s Racehorse Doping Gang | Jamie Reid | Horse racing |
| 2012 | The Secret Race – Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France : Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs |
Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle | Cycling |
| 2011 | A Life Too Short : The Tragedy Of Robert Enke | Ronald Reng | Football |
| 2010 | Beware of the Dog: Rugby's Hard Man Reveals All | Brian Moore | Rugby football |
| 2009 | Harold Larwood: The Authorized Biography of the World’s Fastest Bowler | Duncan Hamilton | Cricket |
| 2008 | Coming Back to Me: The Autobiography of Marcus Trescothick | Marcus Trescothick, Peter Hayter | Cricket |
| 2007 | Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years With Brian Clough | Duncan Hamilton | Football |
| 2006 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Geoffrey Ward | Boxing |
| 2005 | My Father & Other Working Class Football Heroes | Gary Imlach | Football |
| 2004 | Basil D'Oliveira: Cricket and Conspiracy: The Untold Story | Peter Oborne | Cricket |
| 2003 | Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football | Tom Bower | Football |
| 2002 | In Black and White: The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens | Donald McRae | Athletics, Boxing |
| 2001 | Seabiscuit: The True Story of Three Men and a Racehorse | Laura Hillenbrand | Horse racing |
| 2000 | It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life | Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins | Cycling |
| 1999 | A Social History of English Cricket | Derek Birley | Cricket |
| 1998 | Angry White Pyjamas: An Oxford Poet Trains with the Tokyo Riot Police | Robert Twigger | Aikido |
| 1997 | A Lot of Hard Yakka: Cricketing Life on the County Circuit | Simon Hughes | Cricket |
| 1996 | Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing | Donald McRae | Boxing |
| 1995 | A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour | John Feinstein | Golf |
| 1994 | Football Against the Enemy | Simon Kuper | Football |
| 1993 | Endless Winter: The Inside Story of the Rugby Revolution | Stephen Jones | Rugby football |
| 1992 | Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life | Nick Hornby | Football |
| 1991 | Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times | Thomas Hauser | Boxing |
| 1990 | Rough Ride: An Insight into Pro Cycling | Paul Kimmage | Cycling |
| 1989 | True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny | Dan Topolski, Patrick Robinson | Rowing |