| YEAR | MALE | FEMALE | TEAM | MALE (DISABLED) | FEMALE (DISABLED) | TEAM (DISABLED) |
|---|
| 1947 | | |
| 1948 | | |
| 1949 | | Lena Stumpf |
| 1950 | | |
| 1951 | | |
| 1952 | | Ria Baran-Falk |
| 1953 | | |
| 1954 | | |
| 1955 | | |
| 1956 | | Ursula Happe |
| 1957 | | | Borussia Dortmund |
| 1958 | | |
| 1959 | | | Deutschland-Achter |
| 1960 | | | Deutschland-Achter |
| 1961 | | | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| 1962 | | |
| 1963 | | |
| 1964 | | Roswitha Esser
Annemarie Zimmermann |
| 1965 | | |
| 1966 | | Helga Hoffmann
Karin Frisch |
| 1967 | | | |
| 1968 | | | Deutschland-Achter |
| 1969 | | | Deutschland-Achter |
| 1970 | | | men's national football team |
| 1971 | | | |
| 1972 | | | Germany men's national field hockey team |
| 1973 | | | Bahnrad-Vierer |
| 1974 | | | men's national football team |
| 1975 | | Ellen Wellmann | |
| 1976 | | | Bahnrad-Vierer |
| 1977 | | | Germany Foil team |
| 1978 | | | Germany men's national handball team |
| 1979 | | | TV Großwallstadt |
| 1980 | | | men's national football team |
| 1981 | | Ulrike Meyfarth | men's national water polo team |
| 1982 | | Ulrike Meyfarth | Erwin Skamrahl, Harald Schmid, Thomas Giessing, Hartmut Weber (4 × 400 metres relay) |
| 1983 | | Ulrike Meyfarth | VfL Gummersbach |
| 1984 | | Ulrike Meyfarth | Germany Fencing team |
| 1985 | | Cornelia Hanisch | Germany Davis Cup team |
| 1986 | | Steffi Graf | Germany Fencing team |
| 1987 | | | Germany Fed Cup team |
| 1988 | | Steffi Graf | Deutschland-Achter |
| 1989 | | Steffi Graf | Deutschland-Achter |
| 1990 | | Katrin Krabbe | Germany national football team |
| 1991 | | Katrin Krabbe | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| 1992 | | Heike Henkel | men's national field hockey team |
| 1993 | | Franziska van Almsick | men's national basketball team |
| 1994 | | Katja Seizinger | Germany ski jumping team |
| 1995 | | Franziska van Almsick | Borussia Dortmund |
| 1996 | | Katja Seizinger | men's national football team |
| 1997 | | Astrid Kumbernuss | T-Mobile-Team - Road cycling |
| 1998 | | Katja Seizinger | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| 1999 | | Steffi Graf | Germany ski jumping team |
| 2000 | | Heike Drechsler | Bahnrad-Vierer |
| 2001 | | Hannah Stockbauer | FC Bayern Munich |
| 2002 | | Franziska van Almsick | men's national football team |
| 2003 | | Hannah Stockbauer | women's national football team |
| 2004 | | Birgit Fischer | women's national field hockey team | Wojtek Czyz | Kirsten Bruhn |
| 2005 | | Uschi Disl | men's national basketball team | Michael Teuber | Kirsten Bruhn | Sitting volleyball team |
| 2006 | | Kati Wilhelm | men's national football team | Gerd Schönfelder | Verena Bentele | Wheelchair basketball team (women) |
| 2007 | | Magdalena Neuner | men's national handball team | Mathias Mester | Natalie Simanowski | Wheelchair basketball team (women) |
| 2008 | | Britta Steffen | men's national field hockey team | Wolfgang Sacher | Kirsten Bruhn | Wheelchair basketball team (women) |
| 2009 | | Steffi Nerius | women's national football team | Michael Teuber | Andrea Rothfuss | Wheelchair curling team |
| 2010 | Sebastian Vettel | Maria Riesch | men's national football team | Gerd Schönfelder | Verena Bentele | Paracycling team |
| 2011 | Dirk Nowitzki | Magdalena Neuner | Borussia Dortmund | Gerd Schönfelder | Anna Schaffelhuber | Wheelchair basketball team (women) |
| 2012 | Robert Harting | Magdalena Neuner | Deutschlandachter | Jochen Wollmert | Birgit Kober | Wheelchair basketball team (women) |
| 2013 | Robert Harting | Christina Obergföll | FC Bayern Munich | Thomas Schmidberger | Anna Schaffelhuber | Wheelchair basketball team (youth) |
| 2014 | Robert Harting | Maria Höfl-Riesch | men's national football team | Markus Rehm | Anna Schaffelhuber | Wheelchair basketball team (women) |
| 2015 | Jan Frodeno | Christina Schwanitz | Nordic combined team Germany | Georg Kreiter | Anna Schaffelhuber | Wheelchair basketball team (women) |
| 2016 | Fabian Hambüchen | Angelique Kerber | Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst (beach volleyball) | Niko Kappel | Vanessa Low | Johannes Floors, Markus Rehm, and Léon Schäfer, Tom-Sengua Malutedi (4 × 100 Meters men's Relay) |
| 2017 | Johannes Rydzek | Laura Dahlmeier | Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst (beach volleyball) | Niko Kappel | Anna Schaffelhuber | Johannes Floors, Felix Streng, David Behre, and Markus Rehm (4 × 100 Meters men's Relay) |
| 2018 | Patrick Lange | Angelique Kerber | men's national ice hockey team | Martin Fleig | Andrea Eskau | Andrea Eskau, Alexander Ehler, and Steffen Lehmker (Cross-country para skiing mixed team) |
| 2019 | Niklas Kaul | Malaika Mihambo | Germany men's national ski jumping team | | | |
| 2020 | Leon Draisaitl | Malaika Mihambo | FC Bayern Munich | | | |
| 2021 | Alexander Zverev | Malaika Mihambo | Bahnrad-Vierer women | Valentin Baus | Elena Semechin | Wheelchair basketball team (women) |
| 2022 | Niklas Kaul | Gina Lückenkemper | Eintracht Frankfurt | Marco Maier | Anna-Lena Forster | mixed para-rowing team |
| 2023 | Lukas Dauser | Denise Herrmann-Wick | Germany men's national basketball team | Léon Schäfer | Anna-Lena Forster | Sebastian Marburger, Marco Maier, Linn Kazmaier with guide Florian Baumann, Nico Messinger with guide Robin Wunderle (Cross-country skiing relay team) | |
