The World Aquatics Athletes of the Year (formerly FINA Athletes of the Year) is a set of awards presented by World Aquatics (International Swimming Federation) and the FINA Aquatics World Magazine. Each recognises excellence in five categories of aquatic sports: swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming. The award was inaugurated in 2010.
| Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality | Ref | |
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| 2010 | ||||||
| 2011 | (2) | |||||
| 2012 | (2) | |||||
| 2013 | (3) | |||||
| 2014 | ||||||
| 2015 | (2) | |||||
| 2016 | (3) | (2) | ||||
| 2017 | ||||||
| 2018 | (4) | (2) | ||||
| 2019 | (2) | (2) | ||||
| 2021 | (3) | |||||
| 2022 | (2) | |||||
| 2023 | [1] |
| Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality | |
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| 2015 | |||||
| 2016 | (2) | (2) |
| Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality | |
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| 2014 | |||||
| Year | Female team winner | Male team winner | |||
| 2015 | |||||
| 2016 | (2) | (2) | |||
| 2017 | (3) | ||||
| 2018 | (4) | ||||
| 2019 | (5) | - | |||
| 2020 | Dušan Mandić | ||||
| 2021 | |||||
| 2022 | Felipe Perrone | ||||
| 2023 | Maddie Musselman | Gergő Zalánki | |||
| Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality | |
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| 2016 | (2) | ||||
| 2017 | (3) | ||||
| 2018 | (4) | (2) | |||
| 2019 | (5) | ||||
| 2021 | (6) | (2) | |||
| 2022 |
| Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality | |
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| 2014 | (2) | ||||
| 2015 | (2) | ||||
| 2016 | (2) | ||||
| 2017 | |||||
| 2018 | (2) | (3) | |||
| 2019 | (3) | (4) | |||
| 2021 | |||||
| 2022 | (4) |
| Year | Winner | Nationality |
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| 2010 | ||
| 2011 | (2) | |
| 2012 | (3) | |
| 2013 | (2) | |
| 2014 | ||
| Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality | |
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| 2015 | (3) | ||||
| 2016 | (4) (4) | ||||
| 2017 | Aleksandr Maltsev (2) | ||||
| 2018 | (2) | ||||
| 2019 | (5) (2) | (3) | |||
| 2021 | (6) (3) | (4) | |||
| 2022 | (3) |
| Year | Female winner | Nationality | Male winner | Nationality | |
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| 2013 | (2) | ||||
| 2014 | (2) | ||||
| 2015 | (3) | ||||
| 2016 | |||||
| 2017 | (4) | ||||
| 2018 | (5) | (2) | |||
| 2019 | (6) | ||||
| 2021 | (7) | ||||
| 2022 | (8) |