Gallup Korea's Athlete of the Year

Gallup Korea's Athlete of the Year () is a South Korean athlete considered the greatest contributor for a year to enhancing South Korea's national prestige by participants in an opinion poll of Gallup Korea. The annual poll was started in 2007. Its statistics are based on about 1,700 answers, and each of voters can choose two athletes.

Winners

Year Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 2007 Kim Yuna Woman Figure skating 52.0% 2008 Kim Yuna (2) Woman Figure skating 56.1% 2009 Kim Yuna (3) Woman Figure skating 82.8% 2010 Park Tae-hwan Man Swimming 61.6% 2011 Park Ji-sung Man Football 57.6% 2012 Son Yeon-jae Woman Gymnastics 37.6% 2013 Ryu Hyun-jin Man Baseball 51.4% 2014 Son Yeon-jae (2) Woman Gymnastics 42.0% 2015 Son Heung-min Man Football 24.4% 2016 Son Yeon-jae (3) Woman Gymnastics 29.8% 2017 Son Heung-min (2) Man Football 38.1% 2018 Son Heung-min (3) Man Football 63.3% 2019 Son Heung-min (4) Man Football 82.0% 2020 Son Heung-min (5) Man Football 79.7% 2021 Son Heung-min (6) Man Football 72.8% 2022 Son Heung-min (7) Man Football 86.2% 2023 Son Heung-min (8) Man Football 73.8% 2024 Son Heung-min (9) Man Football 70.7% 2025 Son Heung-min (10) Man Football 76.1%

Results 2007

Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Kim Yuna Woman Figure skating 52.0% 2 Park Tae-hwan Man Swimming 45.4% 3 Park Ji-sung Man Football 28.0% 4 Lee Seung-yuop Man Baseball 11.8% 5 Choi Kyung-ju Man Golf 5.2% 6 Pak Se-ri Woman Golf 4.3% 7 Park Chan-ho Man Baseball 2.7% 8 Lee Young-pyo Man Football 1.4% 9 Lee Chun-soo Man Football 0.7% 10 Yang Joon-hyuk Man Baseball 0.5%

2008 Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Kim Yuna Woman Figure skating 56.1% 2 Park Tae-hwan Man Swimming 55.4% 3 Park Ji-sung Man Football 23.9% 4 Jang Mi-ran Woman Weightlifting 21.8% 5 Lee Seung-yuop Man Baseball 11.5% 6 Choi Min-ho Man Judo 2.5% 7 Lee Yong-dae Man Badminton 2.3% 8 Shin Jiyai Woman Golf 2.1% 9 Park Chan-ho Man Baseball 2.0% 10 Pak Se-ri Woman Golf 1.3%

2009 Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Kim Yuna Woman Figure skating 82.8% 2 Park Ji-sung Man Football 40.7% 3 Park Tae-hwan Man Swimming 14.5% 4 Choo Shin-soo Man Baseball 10.9% 5 Park Chan-ho Man Baseball 9.6% 6 Shin Jiyai Woman Golf 6.4% 7 Lee Seung-yuop Man Baseball 4.3% 8 Lee Chung-yong Man Football 1.7% 9 Kim Tae-kyun Man Baseball 1.5% 10 Pak Se-ri Woman Golf 1.4%

2010

Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Park Tae-hwan Man Swimming 61.6% 2 Kim Yuna Woman Figure skating 50.0% 3 Park Ji-sung Man Football 35.6% 4 Choo Shin-soo Man Baseball 16.2% 5 Jang Mi-ran Woman Weightlifting 7.7% 6 Park Chan-ho Man Baseball 3.6% 7 Lee Chung-yong Man Football 3.0% 8 Park Chu-young Man Football 2.7% 9 Jeong Da-rae Woman Swimming 2.2% 10 Lee Dae-ho Man Baseball 1.4%

2011

Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Park Ji-sung Man Football 57.6% 2 Kim Yuna Woman Figure skating 55.9% 3 Park Tae-hwan Man Swimming 26.0% 4 Lee Dae-ho Man Baseball 6.5% 5 Park Chu-young Man Football 5.4% 6 Park Chan-ho Man Baseball 5.0% 7 Choo Shin-soo Man Baseball 3.2% 8 Lee Seung-yuop Man Baseball 2.3% 9 Choi Kyung-ju Man Golf 2.2% 10 Ki Sung-yueng Man Football 1.9%

2012

Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Son Yeon-jae Woman Gymnastics 37.2% 2 Park Tae-hwan Man Swimming 29.1% 3 Park Ji-sung Man Football 23.7% 4 Kim Yuna Woman Figure skating 23.0% 5 Yang Hak-seon Man Gymnastics 16.3% 6 Ki Sung-yueng Man Football 6.1% 7 Choo Shin-soo Man Baseball 5.1% 8 Ryu Hyun-jin Man Baseball 4.3% 9 Park Chan-ho Man Baseball 3.8% 10 Lee Dae-ho Man Baseball 3.8%

2013

Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Ryu Hyun-jin Man Baseball 51.4% 2 Kim Yuna Woman Figure skating 35.2% 3 Son Yeon-jae Woman Gymnastics 24.9% 4 Park Ji-sung Man Football 18.8% 5 Choo Shin-soo Man Baseball 17.0% 6 Park Tae-hwan Man Swimming 5.9% 7 Lee Dae-ho Man Baseball 4.7% 8 Son Heung-min Man Football 4.5% 9 Ki Sung-yueng Man Football 3.1% 10 Lee Seung-yuop Man Baseball 1.9%

2014 Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Son Yeon-jae Woman Gymnastics 42.0% 2 Kim Yuna Woman Figure skating 33.3% 3 Ryu Hyun-jin Man Baseball 29.1% 4 Park Tae-hwan Man Swimming 24.5% 5 Son Heung-min Man Football 12.9% 6 Choo Shin-soo Man Baseball 5.5% 7 Lee Dae-ho Man Baseball 3.7% 8 Ki Sung-yueng Man Football 3.1% 9 Lee Sang-hwa Woman Speed skating 2.8% 10 Lee Seung-yuop Man Baseball 2.7%

2015 Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Son Heung-min Man Football 24.4% 2 Son Yeon-jae Woman Gymnastics 17.5% 3 Choo Shin-soo Man Baseball 16.9% 4 Kim Yuna Woman Figure skating 15.1% 5 Ki Sung-yueng Man Football 13.1% 6 Ryu Hyun-jin Man Baseball 11.8% 7 Kang Jung-ho Man Baseball 9.8% 8 Park Ji-sung Man Football 8.9% 9 Lee Dae-ho Man Baseball 8.6% 10 Park Inbee Woman Golf 7.0%

2016 Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Son Yeon-jae Woman Gymnastics 29.8% 2 Son Heung-min Man Football 27.3% 3 Park Inbee Woman Golf 16.6% 4 Kim Yuna Woman Figure skating 14.5% 5 Park Sang-young Man Fencing 8.8% 6 Ki Sung-yueng Man Football 7.2% 7 Lee Dae-ho Man Baseball 6.0% 8 Kim Yeon-koung Woman Volleyball 5.7% 9 Park Ji-sung Man Football 5.6% 10 Choo Shin-soo Man Baseball 4.4%

2017 Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Son Heung-min Man Football 38.1% 2 Kim Yuna Woman Figure skating 13.4% 3 Ryu Hyun-jin Man Baseball 12.8% 4 Ki Sung-yueng Man Football 10.7% 5 Choo Shin-soo Man Baseball 9.4% 6 Lee Seung-yuop Man Baseball 8.8% 7 Lee Dae-ho Man Baseball 8.0% 8 Park Ji-sung Man Football 6.8% 9 Lee Dong-gook Man Football 6.2% 10 Yang Hyeon-jong Man Baseball 5.3%

2018 Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Son Heung-min Man Football 63.3% 2 Ryu Hyun-jin Man Baseball 19.2% 3 Jo Hyeon-woo Man Football 8.8% 4 Hwang Ui-jo Man Football 8.4% 5 Kim Eun-jung Woman Curling 7.9% 6 Lee Seung-woo Man Football 7.8% 7 Ki Sung-yueng Man Football 6.7% 8 Choo Shin-soo Man Baseball 5.8% 9 Kim Yuna Woman Figure skating 4.1% 10 Lee Dae-ho Man Baseball 4.0%

2019 Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Son Heung-min Man Football 82.0% 2 Ryu Hyun-jin Man Baseball 38.7% 3 Lee Kang-in Man Football 13.6% 4 Choo Shin-soo Man Baseball 4.7% 5 Kim Yuna Woman Figure skating 3.9% Ki Sung-yueng Man Football 3.9% 7 Park Ji-sung Man Football 3.2% 8 Park Chan-ho Man Football 1.5% Jo Hyeon-woo Man Football 1.5% Lee Dae-ho Man Baseball 1.5%

2020 Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Son Heung-min Man Football 79.7% 2 Ryu Hyun-jin Man Baseball 24.3% 3 Choo Shin-soo Man Baseball 6.7% 4 Kim Yeon-koung Woman Volleyball 6.0% 5 Lee Kang-in Man Football 4.8% 6 Lee Dong-gook Man Football 4.0% 7 Kim Yuna Woman Figure skating 3.6% 8 Park Ji-sung Man Football 2.6% 9 Lee Dae-ho Man Baseball 2.4% 10 Ki Sung-yueng Man Football 2.1%

2021 Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Son Heung-min Man Football 72.8% 2 Kim Yeon-koung Woman Volleyball 29.4% 3 An San Woman Archery 10.4% 4 Ryu Hyun-jin Man Baseball 9.1% 5 Kim Je-deok Man Archery 4.1% 6 Choo Shin-soo Man Baseball 3.4% 7 Lee Kang-in Man Football 3.1% 8 Park Ji-sung Man Football 2.8% 9 Kim Hee-jin Woman Volleyball 1.6% 10 Ko Jin-young Woman Golf 1.4% Hwang Hee-chan Man Football 1.4%

2022 Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Son Heung-min Man Football 86.2% 2 Kim Yeon-koung Woman Volleyball 9.9% 3 Ryu Hyun-jin Man Baseball 6.4% 4 Lee Kang-in Man Football 5.1% 5 Kim Min-jae Man Football 4.8% 6 Choo Shin-soo Man Baseball 3.1% 7 Lee Dae-ho Man Baseball 2.9% Hwang Hee-chan Man Football 2.9% 9 Kim Yuna Woman Figure skating 2.2% 10 Lee Jung-hoo Man Baseball 1.9% Kim Ha-seong Man Baseball 1.9%

2023 Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Son Heung-min Man Football 73.8% 2 Lee Kang-in Man Football 27.7% 3 Kim Min-jae Man Football 8.1% 4 Hwang Hee-chan Man Football 4.8% 5 An Se-young Woman Badminton 4.1% 6 Ryu Hyun-jin Man Baseball 3.9% 7 Kim Yeon-koung Woman Volleyball 3.7% 8 Shin Yu-bin Woman Table tennis 3.2% 9 Kim Ha-seong Man Baseball 2.4% 10 Woo Sang-hyeok Man Athletics 2.0%

2024 Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Son Heung-min Man Football 70.7% 2 Lee Kang-in Man Football 12.7% 3 Shin Yu-bin Woman Table tennis 10.4% 4 An Se-young Woman Badminton 8.2% 5 Oh Sang-uk Man Fencing 8.0% 6 Kim Min-jae Man Football 6.9% 7 Kim Ye-ji Woman Shooting sports 5.3% 8 Kim Woo-jin Man Archery 5.2% 9 Hwang Hee-chan Man Football 2.9% 10 Kim Yeon-koung Woman Volleyball 2.5%

2025

Rank Athlete Gender Sport Ratio 1 Son Heung-min Man Football 76.1% 2 Lee Kang-in Man Football 16.0% 3 An Se-young Woman Badminton 12.2% 4 Kim Min-jae Man Football 7.3% 5 Kim Yeon-koung Woman Volleyball 6.3% 6 Lee Jung-hoo Man Baseball 6.0% 7 Ryu Hyun-jin Man Baseball 4.7% 8 Shin Yu-bin Woman Table tennis 2.9% 9 Kim Ha-seong Man Baseball 2.6% 10 Hwang Hee-chan Man Football 2.5%

See also Korean Sports Hall of Fame

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