The Western Australian Sports Star Award, currently presented at the WA Sport Awards, is an annual award for sportspeople from the Australian state of Western Australia and/or playing for teams based in Western Australia. It has been running since 1956 and has grown to celebrate sport in the West Australian community along with high-performance achievements that have been part of the tradition of the Awards.
The award has had several multiple winners. Cricketer Dennis Lillee won the award five times (1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, and 1981), and is the only person to win the award in consecutive years on two separate occasions. Another cricketer, Rod Marsh, was the second person to win the award four times (1972, 1973, 1974, and 1981), and is the only person to win the award in three consecutive years. Golfer Graham Marsh (1973, 1977, 1985, and 1986) and hockey player Ric Charlesworth (1976, 1979, 1986, and 1987) also won the award four times, while swimmer David Dickson (1961, 1963, and 1966) and tennis player Margaret Court (1969, 1970, and 1973) won the award three times.
Cricket has produced the most winners of the award, with thirteen winners. Twelve athletes and nine swimmers have won the award, as well as eight footballers, six cyclists, and six hockey players. The most recent edition of the WA Sport Awards was presented in February 2026 for the year of 2025.
List of winners by year YearWinnerSport 1956 Morna Pearce Hockey 1957 Shirley de la Hunty Athletics 1958 Herb Elliott Athletics 1959 Brian Foley Australian rules football 1960 Bob Simpson Cricket 1961 David Dickson Swimming 1962 Bob Marshall Billiards Dixie Willis Athletics Haydn Bunton, Jr. Australian rules football 1963 David Dickson (2) Swimming Bob Marshall (2) Billiards Joyce Bennett Athletics 1964 Graham McKenzie Cricket 1965 John Ryan Swimming Peter Kelly Cricket Bill Walker Australian rules football 1966 David Dickson (3) Swimming Phil Coulson Harness racing 1967 Brian Griffin Lacrosse Bill Walker (2) Australian rules football Lynne Watson Swimming 1968 Brian Glencross Hockey Lyn McClements Swimming 1969 Syd Lodge Yachting Margaret Court Tennis 1970 Margaret Court (2) Tennis 1971 Dennis Lillee Cricket Gaye Switch Netball 1972 Dennis Lillee (2) Cricket Rod Marsh Cricket 1973 Margaret Court (3) Tennis Roslyn Fisher Hockey Rod Marsh (2) Cricket Graham Marsh Golf 1974 Rod Marsh (3) Cricket Rob O'Sullivan Yachting 1975 John Gilmour Athletics Libby Felton Rifle shooting Dennis Lillee (3) Cricket 1976 Ric Charlesworth Hockey Dennis Lillee (4) Cricket 1977 Graham Marsh (2) Golf Dean Williams Squash 1978 Rob O'Sullivan (2) Yachting Barbara Wall Squash 1979 Ric Charlesworth (2) Hockey Kim Hughes Cricket Barbara Wall (2) Squash 1980 Kim Hughes (2) Cricket Lou Austin Harness Racing 1981 Rod Marsh (4) Cricket Sue Roberts Powerlifting Terry Alderman Cricket Dennis Lillee (5) Cricket 1982 Neil Brooks Swimming 1983 Steele Bishop Cycling 1984 Graham Lillingston Yachting Peter Evans Swimming Steve Malaxos Australian rules football 1985 Elizabeth Smylie Tennis Graham Marsh (3) Golf 1986 Ric Charlesworth (3) Hockey Geoff Marsh Cricket Graham Marsh (4) Golf 1987 Peter Gilmour Yachting Thomas Stachewicz Swimming Ric Charlesworth (4) Hockey 1988 Elspeth Clement Hockey 1989 Terry Alderman (2) Cricket 1990 Bruce Reid Cricket Ian Brown Swimming 1991 Roger Mackay Golf Shelley Taylor-Smith Swimming 1992 Craig Parry Golf Ramon Andersson Canoeing Peter Matera Australian rules football 1993 Ramon Andersson (2) Canoeing Dean Capobianco Athletics 1994 Darryn Hill Cycling 1995 Darryn Hill (2) Cycling 1996 Luc Longley Basketball Rob Scott Rowing 1997 Luc Longley (2) Basketball 1998 Lucy Tyler-Sharman Cycling 1999 Justin Langer Cricket 2000 Rechelle Hawkes Hockey 2001 Dmitri Markov Athletics 2002 Simon Black Australian rules football 2003 Adam Gilchrist Cricket Peter Dawson Cycling 2004 Ryan Bayley Cycling 2005 Ben Cousins Australian rules football Robin Bell Canoeing 2006 Paul Burgess Pole vault 2007 Michael Hussey Cricket 2008 Steve Hooker Pole vault 2009 Steve Hooker (2) Pole vault 2010 Lauren Mitchell Gymnastics 2011 Cameron Meyer Cycling 2012 Cameron Meyer (2) Cycling 2013 Kim Mickle Javelin 2014 Mitchell Johnson Cricket 2015 Nat Fyfe Australian rules football2016Curtis LuckGolf2017Sam KerrSoccer2018Sam Kerr (2)Soccer2019Nat Fyfe (2)Australian rules football2019Hannah GreenGolf2020Jai HindleyCycling2021Madison de RozarioAthletics2022Jai Hindley (2)Cycling2023Sam Kerr (3)Soccer2024Nina KennedyAthletics2025Minjee LeeGolf
List of winners by sport Sport WinnersAthletics Shirley de la Hunty, Herb Elliott, Dixie Willis, Joyce Bennett, John Gilmour, Dean Capobianco, Dmitri Markov, Paul Burgess, Steve Hooker, Kim Mickle, Madison de Rozario, Nina KennedyAustralian rules football Brian Foley, Haydn Bunton, Jr., Bill Walker, Steve Malaxos, Peter Matera, Simon Black, Ben Cousins, Nat FyfeBasketball Luc LongleyBilliards Bob MarshallCanoeing Ramon Andersson, Robin BellCricket Bob Simpson, Graham McKenzie, Peter Kelly, Dennis Lillee, Rod Marsh, Kim Hughes, Terry Alderman, Geoff Marsh, Bruce Reid, Justin Langer, Adam Gilchrist, Michael Hussey, Mitchell JohnsonCycling Steele Bishop, Darryn Hill, Lucy Tyler-Sharman, Peter Dawson, Ryan Bayley, Cameron Meyer, Jai HindleyGolf Roger MacKay, Graham Marsh, Craig Parry, Curtis Luck, Hannah Green, Minjee LeeGymnastics Lauren MitchellHarness racing Phil Coulson, Lou AustinHockey Morna Pearce, Brian Glencross, Roslyn Fisher, Ric Charlesworth, Elspeth Clement, Rechelle HawkesLacrosse Brian GriffinNetball Gaye WalshPowerlifting Sue RobertsRifle shooting Libby FeltonRowing Rob ScottSoccerSamantha KerrSquash Dean Williams, Barbara WallSwimming David Dickson, John Ryan, Lynne Watson, Lyn McClements, Neil Brooks, Peter Evans, Thomas Stachewicz, Ian Brown, Shelley Taylor-SmithTennis Margaret Court, Elizabeth SmylieYachting Syd Lodge, Rob O'Sullivan, Graham Lillingston, Peter Gilmour
See also Western Australian Hall of Champions
References WA Sports Star of the Year 1956 to 2005, The West Australian, 11 January 2006.