GARETH BALE
Age: 25 Sport: Football
The world's most expensive footballer shrugged off the £85m price tag to enjoy a dazzling debut season at Real Madrid, clocking up 22 goals and 16 assists.
Former Southampton and Tottenham player Bale netted the winning goal in the Copa del Rey final and then became the first Welshman to score in a European Cup/Champions League final.
He was on the mark as Madrid won 'La Decima' - an historic 10th European title. He was also named as the Welsh footballer of the yearfor a record fourth time and featured in a promising start to the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.
What he said: "To win those trophies in my first season at Real Madrid was a dream come true."
Did you know? Bale is the first footballer to be shortlisted since 2009, when compatriot Ryan Giggs won the main award
Charlotte Dujardin
Age: 29 Sport: Dressage
She made history by winning two gold medals at the World Equestrian Games - the first British equestrian rider to be Olympic, world and European champion at the same time.
Dujardin, who was born in Enfield and is based in Gloucestershire, picked up gold in the freestyle and grand prix special, plus a silver in the team event on her horse Valegro. At Olympia, she won the London stage of the dressage World Cup and holds the world record in all three elements of her sport.
In November she was named the 2014 Sky Sports/Sunday TimesSportswoman of the Year.
What she said: "After London I didn't think it could get much better. I just couldn't have asked for any more."
Did you know? Two equestrian riders have been voted Sports Personality - Princess Anne in 1971 and her daughter Zara Phillips 25 years later.
Carl Froch
Age: 37 Sport: Boxing
Carl 'The Cobra' Froch retained his IBF and WBA super-middleweight titles against bitter rival George Groves.
After a controversial bout in November last year, the two met again in front of a British record 80,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in May in a fight that lived up to its hype.
Nottingham's Froch knocked Groves out in the eighth round with a huge right hand that will go down as one of the best punches seen in British boxing history.
What he said: "I've got ingredients you can't teach, ingredients you're born with"
Did you know? Joe Calzaghe, in 2007, was the last boxer to win the award. Fighters have triumphed five times including dual winner Sir Henry Cooper.
Lewis Hamilton
Age: 29 Sport: Formula One
After a dramatic season which concluded on Sunday, Hamilton became the first British driver for more than 40 years to win a second Formula 1 world title.
He was engaged in a thrilling and sometimes controversial battle for the crown with his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg but secured the championship with victory in the last race in Abu Dhabi.
Hamilton, who grew up in Stevenage in Hertfordshire, won 11 races during 2014 as he surpassed Nigel Mansell's British record of 31 grands prix victories and helped his team win the constructors' championship.
What he said: "It has been an incredible year. It feels like an out-of-body experience"
Did you know? He was second to Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy in the 2008 Sports Personality poll - after his first F1 title - with swimming champion Rebecca Adlington third.
Rory McIlroy
Age: 25 Sport: Golf
Golf's world number one enjoyed a sensational year in which he won two more major titles.
Victory at the Open Championship secured him the third leg of a career Slam and made him the first European to win three different majors in the modern era.
Just weeks later, the Northern Irishman became the first player from the UK to win back-to-back majors by claiming a second US PGA title. He then went on to win three points as Team Europe retained the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.
What he said: "To win my second major this year and a fourth by the age of 25, it's just incredible."
Did you know? Two golfers have been Sports Personality of the Year - Dai Rees (1957) and Sir Nick Faldo (1989)
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