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The BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award (or SPOTY) was first held in 1954 when around 14,500 voters decided to crown Christopher Chataway over fellow runner Roger Bannister.
Since then the winners read like a roll call of British sporting greats, with the likes of Mo Farah, Ian Botham, Nick Faldo, Steve Redgrave, Lewis Hamilton, Kelly Holmes and David Beckham all lifting the trophy.
This year will see darts player Luke Littler, Olympians Keely Hodgkinson and Alex Lee, footballer Jude Bellingham, cricketer Joe Root and Paralympian Sarah Storey contest the title by way of public vote.
Over the year’s several Scottish sporting stars have features in the ceremony, with 13 having been in the top three - and five of them winning the title at least once.
Here are all of them, starting with the earliest.
9. Liz McColgan
Runner Liz McColgan became the first and only Scottish woman to be named Sports Personality of the Year in 1991. It was the year in which she won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships - three years after takin silver over the same distance at the 1988 Olympic Games. | Getty Images
10. Colin McRae
Rally driver Colin McRae come third behind athlete Jonathan Edwards and boxer Frank Bruno in 1995. He had just become the first British driver to win the World Rally Championship title, having already claimed two British Rally Championships. | Getty Images
11. Chris Hoy
2008 was a golden year for cycling star Chris Hoy. He became the first British male Olympian for 100 years to claim three golds at one games at the Olympics in Beijing -winning the men's keirin, the men's team sprint and the men's individual sprint. He then became the fourth Scot to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year. | Getty Images
12. Andy Murray
Andy Murray had his first taste of major success in 2012 when he won the US Open, beating Novak Djokovic in five sets in the final. It was only enough to land him third place in the SPOTY though, behind cyclist Bradley Wiggins and athlete Jessica Ennis. More success was to come though, aling with a record breaking three Sports Personality of the Year awards in 2013, 2015 and 2016. | AFP via Getty Images