Novak Djokovic won the top individual honor at the 2012 Laureus Sports Awards on Monday, and Barcelona captured the team prize. Kenyan distance runner Vivian Cheruiyot took the sportswoman's award.
| Category | Nominees |
| Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Nominees | Usain Bolt Novak Djokovic Lionel Messi Dirk Nowitzki Sebastian Vettel Cadel Evans |
| Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Nominees | Vivian Cheruiyot Maria H?fl-Riesch Carmelita Jeter Petra Kvitova Homare Sawa Yani Tseng |
| Laureus World Team of the Year Nominees | All Blacks FC Barcelona Dallas Mavericks England Cricket Team Japan Women's Football Team Red Bull |
| Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Nominees | Yohan Blake; Petra Kvitova; Rory McIlroy Li Na Oscar Pistorius; Mo Farah |
| Laureus World Comeback of the Year Nominees | Eric Abidal; Darren Clarke; Crusaders; Sergio Garcia Liu Xiang Queensland Reds |
| Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Nominees | Daniel Dias; Terezinha Guilhermina; Oscar Pistorius; Esther Vergeer; David Weir; Irek Zaripov |
| Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year Nominees | Jamie Bestwick; Philip K?ster; Carissa Moore; Travis Rice; Kelly Slater; Shaun White |
Team of the Year 2009
Newcomer of the Year 2005
Newcomer of the Year 2003
