Tottenham Hotspur Striker Harry Kane Nominated For Yet Another Prestigious Award

Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane has been named as a nominee for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017 award.

Kane has reached unprecedented levels of goal scoring throughout the year.

The 24-year-old is the only footballer on the list.

Great to be nominated alongside some brilliant British sports personalities. 👏#SPOTY
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— Harry Kane (@HKane)
November 27, 2017

2017 has been the most prolific calendar year of Harry Kane’s career so far.

Kane has scored 47 goals in 45 games for club and country, meaning he the only forward with 40+ goals to average at least one goal a game.

In the process, Kane won the Premier League Golden Boot, guided Spurs to a second place finish and captained England to next year’s World Cup.

The BBC SPOTY becomes Kane’s ninth nomination for an award this year.

The forward has already been nominated to win the likes of the Ballon d’Or, FIFA the Best FIFA Men's Player, UEFA TOTY and PFA Player of the Year.

BBC SPOTY Nominees

Harry Kane – Football

Elise Christie – Short Track Speed Skating

Sir Mo Farah – Athletics

Chris Froome – Cycling

Lewis Hamilton – F1

Anthony Joshua – Boxing

Johanna Konta – Tennis

Jonnie Peacock – Para-athletics

Adam Peaty – Swimming

Jonathan Rea – Motorcycling

Anya Shrubsole – Cricket

Bianca Walkden – Taekwondo

Harry Kane’s strongest competition comes in the form of Farah, Froome, Hamilton and Joshua.

Farah, Hamilton and Joshua all won world titles in their retrospective sports, whilst Froome won two of cycling’s most prestigious events.

Other impressive Kane stats

Harry Kane in 2017:

• 47 Goals
• 5 Hat-Tricks
• England Captain
• PFA Team of the Year
• PFA Fans Player of the Year
• Premier League Golden Boot
• 2x Player of the Month Awards
• PFA POTY Nomination
• UEFA TOTY Nomination
• SPOTY Nomination

— Harry Kane Stats (@HarryKaneStats_)
November 27, 2017

Most England Goals in a Calender Year since 2000:

2006 – Crouch (11)
2014 – Rooney (8)
2017 – KANE (7)💥
2005 – Owen (7)
2004 – Lampard (6)

— Sport Stats (@sportstats10)
November 17, 2017

Highest scoring Premier League players in a calendar year:

1⃣ Alan Shearer – 36 (0.85 goalsper game)
2⃣ Robin van Persie – 35 (0.97 goals per game)
3⃣ Thierry Henry – 34 (0.87 goals per game)
4⃣ Harry Kane – 30 and counting (1.03 goals per game)
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— Hotspur Hacker (@HotspurHacker)
November 27, 2017