Dragić was the captain of the men’s national basketball team when they won the gold medal at the EuroBasket tournament in Turkey. He was also named EuroBasket’s MVP. Second place went to ski jumper-turned-cyclist Primož Roglič, who won a stage at the Tour de France and bagged silver in the men’s time trial at the World Cycling Championships in Norway. 18-year-old Luka Dončić, another member of the men’s national basketball team that won gold at EuroBasket, came in third. Dončić also won the Standout Young Athlete of the Year Award.

Alpine skier Ilka Štuhec won the Female Athlete of the Year Award, ahead of climber Janja Gambret, and judoka Tina Trstenjak.

Meanwhile, the men’s national basketball team bagged the Best Team Award. The men’s national handball team came in second, while third place went to the men's national ping-pong team.