Andy Murray favourite for 2013 BBC Sports Personality of the year award

Andy Murray leads the 10-person list for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2013 award.

Murray will be contending with Tour de France title-holder Chris Froome, record-breaking jockey Tony McCoy, sailor Ben Ainslie, England cricketer Ian Bell, athletes Mo Farah and Christine Ohuruogu, wheelchair athlete Hannah Cockcroft and rugby union’s Leigh Halfpenny for the prestigious award this year.

However, given that Murray ended England’s 77 year wait for a Wimbledon title by beating Djokovic this year, he will be considered an overwhelming favourite to win the award this year.

The 10 contenders will compete for the public vote on the night of the live show on December 15.

The achievements of other contenders are as follows:

Chris Froome: Tour De France winner

Tony McCoy: Notched his 4,000th career win in horse racing

Ben Ainslie: A come-from-behind victory that enabled Team USA to win America’s cup in sailing

Ian Bell: Hit three centuries in the Ashes, helping England clinch the series

Mo Farah: Won both 5,000m and 10,000m world titles in Moscow, as well as breaking Steve Cram’s 28-year-old British 1,500m record in Monaco in July.

Christine Ohuruogu: Won her second 400m title in Moscow

Hannah Cockcroft: Retained both her T34 100 meters and T34 200 meters titles at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon and won the T33/T34 100 meters race at the Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium with a stadium record time of 17.80 seconds.

Justin Rose: Became the first English winner of the US Open in 43 years

Leigh Halfpenny: Named Player of the Series in the Six Nations cup as Wales won it

There will also be awards for Team of the Year, Coach of the Year, Overseas Sports Personality of the Year, Young Sports Personality of the Year, Sports Personality of the Year Diamond Award, Helen Rollason Award and Sports Unsung Hero.

The shortlist was decided by a panel comprising representatives from the BBC, selected journalists, former nominees Dame Kelly Holmes, Baroness Grey-Thompson and Marcus Trescothick, and Liz Nicholl, chief executive of UK Sport.