Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has another accolade to put under his belt. On Sunday, he has been named by Sports Illustrated as Sportsperson of the Year for the third time.

LeBron James previously won the award in 2012 after he bagged the NBA and NBA Finals MVP with the Miami Heat, as well as winning a gold medal in the 2012 Olympics. His other award came in 2016 when he led the Cleveland Cavaliers to their first NBA title while winning Finals MVP.

The Lakers superstar was primarily picked this year for his efforts with Black Lives Matter and his activism on ending voter suppression. The only other athlete to win the award more than once is Tiger Woods, who won it both in 1996 and 2000.

James has often been known as one who uses his platform to better his community, including creating a school for underprivileged kids to get an education and paying for multiple kids to go to college for free.

LBJ is one of five winners this year, the second most in the award's history. The only year in which there were more winners in one year was 1987, in which there were eight. Aside from the Lakers champion, the other winners of the award this 2020 are Laurent Duvernay Tardif, Patrick Mahomes, Naomi Osaka and Breanna Stewart.

It is unsurprising that 2020 had multiple winners of the award, with many big events outside of the sports w0rld making players focus on their communities–from Tardif who chose to opt out of the 2020 NFL season in order to help the elderly in his hometown in Canada amid the coronavirus pandemic, to the others who all used their platforms to work towards social justice following the death of George Floyd.