People Magazine
Since 1985, People Magazine has periodically selected one male celebrity to be named the "Sexiest Man Alive." Recipients had been named sporadically (there was no winner in 1994) until 1997. Since then, the Sexiest Man Alive is usually announced in late November or early December.
Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Johnny Depp are the only two time winners of People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.
| Year | Winner | Runners Up |
| 2009 | Johnny Depp | Ryan Reynolds; Jake Gyllenhaal; Bradley Cooper; Robert Downey Jr; David Beckham; Gilles Marini; Glee Guys; Nick Cannon; Adam Lambert; John Cho; Chris Daughtry; Jerry O'Connell; John Legend; Robert Pattinson |
| 2008 | Hugh Jackman | |
| 2007 | Matt Damon | Patrick Dempsey; Ryan Reynolds; Brad Pitt; James McAvoy; Johnny Depp; Dave Annable; Will Smith; Javier Bardem; Shemar Moore; Ben Affleck; Adrian Grenier; Will Yun Lee; Justin Timberlake |
| 2006 | George Clooney | Patrick Dempsey; Ashton Kutcher; Taye Diggs; Johnny Depp; Josh Duhamel; Enrique Murciano; Leonardo DiCaprio; John Krasinski; Jake Gyllenhaal; John Cho; Rodrigo Santoro; Omar Epps; Eric Mabius; Brad Pitt |
| 2005 | Matthew McConaughey | Patrick Dempsey; Terrence Howard; Viggo Mortensen; Vince Vaughn; Nick Lachey; Heath Ledger; Daniel Dae Kim; Keith Urban; Ian McShane; Matt Damon; Denis Leary; Anderson Cooper; Clive Owen |
| 2004 | Jude Law | |
| 2003 | Johnny Depp | |
| 2002 | Ben Affleck | |
| 2001 | Pierce Brosnan | |
| 2000 | Brad Pitt | |
| 1999 | Richard Gere | |
| 1998 | Harrison Ford | |
| 1997 | George Clooney | |
| 1996 | Denzel Washington | |
| 1995 | Brad Pitt | |
| 1993 | Richard Gere | |
| 1992 | Nick Nolte | |
| 1991 | Patrick Swayze | |
| 1990 | Tom Cruise | |
| 1989 | Sean Connery | |
| 1988 | John F Kennedy Jr | |
| 1987 | Harry Hamlin | |
| 1986 | Mark Harmon | |
| 1985 | Mel Gibson |