The Helen Rollason Award for Sports Personality of the Year is given to a rugby league player, while Kevin Sinfield received a special award from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Two years after retiring from a 17-year career, the 40-year-old was diagnosed with motor neurone disease.
He received the award for raising awareness of the disease while battling it himself.
More than 7 million dollars has been raised for charity by Sinfield.
The close friend and captain of the Rhinos, Kevin Sinfield, has undertaken a number of challenges to raise money for research into the disease.
The man ran seven ultra marathons in seven days from Edinburgh to Manchester.
He smashed through his target and received a hero's welcome as he completed the challenge at the end of the Rugby League World Cup final.
The money raised by the challenge was divided between five charities.
In addition, he ran 101 miles in 24 hours in 2021. and seven marathons in seven days a year earlier.
They both played for Great Britain and England.
During his time with the Rhinos, he won eight Grand Finals, three World Club Challenges and two Challenge Cups.
One of the most successful rugby league players in the sport's history was awarded an MBE for his services to rugby league and for his work in the motor neurone community.
On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities earlier in December, Burrow, who uses an eye-controlled computer which recreates words into a version of his voice to communicate, read the Cbeebies Bedtime Story.
Outstanding achievement in the face of adversity is recognised by the Helen Rollason award.
In 1999 it was introduced to the show in memory of a journalist who died of cancer.
Doddie Weir died in November at the age of 52, six years after he was diagnosed with a motor neurone disease.
He raised more than eight million dollars through his foundation.
He received an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to rugby and to the Borders community.
The Helen Rollason Award was given to Jen Beattie last year.
Anne Williams, charity marathon runner Ben Smith, and Bradley Lowery are just a few of the previous winners.
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