Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who of course plays Sherlock in the hit BBC drama, has fought off competition from the likes of heartthrobs Harry Styles, David Beckham and Ryan Gosling to be crowned as Sexiest Man by Sun readers.

In a poll which listed one hundred hunks, Benedict scored 7,115 votes, while for instance Golden Balls David Beckham managed only 3,393.

However, modest Benedict has previously compared his visage to that of a horse, and revealed, “I’ve wanted to play roles that have gone to better-looking people.”

And his sister Tracy Peacock recently told The Sun that Benedict’s intelligence often put off prospective girlfriends.

But evidently, Sun readers weren’t put off by his brains and beauty combo, but to see who else landed a place in the top one hundred, click ‘Read more’…

Here are The Sun’s top 100 sexiest men, as voted for by the paper’s readers…

1. Benedict Cumberbatch

2. David Beckham

3. Joey Essex

4. Harry Styles

5. Zayn Malik

6. Niall Horan
7. Ryan Gosling

8. Louis Tomlinson

9. Zac Efron

10. Aston Merrygold

11. Liam Payne

12. Johnny Depp

13. David Tennant

14. Tom Hardy

15. Bradley Cooper

16. Cristiano Ronaldo

17. Hugh Jackman
18. Robbie Williams

19. Mark Wright

20. Max George

21. Robert Pattinson

22. Gary Barlow

23. Olly Murs

24. Robert Downey Junior

25. Will Smith

26. Justin Bieber

27. Brad Pitt

28. Peter Andre

29. Ryan Reynolds

30. Michael Fassbender

31. Mark Owen

32. Daniel Craig

33. George Clooney

34. Jason Orange

35. Colin Firth

36. Prince Harry
37. Tom Cruise

38. Boris Johnson

39. Jake Gyllenhaal

40. Christian Bale

41. Rafael Nadal

42. Jamie Redknapp

43. Marvin Humes

44. Jude Law

45. Ashton Kutcher

46. Frankie Cocozza

47. Dec Donnelly

48. Matt Damon

49. Howard Donald

50. Jose Mourinho

51. Orlando Bloom

52. Ed Sheeran

53. Andy Murray
54. James Franco

55. Matt Smith

56. Justin Timberlake

57. Denzel Washington

58. Jon Hamm

59. Mario Balotelli

60. Bear Grylls

61. Matthew McConaughey

62. Theo Walcott

63. Russell Brand

64. Ant McPartlin

65. Daniel Radcliffe

66. Jean Dujardin

67. Javier Bardem

68. Jamie Foxx

69. Dan Stevens

70. David Gandy

71. Pierce Brosnan

72. Prince William
73. Tinie Tempah

74. Ashley Cole

75. Simon Cowell

76. David Walliams

77. Dermot O’Leary

78. Leandro Penna

79. Andrew Garfield

80. Damien Lewis

81. Johnny Wilkinson

82. Mark Cavendish

83. Owen Wilson

84. Steve Jones

85. Matthew Fox

86. Dev Patel

87. Scott Maslen

88. Matthew Wolfenden

89. Gavin Henson

90. Nicholas Hoult

91. Spencer Matthews

92. Ioan Gruffudd

93. Alex Reid

94. Guy Pearce

95. Rob James-Collier

96. Dizzee Rascal

97. Ben Stiller

98. Ben Fogle

99. Matthew Morrison

100. James Cracknell