American League MVP, World Series Champion,

Helped lead the Houston Astros to their first ever

José Altuve  Venezuela Baseball
title and the city's first major championship since
1995.
7

Raised more than $37 million in relief aid for the

 United Professional
J. J. Watt city of Houston, Texas less than a month after the
States football
impact of Hurricane Harvey.

201 Golden State  United Professional

2018 NBA champions, third title in last four years.
8 Warriors States basketball

201 Megan  United FIFA Women's World Cup champion, won Golden

Soccer
9 Rapinoe[6] States Ball and Golden Boot.

Laurent Super Bowl LIV champion, sat out the 2020

Duvernay-  Canada Football season to serve as an orderly during the COVID-
Tardif 19 pandemic.

LeBron  United NBA Finals MVP, worked to end voter

Basketball
James[3] States suppression. First three-time winner.

Super Bowl MVP, pushed the NFL to recognize

202
Patrick  United the Black Lives Matter movement, pushed to
0 Football
Mahomes States encourage voter registration across the country,
as well as among his teammates

Naomi U.S. Open champion and advocate for social

 Japan Tennis
Osaka justice.

Breanna  United WNBA Finals MVP, spoke out against racism and

Basketball
Stewart[3] States for women's equality.

See also[edit]
  Sports portal

 Sporting News Sportsman of the Year (1968 to 2008)

 Sports Illustrated Top 20 Female Athletes of the Decade (2009)
 Sports Illustrated Top 20 Male Athletes of the Decade (2009)
 Athlete of the Year
 Associated Press Athlete of the Year (AP)
 ESPY Award
 United Press International Athlete of the Year Award (UPI) (defunct)
 Laureus World Sports Awards (Laureus World Sports Academy)
 BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
 L'Équipe Champion of Champions

References[edit]
1. ^ Sens, Josh (December 12, 2015). "Tiger Woods 40 Biggest Moments: No. 19 - 1996 Sports
Illustrated Sportsman of Year".  Golf.com. Retrieved  April 27,  2017.
2. ^ Neuharth-Keusch, AJ (December 1, 2016).  "LeBron James named SI's Sportsperson of the
Year for second time".  USA Today. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
3. ^ Jump up to:a b c "LeBron James, Breanna Stewart among SI's 2020 Sportspersons of the Year |
NBA.com". www.nba.com. Retrieved  December 6, 2020.
4. ^ "Sports Legends Donate To Smithsonian". Evening Independent. St. Petersburg, Florida.
Associated Press. June 19, 1979. p.  7C. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
5. ^ Hoffarth, Tom (November 3, 2009). "How much is that trophy in the window?". Farther Off
The Wall. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
6. ^ Soccer legend Megan Rapinoe has been named Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of the
Year Alaa Elassar, CNN, Dec 10, 2019

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1954: Roger Bannister

1955: Johnny Podres

1956: Bobby Morrow

1957: Stan Musial

1958: Rafer Johnson

1959: Ingemar Johansson

1960: Arnold Palmer

1961: Jerry Lucas
1962: Terry Baker

1963: Pete Rozelle

1964: Ken Venturi

1965: Sandy Koufax

1966: Jim Ryun

1967: Carl Yastrzemski

1968: Bill Russell

1969: Tom Seaver

1970: Bobby Orr

1971: Lee Trevino

1972: Billie Jean King & John Wooden

1973: Jackie Stewart

1974: Muhammad Ali

1975: Pete Rose

1976: Chris Evert

1977: Steve Cauthen

1978: Jack Nicklaus

1979: Terry Bradshaw & Willie Stargell

1980: U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

1981: Sugar Ray Leonard

1982: Wayne Gretzky

1983: Mary Decker

1984: Edwin Moses & Mary Lou Retton

1985: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1986: Joe Paterno

1987: Bob Bourne, Judi Brown King, Kipchoge Keino, Dale Murphy, Chip Rives, Patty Sheehan, Rory Sparrow, & Reggie Williams

1988: Orel Hershiser

1989: Greg LeMond

1990: Joe Montana

1991: Michael Jordan

1992: Arthur Ashe

1993: Don Shula

1994: Bonnie Blair & Johann Olav Koss

1995: Cal Ripken Jr.

1996: Tiger Woods
 1997: Dean Smith

1998: Mark McGwire & Sammy Sosa

1999: U.S. Women's Soccer Team

2000: Tiger Woods

2001: Curt Schilling & Randy Johnson

2002: Lance Armstrong

2003: David Robinson & Tim Duncan

2004: Boston Red Sox

2005: Tom Brady

2006: Dwyane Wade

2007: Brett Favre

2008: Michael Phelps

2009: Derek Jeter

2010: Drew Brees

2011: Mike Krzyzewski & Pat Summitt

2012: LeBron James

2013: Peyton Manning

2014: Madison Bumgarner

2015: Serena Williams

2016: LeBron James

2017: José Altuve & J. J. Watt

2018: Golden State Warriors

2019: Megan Rapinoe

2020: Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, LeBron James, Patrick Mahomes, Naomi Osaka, & Breanna Stewart

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