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2024 Athlete of the Year

Wednesday, December 18, 2024



Simone Biles.  Runners-up: Patrick Mahomes, Caitlin Clark.

Clark was the most notable happening of the year; were this what used to be Sports Illustrated, she'd be the choice - and Mahomes, having won back to back Super Bowls, has reached the pinnacle of the top sport in the US - but the win goes to Biles, one of the greatest American Olympians of all time.

Here were the monthly winners:


Jan-Travis Kelce
Feb- Patrick Mahomes
March - Caitlin Clark
April - Mookie Betts
May- Luka Doncic
June - Connor McDavid
July-Simone Biles
August-Katie Ledecky
September-Aaron Judge
October- Freddie Freeman
November- Nikola Jokic
December - Josh Allen

And here are all the winners of this award from 1990 forward.

1990: Joe Montana  
1991: Michael Jordan
1992: Mario Lemieux
1993: Michael Jordan
1994: George Foreman  
1995: Hakeem Olajuwon
1996: Michael Jordan
1997: Tiger Woods
1998: Mark McGwire
1999: Tiger Woods   
2000: Tiger Woods
2001: Barry Bonds
2002: Barry Bonds
2003: Lance Armstrong
2004: Peyton Manning   
2005: Reggie Bush
2006: Roger Federer
2007: Tom Brady
2008: Usain Bolt
2009: Manny Pacquiao  
2010: Maya Moore
2011: Aaron Rodgers
2012: LeBron James
2013: LeBron James
2014: Madison Bumgarner  
2015: Serena Williams  
2016: Michael Phelps 
2017: Tom Brady  
2018: Breanna Stewart 
2019: Megan Rapinoe  
2020: Patrick Mahomes
2021: Giannis Antetokounmpo
2022: Lionel Messi/Steph Curry 
2023: Nikola Jokic
2024: Simone Biles

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