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2020 Athlete of the Year

Thursday, December 24, 2020

 December



Patrick Mahomes.  

In the strangest ever sports year - the Athlete of the Year is the most conventional choice possible, the Super Bowl winning QB.  30 years after Joe Montana won the first Athlete of the Year, the award once again returns to the glamor position in US Sport, Super Bowl Champion QB1.  

Here were the runners-up (2) Mookie Betts (3) Sabrina Ionescu

And the rest:
January-Joe Burrow
February - Damien Williams
April- Chu-Yu Hsien
May-Manuel Neuer
June-Robert Lewandowski
July-Cristiano Ronaldo
September - Anthony Davis
October- Corey Seager
December - Devonta Smith

I've been doing this as long as I can remember, the full records exist from 1990 forward; here's the history:

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

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