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2022 Athlete of the Year

Tuesday, December 20, 2022




Steph Curry.  Lionel Messi.

Runner Up: Aaron Donald

I'm a Warriors fan, that is not a recent designation. The Warriors may have now completed one of the great NBA runs ever; their transcendent star won the 
Finals MVP and then was as good as anyone in the league in the first half of the following season; he was just named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year and he's never won my award before.

But -- Lionel Messi is also all time great, probably the all time great, who finally wins the big tournament and is its best player and has never won this award - and he's LeBron, to use an NBA comparison. 

So - for the first, and I'm going to say very likely last, time in the 30+ year history of this award, we have a tie.  

Here were all the monthly winners.

January-Cooper Kupp

February-Aaron Donald

March-Aliyah Boston

April-Auston Matthews

May-Connor McDavid 

June - Steph Curry

July - Aaron Judge

August - Albert Pujols

September - A'ja Wilson

October - Bryce Harper

November-Jeremy Pena

December - Lionel Messi



I've been doing this...I think since '84.  The full monthly records exist from 1990 forward; I posted them all here a few years ago; 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
2021: Giannis Antetokounmpo
2022: Lionel Messi/Steph Curry 

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