WITH HIS THIRD No. 1 here (joining ’18 & ’19), Noah Lyles joins some super-elite company. The other 4 who have been U.S. Athlete Of The Year more than twice: Carl Lewis (7), Michael Johnson (6) and Edwin Moses & Ashton Eaton (3 each)…
Familiar faces: Lyles, No. 9 last year, is accompanied as a Top 10 repeater by Ryan Crouser, Rai Benjamin, Grant Holloway, Fred Kerley, Chris Nilsen & Joe Kovacs…
The charting of this year’s voting (points are awarded in inverse order of place: 10-9-8… etc):
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | % | |
| 1. Noah Lyles | 25 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 276 | 98.6% |
| 2. Ryan Crouser | 3 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 240 | 85.7% |
| 3. Michael Norman | — | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 195 | 69.6% |
| 4. Fred Kerley | — | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | 183 | 65.4% |
| 5. Joe Kovacs | — | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 168 | 60.0% |
| 6. Grant Holloway | — | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 164 | 58.6% |
| 7. Chris Nilsen | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 86 | 30.7% |
| 8. Grant Fisher | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | 3 | 6 | — | 1 | 3 | 83 | 29.6% |
| 9. Rai Benjamin | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 77 | 27.5% |
| 10. Erriyon Knighton | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 10.0% |
| 11. Trey Cunningham 25; 12. Marvin Bracy-Williams 13; 13. tie, Trevor Bassitt & JuVaughn Harrison 1. | ||||||||||||
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