THREE TIMES PREVIOUSLY, Rai Benjamin earned Top 10 positions in our U.S. Athlete of the Year voting: No. 2 in ’21, 9 in ’22 and No. 4 in 2023. Now with his rise to No. 1 in the 400 hurdles Rankings — after 4 seasons at No. 2 in an event enjoying a “golden age” — the Paris Olympic champion reaches the top rung…
Close behind Benjamin is fellow hurdler Grant Holloway, 3-time U.S. AOY Noah Lyles and Ryan Crouser, twice the World AOY (’21 and ’23). The Paris Olympic year brought change to the compilation as only this quartet repeated from last year… Grant Fisher (in ’22), Kenny Bednarek (’21) and now 32-year-old Sam Kendricks (’19) are veterans of past Top 10s.
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. Rai Benjamin | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 268 | 92.4% |
| 2. Grant Holloway | 9 | 13 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 261 | 90.0% |
| 3. Noah Lyles | 1 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 217 | 74.8% |
| 4. Ryan Crouser | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 206 | 71.0% |
| 5. Quincy Hall | — | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 176 | 60.7% |
| 6. Cole Hocker | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 148 | 51.0% |
| 7. Grant Fisher | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100 | 34.5% |
| 8. Bryce Hoppel | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 57 | 19.7% |
| 9. Kenny Bednarek | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 18.6% |
| 10. Sam Kendricks | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 15.2% |
| 11. Joe Kovacs 20; 12. Yared Nuguse 19; 13. Shelby McEwen 18; 14. Daniel Roberts 4; 15. Kenneth Rooks 3. | ||||||||||||
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