AMERICAN RECORD SETTERS filled the first 3 spots, but with her 2 ARs in the 400H also being WRs, Sydney McLaughlin was an almost-unanimous choice for No. 1. She missed perfection by just a single point in moving up from No. 3…
It was reminiscent of our last voting in this category, when ’19 winner Dalilah Muhammad also set a pair of 400H WRs and was a unanimous choice… No. 7 Keni Harrison now has a 5-year string of making the Top 10…
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. Sydney McLaughlin | 28 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 289 | 99.7% |
| 2. Athing Mu | 1 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 247 | 85.2% |
| 3. Valarie Allman | — | 5 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 225 | 77.6% |
| 4. Katie Nageotte | — | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 188 | 64.8% |
| 5. Dalilah Muhammad | — | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 178 | 61.4% |
| 6. Courtney Frerichs | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 123 | 42.4% |
| 7. Keni Harrison | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | — | 107 | 36.9% |
| 8. Gabby Thomas | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 61 | 21.0% |
| 9. Brittney Reese | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 58 | 20.0% |
| 10. Deanna Price | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 15.5% |
| 11. Maggie Malone 19; 12. Allyson Felix 16; 13. Raven Saunders 15; 14. Keturah Orji 13; 15. Molly Seidel 9; 16. tie, Shamier Little & Kendell Williams 1. | ||||||||||||
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