FOR THE SECOND TIME, Ryan Crouser is our U.S. Athlete of the Year—no surprise, given his world honors. The Oregon native won his first U.S. accolades in ’21, and, in addition, took “MVP” honors in ’20, the year we did not give the usual honors because the pandemic robbed us of a normal season…
Behind Crouser is 3-time winner Noah Lyles. Other familiar faces back from last year’s top 10 include Grant Holloway, Ray Benjamin, Erriyon Knighton and 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. Ryan Crouser | 24 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 258 | 99.2% |
| 2. Noah Lyles | 2 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 236 | 90.8% |
| 3. Grant Holloway | — | — | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 194 | 74.6% |
| 4. Rai Benjamin | — | — | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 166 | 63.8% |
| 5. JuVaughn Harrison | — | — | — | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 146 | 56.2% |
| 6. Yared Nuguse | — | — | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 121 | 46.5% |
| 7. Erriyon Knighton | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 104 | 40.0% |
| 8. Joe Kovacs | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 81 | 31.2% |
| 9. Christian Coleman | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 13.8% |
| 10. Daniel Roberts | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 11.2% |
| 11. Chris Nilsen 27; 12. Rudy Winkler 14; 13. Quincy Hall 11; 14. Grant Fisher 7. | ||||||||||||
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