Track & Field News has been choosing a U.S. Men’s Athlete Of The Year since 1959. This year’s winner, sprinter Noah Lyles, was a runaway choice, garnering 22 of the 26 votes for No. 1 from our international panel and had no votes lower than No. 3. The other votes for the top spot went to Christian Coleman (3) and reigning No. 1 Sam Kendricks (1)…
If this year’s Top 10 names look familiar it’s because 6 of them are repeaters from last year: Kendricks was No. 1, Christian Taylor No. 2, Ryan Crouser No. 4, Coleman No. 6, Evan Jager No. 7 and Fred Kerley No. 10. Taylor and Jager are on 5-year rolls, with Taylor’s positions since ’14 being 4-2-2-2-4 and Jager’s being 4-6-5-7-9. Crouser (3) and Kendricks (9) also scored in ’16, for 3-year streaks.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Tot. | ||
| 1. Noah Lyles | 22 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 255 | 98.1% |
| 2. Christian Coleman | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 211 | 81.2% |
| 3. Sam Kendricks | 1 | 5 | 13 | 5 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 204 | 78.5% |
| 4. Christian Taylor | — | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 181 | 69.6% |
| 5. Ryan Crouser | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | 136 | 52.3% |
| 6. Ronnie Baker | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 118 | 45.4% |
| 7. Michael Norman | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 85 | 32.7% |
| 8. Fred Kerley | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 80 | 30.8% |
| 9. Evan Jager | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 78 | 30.0% |
| 10. Paul Chelimo | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 18.8% |
| 11. Darrell Hill 18; 12. Will Claye 11; 13. Jeff Henderson 4. | ||||||||||||
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