Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year

Year

Name

Sport

1954	Roger Bannister	track and field
1955	Johnny Podres	baseball
1956	Bobby Morrow	track and field
1957	Stan Musial	baseball
1958	Rafer Johnson	track and field
1959	Ingemar Johansson	boxing
1960	Arnold Palmer	golf
1961	Jerry Lucas	basketball
1962	Terry Baker	football
1963	Pete Rozelle	football
1964	Ken Venturi	golf
1965	Sandy Koufax	baseball
1966	Jim Ryun	track and field
1967	Carl Yastrzemski	baseball
1968	Bill Russell	basketball
1969	Tom Seaver	baseball
1970	Bobby Orr	hockey
1971	Lee Trevino	golf
1972	Billie Jean King and	tennis
(shared)	John Wooden	basketball
1973	Jackie Stewart	auto racing
1974	Muhammad Ali	boxing
1975	Pete Rose	baseball
1976	Chris Evert	tennis
1977	Steve Cauthen	horse racing
1978	Jack Nicklaus	golf
1979	Terry Bradshaw and	football
(shared)	Willie Stargell	baseball
1980	U.S. Olympic hockey team	hockey
1981	Sugar Ray Leonard	boxing
1982	Wayne Gretzky	hockey
1983	Mary Decker	track and field
1984	Ed Moses and	track and field
(shared)	Mary Lou Retton	gymnastics
1985	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	basketball
1986	Joe Paterno	football
1987 (shared)	'Eight Athletes Who Care'
	Bob Bourne	hockey
	Kip Keino	track and field
	Judi Brown King	track and field
	Dale Murphy	baseball
	Chip Rives	football
	Patty Sheehan	golf
	Rory Sparrow	basketball
	Reggie Williams	football
1988	Orel Hershiser	baseball
1989	Greg LeMond	cycling
1990	Joe Montana	football
1991	Michael Jordan	basketball
1992	Arthur Ashe	tennis
1993	Don Shula	football
1994	Bonnie Blair and	speed skating
(shared)	John Olav Koss	speed skating
1995	Cal Ripken, Jr.	baseball
1996	Tiger Woods	golf
1997	Dean Smith	basketball
1998	Mark McGwire and	baseball
(shared)	Sammy Sosa	baseball
1999	U.S. Women's Soccer Team	soccer
2000	Tiger Woods	golf
2001	Randy Johnson and	baseball
(shared)	Curt Schilling	baseball
2002	Lance Armstrong	cycling
2003	Tim Duncan and	basketball
(shared)	David Robinson	basketball
2004	Boston Red Sox	baseball
2005	Tom Brady	football
2006	Dwyane Wade	basketball
2007	Brett Favre	football