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Every SI Sportsperson of the Year, From 1954 to 2023

Arthur Ashe Billie Jean King Deion Sanders Michael Jordan Muhammad Ali Roger Bannister LeBron James Tiger Woods Tom Brady

Sportsperson of the Year Winners

Jeffery A&period; Salter/Sports Illustrated

Deion Sanders

Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated

Stephen Curry

Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

Tom Brady

Illustration by Alexis Franklin

Naomi Osaka

Illustration by Alexis Franklin

LeBron James

Illustration by Alexis Franklin

Patrick Mahomes

Illustration by Alexis Franklin

Breanna Stewart

Illustration by Alexis Franklin

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif

Jeffery A&period; Salter/Sports Illustrated

Megan Rapinoe

Illustration by Mark Hammermeister

Golden State Warriors

Robert Beck/Sports Illustrated

José Altuve and J.J. Watt

Robert Beck/Sports Illustrated

LeBron James

Yu Tsai/Sports Illustrated

Serena Williams

Robert Beck/Sports Illustrated

Madison Bumgarner

John W&period; McDonough/Sports Illustrated

Peyton Manning

Walter Iooss Jr&period;/Sports Illustrated

LeBron James

Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

Pat Summitt and Mike Krzyzewski

Walter Iooss Jr&period;/Sports Illustrated

Drew Brees

Gregory Heisler/Sports Illustrated

Derek Jeter

Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated

Michael Phelps

Walter Iooss Jr&period;/Sports Illustrated

Brett Favre

Walter Iooss Jr&period;/Sports Illustrated

Dwyane Wade

Lynn Johnson/Sports Illustrated

Tom Brady

Photomosaic by Robert Silvers

Boston Red Sox

Michael O'Neill/Sports Illustrated

Tim Duncan and David Robinson

Jonas Karlsson/Sports Illustrated

Lance Armstrong

Brian Lanker/Sports Illustrated

Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson

Gerard Rancinan/Sports Illustrated

Tiger Woods

Mark Abrahams/Sports Illustrated

U.S. Women’s Soccer Team

Walter Iooss Jr&period;/Sports Illustrated

Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa

Brian Lanker/Sports Illustrated

Dean Smith

Illustration by Lauren Uram

Tiger Woods

Michael O'Neill/Sports Illustrated (left)&semi; Walter Iooss Jr&period;/Sports Illustrated

Cal Ripken Jr.

Michael O'Neill/Sports Illustrated

Bonnie Blair and Johann Olav Koss

Illustration by Mark Summers

Don Shula

Michael O'Neill/Sports Illustrated

Arthur Ashe

Hologram by Sharon McCormack

Michael Jordan

Peter Read Miller/Sports Illustrated

Joe Montana

Brian Lanker/Sports Illustrated

Greg LeMond

Illustration by Pier Consagra

Orel Hershiser

Illustration by Richard Hess

Rory Sparrow, Patty Sheehan, Reggie Williams, Chip Rives, Bob Bourne, Judi Brown King, Dale Murphy and Kip Keino

Ronald C&period; Modra/Sports Illustrated

Joe Paterno

Illustration by Larry Rivers

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Walter Iooss Jr&period;/Sports Illustrated

Mary Lou Retton and Edwin Moses

Brian Lanker/Sports Illustrated

Mary Decker

Brian Lanker/Sports Illustrated

Wayne Gretzky

Manny Millan/Sports Illustrated

Sugar Ray Leonard

Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated

U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

Walter Iooss Jr&period;/Sports Illustrated

Willie Stargell and Terry Bradshaw

Lane Stewart/Sports Illustrated

Jack Nicklaus

Anthony Edgeworth/Sports Illustrated

Steve Cauthen

Graham Finlayson/Sports Illustrated

Chris Evert

Lane Stewart/Sports Illustrated

Pete Rose

Neil Leifer/Sports Illustrated

Muhammad Ali

Tony Triolo/Sports Illustrated

Jackie Stewart

Stephen Green-Armytage/Sports Illustrated

John Wooden and Billie Jean King

Walter Iooss Jr&period;/Sports Illustrated

Lee Trevino

Tony Triolo/Sports Illustrated

Bobby Orr

James Drake/Sports Illustrated

Tom Seaver

James Drake/Sports Illustrated

Bill Russell

Fred Kaplan/Sports Illustrated

Carl Yastrzemski

Rich Clarkson/Sports Illustrated

Jim Ryun

Robert Huntzinger/Sports Illustrated

Sandy Koufax

Jay Maisel/Sports Illustrated (left)&semi; Walter Iooss Jr&period;/Sports Illustrated (right)

Ken Venturi

Ben Rose/Sports Illustrated

Pete Rozelle

Neal Barr/Sports Illustrated

Terry Baker

Illustration by Robert Weaver

Jerry Lucas

Illustration by Thomas B&period; Allen

Arnold Palmer

John G&period; Zimmerman/Sports Illustrated

Ingemar Johansson

John G&period; Zimmerman/Sports Illustrated

Rafer Johnson

John G&period; Zimmerman/Sports Illustrated (Musial)

Stan Musial

Phil Bath/Sports Illustrated

Bobby Morrow

Richard Meek/Sports Illustrated

Johnny Podres

Mark Kauffman/Sports Illustrated

Roger Bannister

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