Best Male Athlete ESPY Award

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The Best Male Athlete ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Outstanding Male Athlete ESPY Award, has been presented annually since 1993 to the male voted irrespective of nationality or sport contested, adjudged to be the best athlete in a given calendar year.

Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.

Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in June and reflect performance from the June previous[1].

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[edit] List of winners

Two athletes, American golfer Tiger Woods and American road cyclist Lance Armstrong, have won the award multiple times; Woods was honored in 1998 (jointly with Ken Griffey, Jr.), 2000, 2001, and 2002, and Armstrong was honored between 2003 and 2006 inclusive.

Year Athlete Nation represented Sport
1993 Michael Jordan Flag of the United States United States Basketball
1994 Barry Bonds Flag of the United States United States Baseball
1995 Steve Young Flag of the United States United States American football
1996 Cal Ripken, Jr. Flag of the United States United States Baseball
1997 Michael Johnson Flag of the United States United States Athletics
1998 Tiger Woods Flag of the United States United States Golf
Ken Griffey, Jr. Flag of the United States United States Baseball
1999 Mark McGwire Flag of the United States United States Baseball
2000 Tiger Woods Flag of the United States United States Golf
2001 Tiger Woods Flag of the United States United States Golf
2002 Tiger Woods Flag of the United States United States Golf
2003 Lance Armstrong Flag of the United States United States Road cycling
2004 Lance Armstrong Flag of the United States United States Road cycling
2005 Lance Armstrong Flag of the United States United States Road cycling
2006 Lance Armstrong Flag of the United States United States Road cycling
2007 LaDainian Tomlinson Flag of the United States United States American football

[edit] Winners by sport contested

Sport contested Winners
Golf 4[2]
Road cycling 4
Baseball 4[3]
American football 2
Athletics 1
Basketball 1

[edit] Winners by nation represented

Nation represented Winners
Flag of the United StatesUnited States 16[4]

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Because of the rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in 2002 was given in consideration of performance betwixt February 2001 and June 2002.
  2. ^ Includes Tiger Woods, who shared the 1998 award with American baseballer Ken Griffey, Jr..
  3. ^ Includes Ken Griffey, Jr., who shared the 1998 award with American golfer Tiger Woods.
  4. ^ Includes both winners from 1998, when Americans golfer Tiger Woods and baseballer Ken Griffey, Jr., garnered the award jointly.

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