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ESPN ranks Tiger Woods as the most dominant athlete of the past 20 years
Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:57 pm
Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:57 pm
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#1 Tiger Woods
How can a golfer who's won only eight tournaments in the past nine years be the most dominant athlete of the past 20? Because boy howdy, the 11 years before that. Consider the decade prior to Tiger Woods' dominant run, when golf's players of the year averaged 3.1 wins. From 1999 through 2009, Woods averaged 5.8 wins per season and won the award nine times. He was routinely magnitudes greater than the game's next best: He won 13 of 35 majors from late 1999 to mid-2008, while no other golfer won more than three; three times he won five or more consecutive tournaments -- the last man who won five in a row was Ben Hogan in 1953; of the 45 times he held the outright lead heading into the final round, Woods won 43 of those -- a 95.6 percent closing clip. Even the minutia is amazing: From 2002 through 2005, Woods faced 1,716 putts of 3 feet or less; he made all but four. Nobody's perfect. --Ty Wenger
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1. Tiger Woods
2. LeBron James
3. Peyton Manning
4. Jimmie Johnson
5. Roger Federer
6. Annika Sorenstam
7. Michael Schumacher
8. Floyd Mayweather
9. Marta
10. Usain Bolt
11. Lionel Messi
12. Serena Williams
13. Lauren Jackson
14. Cristiano Ronaldo
15. Novak Djokovic
16. Allyson Felix
17. Barry Bonds
18. Mike Trout
19. Manny Pacquiao
20. Tom Brady
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Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:57 pm to Bench McElroy
Mike trout hasn’t even played in a World Series
Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:59 pm to Bench McElroy
Not having Phelps in the top 3 is disgraceful
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:01 pm to Bench McElroy
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dominant athlete
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4. Jimmie Johnson
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:02 pm to Bench McElroy
Well Tom Brady at 20 is just disrespectful, and I don’t even like the guy.
Also Tiger Woods putting is unreal. Dude was like 65 of 65 from 9 feet and in this past weekend. That’s insane.
Also Tiger Woods putting is unreal. Dude was like 65 of 65 from 9 feet and in this past weekend. That’s insane.
This post was edited on 3/20/18 at 11:05 pm
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:02 pm to Bench McElroy
Having the two greatest tennis players ever behind Lebron and Manning is laughable
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:03 pm to Bench McElroy
No Phelps 
I have no clue who Marta, Lauren Jackson, or Allison Felix is.
Brady 20 and Manning 3.
Ridiculous list.
I have no clue who Marta, Lauren Jackson, or Allison Felix is.
Brady 20 and Manning 3.
Ridiculous list.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:03 pm to Bonkers119
Below trout too lolol
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:04 pm to Bench McElroy
It's gotta be Fed.
Peyton Manning #3?
His bro has won as many titles.
Peyton Manning #3?
His bro has won as many titles.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:07 pm to Bench McElroy
If you look at just a player efficiency combined with effective scoring it is clearly James harden. But only in the years he buys in to the system
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:08 pm to Bench McElroy
Phelps not even on the list....wtf
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:08 pm to Bench McElroy
Having Peyton and lebron that high is stupid, it should be Phelps, Fed, Woods in top 3 any particular order is fine.
Edit: I read the criteria they used and it makes sense why their rankings are so messed up, the criteria is stupid as hell.
Edit: I read the criteria they used and it makes sense why their rankings are so messed up, the criteria is stupid as hell.
This post was edited on 3/20/18 at 11:12 pm
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:08 pm to Bench McElroy
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3. Peyton Manning
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20. Tom Brady
lolz
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:08 pm to WaterLink
I’m confused by Phelps as well.
Typo?
Typo?
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:09 pm to Byron Bojangles III
He really has dominated swimming since like 2001
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:09 pm to Bench McElroy
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ESPN ranks Tiger Woods as the most dominant athlete of the past 20 years
Tough to dispute that.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:10 pm to Bench McElroy
Lauren Jackson above Cristiano Ronaldo is almost as bad as no Michael Phelps in the top 3.
I mean Phelps is clearly number 1 if we are going to include athletes from Olympic sports. Bolt is probably number 2. Tiger would be 1 if his last 10 were as good as his first 10.
I mean Phelps is clearly number 1 if we are going to include athletes from Olympic sports. Bolt is probably number 2. Tiger would be 1 if his last 10 were as good as his first 10.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:14 pm to TheCaterpillar
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I’m confused by Phelps as well.
Typo?
This is their explanation for leaving Phelps off the list.
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Here's the issue: There were 34 swimming events at the 2016 Olympics, with three more coming in 2020. And while it makes no sense to count each as a distinct sport, like soccer or baseball, there's also no way to combine times across distances, disciplines, medleys and relays-and no one rating that weights national, international and Olympic competitions for an annual score among individual swimmers. We'd love to tell you where Phelps and Katie Ledecky rank on our list of most dominant athletes, but we can't. It's not our fault, it's the data!
This post was edited on 3/20/18 at 11:15 pm
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:15 pm to Keys Open Doors
1. Federer
2. Woods
That's it.
Even McEnroe has said numerous times (and he lived and of course played during the era that Bjorg was dominating and winning 5 straight Wimbledons.) That Fed was the most dominant athlete he's seen.
It took Nadal to give us the greatest Wimbledon Final ever because otherwise Fed was just dominating.
2. Woods
That's it.
Even McEnroe has said numerous times (and he lived and of course played during the era that Bjorg was dominating and winning 5 straight Wimbledons.) That Fed was the most dominant athlete he's seen.
It took Nadal to give us the greatest Wimbledon Final ever because otherwise Fed was just dominating.
This post was edited on 3/20/18 at 11:16 pm
Posted on 3/20/18 at 11:15 pm to Muahahaha
Real list would start off something like this.
1. Woods
2. Phelps
3. Federer
4. Brady
5. Bolt
6. Mayweather
Bolt and Mayweather were probably technically the most dominant but I think you need to consider whether or not those sports matter as much. I don’t think boxing or sprinting really matters. Race car driving doesn’t matter. Women sports don’t matter. Although I would consider throwing Serena on the back end of a real top 20.
1. Woods
2. Phelps
3. Federer
4. Brady
5. Bolt
6. Mayweather
Bolt and Mayweather were probably technically the most dominant but I think you need to consider whether or not those sports matter as much. I don’t think boxing or sprinting really matters. Race car driving doesn’t matter. Women sports don’t matter. Although I would consider throwing Serena on the back end of a real top 20.
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