# Early SI Sportsman of the Year 2018 thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 9, 2018, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-si-sportsman-of-the-year-2018-thread/815735 "2018-06-09T04:11:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-si-sportsman-of-the-year-2018-thread/815735/22 "2018-12-10T18:34:57Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > The safest possible choice. I was hoping for another choice as the award has been very basketball heavy lately. Has it? Here are the 20 most recent winners: 1999 - Soccer 2000 - Golf 2001 - Baseball 2002 - Cycling **2003 - Basketball** 2004 - Baseball 2005 - Football **2006 - Basketball** 2007 - Football 2008 - Swimming 2009 - Baseball 2010 - Football **2011 - Basketball 2012 - Basketball** 2013 - Football 2014 - Baseball 2015 - Tennis **2016 - Basketball** 2017 - Baseball & Football **2018 - Basketball** Six out of 20, and one of those was for college basketball. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-si-sportsman-of-the-year-2018-thread/815735/23 "2018-12-11T03:19:40Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Has it? Here are the 20 most recent winners: > > 1999 - Soccer > > 2000 - Golf > > 2001 - Baseball > > 2002 - Cycling > > **2003 - Basketball** > > 2004 - Baseball > > 2005 - Football > > **2006 - Basketball** > > 2007 - Football > > 2008 - Swimming > > 2009 - Baseball > > 2010 - Football > > \*\*2011 - Basketball > > 2012 - Basketball\*\* > > 2013 - Football > > 2014 - Baseball > > 2015 - Tennis > > **2016 - Basketball** > > 2017 - Baseball & Football > > **2018 - Basketball** > > Six out of 20, and one of those was for college basketball. Since 2011 it’s been pretty highly concentrated in basketball and nothing for ice hockey Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-si-sportsman-of-the-year-2018-thread/815735/24 "2018-12-11T04:39:39Z")
I hate when SI picks more than one person. It’s not the Team of the Year Award. Easy way out! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-si-sportsman-of-the-year-2018-thread/815735.md?page=1)