ESPY's Best Comeback Athlete

Sports ESPY

Not presented in 2007, 2020 and 2021; Missing: * 2005 - Mark Fields * 2011 - Mark Herzlich

This Category is Ranked. Sort by Ranking Based on Votes by clicking on Vote Ranking. Sort by the Collection's Ranking by clicking on List Ranking.

Vote RankingList Ranking  

1

0

ESPN

TV Network

66.07% (405 of 613 votes)

8

1993

Dave Winfield

Baseball Player

14.29% (1 of 7 votes)

16

1994

Mario Lemieux

Hockey Player

0% (0 of 11 votes)

15

1995

Dan Marino

Football Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

2

1996

Michael Jordan

Basketball Player

59.69% (114 of 191 votes)

13

1997

Evander Holyfield

Boxer

0% (0 of 10 votes)

3

1998

Roger Clemens

Baseball Player

52.08% (25 of 48 votes)

14

1999

Eric Davis

Baseball Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

5

2000

Lance Armstrong

Athlete

45.16% (14 of 31 votes)

18

2001

Andres Galarraga

Baseball Player

0% (0 of 1 votes)

10

2002

Jennifer Capriati

Tennis Player

5.56% (2 of 36 votes)

26

2003

Tommy Maddox

Football Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

7

2004

Bethany Hamilton

Athlete

28.57% (2 of 7 votes)

19

2006

Tedy Bruschi

Football Player

0% (0 of 2 votes)

20

2008

Josh Hamilton

Baseball Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

11

2009

Dara Torres

Swimmer

5.56% (1 of 18 votes)

12

2010

Kim Clijsters

Tennis Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

9

2012

Matthew Stafford

Football Player

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

4

2013

Adrian L. Peterson

Football Player

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

17

2014

Russell Westbrook

Basketball Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

6

2015

Rob Gronkowski

Football Player

31.08% (46 of 148 votes)

24

2016

Eric Berry

Football Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

21

2017

Jordy Nelson

Football Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

22

2019

St. Louis Blues

Sports Team

0% (0 of 0 votes)

25

2022

Klay Thompson

Basketball Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

23

2023

Jamal Murray

Basketball Player

0% (0 of 4 votes)