100 Greatest Individual Seasons of the Century
 
 

 
  1. Babe Ruth, baseball, 1921
    59 HR, 171 RBI, .378 Avg, 177 R, .846 Slg, .999 Eff
  2. Babe Ruth, baseball, 1920
  3. Wayne Gretzky, hockey, 1982
  4. Wilt Chamberlain, basketball, 1962
  5. Wayne Gretzky, hockey, 1986
  6. Babe Ruth, baseball, 1927
  7. Walter Johnson, baseball, 1913
  8. Steffi Graf, tennis, 1989
  9. Dan Marino, football, 1984
  10. Wayne Gretzky, hockey, 1984
  11. Christy Matthewson, baseball, 1908
  12. Steffi Graf, tennis, 1988
  13. Jim Brown, football, 1963
  14. Grover Cleveland Alexander, baseball, 1915
  15. Wilt Chamberlain, basketball, 1963
  16. Wayne Gretzky, hockey, 1985
  17. Dan Marino, football, 1986
  18. Lou Gehrig, baseball, 1927
  19. Walter Johnson, baseball, 1912
  20. Martina Navratilova, tennis, 1983
  21. Hack Wilson, baseball, 1930
  22. Christy Matthewson, baseball, 1905
  23. Oscar Robertson, basketball, 1962
  24. Jimmie Foxx, baseball, 1932
  25. Ed Walsh, baseball, 1908

  26. Rod Laver, tennis, 1969
  27. Jerry Rice, football, 1995
  28. Sandy Koufax, baseball, 1966
  29. Magic Johnson, basketball, 1989
  30. Steffi Graf, tennis, 1995
  31. Lefty Grove, baseball, 1931
  32. Oscar Robertson, basketball, 1964
  33. Rogers Hornsby, baseball, 1922
  34. O.J. Simpson, football, 1973
  35. Lou Gehrig, baseball, 1930
  36. Mario Lemieux, hockey, 1989
  37. Al Simmons, baseball, 1930
  38. Wilt Chamberlain, basketball, 1967
  39. Babe Ruth, baseball, 1930
  40. Grover Cleveland Alexander, baseball, 1916
  41. Chuck Klein, baseball, 1930
  42. Rod Laver, tennis, 1962
  43. Steve Young, football, 1994
  44. Sandy Koufax, baseball, 1965
  45. Joe Montana, football, 1989
  46. Magic Johnson, basketball, 1987
  47. Larry Bird, basketball, 1986
  48. Mordecai Brown, baseball, 1906
  49. Gordie Howe, hockey, 1953
  50. Margaret Court, tennis, 1970

  1. Mark McGwire, baseball, 1998
     
  2. Michael Jordan, basketball, 1988
  3. Don Budge, tennis, 1938
  4. Lou Gehrig, baseball, 1931
  5. Dwight Gooden, baseball, 1985
  6. Pete Maravich, NCAA basketball, 1970
  7. Rocket Richard, hockey, 1945
  8. Barry Sanders, football, 1997
  9. Larry Bird, basketball, 1985
  10. Ty Cobb, baseball, 1911
  11. Cy Young, baseball, 1901
  12. Maureen Connelly, tennis, 1953
  13. Eric Dickerson, football, 1984
  14. Barry Sanders, NCAA football, 1988
  15. Wayne Gretzky, hockey, 1983
  16. Rogers Hornsby, baseball, 1925
  17. Bob Gibson, baseball, 1968
  18. Jimmy Connors, tennis, 1974
  19. Steffi Graf, tennis, 1993
  20. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball, 1972
  21. Gale Sayers, football, 1966
  22. Dennis Eckersley, baseball, 1990
  23. Mario Lemieux, hockey, 1993
  24. Babe Ruth, baseball, 1926
  25. Michael Jordan, basketball, 1987

  26. Martina Hingis, tennis, 1997
  27. Steve Carlton, baseball, 1972
  28. Wilt Chamberlain, basketball, 1961
  29. Helen Wills Moody, tennis, 1928
  30. Paul Hornung, football, 1960
  31. Helen Wills Moody, tennis, 1929
  32. Roger Clemens, baseball, 1997
  33. Jerry Rice, football, 1987
  34. Pedro Martinez, baseball, 1999
  35. Oscar Robertson, baseball, 1965
  36. Martina Navratilova, tennis, 1984
  37. Bobby Orr, hockey, 1970
  38. Steffi Graf, tennis, 1996
  39. Larry Walker, baseball, 1997
  40. Wilt Chamberlain, basketball, 1960
  41. Jimmie Foxx, baseball, 1938
  42. John McEnroe, tennis, 1984
  43. Magic Johnson, basketball, 1982
  44. Gordie Howe, hockey, 1951
  45. Napolean Lajoe, baseball, 1901
  46. Ron Guidry, baseball, 1978
  47. Warren Moon, football, 1990
  48. Greg Maddux, baseball, 1995
  49. Pete Sampras, tennis, 1995
  50. Dan Fouts, football, 1981