Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award

The Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award has been presented annually since 1993 to the sportsperson, irrespective of gender, contesting a team sport professionally under the auspices of one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada or an individual sport on either an amateur or professional basis primarily in the United States or internationally under the auspices of a sport governing body adjudged to have made the most significant, profound, or impressive comeback from serious illness, injury, personal or familial hardship, retirement, or significant loss of form.

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. The award wasn't awarded in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

List of winners

Year Sportsperson Nationality Team Competition,
federation,
or league
Sport
1993 Dave Winfield Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball Baseball
1994 Mario Lemieux Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  Canada Pittsburgh Penguins National Hockey League Ice hockey
1995 Dan Marino Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States Miami Dolphins National Football League American football
1996 Michael Jordan Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States Chicago Bulls National Basketball Association Basketball
1997 Evander Holyfield Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States not applicable not applicable Boxing
(Heavyweight)
1998 Roger Clemens Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball Baseball
1999 Eric Davis Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States Baltimore Orioles Major League Baseball Baseball
2000 Lance Armstrong Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States US Postal UCI ProTour Road bicycle racing
2001 Andrés Galarraga Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  Venezuela Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball Baseball
2002 Jennifer Capriati Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States not applicable WTA Tour Tennis
2003 Tommy Maddox Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States Pittsburgh Steelers National Football League American football
2004 Bethany Hamilton Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States surfing not applicable Surfing
2005 Mark Fields Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States Carolina Panthers National Football League American football
2006 Tedy Bruschi Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States New England Patriots National Football League American football
2007 No award given
2008 Josh Hamilton Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States Cincinnati Reds, Texas Rangers Major League Baseball Baseball
2009 Dara Torres Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States not applicable not applicable Swimming
2010 Kim Clijsters Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  Belgium not applicable WTA Tour Tennis
2011 Mark Herzlich Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States Boston College Eagles NCAA (Division I FBS) American football
2012 Matthew Stafford Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States Detroit Lions National Football League (NFL) American football
2013 Adrian Peterson Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States Minnesota Vikings National Football League (NFL) American football
2014 Russell Westbrook Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States Oklahoma City Thunder National Basketball Association (NBA) Basketball
2015 Rob Gronkowski Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States New England Patriots National Football League (NFL) American football
2016 Eric Berry Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States Kansas City Chiefs National Football League (NFL) American football
2017 Jordy Nelson Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States Green Bay Packers National Football League (NFL) American football
2018 Not awarded
2019 St. Louis Blues Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States St. Louis Blues National Hockey League (NHL) Ice Hockey
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Not awarded
2022 Klay Thompson Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  United States Golden State Warriors National Basketball Association (NBA) Basketball
2023 Jamal Murray Best Comeback Athlete Espy Award  Canada Denver Nuggets National Basketball Association (NBA) Basketball

See also

Notes

References

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