List of 2009 all-decade Sports Illustrated awards and honors


This is a list of Sports Illustrated magazine's all-decade awards and honors for 2000–2009.

Top 20 Female Athletes of the Decade

  1. Serena Williams, tennis
  2. Annika Sörenstam, golf
  3. Yelena Isinbayeva, pole vault
  4. Justine Henin, tennis
  5. Lisa Leslie, basketball
  6. Venus Williams, tennis
  7. Marta, football
  8. Lorena Ochoa, golf
  9. Diana Taurasi, basketball
  10. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, beach volleyball
  11. Candace Parker, basketball
  12. Paula Radcliffe, marathon
  13. Janica Kostelić, alpine skiing
  14. Carolina Klüft, heptathlon
  15. Sheryl Swoopes, basketball
  16. Hayley Wickenheiser, ice hockey
  17. Cat Osterman, softball
  18. Cathy Freeman, track and field
  19. Dara Torres, swimming
  20. Tirunesh Dibaba, distance running

    Top 20 Male Athletes of the Decade

  21. Tiger Woods, golf
  22. Roger Federer, tennis
  23. Michael Phelps, swimming
  24. Lance Armstrong, cycling
  25. Usain Bolt, track and field
  26. Tom Brady, American football
  27. Kobe Bryant, basketball
  28. Peyton Manning, American football
  29. Albert Pujols, baseball
  30. Michael Schumacher, auto racing
  31. Mariano Rivera, baseball
  32. Tim Duncan, basketball
  33. Zinedine Zidane, football
  34. Shaquille O'Neal, basketball
  35. Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR
  36. LeBron James, basketball
  37. Manny Pacquiao, boxing
  38. Derek Jeter, baseball
  39. Nicklas Lidström, ice hockey
  40. Alex Rodriguez, baseball

    [|All-Decade Team] (in eight sports)

MLB All-Decade Team

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  1. Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers
  2. Bill Belichick, New England Patriots
  3. Joe Torre, New York Yankees–Los Angeles Dodgers
  4. Terry Francona, Boston Red Sox
  5. Tony Dungy, Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Indianapolis Colts
  6. Gregg Popovich, San Antonio Spurs
  7. Geno Auriemma, University of Connecticut women's basketball
  8. Roy Williams, University of North Carolina men's basketball
  9. Urban Meyer, Bowling Green football – Utah football – Florida football
  10. Tom Izzo, Michigan State men's basketball

    Top 10 GMs/Executives of the Decade

  11. Scott Pioli, New England Patriots
  12. Ken Holland, Detroit Red Wings
  13. Theo Epstein, Boston Red Sox
  14. Kevin Colbert, Pittsburgh Steelers
  15. R. C. Buford, San Antonio Spurs
  16. Rick Hendrick, Hendrick Motorsports
  17. Pat Gillick,Toronto Blue Jays/ Seattle Mariners/Philadelphia Phillies
  18. Jeremy Foley, University of Florida
  19. Joe Dumars, Detroit Pistons
  20. Billy Beane, Oakland Athletics

    [|Top Team of the Decade] (in six sports)

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This includes professional and college teams.
  1. Los Angeles Lakers
  2. New England Patriots
  3. Connecticut Huskies women's basketball
  4. San Antonio Spurs
  5. New York Yankees
  6. Detroit Red Wings
  7. USC Trojans football
  8. Indianapolis Colts
  9. Texas Longhorns football
  10. North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
  11. Boston Red Sox
  12. Oklahoma Sooners football
  13. Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball

    Major League Baseball

Top 24 blockbuster trades of the decade

Top 10 new stadiums of the decade

Top 21 milestones of the decade

Top 21 rivalries of the decade

  1. New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox
  2. Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal
  3. New England Patriots vs. Indianapolis Colts
  4. Shaquille O'Neal vs. Kobe Bryant
  5. North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Duke Blue Devils
  6. Oklahoma Sooners vs. Texas Longhorns
  7. Sidney Crosby vs. Alexander Ovechkin
  8. Manchester United vs. Arsenal
  9. Tennessee Lady Volunteers vs. Connecticut Huskies
  10. Tiger Woods vs. Phil Mickelson
  11. Micky Ward vs. Arturo Gatti
  12. Tony Stewart vs. Kurt Busch
  13. Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens
  14. J. J. Redick vs. Adam Morrison
  15. Ken Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz
  16. France vs. Italy
  17. Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs
  18. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia Flyers
  19. Moneyball vs. Tradition
  20. United States vs. Canada

    Ten "overlooked" performances

Ten memorable acts of sportsmanship

Top 10 stories of the decade

Top 10 flops of the decade

  1. Duke Blue Devils men's basketball — Unlike the other entries in this list, Duke was highly successful on the court throughout the decade. The Blue Devils were "honored" because of their alleged tendency to flop in order to draw offensive fouls.
  2. 2004 USA men's basketball team — Amid a breakdown of team chemistry, Team USA lost more games in the 2004 Olympics than it had in all previous Olympic tournaments combined.
  3. Barry Zito — After considerable success with the Oakland Athletics, the left-handed pitcher crossed San Francisco Bay after the 2006 season to play for the San Francisco Giants, signing what was then the richest contract for a pitcher in baseball history. He proceeded to go 31–43 in the next three seasons, never posting an ERA below 4.00.
  4. Monday Night Football announcers, mainly Dennis Miller and Tony Kornheiser
  5. Charlie Weis at Notre Dame — A successful assistant coach in the NFL, Weis was 35–27 in 5 seasons at Notre Dame, including a record of 16–21 in his last 3 seasons.
  6. Darko Miličić — Drafted #2 overall in the 2003 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons, immediately before Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, but never averaged more than 8 points in any season.
  7. Steve Spurrier with the Washington Redskins — A successful coach in the NCAA, Spurrier was 12-20 in his 2 years with the Redskins, and did not make the playoffs in those years.
  8. Ron Zook, first at Florida and then at Illinois — Zook coached Florida for 3 seasons, with a record of 23–14, and did not beat a ranked opponent at home in those years. He was then hired by Illinois and compiled a record of 34–51 in his 7 seasons there.
  9. Matt Millen — In Millen's seven-plus seasons as the general manager of the Detroit Lions, the team went 31–84. He was fired three games into the 2008 season, which would end with the Lions becoming the first NFL team ever to go 0–16.
  10. NFL Network — At the end of 2009, after six years of operation, the NFL's in-house TV network still had not reached carriage deals with many of the nation's biggest cable providers.

    Top 10 scandals of the decade

  11. BALCO doping scandal – see also Barry Bonds perjury case and Marion Jones
  12. Mitchell Report and leaked 2003 MLB list of PED users
  13. Michael Vick dogfighting case
  14. Duke lacrosse case
  15. Tim Donaghy NBA betting scandal
  16. Tiger Woods sex scandal
  17. Danny Almonte age fraud
  18. Tour de France doping scandals, 2006 and 2007
  19. Baylor University basketball scandal
  20. Spygate

    Footnotes