The 2022 It was a year that saw great performances from several athletes that made them stand out from the rest. Some have broken all-time records and others have managed to pull off impressive feats.
In a year in which the World Cup was held, in addition to the seasons of the respective sports, some athletes did the same to be classified as the best of 2022.
Here we present the best athletes of the year 2022:
Lionel Messi
For players used to having years full of successes or with personal bests that are not easy to imitate, it may be curious that, with an advanced career, they reach a “dream” phase of their career. Even if they don’t believe it, Lionel Messi He starred in a dream 2022, mainly because of what happened in the second semester.
Messi decisive and fundamental both for the French team, and above all for the Argentina national team, Messi He has reached a milestone that has catapulted him into a small select group of players: winning the long-awaited world Cup.
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Combining their stats with Argentina national team and PSG, in 2022 Lionel Messi has played 51 games across 2022 scoring 35 goals and providing 35 assists, a fantastic number for someone who is slowly coming to the end of his career. There are 70 annotation level interventions, scoring or giving the pass-goal.
Aaron Judge
Though Lionel Messi probably got the biggest award of the year by winning the soccer world cup, on an individual level Aaron Judge He was perhaps the best performing athlete.
Aaron judge established a new American League home run record With 62, the previous record belonged to another legend, the late Roger Maris, and watch out for the coincidence of the numbers: there were 61 home runs, it was recorded in 1961 and it took 61 years to break. Things of Destiny.
But in addition to breaking the home run record, Judge had an excellent overall offensive season, hitting .311 with 177 hits, 133 runs scored and 131 RBI, along with a 10.6 WAR, stats that helped him win the American League Most Valuable Player award and a nine-year, $360 million contract with the Yankees.
Stephen Curry
“What will they say now?”… This was the phrase spoken by Stephen Curry after winning the NBA championship and the only grand prize he had yet to win, the MVP of the Finals.
And even if Stephen Curry he didn’t need the Finals MVP, because there’s no greater legacy than changing the game. Defining the basketball of an era, as he had been able to condition a defense so far from the basket, many times without even needing the ball, which Stephen Curry forced the opponent to do.
But even so, the basketball world claimed that Stephen Curry had to win a Finals MVP as a requirement to belong to the NBA’s historic elite, and in a more than remarkable performance, Curry accomplished it.
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In 2022, Stephen also became the all-time leading three-point shooter, surpassing Ray Allen, all the more reason to consider Stephen Curry as best athlete of the year.
Rafael Nadal
2022 has been a very important year for the tennis world. Not only were some of the greats of the sport fired, but a new generation of talented tennis players also began to emerge.
Rafael Nadal he started the year by winning the Australian Open with which he became the first tennis player in history 21 Grand Slam obtained, and also won the last open of the year, the Roland Garros, for being also the only one to have wonor 22 Grand Slamsleaving behind the Serbian Novak Djokovic with 21 and the Swiss Roger Federer with 20.
The Spaniards came to him principal number 22, a figure made up of 14 consecrations at Roland Garros, four at the US Open and two at Wimbledon and the Australian Open. Not only does he have more titles than the other members of the Big 3, but he has played fewer finals than both. The effectiveness of him is amazing.
Others to consider:
Athletes like Albert Pujols, Roger Federer and Serena Williams, who greeted their respective sports, even if the first did it with a greater connotation, since it reached a milestone that only four in history had reached, namely reaching 700 home runs.
You can also consider the French footballer Kylian Mbappewho, like Lionel Messi, had a great performance in the World Cup, scoring 7 goals and becoming the only player to score three goals in a final of this major event, all this, at just 23 years of age.
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