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The Best Record-Breaking Performance ESPY Award since 2001 to the amateur or professional sportsperson , irrespective of nationality or sport contested, adjudged to have, in a single play, game, or season , completed the best record -breaking (and -setting) performance, irrespective of the nature of the record broken.
Between 2001 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 undertaken exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices nominated 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.[1]
List of winners
Year of award
Athlete
Nation of citizenship
Team
Competition, governing body, or league
Sport
Record set
Previous record-holder
2001
Pete Sampras
United States
not applicable
ATP Tour
Tennis
Total career men's singles Grand Slam titles (13). This record has since been surpassed by Roger Federer .
Australian Roy Emerson (12)
2002
Tiger Woods
United States
not applicable
PGA Tour
Golf
Consecutive men's major championships won (Four—the 2000 U.S. Open , The Open Championship , and PGA Championship and the 2001 Masters Tournament [known as the consecutive Grand Slam ])
American Ben Hogan (Three, in 1953 )
2003
Emmitt Smith
United States
Dallas Cowboys
National Football League (NFL)
American football
Total career NFL rushing yards (17,162 at the close of the league's 2002 season , with 975 tallied therein)
American Walter Payton (16,726, across the 13 seasons between 1975 and 1987 , inclusive)
2004
Éric Gagné
Canada
Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League Baseball (MLB)
Baseball
Consecutive saves converted in a single MLB regular season (55 across the league's 2003 season )
American Tom Gordon (46, in 1998 )
2005
Peyton Manning
United States
Indianapolis Colts
National Football League (NFL)
American football
Total single-season NFL passing touchdowns (49 in the league's 2004 season )
American Dan Marino (48 in the 1984 season )
2006
Shaun Alexander
United States
Seattle Seahawks
National Football League (NFL)
American football
Total single-season NFL rushing touchdowns (27 in the league's 2005 season )
American Priest Holmes (23, in 2003 )
2007
LaDainian Tomlinson
United States
San Diego Chargers
National Football League (NFL)
American football
Total single-season NFL rushing touchdowns (28 in the league's 2006 season )
American Shaun Alexander (27, in 2005 )
2008
Brett Favre
United States
Green Bay Packers
National Football League (NFL)
American football
Total career NFL passing touchdowns (442 at the close of the 2007 season , with 28 tallied therein)
American Dan Marino (420, across the 17 seasons between 1983 and 1999 , inclusive)
2009
Michael Phelps
United States
Not applicable
Olympic Games
Swimming
Total gold medals achieved at a single Games of the Olympiad (Eight in the 2008 Summer Olympics )
American Mark Spitz (Seven, at the 1972 Summer Olympics )
2010
John Isner vs. Nicolas Mahut
United States and France
Not applicable
Wimbledon
Tennis
Longest match in tennis history, lasting 11 hours, 5 minutes; Isner defeated Mahut 70-68 in the fifth set of the 1st round match.
Fabrice Santoro vs. Arnaud Clément 4th round match at the 2004 French Open lasting 6 hours, 33 minutes.
2011
Rory McIlroy
Northern Ireland
Not applicable
U.S. Open
Golf
In winning the U.S. Open , McIlroy broke tournament records for the lowest 72-hole score, both in total strokes (268) and in relation to par (−16).
72-hole score (272): Jim Furyk , 2003 ; Tiger Woods , 2000 ; Lee Janzen , 1993 ; Jack Nicklaus , 1980 . To-par (−12): Woods, 2000.
2012
Drew Brees
United States
New Orleans Saints
National Football League (NFL)
American football
Brees threw for 5,476 yards in 2011-12, breaking the NFL single-season record.
Dan Marino (5,084 yards in 1984)
2013
Michael Phelps
United States
Not applicable
Olympic Games
Swimming
Phelps became the most decorated Olympian in history, finishing the London Olympics with a total of 22 medals.
Ukrainian Larisa Latynina (19 medals, 1956–1964, representing the Soviet Union )
2014
Peyton Manning
United States
Denver Broncos
National Football League (NFL)
American football
Manning set single-season NFL records for both passing yardage (5,477) and touchdown passes (55) in the 2013 season.
Yardage: Drew Brees (5,476 yards in 2011) TDs: Tom Brady (50 in 2007)
2015
Peyton Manning
United States
Denver Broncos
National Football League (NFL)
American football
Manning set the single-season NFL record for career touchdown passes (530 at the end of the 2014 season).
Brett Favre (touchdown passes 1991-2010)
See also
Notes
^ Because of the rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in 2002 was given in consideration of performance betwixt February 2001 and June 2002.
References
Cross-cutter Individual Discontinued Award ceremonies