5. Lewis Hamilton (Britain)

32, Formula One driver. In 2017, Hamilton won his fourth world title at Mexican Grand Prix with two races remaining. Hamilton is now the joint third most decorated F1 drivers with Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel, behind seven-time champion Michael Schumacher and five-time Juan Manuel Fangio.

6. Kevin Durant (United States)

29, basketball player. Durant helped the Golden Warriors to claim his first NBA Championship, and was named the Finals MVP. He was the third player in NBA history to win Finals MVP in his first year with his new team. Durant averaged 30 plus points in the Finals, the first one after Shaquille O'Neal in 2000 to do so.

7. Mutaz Essa Barshim (Qatar)

26, high jumper. Barshim remained undefeated in all 11 competitions he entered during 2017, producing nine of the year's 11 highest jumps. Barshim won at the IAAF World Championships in August and at the IAAF Diamond League final in Zurich, becoming the first jumper to ever leap 2.40m or higher in five successive years.

8. Serena Williams (United States)

36, tennis player. Williams won the Australian Open for the seventh time, an Open Era record, in 2017. It was also her 23rd Grand Slam singles title, one more than Steffi Graf's record.

9. Sarah Sj?str?m (Sweden)

24, swimmer. Sj?str?m was named FINA best female athlete of 2017. At the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Sj?str?m won three golds in 50m freestyle event, 50m and 100m butterfly event. She also broke the 50m and 100m freestyle long-course world records in Buadapest.

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