| AP Male Athlete of the Year | |
| Athlete | Points |
| Tiger Woods (47) | 160 |
| Lance Armstrong (8) | 72 |
| Kurt Warner (3) | 34 |
| Pedro Martinez (3) | 31 |
| Shaquille O'Neal (1) | 22 |
| Rulon Gardner (3) | 18 |
| Jason Giambi (2) | 13 |
| Derek Jeter | 8 |
| Marshall Faulk | 7 |
| Josh Heupel (2) | 7 |
| Michael Johnson | 6 |
| Lenny Krayzelburg (1) | 5 |
| Pete Sampras | 5 |
| Felix Trinidad | 4 |
| Michael Vick | 4 |
| Chris Weinke | 4 |
| Kobe Bryant | 3 |
| Randy Johnson (1) | 3 |
| Jeff Kent | 3 |
| Bobby Labonte | 3 |
| Karl Malone (1) | 3 |
| Ian Thorpe | 3 |
| Rich Gannon | 2 |
| Haile Gebrselassie | 2 |
| Jaromir Jagr | 2 |
| Lennox Lewis | 2 |
| Randy Moss | 2 |
| Pieter van den Hoogenband | 2 |
| Maurice Greene | 1 |
| Patrick Roy | 1 |
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