OT: Rank Toronto's current greatest athletes

[Byron Bitz]

My ranking would currently look something like this, I think Matthews, Marner, Nylander and Degrasse will rise up this list in the next few years.

1. Demar Derozan
2. Josh Donaldson
3. Giovinco
4.Auston Matthews
5. Kyle Lowry
6. Marcus Stroman
7.Andre Degrasse
8. Mitch Marner
9. William Nylander
10. Frederick Andersen

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[Lebanese Leaf]

If we are comparing how elite players are on a global scale at their sport, Giovinco is too high, and this is coming from a hardcore TFC fan. Also let's leave Degrasse out of it since he doesn't play a team sport like the rest.

1. Demar Derozan
2. Auston Matthews
3. Kyle Lowry
4. Josh Donaldson
5. Freddy Andersen
6. Marcus Stroman
7. Mitch Marner
8. Willy Nylander
9. Sebastian Giovinco
10. Morgan Rielly

 

[Morgs]

So hard to even debate this imo, but I don't see how Donaldson isn't currently #1 if it's relative to sport/league (Gio has to be #2 if it's in comparison to just the MLS). He has the 3rd highest WAR in the entire league the three years since he's been a Blue Jay.

My list (left out Degrasse as he doesn't play for "Toronto"):

1. Josh Donaldson
2. Sebastian Giovinco (If we're counting only the MLS, if not I have him after Marner)
3. Auston Matthews
4. Kyle Lowry
5. Demar Derozan
6. Marcus Stroman
7. Frederick Andersen
8. William Nylander
9. Mitch Marner
10. Aaron Sanchez

 

[Lebanese Leaf]

So hard to even debate this imo, but I don't see how Donaldson isn't currently #1 if it's relative to sport/league (Gio has to be #2 if it's in comparison to just the MLS). He has the 3rd highest WAR in the entire league the three years since he's been a Blue Jay.

My list (left out Degrasse as he doesn't play for "Toronto"):

1. Josh Donaldson
2. Sebastian Giovinco (If we're counting only the MLS, if not I have him after Marner)
3. Auston Matthews
4. Kyle Lowry
5. Demar Derozan
6. Marcus Stroman
7. Frederick Andersen
8. William Nylander
9. Mitch Marner
10. Aaron Sanchez

Demar Derozan is having an MVP level season. He will finish top 5 in MVP voting. No one above him (except Giovinco) had or is having that kind of season most recently. And the reason I drop Giovinco is because the MLS is not best on best the way NBA, NHL or MLB are.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

Being the best in MLS is like being the best hockey player in the Slovak Extraliga.

 

[HolyCrap]

LOL. I had to google Giovinco. Had no clue who he or she was.

 

[BM14]

Being the best in MLS is like being the best hockey player in the Slovak Extraliga.

Same with the NBA. lol.

 

[Jozay]

Same with the NBA. lol.

no its not.

 

[Maplebeasts]

Relative to the rest of their global peers:

Donaldson
Matthews
Derozan
Lowry
Stroman
Andersen
Nylander
Marner
Rielly
Osuna

I didn't include Giovinco because the MLS is trash compared to the pro Euro leagues. If he was playing there, he isn't an all star calibre player, let alone an MVP candidate.

 

[Jozay]

top 3 are demar (1), Matthews (2), Donaldson (3).

 

[SHANNYPLAN]

Derozan is Matthews Bitch

 

[Al14]

Roman Polak!

Just ask Babcock! LOL

 

[Nineteen67]

I don’t live in Toronto and had to look up Derozan to see who he was.

My list would be all the Leafs and Marlies followed by the Blue Jays.

 

[cookie]

I may have misunderstood the question because guys like Patrick Chan deserve tons of love. He's one of the few Olympians I know that's from Toronto but there's bound to be more. As for PC, he's Ottawa born but Toronto trained and was the 4th ranked skater in the world last I checked.

 

[Ciao]

Penny Oleksiak

 

[lebdafor norris]

Demar Derozan is having an MVP level season. He will finish top 5 in MVP voting. No one above him (except Giovinco) had or is having that kind of season most recently. And the reason I drop Giovinco is because the MLS is not best on best the way NBA, NHL or MLB are.

What do you consider as recent? Because Donaldson actually won the AL MVP in 2015, was 4th in the MVP voting in 2016 and would likely have been in the top 10 last year if he didn't got injured.

 

[Eyedea]

I don’t live in Toronto and had to look up Derozan to see who he was.

My list would be all the Leafs and Marlies followed by the Blue Jays.

Can you not post in the Jays threads again then

 

[Glenn Isildur Healy]

DeRozan is not better than Lowry

1) Josh Donaldson (he actually won the MVP)
2) Auston Matthews
3) Kyle Lowry
4) Marcus Stroman
5) DeMar DeRozan
6) Frederik Andersen
7) William Nylander
8) Mitch Marner
9) Morgan Rielly
10) Nazem Kadri

 

[Clark4Ever]

Matthews
DeRozan
Donaldson
Giovinco

 

[Goonface2k14]

Roman Polak
Aaron Loup
Lucas Nogueira

 

[Kelly]

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[HamiltonNHL]

1. Josh Donaldson

he's leaving anyway.

 

[Welsh Maple Leaf]

Matter of time before Matthews is the king of the city - he'll be the man for 15+ years

 

[Golden_Jet]

Penny Oleksiak

good one, hard to argue with that one. Especially for a 16 year old.

HM to Bringer of Rain.

 

[Keep Sorokin Me Babe]

So hard to even debate this imo, but I don't see how Donaldson isn't currently #1 if it's relative to sport/league (Gio has to be #2 if it's in comparison to just the MLS). He has the 3rd highest WAR in the entire league the three years since he's been a Blue Jay.

My list (left out Degrasse as he doesn't play for "Toronto"):

1. Josh Donaldson
2. Sebastian Giovinco (If we're counting only the MLS, if not I have him after Marner)
3. Auston Matthews
4. Kyle Lowry
5. Demar Derozan
6. Marcus Stroman
7. Frederick Andersen
8. William Nylander
9. Mitch Marner
10. Aaron Sanchez

Giovinco is essentially the Gretzky of the MLS (i.e greatest player in league history). No way Donaldson is above him if we're comparing relative to their leagues