amNewYork Metro at 20: Ranking the top 20 New York sports stars of the last 20 years

Championships might have been hard to come by over the last 20 years in New York, but iconic athletes were always present.
As amNewYork continues its 20th-anniversary celebration, we ranked the top 20 athletes that called New York home over the last 20 years. 
Such a task was not easy. There have been plenty of stars to represent teams in the Big Apple over the last two decades that were worthy of making this list, but we created certain guidelines to help whittle things down — so con