South Australia’s top 100 athletes and teams of 2024 revealed: Travis at the head of the table again

See who made the cut for 2024, who rose in the rankings, who fell and who made the list for the first time.

The championships kept coming and South Australian sports stars continued to shine like a beacon on the national and international stage in 2024.

From Australian Test cricket star Travis Head’s batting heroics at Adelaide Oval to the Adelaide Thunderbirds’ stunning back-to-back Super Netball triumphs, swim king Kyle Chalmers’ triple medal-winning feat at the Paris Olympics and Ebony Marinoff and Georgie Horjus’ national player of the year awards, Croweaters made their mark in a big way.

But who ranked where in the best of the best list?

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Australia's Travis Head acknowledges the applause after beingdismissed for 140 runs on the second day of the second Test match between Australia and India at the Adelaide Oval in on December 7. Picture: William West/AFP-

The Advertiser senior sports writer Andrew Capel has - for the second consecutive year - taken on the unenviable task of ranking South Australia’s top 100 athletes and teams of the year.

The list, which covers a wide variety of sports and a combination of established and rising stars, will again create plenty of debate as some athletes rise and fall from last year’s rankings while others make the elite list for the first time.

Based on performance and inspiration in what was an Olympic and Paralympic year, only SA-born or raised athletes and Adelaide-based teams were considered.

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