{"id":458453,"date":"2021-02-04T08:31:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T15:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=458453"},"modified":"2021-02-05T09:15:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T16:15:15","slug":"ranking-the-best-mens-swimmers-in-the-world-from-1-25-as-olympic-year-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ranking-the-best-mens-swimmers-in-the-world-from-1-25-as-olympic-year-arrives\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking the Best Men’s Swimmers in the World From 1-25 as Olympic Year Arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ranking the Best Men\u2019s Swimmers in the World From 1-25<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Looking ahead to yet another Olympic year and putting 2020 in the rearview mirror,\u00a0Swimming World\u00a0<\/em>decided to compile a list of the 25 best swimmers in the world leading into 2021. There was a lot of fast swimming in the first three months of 2020 (pre-pandemic<\/a>), and even with an extended time out of the water during the summer, many of the world\u2019s elite returned to either the ISL or various regional meets to put up times quicker than expected.<\/p>\n

In compiling this list, we took into account what happened in 2019 as well as what each athlete showed in 2020. There was no perfect way to rank every swimmer in the world, but we tried to stay as objective as possible when weighing each swimmer\u2019s achievements in the pandemic year of 2020. The ISL swims were taken into account as well as what happened in January and February before the pandemic shut everything down and pushed the Olympic Games back a full year.<\/p>\n

So looking ahead to 2021, here are the top 25 best men\u2019s swimmers in the world ranked as objectively as possible.<\/p>\n