Best Athletes Ever by Jersey Number

Like many of you, I have a list like this kicking around that I update every handful of years. I'm at the end of midterm week (giving my Business Law final today) and so, it's time once again. No, there's really no basis for comparison across sports. But choices have to be made and I'm going to make them. I'll give you a winner and one runner-up for each number. (edit, one month later ESPN the