The last quarter century of New York sports has been enough time for us to witness an incalculable number of captivating moments, brilliant athletes, elite teams and, unfortunately, embarrassing debacles.

Given that, The Post surveyed its staff, tallied everyone’s votes and assembled our rankings involving the century’s first 25 years of New York athletes, teams, debacles and moments.

We start our series today with the list of the 25 Best Athletes. Hopefully you’ll follow along and also let us know your own rankings via our social channels.

Here are the other pieces in our 25 for 25 series: