what 5 football games do you put ahead of it???
To me, nfl 2k5 was the best sports game i've ever played. Kept seeing new things, the presentation is still to this day unmatched. It's the one of the only game that I've had an urge to play, years after its release.
popularity contest makes no sense,...there are way more madden fans than 2k fans, even on this site the 'currently viewing' is constantly in favour of madden.
my #2 fav, wasn't even competing in run & gun 2 - konami's basketball gem.
As for the editor's comment, it's really insulting actually (I don't care really because it's hard to ruffle my feathers)...why would anyone participate in a contest you run again? I wouldn't because you don't treat the people participating (the only reason it works in the first place) with any respect.
"what ever game you think is the best makes you a 'fanboi' " tsk tsk.