40 years into this event and I feel that we could get a strong list of 30 males and females of the best Kona athletes and play a fantasy of how it would play out.
Without any real set qualifications/standards of who would be "best". I think it's good to take consistency in performances, length in their prime, podiums, etc and avoid the flash in the pans.
Males
Mark Allen
Dave Scott
Peter Reid
Crowie
Macca
Jan Frodeno
Sebastian Kienle
Andreas Raelert
Faris Al-Sultan
Cameron Brown
Female
Daniela Ryf
Natascha Badmann
Chrissie Wellington
Mirinda Carfrae
PNF
Without any real set qualifications/standards of who would be "best". I think it's good to take consistency in performances, length in their prime, podiums, etc and avoid the flash in the pans.
Males
Mark Allen
Dave Scott
Peter Reid
Crowie
Macca
Jan Frodeno
Sebastian Kienle
Andreas Raelert
Faris Al-Sultan
Cameron Brown
Female
Daniela Ryf
Natascha Badmann
Chrissie Wellington
Mirinda Carfrae
PNF