Essential Shonen Sports Manga

So it’s no secret I love sports mangas and animes, but the problem I face along with many others is actually finding one that I enjoy.  This is the case since there are as many sports manga’s out there as actual athletes but even some of the best sports mangas are still not very well known outside of Japan.  So here is just a list of sports manga and anime which are considered to be amongst the best (some through my opinion maybe).  This article contains only shonen series but I may follow up with one about seinen series.