This was the deGrom deCade.

With all the incredible athletes who played in New York over the last 10 years, it is Jacob deGrom who stands above everyone else on a list that includes Odell Beckham Jr., Henrik Lundqvist, David Wright, Derek Jeter, Aroldis Chapman, Eli Manning, Aaron Judge, Carmelo Anthony, Darrelle Revis, Victor Cruz and Mariano Rivera.

From 2014, when the Mets right-hander came out of nowhere to win Rookie of the Year honors, to back-to-back Cy Young Awards the last two seasons, it is deGrom who dominated the New York sports scene.

The way deGrom, 31, is going he can have quite the impact on the next decade as well.

In his 171 career starts, deGrom has allowed one or no runs 80 times (46.8 percent). Since 1908, that is the most such starts within a pitcher’s first 171 career games.

That covers 11 decades.

He is the first Mets pitcher to win back-to-back Cy Young Awards, and if he wins another he will tie Mets legend Tom Seaver with three. His 1.84 daytime ERA is the best day-game ERA in major league history.

Since the beginning of the 2018 season, deGrom’s 51 quality starts are the second most in baseball, behind Justin Verlander’s 52. DeGrom is the only NL pitcher to throw at least 200 innings in each of the last three seasons.

DeGrom owns the lowest WHIP in Mets history at 1.053, better than Seaver’s 1.076, is first in strikeouts per nine innings (10.253) and trails only Seaver in ERA with a 2.62 mark to Tom Terrific’s 2.57.

He’s come a long way from being a college shortstop at Stetson University.

“Having a little bit of time to think about it, it does seem almost unreal,” deGrom told The Post this week. “You set these personal goals and the goal is to achieve them and then you actually do. It is some of the hard work paying off, but at the same time it is just kind of how it all happens.

“When I look back at starting to pitch my junior year in college, having Tommy John right when I got drafted, struggling a little bit in Double-A, getting called up to be in the bullpen and then now to where I’m at, it’s all kind of crazy when I think about it to win two Cy Youngs and Rookie of the Year.

“It’s a great honor winning all these awards, but my mindset now is what can I do to improve to continue to help the team, always trying to look to get better and prepare for the next year.”

DeGrom is preparing for the next decade, and now with Gerrit Cole a Yankee, New York is the center of the starting pitching universe.

“With the Yankees signing Cole and all that stuff,” deGrom said, “I still will try not to do too much, just continue to go out there and worry about what I have to take care of and help put our team in the position to win.

“Looking at last year, if we would have had a somewhat decent first half we would have been in a really good position the way we played the second half. That is definitely exciting going into this year knowing we are capable of winning baseball games, and we just have to play like we did in the second half and I think we’ll be OK.

“All these personal achievements are nice and I would not be able to do these without the help of my teammates, but the main goal in baseball is to win a World Series and that is what I am most looking forward to. That is what keeps me going.”

In every way, deGrom embodies the word athlete. He is never afraid to add a different work element to his game.

“This year I started taking ground balls in the outfield for conditioning and agility,” deGrom said. “The more athletic I keep myself, the better I feel on the mound as far as making adjustments in-game. I feel trying to stay athletic has helped me.”

That is a lesson for anyone who is trying to get the most out of their pitching ability. Don’t just limit yourself to mound work.

“Growing up playing shortstop as well, playing a bunch of different sports, I feel all that contributes to trying to be athletic,” deGrom said. “When I release the baseball, I try to become an extra fielder out there. I don’t mind if the ball is hit to me. I don’t mind starting the double play or whatever I can do to help get outs when the ball is in play.

“I don’t like giving up runs. When I go out there, I try to put up zeroes every inning and I feel like if I do that it puts us in a position to win a game. That is my mindset.”

The perfect mindset, the perfect pitcher.

That is what makes Jacob deGrom The Post’s Athlete of the Decade.