best performing stocks in the s and p 500 in the year 1986

Nike (NKE) had the best year in 1986 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC) in 1986, returning 630.2%.

ASSETYEAR% RETURN
Nike (NKE)
1986
630.23%
Hormel Foods (HRL)
1986
166.43%
Rollins (ROL)
1986
120.41%
Tyson Foods (TSN)
1986
100.3%
Vulcan Materials (VMC)
1986
94.79%
EQT (EQT)
1986
92.38%
Altria (MO)
1986
90%
Adobe Systems (ADBE)
1986
88.2%
Merck (MRK)
1986
84.64%
Apple (AAPL)
1986
84.06%
Paychex (PAYX)
1986
83.52%
JB Hunt Transport Services (JBHT)
1986
83.05%
Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC)
1986
82.37%
Medtronic (MDT)
1986
80.13%
Western Digital (WDC)
1986
74.12%
Amgen (AMGN)
1986
73.52%
Microsoft (MSFT)
1986
72.34%
Franklin Resources (BEN)
1986
65.13%
Best Buy (BBY)
1986
63.75%
Becton Dickinson and (BDX)
1986
62.96%
Sysco (SYY)
1986
61.44%
Nordson (NDSN)
1986
60.45%
Lennar (LEN)
1986
58.94%
NVR (NVR)
1986
58.76%
Danaher (DHR)
1986
57.14%