Monster Beverage (MNST) had the highest return between 2002 and 2009 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 7,139.8%.

ASSET	YEARS	% RETURN
Monster Beverage (MNST)	2002-2009	7,139.82%
Deckers Outdoor (DECK)	2002-2009	2,200.94%
Apple (AAPL)	2002-2009	1,810.66%
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)	2002-2009	1,448.02%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)	2002-2009	1,229.54%
Amazon (AMZN)	2002-2009	1,130.07%
CME (CME)	2002-2009	834.58%
Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL)	2002-2009	677.28%
Altria (MO)	2002-2009	667.25%
Tapestry (TPR)	2002-2009	664.37%
Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold (FCX)	2002-2009	650.59%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY)	2002-2009	632.91%
Western Digital (WDC)	2002-2009	593.08%
Netflix (NFLX)	2002-2009	580.56%
Steel Dynamics (STLD)	2002-2009	564.56%
Mastercard (MA)	2002-2009	542.76%
Hologic (HOLX)	2002-2009	523.66%
Booking (BKNG)	2002-2009	523.31%
Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)	2002-2009	519.93%
Tractor Supply (TSCO)	2002-2009	518.67%
BlackRock (BLK)	2002-2009	516.32%
JB Hunt Transport Services (JBHT)	2002-2009	497.25%
CF Industries (CF)	2002-2009	468.43%
Contura Energy (CTRA)	2002-2009	465.51%
Cummins (CMI)	2002-2009	458.42%