#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1	Babe Ruth	Baseball	🇺🇸 USA	1914–1935	94.6
2	Willie Mays	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1973	93.8
3	Hank Aaron	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1976	93.7
4	Nap Lajoie	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1896–1916	93
5	Ty Cobb	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1905–1928	92.8
6	Oscar Charleston	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1915–1941	92.7
7	Sadaharu Oh	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	1959–1980	92.6
8	Barry Bonds	Baseball	🇺🇸 USA	1986–2007	92.3
9	Cap Anson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1871–1897	92.2
10	Cy Young	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1890–1911	92.1
11	Ted Williams	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1939–1960	91.8
12	Grover Cleveland Alexander	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1911–1930	91.8
13	Walter Johnson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1907–1927	91.7
14	Chipper Jones	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2012	91.2
15	Stan Musial	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1941–1963	90.9
16	Dan Brouthers	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1879–1904	90.9
17	Manny Ramírez	Baseball	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	1993–2011	90.8
18	Mariano Rivera	Baseball	🇵🇦 Panama	1990–2013	90.6
19	Pop Lloyd	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1906–1932	90.6
20	Jimmie Foxx	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1925–1945	90.6
21	Randy Johnson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2009	90.5
22	George Brett	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1993	90.5
23	Robin Yount	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1993	90.2
24	Jim Palmer	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1984	90.1
25	Eddie Collins	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1906–1930	90.1
26	Gaylord Perry	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1983	90
27	Freddie Freeman	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2010–—	90
28	Lou Gehrig	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1923–1939	89.9
29	Bob Feller	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1956	89.9
30	Dave Winfield	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1995	89.9
31	Honus Wagner	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1897–1917	89.8
32	Turkey Stearnes	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1923–1942	89.8
33	Jim Thome	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2012	89.8
34	Rod Carew	Baseball	🇵🇦 Panama	1967–1985	89.7
35	Buck Leonard	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1933–1950	89.7
36	Tony Gwynn	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1982–2001	89.7
37	Roger Clemens	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2007	89.6
38	Tom Glavine	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2008	89.6
39	Willie McCovey	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1980	89.6
40	Rogers Hornsby	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1915–1937	89.5
41	Nolan Ryan	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1993	89.5
42	Zack Greinke	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2023	89.5
43	Bullet Rogan	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1917–1938	89.4
44	Steve Carlton	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1988	89.4
45	Greg Maddux	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2008	89.3
46	Albert Pujols	Baseball	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	2001–2022	89.2
47	Ferguson Jenkins	Baseball	🇨🇦 Canada	1965–1983	89.2
48	Rickey Henderson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–2003	89.1
49	Christy Mathewson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1916	89.1
50	Warren Spahn	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1942–1965	89.1

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