#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
10	Cy Young	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1890–1911	92.1
12	Grover Cleveland Alexander	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1911–1930	91.8
13	Walter Johnson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1907–1927	91.7
18	Mariano Rivera	Baseball	🇵🇦 Panama	1990–2013	90.6
21	Randy Johnson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2009	90.5
24	Jim Palmer	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1984	90.1
26	Gaylord Perry	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1983	90
29	Bob Feller	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1956	89.9
37	Roger Clemens	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2007	89.6
38	Tom Glavine	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2008	89.6
41	Nolan Ryan	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1993	89.5
42	Zack Greinke	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2023	89.5
44	Steve Carlton	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1988	89.4
45	Greg Maddux	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2008	89.3
47	Ferguson Jenkins	Baseball	🇨🇦 Canada	1965–1983	89.2
49	Christy Mathewson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1916	89.1
50	Warren Spahn	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1942–1965	89.1
51	Pud Galvin	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1875–1892	89.1
54	Justin Verlander	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2005–—	88.8
63	Pedro Martínez	Baseball	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	1992–2009	88.6
76	Lefty Grove	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1925–1941	88.4
80	Satchel Paige	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1926–1965	88.3
87	Mordecai Brown	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1903–1916	88.1
88	John Clarkson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1882–1894	88.1
89	Ray Brown	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1948	88.1
90	Tom Seaver	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1986	88
97	Bert Blyleven	Baseball	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1970–1992	87.9
101	Bob Gibson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1975	87.8
103	Clayton Kershaw	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	87.8
112	Dennis Eckersley	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1998	87.7
117	Yu Darvish	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	2005–—	87.6
122	Masahiro Tanaka	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	2007–—	87.5
131	Fernando Valenzuela	Baseball	🇲🇽 Mexico	1980–1997	87.2
139	Max Scherzer	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	86.9
142	Juan Marichal	Baseball	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	1960–1975	86.8
145	Chief Bender	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1903–1925	86.7
148	Sandy Koufax	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1955–1966	86.6
149	Red Faber	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1914–1933	86.6
153	Hilton Smith	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1948	86.4
158	Waite Hoyt	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1918–1938	86.2
161	Whitey Ford	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1967	86.2
164	Don Drysdale	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1969	86.1
170	Burleigh Grimes	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1916–1934	85.8
173	Bill Foster	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1923–1938	85.6
176	Leon Day	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1950	85.4
179	Trevor Hoffman	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2010	85.2
182	Stan Coveleski	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1912–1928	85
183	Jesse Haines	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1918–1937	84.9
185	Hideo Nomo	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	1990–2008	84.7
186	Andy Cooper	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1941	84.7

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