#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1432	Cris Carter	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2002	85.3
1433	Herb Adderley	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1972	84.4
1435	Don McNeill	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1950	81.5
1439	Brian Leetch	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2006	84.6
1442	Nate Thurmond	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1977	79.8
1443	Chris Bosh	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2016	79.4
1445	Devin Booker	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	78.2
1447	Ricky Berens	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2014	79.1
1448	Adrien Broner	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	80.5
1453	Torri Huske	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	77.7
1455	Champ Bailey	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2013	85.2
1457	Randall McDaniel	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2001	85.2
1462	Ted Williams	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1939–1960	85.5
1463	Walter Johnson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1907–1927	85.7
1464	Elena Delle Donne	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2013–2023	78.5
1466	James Worthy	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1982–1994	78.7
1467	Ken Norton	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1981	80.1
1468	Grover Cleveland Alexander	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1911–1930	85.5
1469	Alycia Baumgardner	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	78.0
1476	Mia St. John	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2016	81.8
1479	Monica Seles	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2003	80.7
1481	Jimmy Butler	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	79.5
1482	Michael Chang	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2003	82.3
1487	Shannon Sharpe	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2003	84.9
1489	Willie Davis	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1969	84.1
1490	Jack Lambert	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1984	83.6
1494	Don Maynard	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1973	85.1
1499	Christian Taylor	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	79.4
1501	Dick McGuire	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1960	80.0
1502	Lindsay Benko	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2004	78.8
1503	T.J. Watt	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	83.0
1507	Derrick Adkins	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2000	77.8
1509	Ed Macauley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1959	78.2
1510	Carol Blazejowski	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1982	76.4
1511	John Hannah	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1985	84.2
1512	Tony DeMarco	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1962	80.0
1513	Wilmer Allison	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1927–1938	81.2
1519	Me'Lisa Barber	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2010	79.2
1522	Carmelo Anthony	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2022	80.6
1530	DeMarcus Ware	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2016	83.7
1531	Randy White	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1988	84.4
1542	Dana Vollmer	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2016	79.7
1543	Edwin Moses	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1988	84.7
1548	Chris Byrd	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2009	80.3
1555	Joe Bottom	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1980	77.7
1556	Len Dawson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1975	84.5
1557	Bill George	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1966	84.3
1562	Aaron Donald	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2014–2023	83.1
1565	Chipper Jones	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2012	85.9
1567	George Blanda	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1975	86.5

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