#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1787	Shawn Kemp	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2003	77.0
1792	Buck Buchanan	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1975	83.0
1793	Yale Lary	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1964	83.3
1794	Ron Mix	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1971	82.6
1796	Rod Langway	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1993	83.0
1797	Jim Langer	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1981	82.3
1798	Dick LeBeau	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1972	83.8
1801	Lou Gehrig	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1923–1939	83.0
1804	David Thompson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1984	74.4
1805	Blake Griffin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–2023	78.0
1806	Bob Feller	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1956	83.7
1810	Isaac Bruce	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2009	83.7
1811	Ray Guy	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1986	83.1
1813	Dave Winfield	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1995	85.4
1820	Lenny Moore	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1967	82.2
1821	Ted Schroeder	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1939–1954	79.5
1822	Cammile Adams	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2016	76.8
1823	Bob Griese	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	82.7
1824	Mike Haynes	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1989	82.9
1825	Arnie Herber	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1945	82.7
1831	Honus Wagner	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1897–1917	84.3
1832	Darrelle Revis	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2017	81.2
1834	Bobby Bell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1974	82.9
1835	R. Norris Williams	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1912–1926	80.5
1836	Turkey Stearnes	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1923–1942	83.9
1837	Jack Youngblood	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1984	83.5
1838	Jim Thome	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2012	85.2
1839	O.J. Simpson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1979	80.5
1842	Bob Johnson	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1991	83.2
1844	Merlin Olsen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1976	83.2
1845	Phil Housley	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1982–2003	84.3
1853	Walter Payton	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1987	82.7
1854	Roger Clemens	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2007	84.7
1855	Don Hutson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1945	80.1
1858	Damian Lillard	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2012–—	77.3
1859	Dawn Staley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2006	77.6
1863	Tom Glavine	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2008	84.8
1867	Dwight Freeney	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2017	83.1
1868	Jared Allen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2015	82.4
1869	Jack Alexy	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2022–—	74.8
1870	Buck Leonard	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1933–1950	83.9
1871	Willie McCovey	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1980	84.2
1872	Julio Jones	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2011–2022	82.0
1873	Paul Warfield	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1977	82.8
1874	Hunter Armstrong	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	76.0
1875	Trinity Rodman	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2021–—	74.3
1877	Jack Kramer	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1954	78.1
1878	Tony Gwynn	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1982–2001	83.6
1880	Tom Mack	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1978	83.5
1881	Rickey Jackson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1995	83.1

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