#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2002	Bill Dickey	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1928–1946	83.7
2005	Frank Gore	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2020	84.2
2007	Marques Johnson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1989	76.1
2009	Alyssa Anderson	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2009–2014	75.9
2010	Elroy Hirsch	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1957	81.2
2018	Justin Verlander	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2005–—	83.8
2020	Charlie Gehringer	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1942	83.3
2021	Ken Houston	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	82.6
2022	Ty Law	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2009	81.9
2023	Antonio Brown	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2021	80.6
2026	Barry Larkin	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2004	83.8
2032	Tony Trabert	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1963	77.0
2034	Dan Fouts	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1987	82.1
2037	Fred Biletnikoff	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1978	81.9
2041	Bob Falkenburg	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1944–1955	78.4
2042	Deion Sanders	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2005	81.3
2044	Craig Biggio	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2007	84.4
2045	Troy Polamalu	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2014	81.0
2048	Ken Riley	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1983	83.1
2049	Paul Molitor	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1998	84.0
2050	Lee Smith	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1997	84.0
2053	Arky Vaughan	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1948	82.4
2057	Warren Moon	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1978–2000	83.0
2059	Terry Bradshaw	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1983	80.7
2060	Lance Alworth	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1972	80.1
2062	Jack Christiansen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1958	80.0
2063	Elvin Bethea	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1983	82.8
2067	Ray Lewis	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2012	82.4
2070	Chris Webber	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2008	76.6
2071	Andre Johnson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2016	81.6
2075	Alan Trammell	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1996	84.0
2078	Larry Csonka	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1979	80.9
2079	Pete Pihos	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1955	80.3
2083	Mickey Mantle	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1968	82.0
2084	Mike Schmidt	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1989	83.2
2085	Barry Sanders	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1989–1998	79.6
2086	Steve Young	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1999	81.2
2089	Rube Foster	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1902–1926	82.9
2090	Chuck Howley	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1973	81.9
2092	Billy Hamilton	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1888–1901	81.8
2093	Willard Brown	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1958	82.9
2094	Johnny Blood	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1925–1939	82.2
2096	Ed Delahanty	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1888–1903	81.8
2097	Willie Wells	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1949	83.3
2099	Marty Friedman	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1909–1927	78.1
2101	Michael Irvin	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–1999	80.9
2102	Sarah Gibson	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–2019	75.9
2103	Guy Chamberlin	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1927	79.8
2108	Derek Jeter	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2014	83.9
2109	Junior Seau	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2009	83.0

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