#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2283	Cliff Branch	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1985	81.2
2284	Goose Gossage	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1994	83.1
2285	Johnny Robinson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1971	80.5
2286	Winston Hill	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1977	81.9
2287	Fred Clarke	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1894–1915	83.1
2289	Torry Holt	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2009	80.1
2290	Buster Posey	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–2021	81.1
2292	Jim Rice	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1989	81.6
2295	Link Lyman	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1922–1934	81.4
2300	Terrell Davis	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2001	76.4
2301	Leroy Kelly	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1973	79.8
2302	Pete Henry	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1928	79.6
2303	Chris Hanburger	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1978	81.2
2304	Tony Canadeo	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1941–1952	80.6
2310	Adrian Peterson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2021	80.7
2311	Hilary Knight	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	2007–—	81.1
2312	Carl Yastrzemski	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1983	83.5
2314	Anthony Edwards	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2020–—	72.4
2315	Meghan Duggan	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2020	80.5
2316	Luke Kuechly	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2012–2019	77.7
2320	Richard Seymour	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2012	80.5
2321	Jimmy Smith	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2005	80.7
2323	Meadowlark Lemon	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1980	78.6
2325	Joseph Brennan	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1925–1942	77.0
2329	Bronko Nagurski	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1943	78.6
2330	Pat LaFontaine	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1998	79.6
2331	Russ Grimm	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1991	80.2
2332	Stan Jones	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1966	81.2
2333	Art Donovan	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1961	80.5
2334	Fred Dean	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1985	79.2
2341	J.J. Watt	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2011–2022	79.5
2346	Julie Chu	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2018	81.5
2347	Rollie Fingers	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1985	81.5
2348	Vitas Gerulaitis	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1986	78.0
2349	Pete Hill	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1899–1925	82.4
2353	Lou Whitaker	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1995	83.1
2354	Zion Williamson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	72.9
2356	Charles Haley	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1986–1999	79.9
2357	Tom Fears	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1956	78.9
2358	Lem Barney	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1977	79.8
2359	George McAfee	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1950	78.9
2363	Jennifer Capriati	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2004	76.9
2367	Frank Gifford	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1964	80.3
2368	Harry Heilmann	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1914–1932	81.1
2370	LeRoy Butler	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2001	79.8
2373	Wade Boggs	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1982–1999	81.4
2375	Dave Casper	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1984	80.0
2376	Sam Mills	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1986–1997	80.5
2377	Frederick Hovey	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1890–1896	75.7
2380	Johnny Bench	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1983	81.3

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