#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2382	Frank Thomas	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2008	81.3
2383	Mike Piazza	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2007	81.3
2384	Tim Raines	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–2002	82.7
2385	Trae Young	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2018–—	73.3
2386	Roy Campanella	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1937–1957	79.8
2389	George Musso	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1933–1944	80.3
2390	Mike Munchak	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1982–1993	80.0
2391	Lee Roy Selmon	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1984	78.5
2395	Melanie Buddemeyer	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1980	74.2
2400	Andre Reed	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2000	81.2
2401	Steve Hutchinson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2012	79.9
2402	Buck Ewing	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1880–1897	81.1
2405	Sinjin Smith	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1996	83.0
2406	Thomas Barlow	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1921–1939	77.9
2407	Richard Sears	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1881–1887	72.7
2408	Bill Johnston	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1915–1927	76.1
2409	John Henry Johnson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1966	80.6
2410	Mike McCormack	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1962	80.2
2413	Max Scherzer	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	81.6
2418	Alex Karras	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1970	79.8
2419	Maurice McLoughlin	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1909–1919	75.3
2429	Anthony Muñoz	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1992	80.4
2430	Marshall Faulk	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2005	79.6
2431	Bob Beamon	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1973	71.1
2432	Ozzie Smith	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1996	82.7
2434	Willie Stargell	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1982	81.5
2435	Jim Kelly	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1986–1996	79.6
2436	Dan Dierdorf	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1983	80.2
2437	Don Barksdale	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1955	73.4
2438	Chief Bender	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1903–1925	81.4
2439	Joe Klecko	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1988	79.5
2440	Chad Carvin	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2001	74.9
2441	Phoebe Bacon	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	73.9
2442	Larry Doby	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1942–1959	80.8
2443	Morolake Akinosun	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	75.8
2445	Trea Turner	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	80.0
2450	Joe Hunt	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1937–1943	74.6
2452	Randy Moss	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2012	79.5
2453	Sandy Koufax	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1955–1966	78.3
2454	LaDainian Tomlinson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2011	79.4
2456	Roger Craig	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1993	79.2
2457	Red Faber	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1914–1933	82.3
2460	Chad Johnson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2011	79.4
2461	Aqib Talib	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2019	79.9
2464	Hale Irwin	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1968–2015	84.9
2470	Mickey Wright	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1955–1973	81.7
2473	Ed Reed	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2013	79.7
2478	Mike Michalske	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1926–1937	79.2
2479	Frank Chance	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1898–1914	80.2
2480	John Carlos	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1972	73.2

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