#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2481	Ernie Banks	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1971	80.4
2487	Joe Thomas	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2017	79.7
2488	Hugh McElhenny	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1964	79.5
2492	Kirby Puckett	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1995	79.7
2493	Hilton Smith	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1948	80.4
2494	Ted Simmons	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1988	82.4
2501	Gabriela Fundora	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2021–—	73.0
2502	Lou Brock	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1979	81.1
2503	Turk Edwards	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1940	78.5
2504	Bob Brown	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1973	78.2
2511	Sloane Stephens	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	77.3
2512	Edgerrin James	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2009	79.1
2513	George Davis	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1890–1909	81.7
2514	Herman Moore	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2002	78.3
2515	Keenan McCardell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2007	81.6
2516	Greg Burgess	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1988–1996	74.4
2517	Vic Hanson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1930	72.4
2518	Billy Casper	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1985	83.6
2519	Gale Sayers	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1971	75.6
2520	Robert Brazile	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1984	78.6
2524	Marvin Harrison	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2008	79.5
2526	Mickey Cochrane	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1925–1937	79.2
2528	Waite Hoyt	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1918–1938	81.8
2529	Bruce Sutter	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1988	79.1
2530	Stefon Diggs	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	79.1
2531	A.J. Green	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2011–2022	79.1
2532	Randall Bal	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2012	75.3
2533	Bill Freehan	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1976	81.2
2534	Whitey Ford	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1967	79.6
2535	Walt Kiesling	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1926–1938	79.9
2538	Ben Hogan	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1971	82.4
2539	Ken Griffey Jr.	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2010	80.4
2540	Mike Trout	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	79.3
2541	Rob Gronkowski	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2021	78.0
2545	Madison Keys	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	77.5
2547	Don Drysdale	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1969	79.8
2549	Ja'Marr Chase	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2021–—	76.4
2550	Howie Long	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1993	79.1
2561	Von Miller	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	79.4
2563	Max Carey	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1910–1929	81.5
2566	Bill Mazeroski	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1972	80.8
2567	Johnny Evers	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1902–1929	80.9
2568	Jason Taylor	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2011	79.7
2571	Lydia Jacoby	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	72.3
2574	Bill Hewitt	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1943	77.7
2578	Goose Goslin	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1921–1938	81.1
2579	Johan Kriek	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1994	77.4
2580	Burleigh Grimes	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1916–1934	81.4
2583	Bobby Dillon	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1959	77.8
2584	Randy Stoklos	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1996	81.7

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