#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1034	Bill Bradley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1977	81.1
1036	John McEnroe	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1994	83.9
1041	Calvin Murphy	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1983	82.4
1047	Curly Lambeau	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1919–1953	87.8
1052	Carmen Basilio	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1961	82.1
1053	Sammy Baugh	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1937–1952	86.7
1058	Maya Moore	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2011–2018	79.6
1060	Allen Iverson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2011	81.4
1062	Vince Carter	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2020	84.5
1063	Nneka Ogwumike	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2012–—	82.0
1069	Lenny Krayzelburg	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2004	79.7
1071	Slater Martin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1960	81.7
1076	Mike Gibbons	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1908–1922	82.2
1078	Gene Tunney	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1915–1928	80.7
1079	Winky Wright	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2012	82.7
1084	Amanda Beard	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2008	82.7
1086	Otto Graham	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1955	84.7
1087	Bruce Matthews	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–2001	88.4
1090	Breanna Stewart	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	79.8
1091	Joe Frazier	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1981	81.1
1092	Jack Dempsey	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1914–1927	81.4
1102	Clyde Lovellette	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1964	80.7
1103	Nancy Lieberman	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1997	81.5
1108	Angel McCoughtry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–2022	80.1
1114	Willie Mays	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1973	88.1
1117	Klay Thompson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	81.0
1119	Neil Johnston	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1959	77.6
1120	Zelmo Beaty	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1975	81.2
1127	Dave Bing	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1978	80.7
1132	Fred Apostoli	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1948	81.4
1136	Venus Williams	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2024	85.4
1138	Hank Aaron	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1976	88.5
1140	Oscar De La Hoya	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2008	82.1
1143	Tony Gonzalez	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2013	87.3
1145	Mallory Swanson	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	79.6
1146	Tom Dolan	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2002	80.1
1147	Rebecca Soni	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2012	78.2
1148	Lee Evans	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1972	78.9
1149	Bernard King	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1993	80.5
1150	Larry Myricks	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1992	82.7
1151	Bobby Chacon	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1988	82.0
1152	Darrell Green	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–2002	88.2
1163	Tony Zale	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1948	80.7
1165	Kim Batten	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2000	80.6
1167	Paul George	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2010–—	81.3
1169	Kate Douglass	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	79.4
1170	Chase Kalisz	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	81.7
1172	Michael Carbajal	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1989–1999	80.4
1173	Donald Curry	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1997	80.3
1177	Mel Blount	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1983	86.2

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