#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1321	Paul Pierce	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2017	81.4
1327	LaMarcus Aldridge	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2021	81.4
1328	Karl-Anthony Towns	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	80.0
1331	Deacon Jones	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1974	84.7
1333	Andy Roddick	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2012	81.9
1335	Larry Fitzgerald	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2020	86.3
1336	Devin Haney	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	79.0
1338	Gretchen Walsh	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2021–—	77.5
1339	Sidney Moncrief	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1991	79.1
1340	Tiger Flowers	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1918–1927	79.6
1343	Ray Nitschke	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1972	85.0
1346	Mike Modano	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2011	85.7
1349	Bob Davies	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1945–1955	77.5
1350	Meldrick Taylor	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2002	80.7
1352	Jermain Taylor	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2014	80.4
1353	Rebecca Lobo	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2003	78.8
1355	Mike Burton	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1972	78.4
1356	DeMarcus Cousins	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2022	79.0
1358	Rocky Graziano	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1942–1952	79.6
1359	Forrest Gregg	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1971	85.4
1362	Mikele Barber	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2012	81.0
1365	Willis Reed	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1974	77.4
1367	Zab Judah	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2019	81.8
1370	Kenny Bednarek	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	79.7
1372	Sophia Smith	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2020–—	76.6
1373	Roger Brown	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1975	78.4
1374	Frank Parker	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1949	82.4
1375	Lew Jenkins	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1950	80.3
1376	Ted Hendricks	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1983	85.7
1381	Missy Franklin	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2018	78.6
1383	Cap Anson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1871–1897	87.2
1386	Brendan Hansen	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2012	80.6
1388	Bob Lilly	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1974	84.9
1389	Robin Backhaus	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1976	77.7
1391	Fred Alexander	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1921	83.3
1393	Al Attles	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1971	80.2
1398	Cy Young	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1890–1911	86.8
1400	Jayson Tatum	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	77.3
1401	Kevin Love	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	80.6
1402	Alan Page	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1981	84.8
1403	Elizabeth Beisel	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2016	79.2
1405	Jessica McCaskill	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	79.1
1406	Justin Tucker	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2012–2024	84.7
1414	Barbara Bedford	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2000	79.9
1415	Franco Harris	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1984	84.9
1416	Paul Krause	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1979	85.7
1418	Robert Wrenn	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1891–1900	80.5
1420	Michael Chadwick	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–2021	79.3
1422	Dominique Wilkins	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1982–1999	80.0
1428	Simone Manuel	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	78.6

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