#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
135	Joe Gans	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1891–1909	88.7
412	Jack Johnson	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1898–1938	86.9
416	Sydney Barnes	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1894–1930	86.1
484	James J. Jeffries	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1896–1910	83.6
485	Jimmy Barry	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1891–1899	84.0
717	Laurence Doherty	Tennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1896–1906	83.6
718	Dixie Kid	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1899–1914	84.4
957	David Denton	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1894–1920	85.6
966	Reginald Doherty	Tennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1894–1906	83.4
984	Colin Blythe	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1899–1914	83.5
1253	Nap Lajoie	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1896–1916	87.0
1278	Len Braund	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1896–1920	83.4
1398	Cy Young	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1890–1911	86.8
1417	Joe Darling	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1893–1908	81.7
1418	Robert Wrenn	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1891–1900	80.5
1583	William Larned	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1891–1911	80.9
1587	Holcombe Ward	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1899–1906	80.2
1602	Bernard Bosanquet	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1898–1919	79.3
1631	Malcolm Whitman	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1896–1902	78.4
1644	Russell Bowie	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1898–1910	81.5
1831	Honus Wagner	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1897–1917	84.3
1899	Wilfred Baddeley	Tennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1890–1897	77.7
2027	Horace Rice	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1895–1930	81.7
2105	Cuthbert Burnup	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1895–1907	78.7
2263	Jesse Burkett	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1890–1905	81.6
2287	Fred Clarke	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1894–1915	83.1
2349	Pete Hill	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1899–1925	82.4
2377	Frederick Hovey	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1890–1896	75.7
2465	Frederick Bull	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1890–1900	76.1
2479	Frank Chance	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1898–1914	80.2
2495	J.H. Taylor	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1893–1926	83.2
2513	George Davis	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1890–1909	81.7
2527	Harold Mahony	Tennis	🇮🇪 Ireland	1890–1905	76.8
2573	James Braid	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1894–1927	82.6
2576	Graham Drinkwater	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1893–1899	77.3
2674	Joshua Pim	Tennis	🇮🇪 Ireland	1890–1900	73.3
2680	Bouse Hutton	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1899–1904	76.1
2730	Willis Cuttell	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1890–1906	76.3
2752	Harry Vardon	Golf	🇯🇪 Jersey	1890–1930	81.1
2756	Jack Chesbro	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1899–1909	77.2
2793	Sam Crawford	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1899–1917	79.4
2829	Dan Bain	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1895–1902	75.5
2882	Mike Grant	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1893–1902	75.4
2894	Roger Bresnahan	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1897–1915	78.6
2908	Elmer Flick	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1898–1910	76.7
2922	Arthur Farrell	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1897–1901	74.2
3000	Dickie Boon	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1897–1905	74.0
3022	Willie Anderson	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1897–1910	75.2
3092	Harold Hilton	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1890–1913	77.6
3171	Jimmy Collins	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1895–1908	73.5

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