#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
66	Phog Allen	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1905–1956	90.8
210	Abe Attell	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1917	88.2
356	Ray Ewry	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1908	84.0
369	Jack Hobbs	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1905–1934	88.7
520	Georges Carpentier	Boxing	🇫🇷 France	1908–1926	85.8
652	Jack Blackburn	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1901–1923	85.0
712	Jack Dillon	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1908–1923	84.7
931	Warwick Armstrong	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1902–1921	84.4
1076	Mike Gibbons	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1908–1922	82.2
1228	Stanley Ketchel	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1903–1910	77.7
1231	Warren Bardsley	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1903–1926	83.4
1233	Johnny Douglas	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1901–1930	83.3
1248	Ewart Astill	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1906–1939	84.8
1281	Ty Cobb	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1905–1928	87.4
1357	Joe Malone	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1908–1924	82.8
1391	Fred Alexander	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1921	83.3
1438	Andy Ducat	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1906–1931	82.8
1463	Walter Johnson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1907–1927	85.7
1657	Pop Lloyd	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1906–1932	85.2
1702	Jack Marshall	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1900–1917	83.8
1738	Walter Brearley	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1902–1921	79.5
1757	Eddie Collins	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1906–1930	85.4
1778	Newsy Lalonde	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1905–1927	82.8
1883	Algernon Kingscote	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1909–1928	80.6
1958	William Clothier	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1914	79.9
1967	Christy Mathewson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1916	82.4
1995	Gordon Lowe	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1907–1929	81.0
2030	Anthony Wilding	Tennis	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1906–1914	75.8
2031	Norman Brookes	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1905–1924	77.9
2089	Rube Foster	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1902–1926	82.9
2099	Marty Friedman	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1909–1927	78.1
2110	Tris Speaker	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1907–1928	83.4
2132	Frank McGee	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1903–1906	76.5
2176	Tommy Phillips	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1902–1912	79.4
2177	Paddy Moran	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1901–1917	81.3
2182	Moose Johnson	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1905–1922	81.9
2189	Mordecai Brown	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1903–1916	81.3
2248	Home Run Baker	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1908–1922	81.4
2294	James Cecil Parke	Tennis	🇮🇪 Ireland	1904–1920	78.3
2296	Jack Crawford	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1904–1923	77.5
2392	Si Griffis	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1902–1919	80.5
2419	Maurice McLoughlin	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1909–1919	75.3
2428	Major Booth	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1908–1914	75.0
2438	Chief Bender	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1903–1925	81.4
2449	Riley Hern	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1901–1911	78.9
2483	Billy Gilmour	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1902–1916	78.8
2486	Hughie Lehman	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1908–1928	80.5
2551	Harry Hyland	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1908–1918	78.2
2557	Tommy Dunderdale	Ice Hockey	🇦🇺 Australia	1906–1924	79.7
2558	Douglas Carr	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1909–1914	74.4

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