#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1393	Al Attles	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1971	80.2
1402	Alan Page	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1981	84.8
1408	Gunnar Larsson	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	1968–1974	77.3
1416	Paul Krause	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1979	85.7
1430	Valeri Kharlamov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1967–1981	83.4
1433	Herb Adderley	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1972	84.4
1442	Nate Thurmond	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1977	79.8
1459	Dave Keon	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1960–1982	85.3
1461	Bobby Orr	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1966–1979	82.0
1467	Ken Norton	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1981	80.1
1491	Mike Brearley	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1961–1983	82.1
1505	Wasim Bari	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1964–1984	82.6
1536	Tony Esposito	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1968–1984	84.0
1553	Novella Calligaris	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	1968–1974	76.9
1596	Anatoliy Bondarchuk	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1965–1976	78.8
1601	Mel Renfro	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1977	84.2
1605	Václav Nedomanský	Ice Hockey	🇨🇿 Czechia	1962–1983	84.2
1618	Tom Flores	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1994	85.0
1620	Lou Hudson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1979	79.1
1623	Bernie Parent	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1965–1979	82.0
1627	Keith Boyce	Cricket	🇧🇧 West Indies	1965–1977	80.1
1643	Willie Brown	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1978	83.9
1648	Jack Nicklaus	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1986	88.5
1658	Gene Upshaw	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1981	84.5
1659	Art Shell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1982	84.5
1667	Guy Lapointe	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1968–1984	83.4
1670	Nick Buoniconti	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1976	84.0
1671	Bevan Congdon	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1960–1978	81.4
1714	Jim Otto	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1974	84.0
1719	Basil D'Oliveira	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1960–1980	80.7
1743	Phil Esposito	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1963–1981	83.1
1752	Jim Palmer	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1984	84.0
1761	Carl Eller	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1979	83.4
1765	Mike Ditka	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1972	82.4
1781	Earnie Shavers	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1995	79.4
1784	Gaylord Perry	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1983	85.3
1792	Buck Buchanan	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1975	83.0
1794	Ron Mix	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1971	82.6
1799	Jacques Lemaire	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1967–1979	82.1
1803	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1968–1983	80.3
1823	Bob Griese	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	82.7
1834	Bobby Bell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1974	82.9
1839	O.J. Simpson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1979	80.5
1842	Bob Johnson	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1991	83.2
1844	Merlin Olsen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1976	83.2
1860	Virginia Wade	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1962–1986	81.7
1862	Rod Carew	Baseball	🇵🇦 Panama	1967–1985	84.0
1864	Brad Park	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1968–1985	83.1
1873	Paul Warfield	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1977	82.8
1880	Tom Mack	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1978	83.5

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