#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1888	Nolan Ryan	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1993	85.3
1897	Yvan Cournoyer	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1963–1979	82.2
1904	Guillermo Vilas	Tennis	🇦🇷 Argentina	1969–1992	80.4
1913	Steve Carlton	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1988	84.1
1919	Larry Little	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	82.8
1934	Don Coryell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1986	82.4
1938	Gerry Cheevers	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1961–1980	82.3
1951	Ferguson Jenkins	Baseball	🇨🇦 Canada	1965–1983	84.0
1987	Bob Hayes	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1975	80.4
2021	Ken Houston	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	82.6
2037	Fred Biletnikoff	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1978	81.9
2038	Geoff Arnold	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1963–1982	79.7
2048	Ken Riley	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1983	83.1
2056	Mayumi Aoki	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	1969–1976	74.3
2060	Lance Alworth	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1972	80.1
2061	Rod Gilbert	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1960–1978	82.8
2063	Elvin Bethea	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1983	82.8
2066	Jacques Laperrière	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1962–1974	81.5
2078	Larry Csonka	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1979	80.9
2126	Willie Lanier	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1977	81.0
2133	Eddie Giacomin	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1965–1978	81.8
2162	Vera Nikolić	Athletics	🇷🇸 Serbia	1964–1972	76.5
2168	John Mackey	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1972	80.2
2173	Dave Robinson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1974	81.2
2185	Joe Greene	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1981	80.8
2194	Stan Smith	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1985	78.2
2195	Rafael Osuna	Tennis	🇲🇽 Mexico	1960–1969	77.0
2198	Claude Humphrey	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1981	81.1
2205	Tom Seaver	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1986	83.2
2235	Marie-Thérèse Armentero	Swimming	🇨🇭 Switzerland	1968–1976	76.5
2253	Reggie Jackson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1987	81.9
2264	Curley Culp	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1981	81.2
2268	Tony Pérez	Baseball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1964–1986	83.5
2273	Charlie Joiner	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1986	82.9
2285	Johnny Robinson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1971	80.5
2286	Winston Hill	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1977	81.9
2301	Leroy Kelly	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1973	79.8
2303	Chris Hanburger	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1978	81.2
2306	Lyudmila Buldakova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1960–1972	82.5
2312	Carl Yastrzemski	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1983	83.5
2347	Rollie Fingers	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1985	81.5
2355	Tony Roche	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1963–1979	78.0
2358	Lem Barney	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1977	79.8
2380	Johnny Bench	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1983	81.3
2424	Jan Kodeš	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czechia	1966–1983	77.3
2431	Bob Beamon	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1973	71.1
2433	Juan Marichal	Baseball	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	1960–1975	81.1
2434	Willie Stargell	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1982	81.5
2464	Hale Irwin	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1968–2015	84.9
2474	Serge Savard	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1966–1983	80.8

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