#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2463	Gilbert Perreault	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1970–1987	80.5
2490	Virginia Ruzici	Tennis	🇷🇴 Romania	1975–1987	77.0
2520	Robert Brazile	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1984	78.6
2529	Bruce Sutter	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1988	79.1
2553	Paolo Barelli	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	1970–1980	75.4
2559	Kent Nilsson	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1974–1995	79.3
2579	Johan Kriek	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1994	77.4
2584	Randy Stoklos	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1996	81.7
2588	Yannick Noah	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1977–1996	76.5
2596	Lang Ping	Volleyball	🇨🇳 China	1978–1986	79.5
2602	Cliff Harris	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1979	77.6
2614	Peter Šťastný	Ice Hockey	🇸🇰 Slovakia	1975–1995	78.9
2616	Steve Shutt	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1972–1985	78.5
2634	Randy Gradishar	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1983	77.8
2635	Roscoe Tanner	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1985	76.3
2653	Joe Mullen	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1997	79.4
2675	Lynn Swann	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1982	76.5
2684	Gudrun Beckmann	Swimming	🇩🇪 West Germany	1978–1984	74.0
2695	Drew Pearson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1983	78.3
2697	John Childs	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1975–1996	78.3
2747	Ryszard Bosek	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	1972–1982	79.7
2761	Hugo Conte	Volleyball	🇦🇷 Argentina	1979–1998	81.4
2769	Börje Salming	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1970–1993	79.5
2774	Andre Dawson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1996	79.2
2777	Kevin Lowe	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1979–1998	79.3
2817	Rick Middleton	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1974–1988	77.9
2827	Clark Gillies	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1974–1988	77.5
2849	Kellen Winslow	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1987	74.5
2857	Kebede Balcha	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1976–1990	75.0
2858	Gary Carter	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1992	78.3
2860	Jonathan Agnew	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1978–1992	75.1
2863	Tracy Austin	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1994	70.6
2865	Masashi Ozaki	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	1970–2019	82.0
2876	Duncan Goodhew	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1976–1980	70.5
2877	Jumbo Ozaki	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	1970–2010	81.7
2911	Yelena Akhaminova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1978–1988	78.4
2928	Adriano Panatta	Tennis	🇮🇹 Italy	1970–1983	73.2
2947	Tom Watson	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1971–2019	80.3
2961	Bronisław Bebel	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	1972–1980	77.2
2970	Pat Bradley	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1995	79.9
2985	Mark Edmondson	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1974–1988	72.9
2989	Vladimir Dorokhov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1976–1984	76.8
3049	Jan Stephenson	Golf	🇦🇺 Australia	1973–2003	79.0
3055	Tom Kite	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1972–2010	79.8
3077	Niki Lauda	Formula 1	🇦🇹 Austria	1971–1985	79.2
3085	Renan Dal Zotto	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1978–1992	76.9
3087	Jack Babashoff	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1978	68.5
3094	Marius Căta-Chițiga	Volleyball	🇷🇴 Romania	1976–1988	76.5
3099	Flo Hyman	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1986	75.0
3100	Takako Shirai	Volleyball	🇯🇵 Japan	1970–1977	74.4

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