#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1540	Chris Adams	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1988–2008	82.4
1551	Chris Cairns	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1989–2006	80.9
1552	Josia Thugwane	Athletics	🇿🇦 South Africa	1989–2004	79.9
1560	Nicklas Lidström	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1988–2012	85.4
1561	Dominik Hašek	Ice Hockey	🇨🇿 Czechia	1981–2011	83.8
1572	Jens-Peter Berndt	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1985–1992	78.5
1574	Eric Cantona	Football	🇫🇷 France	1983–1997	77.3
1578	Ike Quartey	Boxing	🇬🇭 Ghana	1988–2006	79.6
1600	Richard Dent	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1997	83.8
1625	Chris Doleman	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1985–1999	84.0
1626	Kevin Greene	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1985–1999	84.0
1641	Art Monk	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1995	84.6
1647	Frank Baltrusch	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–1992	77.8
1649	Reggie White	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2000	84.1
1676	Jean-Pierre Papin	Football	🇫🇷 France	1984–1999	77.1
1677	Randy Johnson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2009	84.9
1690	Pablo Morales	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1992	77.9
1692	Michele Timms	Basketball	🇦🇺 Australia	1984–2000	79.5
1693	Sandy Brondello	Basketball	🇦🇺 Australia	1987–2003	79.6
1713	Jim Courier	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2000	78.8
1716	Tim Brown	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2004	84.5
1721	Kerstin Behrendt	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–1992	77.9
1722	Stefan Edberg	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1983–1996	80.9
1739	Larysa Berezhna	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1985–1996	79.3
1742	Lawrence Taylor	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1993	81.9
1745	Christy Martin	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2012	79.6
1747	Marcus Allen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1982–1997	83.6
1759	Eric Dickerson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1993	81.6
1773	Boris Becker	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1984–1999	80.4
1780	Geraldine Heaney	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1988–2002	83.2
1787	Shawn Kemp	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2003	77.0
1800	Dave Andreychuk	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1982–2006	84.7
1807	Morten Andersen	American Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	1982–2007	84.9
1808	Larry Murphy	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–2001	84.7
1809	Barry McGuigan	Boxing	🇮🇪 Ireland	1981–1989	76.5
1814	Anthony Nesty	Swimming	🇸🇷 Suriname	1986–1993	75.6
1816	Thomas Muster	Tennis	🇦🇹 Austria	1985–1999	79.0
1841	Aaqib Javed	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1988–1998	79.0
1845	Phil Housley	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1982–2003	84.3
1852	Patrick Roy	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1984–2003	83.1
1854	Roger Clemens	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2007	84.7
1861	Riikka Sallinen	Ice Hockey	🇫🇮 Finland	1988–2019	84.2
1863	Tom Glavine	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2008	84.8
1876	Adrian Moorhouse	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1982–1992	77.9
1878	Tony Gwynn	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1982–2001	83.6
1879	Al MacInnis	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1981–2004	83.5
1881	Rickey Jackson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1995	83.1
1889	Bruce Smith	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2003	83.8
1903	Steve Yzerman	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1983–2006	83.8
1914	Igor Larionov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1981–2004	83.5

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