#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1977	Bruno Fratus	Swimming	🇧🇷 Brazil	2009–2023	78.3
1978	Ryosuke Irie	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	2008–2021	78.8
2000	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	2000–2022	81.7
2005	Frank Gore	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2020	84.2
2009	Alyssa Anderson	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2009–2014	75.9
2011	Angie Bainbridge	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2000–2008	77.1
2017	Maria Sharapova	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	2001–2020	79.6
2018	Justin Verlander	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2005–—	83.8
2025	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	2006–—	81.0
2036	Sylwester Bednarek	Athletics	🇵🇱 Poland	2007–2019	78.6
2045	Troy Polamalu	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2014	81.0
2071	Andre Johnson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2016	81.6
2118	Umar Gul	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2003–2016	79.0
2134	Serhiy Breus	Swimming	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2006–2016	77.6
2137	Ma Long	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2006–—	87.3
2145	Evgeni Malkin	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	2003–—	81.3
2146	Miguel Cabrera	Baseball	🇻🇪 Venezuela	2003–2023	83.0
2163	Katie Hoff	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2012	75.9
2193	Cullen Jones	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2016	76.7
2196	Caroline Burckle	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2009	74.8
2225	George Groves	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2008–2018	76.4
2242	Clayton Kershaw	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	81.8
2244	Flavia Pennetta	Tennis	🇮🇹 Italy	2000–2015	78.9
2250	Kateřina Baďurová	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czechia	2000–2012	76.7
2252	Sammy Wanjiru	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2005–2010	74.5
2261	Patrick Kane	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	2007–—	81.0
2288	Yu Darvish	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	2005–—	82.4
2290	Buster Posey	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–2021	81.1
2291	Masahiro Tanaka	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	2007–—	81.9
2310	Adrian Peterson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2021	80.7
2311	Hilary Knight	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	2007–—	81.1
2313	Duncan Keith	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	2002–2022	81.2
2315	Meghan Duggan	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2020	80.5
2320	Richard Seymour	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2012	80.5
2344	Jelena Janković	Tennis	🇷🇸 Serbia	2000–2017	78.8
2346	Julie Chu	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2018	81.5
2360	Fabiana Oliveira	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2000–2016	83.2
2364	David Ferrer	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	2000–2019	80.0
2369	Michelle Karvinen	Ice Hockey	🇫🇮 Finland	2008–—	81.3
2396	Fábio Luiz Magalhães	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2005–2021	82.1
2399	Jenni Hiirikoski	Ice Hockey	🇫🇮 Finland	2005–—	81.3
2401	Steve Hutchinson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2012	79.9
2411	Nick Compton	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2001–2018	78.3
2413	Max Scherzer	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	81.6
2415	Karolína Plíšková	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	2009–—	77.8
2454	LaDainian Tomlinson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2011	79.4
2460	Chad Johnson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2011	79.4
2461	Aqib Talib	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2019	79.9
2472	Henrik Lundqvist	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	2000–2020	80.7
2473	Ed Reed	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2013	79.7

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