#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
4	Hale Irwin	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1968–2015	90.9
6	J.H. Taylor	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1893–1926	90.6
7	Billy Casper	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1985	90.5
9	James Braid	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1894–1927	90.1
10	Bobby Locke	Golf	🇿🇦 South Africa	1936–1975	89.9
11	Raymond Floyd	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1963–2000	89.7
12	Dustin Johnson	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	2007–—	89.3
14	Roberto De Vicenzo	Golf	🇦🇷 Argentina	1938–1985	89.2
19	Harry Vardon	Golf	🇯🇪 Jersey	1890–1930	88.6
22	John Ball	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1888–1921	87.7
35	Bob Ferguson	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1866–1890	86.3
36	Jamie Anderson	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1870–1886	86.3
39	Jim Barnes	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1912–1937	86.1
43	George Duncan	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1908–1937	85.6
44	Willie Anderson	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1897–1910	85.5
45	Eduardo Romero	Golf	🇦🇷 Argentina	1982–2015	85.4
46	Julius Boros	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1975	85.4
47	Cary Middlecoff	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1961	85.3
52	Ángel Cabrera	Golf	🇦🇷 Argentina	1989–—	85.1
53	Jan Stephenson	Golf	🇦🇺 Australia	1973–2003	85.1
54	Tom Kite	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1972–2010	85.1
55	Gene Littler	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1990	85.1
57	Stephen Ames	Golf	🇨🇦 Canada	1987–—	84.9
58	Tommy Armour	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1920–1935	84.8
59	Johnny Miller	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1990	84.6
60	Young Tom Morris	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1865–1875	84.5
61	Bob Charles	Golf	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1954–2010	84.5
62	Chick Evans	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1907–1962	84.5
63	Harold Hilton	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1890–1913	84.5
64	Peter Thomson	Golf	🇦🇺 Australia	1949–1988	84.4
67	JoAnne Carner	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1970–2004	84.2
68	Mark Calcavecchia	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1981–—	84.2
73	Bob Martin	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1873–1890	84
75	Marlene Hagge	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1996	83.9
76	Jimmy Demaret	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1960	83.8
79	Jack Burke Jr.	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1975	83.6
80	Susie Maxwell Berning	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1980	83.6
81	Lloyd Mangrum	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1937–1963	83.6
82	Louise Suggs	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1969	83.5
84	Sandy Lyle	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1977–2020	83.5
86	Stewart Cink	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1995–—	83.3
89	Nancy Lopez	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1977–2002	83.1
90	Juli Inkster	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1983–2021	83
91	Laura Davies	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1985–—	83
93	George Archer	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1964–2001	83
94	Shigeki Maruyama	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	1992–2015	83
95	Ben Crenshaw	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1973–2015	83
97	Chandler Harper	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1965	82.9
100	Tony Jacklin	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1963–1994	82.7
102	Vic Ghezzi	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1955	82.6

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