#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
67	Bill Cook	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1926–1937	88.2
68	Phil Esposito	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1963–1981	88.1
69	Geraldine Heaney	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1988–2002	88
70	Jarome Iginla	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1996–2017	88
71	Bert Olmstead	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1948–1962	88
72	Newsy Lalonde	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1905–1927	87.9
74	Jacques Lemaire	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1967–1979	87.9
75	Dave Andreychuk	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1982–2006	87.9
76	Larry Murphy	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–2001	87.8
77	Ted Lindsay	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1944–1965	87.8
78	Danielle Goyette	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2007	87.8
79	Maurice Richard	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1942–1960	87.7
82	Mickey MacKay	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1914–1930	87.7
83	Ebbie Goodfellow	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1929–1943	87.7
84	Patrick Roy	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1984–2003	87.6
86	Brad Park	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1968–1985	87.6
87	Toe Blake	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1934–1948	87.6
88	Al MacInnis	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1981–2004	87.6
89	Stan Mikita	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1958–1980	87.5
90	Yvan Cournoyer	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1963–1979	87.5
91	Sprague Cleghorn	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1918–1928	87.5
92	Steve Yzerman	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1983–2006	87.4
93	Foster Hewitt	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1923–1981	87.4
95	Marie-Philip Poulin	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	2007–—	87.3
96	Henri Richard	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1955–1975	87.3
98	Alec Connell	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1924–1937	87.3
99	Clare Drake	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1958–1989	87.3
100	Frank Mahovlich	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1956–1978	87.3
101	Gerry Cheevers	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1961–1980	87.3
102	Reg Noble	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1916–1933	87.3
103	Doug Gilmour	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1983–2003	87.3
105	Busher Jackson	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1929–1944	87.2
106	Dale Hawerchuk	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1981–1997	87.1
107	Michel Goulet	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1979–1994	87.1
108	Lionel Conacher	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1925–1937	87.1
109	Charlie Gardiner	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1927–1934	87.1
110	Charlie Conacher	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1929–1941	87.1
111	Joe Sakic	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1988–2009	87
112	Eddie Shore	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1924–1940	87
113	Elmer Lach	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1940–1954	87
114	Frank Fredrickson	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1920–1931	87
115	Émile Bouchard	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1941–1956	87
117	Syl Apps	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1936–1948	86.9
118	Bill Cowley	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1934–1947	86.9
119	Lanny McDonald	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1973–1989	86.9
120	Paul Coffey	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–2001	86.8
122	Kim St-Pierre	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1999–2011	86.8
123	Roy Conacher	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1938–1952	86.8
124	Doug Bentley	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1939–1954	86.8
125	Bob Gainey	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1973–1989	86.7

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