#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
126	Rod Gilbert	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1960–1978	86.7
127	Jacques Laperrière	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1962–1974	86.7
128	Guy Lafleur	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1971–1991	86.6
129	Connor McDavid	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	2015–—	86.5
130	Bryan Trottier	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1975–1994	86.5
131	Eric Lindros	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1992–2007	86.5
132	Ken Dryden	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1970–1979	86.4
133	Frank McGee	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1903–1906	86.4
134	Eddie Giacomin	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1965–1978	86.4
136	Larry Robinson	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1972–1992	86.3
137	Andy Bathgate	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1952–1975	86.3
138	Bill Barber	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1972–1984	86.3
139	Tommy Phillips	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1902–1912	86.3
140	Paddy Moran	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1901–1917	86.3
141	Woody Dumart	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1935–1954	86.3
142	Bill Mosienko	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1941–1955	86.3
143	Moose Johnson	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1905–1922	86.3
146	Adam Oates	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1985–2004	86.2
147	Frank Foyston	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1912–1928	86.2
148	Bryan Hextall	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1936–1948	86.1
149	Harry Lumley	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1943–1960	86.1
151	Denis Potvin	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1973–1988	85.9
152	Ching Johnson	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1926–1938	85.9
153	Marcel Dionne	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1971–1989	85.8
154	Brendan Shanahan	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1987–2009	85.8
155	Jack Darragh	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1910–1924	85.8
157	Mark Recchi	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1988–2011	85.7
158	Sylvio Mantha	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1923–1937	85.7
161	Frank Nighbor	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1917–1930	85.6
162	Babe Dye	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1919–1931	85.6
164	Cy Denneny	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1917–1929	85.5
166	Harry Oliver	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1921–1937	85.5
168	Duncan Keith	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	2002–2022	85.4
169	Guy Carbonneau	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–2000	85.4
170	Sid Abel	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1938–1954	85.4
171	Turk Broda	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1936–1952	85.4
172	Johnny Bucyk	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1955–1978	85.4
173	Mike Bossy	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1977–1987	85.3
176	Eddie Gerard	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1913–1923	85.2
177	Ted Kennedy	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1942–1957	85.1
178	Joe Nieuwendyk	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1986–2007	85.1
179	Si Griffis	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1902–1919	85.1
180	Art Coulter	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1931–1942	85.1
181	Marty Barry	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1927–1940	85.1
182	Georges Boucher	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1917–1932	85.1
183	Scott Stevens	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1982–2004	85
185	James E. Norris	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1932–1952	85
188	Tim Horton	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1949–1974	84.9
189	Bernie Federko	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1976–1990	84.9
190	Duke Keats	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1915–1929	84.9

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