#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
3	Doug Harvey	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1947–1969	93
5	Viacheslav Fetisov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1974–1998	92.1
35	Bobby Orr	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1966–1979	89.7
39	Scott Niedermayer	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2010	89.5
41	Ray Bourque	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1979–2001	89.3
43	Rob Blake	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1989–2010	89.3
44	Nicklas Lidström	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1988–2012	89.1
48	Vyacheslav Fetisov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1974–1998	88.9
57	Guy Lapointe	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1968–1984	88.5
59	Mark Howe	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1995	88.4
76	Larry Murphy	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–2001	87.8
81	Phil Housley	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1982–2003	87.7
86	Brad Park	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1968–1985	87.6
88	Al MacInnis	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1981–2004	87.6
112	Eddie Shore	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1924–1940	87
120	Paul Coffey	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–2001	86.8
136	Larry Robinson	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1972–1992	86.3
144	Chris Chelios	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1983–2010	86.2
151	Denis Potvin	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1973–1988	85.9
168	Duncan Keith	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	2002–2022	85.4
183	Scott Stevens	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1982–2004	85
184	Jenni Hiirikoski	Ice Hockey	🇫🇮 Finland	2005–—	85
188	Tim Horton	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1949–1974	84.9
195	Serge Savard	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1966–1983	84.6
206	Zdeno Chára	Ice Hockey	🇸🇰 Slovakia	1996–2022	84.1
216	Tom Johnson	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1947–1965	83.8
247	Victor Hedman	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	2007–—	82.6
250	Börje Salming	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1970–1993	82.5
252	Kevin Lowe	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1979–1998	82.5
259	Niklas Kronwall	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	2000–2019	82.1
261	Fernie Flaman	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1944–1961	82.1
267	Harry Howell	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1952–1976	81.9
269	Angela Ruggiero	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2011	81.6
277	Bill Gadsby	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1946–1966	81.1
278	Bobby Baun	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1956–1973	81
287	Ulf Samuelsson	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1983–2000	80.1
291	Erik Karlsson	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	2009–—	79.7
302	Herb Gardiner	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1908–1929	77.5
312	Cale Makar	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	2019–—	70.6

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