#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2	Gordie Howe	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1946–1980	94.2
8	Jaromír Jágr	Ice Hockey	🇨🇿 Czechia	1988–2024	91.6
9	Sergei Makarov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1976–1997	91.6
18	Bernie Geoffrion	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1950–1968	90.6
46	George Armstrong	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1949–1971	89.1
56	Punch Broadbent	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1912–1929	88.6
58	Marián Hossa	Ice Hockey	🇸🇰 Slovakia	1997–2017	88.4
63	Mike Gartner	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1979–1998	88.4
67	Bill Cook	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1926–1937	88.2
70	Jarome Iginla	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1996–2017	88
79	Maurice Richard	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1942–1960	87.7
90	Yvan Cournoyer	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1963–1979	87.5
110	Charlie Conacher	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1929–1941	87.1
116	Nikita Kucherov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	2011–—	86.9
119	Lanny McDonald	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1973–1989	86.9
121	Teemu Selänne	Ice Hockey	🇫🇮 Finland	1988–2014	86.8
126	Rod Gilbert	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1960–1978	86.7
128	Guy Lafleur	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1971–1991	86.6
135	Brett Hull	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2005	86.3
137	Andy Bathgate	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1952–1975	86.3
142	Bill Mosienko	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1941–1955	86.3
148	Bryan Hextall	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1936–1948	86.1
155	Jack Darragh	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1910–1924	85.8
156	Patrick Kane	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	2007–—	85.7
157	Mark Recchi	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1988–2011	85.7
159	Jari Kurri	Ice Hockey	🇫🇮 Finland	1977–1998	85.6
162	Babe Dye	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1919–1931	85.6
166	Harry Oliver	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1921–1937	85.5
173	Mike Bossy	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1977–1987	85.3
187	Håkan Loob	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1979–1996	84.9
191	Glenn Anderson	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–1996	84.8
198	Billy Gilmour	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1902–1916	84.6
199	Bobby Bauer	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1936–1952	84.6
208	Harry Hyland	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1908–1918	84.1
219	Cam Neely	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1983–1996	83.7
227	Joe Mullen	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1997	83.4
230	Ace Bailey	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1926–1933	83.3
260	Rick Middleton	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1974–1988	82.1
263	Dino Ciccarelli	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–1999	82.1
268	Miroslav Šatan	Ice Hockey	🇸🇰 Slovakia	1992–2015	81.8
284	Daniel Alfredsson	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2014	80.3
289	Gordie Drillon	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1936–1943	80
292	Pavel Bure	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1987–2003	79.5
295	Marián Gáborík	Ice Hockey	🇸🇰 Slovakia	2000–2018	79.3
304	Shorty Green	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1923–1927	77.3
308	Craig Patrick	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1979	76.3
310	Scotty Davidson	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1912–1914	71.9

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