#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1321	Paul Pierce	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2017	81.4
1322	Jacques Plante	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1947–1975	85.3
1323	Vladislav Tretiak	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1968–1984	84.6
1324	Günter Netzer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1963–1977	78.0
1326	Sadaharu Oh	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	1959–1980	86.6
1327	LaMarcus Aldridge	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2021	81.4
1328	Karl-Anthony Towns	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	80.0
1330	Ricky Hatton	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1997–2012	80.3
1331	Deacon Jones	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1974	84.7
1332	B. S. Chandrasekhar	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1963–1979	81.7
1333	Andy Roddick	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2012	81.9
1334	Chris Eubank	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1985–1998	80.5
1335	Larry Fitzgerald	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2020	86.3
1336	Devin Haney	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	79.0
1337	Gunder Hägg	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1940–1945	78.6
1339	Sidney Moncrief	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1991	79.1
1340	Tiger Flowers	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1918–1927	79.6
1341	Moeen Ali	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2014–2023	82.6
1343	Ray Nitschke	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1972	85.0
1344	Bill Bowes	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1928–1947	81.9
1345	Stewie Dempster	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1921–1947	82.1
1346	Mike Modano	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2011	85.7
1348	Nicola Pietrangeli	Tennis	🇮🇹 Italy	1953–1972	83.4
1349	Bob Davies	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1945–1955	77.5
1350	Meldrick Taylor	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2002	80.7
1351	David Haye	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2002–2018	80.4
1352	Jermain Taylor	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2014	80.4
1355	Mike Burton	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1972	78.4
1356	DeMarcus Cousins	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2022	79.0
1357	Joe Malone	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1908–1924	82.8
1358	Rocky Graziano	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1942–1952	79.6
1359	Forrest Gregg	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1971	85.4
1360	Ernest Renshaw	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1880–1893	81.8
1361	Grant Brits	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2015–—	79.9
1363	Barry Bonds	Baseball	🇺🇸 USA	1986–2007	86.3
1364	Andy Murray	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2005–2024	83.0
1365	Willis Reed	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1974	77.4
1366	Peter Snell	Athletics	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1957–1965	77.9
1367	Zab Judah	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2019	81.8
1368	Sunday Bada	Athletics	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1989–2004	81.5
1369	Dylan Armstrong	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	2003–2014	80.7
1370	Kenny Bednarek	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	79.7
1371	Park Ji-sung	Football	🇰🇷 South Korea	2000–2014	79.1
1373	Roger Brown	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1975	78.4
1374	Frank Parker	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1949	82.4
1375	Lew Jenkins	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1950	80.3
1376	Ted Hendricks	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1983	85.7
1377	Aurèle Joliat	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1922–1938	85.3
1378	Dit Clapper	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1927–1947	86.7
1383	Cap Anson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1871–1897	87.2

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