#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1450	Adrián Annus	Athletics	🇭🇺 Hungary	1993–2007	80.3
1451	Shaheen Shah Afridi	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2017–—	79.4
1452	Xu Jiayu	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2013–—	79.6
1454	Nicolò Martinenghi	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2016–—	78.9
1455	Champ Bailey	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2013	85.2
1456	Alex Delvecchio	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1950–1974	86.6
1457	Randall McDaniel	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2001	85.2
1458	Grant Fuhr	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1981–2000	84.8
1459	Dave Keon	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1960–1982	85.3
1460	Mario Lemieux	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1984–2006	82.1
1461	Bobby Orr	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1966–1979	82.0
1462	Ted Williams	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1939–1960	85.5
1463	Walter Johnson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1907–1927	85.7
1465	Joe Root	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2012–—	81.6
1466	James Worthy	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1982–1994	78.7
1467	Ken Norton	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1981	80.1
1468	Grover Cleveland Alexander	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1911–1930	85.5
1470	Makhaya Ntini	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1995–2011	81.6
1472	Rabah Madjer	Football	🇩🇿 Algeria	1978–1992	77.7
1473	Derek Redmond	Athletics	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1985–1993	79.2
1474	Frank Boucher	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1921–1944	84.9
1475	Jack Brown	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1889–1904	81.2
1481	Jimmy Butler	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	79.5
1482	Michael Chang	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2003	82.3
1485	Goran Dragić	Basketball	🇸🇮 Slovenia	2008–2023	79.9
1486	Scott Niedermayer	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2010	84.8
1487	Shannon Sharpe	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2003	84.9
1488	Ed Belfour	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1988–2007	84.7
1489	Willie Davis	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1969	84.1
1490	Jack Lambert	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1984	83.6
1491	Mike Brearley	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1961–1983	82.1
1492	Jofra Archer	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2016–—	79.3
1493	Bob Barber	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1954–1969	81.5
1494	Don Maynard	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1973	85.1
1496	Ajayi Agbebaku	Athletics	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1980–1988	80.0
1499	Christian Taylor	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	79.4
1500	Terry Sawchuk	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1947–1970	84.9
1501	Dick McGuire	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1960	80.0
1503	T.J. Watt	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	83.0
1504	Mashrafe Mortaza	Cricket	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	2001–2020	82.3
1505	Wasim Bari	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1964–1984	82.6
1507	Derrick Adkins	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2000	77.8
1508	René Lacoste	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1922–1932	78.4
1509	Ed Macauley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1959	78.2
1511	John Hannah	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1985	84.2
1512	Tony DeMarco	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1962	80.0
1513	Wilmer Allison	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1927–1938	81.2
1514	Ted Bowley	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1912–1934	82.6
1516	Simon Bucher	Swimming	🇦🇹 Austria	2017–—	78.6
1517	Alessandro Calvi	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2001–2012	79.9

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