#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1518	Derrick Atkins	Athletics	🇧🇸 Bahamas	2003–2012	79.5
1520	Ray Bourque	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1979–2001	86.0
1522	Carmelo Anthony	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2022	80.6
1523	Vasiliy Lomachenko	Boxing	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2008–2024	78.2
1524	Jonas Björkman	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1991–2008	82.7
1525	Anders Järryd	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1980–1996	82.4
1527	José Luíz Barbosa	Athletics	🇧🇷 Brazil	1983–1998	80.7
1528	Pancho Villa	Boxing	🇵🇭 Philippines	1919–1925	75.8
1529	Éider Arévalo	Athletics	🇨🇴 Colombia	2011–—	79.7
1530	DeMarcus Ware	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2016	83.7
1531	Randy White	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1988	84.4
1532	Nikola Vučević	Basketball	🇲🇪 Montenegro	2011–—	80.1
1534	Andrés Nocioni	Basketball	🇦🇷 Argentina	1997–2017	80.6
1535	Frank Sedgman	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1946–1962	80.5
1536	Tony Esposito	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1968–1984	84.0
1537	Rob Blake	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1989–2010	85.0
1538	Ralf Bartels	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1998–2012	80.8
1539	Billy Barnes	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1875–1894	81.5
1540	Chris Adams	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1988–2008	82.4
1541	Kristóf Milák	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	2016–—	77.7
1543	Edwin Moses	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1988	84.7
1545	Dražen Petrović	Basketball	🇭🇷 Croatia	1979–1993	75.9
1547	Nikolai Valuev	Boxing	🇷🇺 Russia	1993–2009	80.4
1548	Chris Byrd	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2009	80.3
1549	Míchel Salgado	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1994–2012	79.6
1550	Frédérick Bousquet	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	2000–2016	79.5
1551	Chris Cairns	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1989–2006	80.9
1552	Josia Thugwane	Athletics	🇿🇦 South Africa	1989–2004	79.9
1554	Sergey Bakulin	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	2006–2014	78.4
1555	Joe Bottom	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1980	77.7
1556	Len Dawson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1975	84.5
1557	Bill George	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1966	84.3
1558	Freddie Brown	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1930–1953	81.8
1559	Young Barney Aaron	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1855–1869	79.2
1560	Nicklas Lidström	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1988–2012	85.4
1561	Dominik Hašek	Ice Hockey	🇨🇿 Czechia	1981–2011	83.8
1562	Aaron Donald	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2014–2023	83.1
1563	Steve Ovett	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1973–1991	80.4
1565	Chipper Jones	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2012	85.9
1567	George Blanda	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1975	86.5
1569	Steve Largent	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1989	84.7
1570	Basil Butcher	Cricket	🇬🇾 West Indies	1954–1972	81.4
1571	George Armstrong	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1949–1971	85.8
1572	Jens-Peter Berndt	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1985–1992	78.5
1574	Eric Cantona	Football	🇫🇷 France	1983–1997	77.3
1575	Bobby Hull	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1957–1980	84.1
1577	Manuel Santana	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	1958–1973	80.8
1578	Ike Quartey	Boxing	🇬🇭 Ghana	1988–2006	79.6
1579	Gerald Patterson	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1914–1932	81.4
1580	James Rodríguez	Football	🇨🇴 Colombia	2010–—	76.9

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