#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1581	World B. Free	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1988	79.0
1583	William Larned	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1891–1911	80.9
1584	Derrick Brooks	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2008	84.2
1585	Doug Atkins	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1969	84.9
1586	Leo Nomellini	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1963	84.9
1587	Holcombe Ward	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1899–1906	80.2
1588	Mike Denness	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1959–1980	82.1
1589	Sanjay Ayre	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1999–2010	80.4
1590	Stan Musial	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1941–1963	86.1
1591	Aaron Rodgers	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2005–—	84.2
1592	Vyacheslav Fetisov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1974–1998	84.0
1593	Aaron Pryor	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1990	77.2
1594	Babar Azam	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2015–—	78.7
1595	Dan Brouthers	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1879–1904	84.8
1596	Anatoliy Bondarchuk	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1965–1976	78.8
1597	Brian Dawkins	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2011	84.5
1598	Chuck Bednarik	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1962	83.9
1599	Jim Parker	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1967	82.9
1600	Richard Dent	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1997	83.8
1601	Mel Renfro	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1977	84.2
1602	Bernard Bosanquet	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1898–1919	79.3
1603	Harry Brook	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2016–—	78.0
1604	Neil Adcock	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1952–1963	79.9
1605	Václav Nedomanský	Ice Hockey	🇨🇿 Czechia	1962–1983	84.2
1606	Herbert Lawford	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1878–1893	81.5
1608	Trevor Barry	Athletics	🇧🇸 Bahamas	2006–2017	79.8
1609	Mark Messier	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1978–2004	85.1
1610	Joe Montana	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1994	82.8
1613	James J. Braddock	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1926–1938	79.5
1615	Charley Hyatt	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1928–1937	77.0
1616	Manny Ramírez	Baseball	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	1993–2011	84.8
1617	Steve Smith Sr	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2016	84.3
1618	Tom Flores	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1994	85.0
1620	Lou Hudson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1979	79.1
1621	Larry Allen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2007	83.5
1622	Tony Dorsett	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1988	83.8
1623	Bernie Parent	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1965–1979	82.0
1624	Craig Beardsley	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1984	76.1
1625	Chris Doleman	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1985–1999	84.0
1626	Kevin Greene	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1985–1999	84.0
1627	Keith Boyce	Cricket	🇧🇧 West Indies	1965–1977	80.1
1628	Martin Donnelly	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1936–1961	79.8
1629	Hap Holmes	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1912–1928	84.1
1630	Oliver Campbell	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1888–1893	78.0
1631	Malcolm Whitman	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1896–1902	78.4
1632	Dennis Brookes	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1934–1959	82.6
1633	Drew Brees	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2020	84.8
1635	Steve Cram	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1978–1994	79.4
1636	Marco Arop	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	2018–—	76.5
1637	Marin Čilić	Tennis	🇭🇷 Croatia	2005–—	81.7

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