#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1882	Ollie Matson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1966	82.8
1883	Algernon Kingscote	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1909–1928	80.6
1884	Art Larsen	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1956	79.4
1885	Javier Acevedo	Swimming	🇨🇦 Canada	2014–—	78.2
1886	Stan Mikita	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1958–1980	83.5
1887	Rogers Hornsby	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1915–1937	82.9
1888	Nolan Ryan	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1993	85.3
1889	Bruce Smith	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2003	83.8
1890	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	2017–—	75.6
1891	Jake LaMotta	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1941–1954	78.8
1892	Mohammed Aman	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2010–2019	76.1
1893	Devin Hester	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2016	81.0
1894	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	1998–2012	79.3
1895	Walter Jones	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2008	82.2
1896	Zack Greinke	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2023	84.6
1897	Yvan Cournoyer	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1963–1979	82.2
1898	Curtis Martin	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2005	83.1
1899	Wilfred Baddeley	Tennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1890–1897	77.7
1900	Sprague Cleghorn	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1918–1928	82.0
1901	Fred Bakewell	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1928–1936	78.1
1902	Lewis Hamilton	Formula 1	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2007–—	88.5
1903	Steve Yzerman	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1983–2006	83.8
1904	Guillermo Vilas	Tennis	🇦🇷 Argentina	1969–1992	80.4
1905	Bill Brown	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1932–1950	79.0
1906	Bullet Rogan	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1917–1938	83.2
1907	Thomas Enqvist	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1991–2005	80.0
1908	Shaine Casas	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2018–—	77.0
1909	Jimmy Johnson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1999	81.2
1910	Foster Hewitt	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1923–1981	84.2
1912	Jaroslav Drobný	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czechia	1938–1965	80.2
1913	Steve Carlton	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1988	84.1
1914	Igor Larionov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1981–2004	83.5
1915	Ben Johnson	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–1993	77.3
1916	James Lofton	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1993	83.8
1917	Paul Hornung	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1966	80.5
1918	Dermontti Dawson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2000	82.5
1919	Larry Little	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	82.8
1920	Dominic Cork	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1990–2011	79.9
1921	Bill Brockwell	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1886–1903	80.2
1922	Bob Catterall	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1921–1933	79.1
1923	Gary Ballance	Cricket	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2008–2023	79.7
1924	Donald Carr	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1945–1963	80.9
1925	Greg Maddux	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2008	84.4
1926	Dan Marino	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1999	82.8
1928	Joel Embiid	Basketball	🇨🇲 Cameroon	2014–—	74.3
1929	Henri Richard	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1955–1975	84.1
1931	Alec Connell	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1924–1937	81.0
1932	Jim Taylor	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1967	81.1
1933	Mustafizur Rahman	Cricket	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	2014–—	78.6
1934	Don Coryell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1986	82.4

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