#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1992	Charlie Gardiner	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1927–1934	79.1
1993	Frank Fredrickson	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1920–1931	81.3
1994	Émile Bouchard	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1941–1956	83.0
1995	Gordon Lowe	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1907–1929	81.0
1996	Charlie Conacher	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1929–1941	80.5
1997	Emmitt Smith	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2004	82.7
1998	Frank Robinson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1976	83.9
1999	Nikita Kucherov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	2011–—	80.7
2001	Anthony Joshua	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2013–—	76.9
2002	Bill Dickey	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1928–1946	83.7
2004	Todd Bennett	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1980–1990	77.7
2005	Frank Gore	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2020	84.2
2006	Hidetoshi Nakata	Football	🇯🇵 Japan	1995–2006	75.5
2007	Marques Johnson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1989	76.1
2008	Mikhail Akimenko	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	2015–2021	76.3
2010	Elroy Hirsch	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1957	81.2
2012	Syl Apps	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1936–1948	80.8
2013	Bill Cowley	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1934–1947	80.8
2014	Lanny McDonald	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1973–1989	82.3
2015	Paul Coffey	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–2001	82.9
2016	Teemu Selänne	Ice Hockey	🇫🇮 Finland	1988–2014	83.2
2018	Justin Verlander	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2005–—	83.8
2020	Charlie Gehringer	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1942	83.3
2021	Ken Houston	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	82.6
2022	Ty Law	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2009	81.9
2023	Antonio Brown	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2021	80.6
2026	Barry Larkin	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2004	83.8
2027	Horace Rice	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1895–1930	81.7
2028	Tomáš Rosický	Football	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1998–2017	76.4
2029	Ippei Watanabe	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	2014–—	76.4
2030	Anthony Wilding	Tennis	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1906–1914	75.8
2031	Norman Brookes	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1905–1924	77.9
2032	Tony Trabert	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1963	77.0
2033	Goran Ivanišević	Tennis	🇭🇷 Croatia	1988–2004	79.0
2034	Dan Fouts	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1987	82.1
2036	Sylwester Bednarek	Athletics	🇵🇱 Poland	2007–2019	78.6
2037	Fred Biletnikoff	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1978	81.9
2038	Geoff Arnold	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1963–1982	79.7
2039	Roy Conacher	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1938–1952	81.5
2040	Doug Bentley	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1939–1954	81.8
2041	Bob Falkenburg	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1944–1955	78.4
2042	Deion Sanders	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2005	81.3
2044	Craig Biggio	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2007	84.4
2045	Troy Polamalu	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2014	81.0
2046	Sergi Bruguera	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	1988–2002	78.3
2047	Bob Gainey	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1973–1989	82.3
2048	Ken Riley	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1983	83.1
2049	Paul Molitor	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1998	84.0
2050	Lee Smith	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1997	84.0
2051	Kenley Jansen	Baseball	🇨🇼 Curaçao	2010–—	83.7

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