#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2111	Earl Lloyd	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1960	77.3
2112	Peter Burge	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1952–1968	78.9
2113	Kevin Mawae	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2009	83.0
2114	Roger Connor	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1880–1897	83.0
2115	Steve McMichael	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1994	82.1
2116	Davante Adams	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2014–—	81.1
2117	Mule Suttles	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1918–1944	82.8
2118	Umar Gul	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2003–2016	79.0
2120	Tom Dean	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2018–—	75.6
2122	John Devitt	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1955–1960	74.5
2123	Ellsworth Vines	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1940	76.1
2124	Lefty Grove	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1925–1941	81.0
2125	Ken Dryden	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1970–1979	77.6
2126	Willie Lanier	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1977	81.0
2127	Orlando Pace	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2009	81.0
2128	Dan Fortmann	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1943	80.1
2129	Harry Carson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1988	82.0
2130	Len Ford	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1958	80.4
2131	Jock Cameron	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1924–1935	77.6
2132	Frank McGee	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1903–1906	76.5
2133	Eddie Giacomin	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1965–1978	81.8
2134	Serhiy Breus	Swimming	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2006–2016	77.6
2136	Bill Barrett	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1984	76.2
2137	Ma Long	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2006–—	87.3
2138	Brett Hull	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2005	81.7
2139	Chris Chelios	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1983–2010	83.9
2140	Larry Robinson	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1972–1992	83.0
2141	Alex Rodriguez	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2016	83.3
2142	Joe DiMaggio	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1951	81.6
2143	Ichiro Suzuki	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	1992–2019	83.7
2144	Satchel Paige	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1926–1965	83.7
2145	Evgeni Malkin	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	2003–—	81.3
2146	Miguel Cabrera	Baseball	🇻🇪 Venezuela	2003–2023	83.0
2148	Iván Rodríguez	Baseball	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1991–2011	83.9
2149	Al Kaline	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1974	83.9
2150	Bengt Baron	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	1977–1984	74.0
2151	Adam Oates	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1985–2004	82.4
2152	Andy Bathgate	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1952–1975	82.2
2153	Hines Ward	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2011	82.2
2154	Stefano Battistelli	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	1987–1996	76.5
2156	Billy Wagner	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2010	82.5
2157	Craig Kimbrel	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2024	82.6
2158	Edgar Martínez	Baseball	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1987–2004	82.5
2159	Shannon Briggs	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2016	79.0
2160	Ed "Too Tall" Jones	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1989	82.9
2161	John Hartley	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1878–1890	77.6
2165	Earl Campbell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1985	78.0
2166	Ozzie Newsome	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1990	82.4
2167	Bill Barber	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1972–1984	81.3
2168	John Mackey	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1972	80.2

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