#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2779	Ray Flaherty	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1926–1935	77.1
2780	Dick Irvin	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1916–1929	77.0
2781	Calvin Johnson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2015	76.1
2783	Henrik Sedin	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1997–2018	78.7
2784	Dick Fosbury	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1972	69.7
2786	Alison Cerutti	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2006–—	79.6
2787	Nalbert Bitencourt	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2008	79.6
2788	Henry Cotton	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1926–1957	81.4
2789	Chuck McKinley	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1968	73.2
2790	Chuck Cooper	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1956	72.2
2791	Ryan Miller	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2021	78.3
2792	Bruno Schmidt	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2009–—	78.7
2793	Sam Crawford	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1899–1917	79.4
2795	Yao Ming	Basketball	🇨🇳 China	1997–2011	70.6
2796	Tyreek Hill	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	76.5
2797	Albert Costa	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	1993–2006	75.0
2798	Richie Ashburn	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1962	79.0
2799	Billy Herman	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1931–1947	79.6
2800	Dwight Stephenson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1987	74.1
2801	Nomar Garciaparra	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2009	77.2
2803	Edgar Laprade	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1945–1955	77.4
2804	Mateusz Bieniek	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2013–—	79.6
2805	Alain Prost	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	1980–1993	82.6
2807	Federico Burdisso	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2017–—	72.4
2808	T.Y. Hilton	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2012–2022	77.2
2809	Patrick Willis	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2014	75.3
2810	Red Badgro	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1927–1936	76.9
2811	Matej Černič	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2012	80.2
2812	Daniele Lupo	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2009–—	79.8
2813	Sean Rosenthal	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2019	80.5
2814	Gary Player	Golf	🇿🇦 South Africa	1953–2009	82.2
2815	Henrik Zetterberg	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1999–2018	78.3
2816	Niklas Kronwall	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	2000–2019	78.9
2817	Rick Middleton	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1974–1988	77.9
2818	Dick Allen	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1977	76.6
2819	Fernie Flaman	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1944–1961	78.6
2820	Les Richter	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1962	76.2
2821	Réjean Houle	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1969–1983	78.8
2822	Andrea Gardini	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1988–2004	79.7
2823	Vladimir Grbić	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1990–2009	79.6
2826	Dino Ciccarelli	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–1999	78.5
2827	Clark Gillies	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1974–1988	77.5
2828	Fritz Pollard	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1926	75.5
2829	Dan Bain	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1895–1902	75.5
2831	Fran Tarkenton	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1978	78.7
2832	Tomáš Berdych	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	2002–2019	76.7
2833	Joe Hall	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1905–1919	78.0
2834	Michael Watson	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1984–1991	71.8
2835	Le'Veon Bell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2013–2021	75.3
2836	Harry Howell	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1952–1976	79.4

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