#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2899	Lynn Patrick	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1934–1946	76.1
2900	Herb Carnegie	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1944–1954	76.1
2901	Red Horner	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1928–1940	76.9
2902	Auston Matthews	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	75.1
2903	Phil Dalhausser	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2022	78.9
2905	Harold Baines	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1980–2001	80.3
2908	Elmer Flick	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1898–1910	76.7
2909	Todd Helton	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2013	77.4
2910	Bill Gadsby	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1946–1966	78.4
2913	Bobby Jones	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1916–1930	77.7
2914	Arnold Palmer	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1954–2006	80.4
2916	Bobby Baun	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1956–1973	77.5
2918	Hideki Matsuyama	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	2013–—	79.7
2919	Stanislav Dineykin	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1990–2008	79.7
2922	Arthur Farrell	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1897–1901	74.2
2923	Earvin N'Gapeth	Volleyball	🇫🇷 France	2010–—	77.6
2924	Doug Ford	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1949–2001	81.0
2926	Miikka Kiprusoff	Ice Hockey	🇫🇮 Finland	1999–2013	75.6
2927	Michael Andrew	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	71.6
2928	Adriano Panatta	Tennis	🇮🇹 Italy	1970–1983	73.2
2929	Joe Cronin	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1926–1945	78.0
2932	Henner Henkel	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1933–1939	71.3
2933	Kent Steffes	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1988–1998	77.1
2934	Joe Torre	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1977	77.1
2936	Ihab Abdelrahman	Athletics	🇪🇬 Egypt	2010–2021	72.2
2941	Stéphen Boyer	Volleyball	🇫🇷 France	2015–—	76.8
2944	Andrés Gimeno	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	1960–1973	73.2
2945	Cliff Battles	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1937	72.9
2946	Walter Hagen	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1912–1940	79.2
2947	Tom Watson	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1971–2019	80.3
2948	Gene Sarazen	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1973	80.3
2949	Gustavo Kuerten	Tennis	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2008	72.8
2951	Roger Staubach	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1979	74.3
2953	Justin Jefferson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2020–—	72.0
2954	Bob Ferguson	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1866–1890	78.0
2955	Jamie Anderson	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1870–1886	78.0
2956	Marcelo Negrão	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2006	77.6
2957	Jonas Reckermann	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	1999–2013	77.6
2958	Fita Bayisa	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1990–2000	72.3
2959	Nellie Fox	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1965	77.7
2960	George McNamara	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1907–1917	75.7
2961	Bronisław Bebel	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	1972–1980	77.2
2962	Yutaka Demachi	Volleyball	🇯🇵 Japan	1968–1976	77.2
2963	Red Dutton	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1926–1936	76.0
2964	Rory McIlroy	Golf	🇬🇧 Northern Ireland	2007–—	79.2
2965	Daniel Alfredsson	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2014	77.6
2966	Earle Combs	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1935	75.9
2967	Balázs Baji	Athletics	🇭🇺 Hungary	2008–2021	73.4
2968	Skinny Johnson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1931–1937	69.2
2971	Rusty Crawford	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1912–1929	77.1

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