#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2972	Geoff Hughes	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1922–1932	74.1
2973	Jim Barnes	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1912–1937	78.3
2974	Tom Hooper	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1902–1908	74.0
2975	Piotr Kantor	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2012–—	78.4
2976	Bartosz Losiak	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2012–—	78.4
2978	Ulf Samuelsson	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1983–2000	77.2
2981	Saeid Marouf	Volleyball	🇮🇷 Iran	2005–2021	77.6
2982	Ricardo Lucarelli	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2011–—	77.3
2983	Wallace de Souza	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2009–—	77.3
2985	Mark Edmondson	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1974–1988	72.9
2986	Ernie Lombardi	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1931–1947	76.3
2987	Lou Boudreau	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1952	75.6
2989	Vladimir Dorokhov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1976–1984	76.8
2990	Phil Mickelson	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1992–—	80.3
2992	Liam Dawson	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	2007–—	74.9
2993	Gordie Drillon	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1936–1943	72.5
2995	Chris Cavanaugh	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1986	70.0
2996	Clayton Stanley	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2014	77.3
2997	Mohammad Asif	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2005–2010	70.2
2998	Iliass Aouani	Athletics	🇮🇹 Italy	2016–—	71.5
2999	Catfish Hunter	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1979	74.8
3000	Dickie Boon	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1897–1905	74.0
3001	Andrey Egorchev	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1996–2008	77.7
3002	Retief Goosen	Golf	🇿🇦 South Africa	1990–—	79.5
3006	George Duncan	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1908–1937	79.1
3008	Jim Bunning	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1955–1971	76.0
3009	Grzegorz Fijałek	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2007–—	78.3
3010	Michał Bryl	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2014–—	76.9
3011	Erik Karlsson	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	2009–—	74.6
3013	Nikola Grbić	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1991–2013	77.8
3014	Willoughby Hamilton	Tennis	🇮🇪 Ireland	1887–1896	69.6
3015	Jim Covert	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1990	72.5
3016	DK Metcalf	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	74.1
3017	Matt Anderson	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	77.7
3018	Lloy Ball	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2011	78.8
3019	Robertlandy Simón	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	2005–—	77.7
3021	Sven Davidson	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1949–1962	72.6
3022	Willie Anderson	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1897–1910	75.2
3023	Théo Faure	Volleyball	🇫🇷 France	2016–—	76.5
3025	Pavel Bure	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1987–2003	73.5
3026	Brian Urlacher	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2012	75.1
3027	Eduardo Romero	Golf	🇦🇷 Argentina	1982–2015	80.0
3028	Ernie Parker	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1908–1916	70.8
3029	Julius Boros	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1975	79.6
3031	Byron Nelson	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1946	76.1
3034	Johnny Goodman	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1927–1950	78.3
3035	Fabio Vullo	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1986–2000	76.8
3036	Monte Irvin	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1956	75.3
3037	Ray Dandridge	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1933–1949	76.3
3038	Cary Middlecoff	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1961	77.1

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