#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
11	Gino Marchetti	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1966	91.3
16	Ray Nitschke	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1972	90.4
17	Forrest Gregg	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1971	90.3
29	Willie Davis	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1969	89.6
30	Don Maynard	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1973	89.6
36	Len Dawson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1975	89.2
37	Bill George	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1966	89.2
42	Doug Atkins	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1969	89
43	Leo Nomellini	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1963	89
47	Jim Parker	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1967	88.9
65	Jim Ringo	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1967	88.5
74	Joe Schmidt	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1965	88.3
75	Andy Robustelli	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1964	88.3
79	Night Train Lane	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1965	88.1
88	Yale Lary	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1964	88
90	Jim Brown	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1965	87.9
96	Dick LeBeau	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1972	87.9
100	Lenny Moore	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1967	87.8
117	Ollie Matson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1966	87.6
124	Paul Hornung	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1966	87.4
128	Jim Taylor	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1967	87.3
131	Johnny Unitas	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1973	87.2
132	Raymond Berry	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1955–1967	87.2
136	Henry Jordan	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1969	87.1
156	Jack Christiansen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1958	86.7
164	Chuck Howley	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1973	86.5
182	Jerry Kramer	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1968	86.3
184	Rosey Brown	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1965	86.3
187	Lou Creekmur	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1959	86.2
191	Gene Hickerson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1973	86.1
200	Sonny Jurgensen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1974	85.9
228	Stan Jones	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1966	85.4
229	Art Donovan	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1961	85.4
236	Frank Gifford	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1964	85.2
245	John Henry Johnson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1966	85
246	Mike McCormack	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1962	85
247	Alex Karras	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1970	84.9
261	Hugh McElhenny	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1964	84.4
279	Bobby Dillon	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1959	83.9
283	Sam Huff	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1969	83.8
291	Jack Butler	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1959	83.6
303	Bart Starr	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1971	83
304	Tommy McDonald	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1968	83
319	Les Richter	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1962	82
330	Bobby Mitchell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1968	81.6

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