#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1	Tom Brady	American Football	🇺🇸 USA	2000–2022	97.2
5	Sammy Baugh	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1937–1952	92.3
6	Otto Graham	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1955	92
13	Peyton Manning	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2015	90.7
36	Len Dawson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1975	89.2
44	Aaron Rodgers	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2005–—	88.9
55	Joe Montana	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1994	88.7
57	Drew Brees	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2020	88.6
68	Sid Luckman	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1939–1950	88.4
82	Bobby Layne	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1962	88.1
91	Brett Favre	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2010	87.9
101	Bob Griese	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	87.8
103	Arnie Herber	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1945	87.8
127	Dan Marino	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1999	87.3
131	Johnny Unitas	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1973	87.2
148	Dan Fouts	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1987	86.8
153	Warren Moon	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1978–2000	86.7
154	Terry Bradshaw	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1983	86.7
163	Steve Young	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1999	86.5
181	Benny Friedman	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1927–1934	86.3
186	Paddy Driscoll	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1929	86.2
189	John Elway	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1998	86.1
200	Sonny Jurgensen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1974	85.9
223	Patrick Mahomes	American Football	🇺🇸 USA	2017–—	85.4
250	Jim Kelly	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1986–1996	84.8
294	Eli Manning	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2019	83.3
303	Bart Starr	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1971	83
311	Joe Namath	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1977	82.5
321	Fran Tarkenton	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1978	81.9
326	Ben Roethlisberger	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2021	81.7
332	Troy Aikman	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2000	81.4
334	Roger Staubach	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1979	80.4
339	Jimmy Conzelman	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1929	78.9
340	Kurt Warner	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2009	78.8

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