#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2	Jerry Rice	American Football	🇺🇸 USA	1985–2004	94.9
15	Larry Fitzgerald	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2020	90.4
24	Cris Carter	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2002	89.9
30	Don Maynard	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1973	89.6
40	Steve Largent	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1989	89.1
56	Steve Smith Sr	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2016	88.7
58	Art Monk	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1995	88.6
73	Tim Brown	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2004	88.3
98	Isaac Bruce	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2009	87.8
113	Julio Jones	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2011–2022	87.6
114	Paul Warfield	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1977	87.6
123	James Lofton	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1993	87.4
132	Raymond Berry	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1955–1967	87.2
137	John Stallworth	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1987	87
139	Bob Hayes	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1975	87
147	Antonio Brown	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2021	86.8
149	Fred Biletnikoff	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1978	86.8
155	Lance Alworth	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1972	86.7
159	Andre Johnson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2016	86.6
166	Michael Irvin	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–1999	86.5
171	Davante Adams	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2014–—	86.4
185	Hines Ward	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2011	86.2
195	Cooper Kupp	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	86
199	DeAndre Hopkins	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	85.9
203	Harold Carmichael	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1984	85.8
208	Charlie Joiner	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1986	85.7
211	Cliff Branch	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1985	85.6
214	Torry Holt	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2009	85.6
222	Jimmy Smith	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2005	85.5
243	Andre Reed	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2000	85
253	Randy Moss	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2012	84.7
256	Chad Johnson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2011	84.7
265	Herman Moore	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2002	84.3
266	Keenan McCardell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2007	84.3
269	Marvin Harrison	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2008	84.2
270	Stefon Diggs	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	84.2
271	A.J. Green	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2011–2022	84.2
274	Ja'Marr Chase	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2021–—	84.1
282	Terrell Owens	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2010	83.8
298	Lynn Swann	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1982	83.2
300	Drew Pearson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1983	83.1
304	Tommy McDonald	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1968	83
305	Odell Beckham Jr	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2014–2024	83
313	Calvin Johnson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2015	82.4
314	Tyreek Hill	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	82.3
316	T.Y. Hilton	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2012–2022	82.2
328	Sterling Sharpe	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–1994	81.7
330	Bobby Mitchell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1968	81.6
331	CeeDee Lamb	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2020–—	81.5
335	Justin Jefferson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2020–—	80.4

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