#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1557	Brian Leetch	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2006	84.6
1558	Sun Yang	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2008–2020	78.1
1559	César Cielo	Swimming	🇧🇷 Brazil	2006–2016	78.0
1560	Nate Thurmond	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1977	79.8
1561	Chris Bosh	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2016	79.4
1562	Peja Stojaković	Basketball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1993–2011	80.0
1564	Bronte Barratt	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2006–2016	80.1
1565	Ricky Berens	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2014	79.1
1567	Mariya Abakumova	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	2005–2015	79.3
1568	Adrián Annus	Athletics	🇭🇺 Hungary	1993–2007	80.3
1573	Champ Bailey	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2013	85.2
1574	Alex Delvecchio	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1950–1974	86.6
1575	Randall McDaniel	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2001	85.2
1576	Grant Fuhr	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1981–2000	84.8
1577	Dave Keon	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1960–1982	85.3
1578	Mario Lemieux	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1984–2006	82.1
1579	Bobby Orr	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1966–1979	82.0
1580	Ted Williams	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1939–1960	85.5
1581	Walter Johnson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1907–1927	85.7
1582	Elena Delle Donne	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2013–2023	78.5
1584	James Worthy	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1982–1994	78.7
1585	Ken Norton	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1981	80.1
1586	Grover Cleveland Alexander	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1911–1930	85.5
1588	Makhaya Ntini	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1995–2011	81.6
1590	Rabah Madjer	Football	🇩🇿 Algeria	1978–1992	77.7
1591	Derek Redmond	Athletics	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1985–1993	79.2
1592	Frank Boucher	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1921–1944	84.9
1593	Jack Brown	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1889–1904	81.2
1594	Mia St. John	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2016	81.8
1595	Marina Azyabina	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	1988–1996	79.6
1596	Zbigniew Boniek	Football	🇵🇱 Poland	1975–1988	78.6
1597	Álvaro Recoba	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	1994–2015	78.7
1599	Monica Seles	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2003	80.7
1602	Michael Chang	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2003	82.3
1603	Charline Labonté	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1999–2017	84.7
1604	Barbora Strýcová	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	2002–2023	83.2
1605	Goran Dragić	Basketball	🇸🇮 Slovenia	2008–2023	79.9
1606	Scott Niedermayer	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2010	84.8
1607	Shannon Sharpe	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2003	84.9
1608	Ed Belfour	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1988–2007	84.7
1609	Willie Davis	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1969	84.1
1610	Jack Lambert	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1984	83.6
1611	Mike Brearley	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1961–1983	82.1
1613	Bob Barber	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1954–1969	81.5
1614	Don Maynard	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1973	85.1
1615	Dyana Calub	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1996–2004	79.3
1616	Ajayi Agbebaku	Athletics	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1980–1988	80.0
1617	Aleksandar Kolarov	Football	🇷🇸 Serbia	2005–2022	80.1
1618	Asamoah Gyan	Football	🇬🇭 Ghana	2003–2021	77.9
1619	Tanju Çolak	Football	🇹🇷 Turkey	1983–1994	77.7

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