#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1684	Len Dawson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1975	84.5
1685	Bill George	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1966	84.3
1686	Freddie Brown	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1930–1953	81.8
1687	Young Barney Aaron	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1855–1869	79.2
1688	Nicklas Lidström	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1988–2012	85.4
1689	Dominik Hašek	Ice Hockey	🇨🇿 Czechia	1981–2011	83.8
1690	Aaron Donald	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2014–2023	83.1
1691	Steve Ovett	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1973–1991	80.4
1692	Roberta Vinci	Tennis	🇮🇹 Italy	1999–2018	82.4
1693	Chipper Jones	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2012	85.9
1695	George Blanda	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1975	86.5
1696	Laura Serrano	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1994–2010	80.2
1697	Steve Largent	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1989	84.7
1698	Basil Butcher	Cricket	🇬🇾 West Indies	1954–1972	81.4
1699	George Armstrong	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1949–1971	85.8
1700	Andoni Goikoetxea	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1976–1990	78.5
1701	Vincent Candela	Football	🇫🇷 France	1993–2007	79.0
1702	Jens-Peter Berndt	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1985–1992	78.5
1703	Süreyya Ayhan	Athletics	🇹🇷 Turkey	1999–2005	78.1
1704	Eric Cantona	Football	🇫🇷 France	1983–1997	77.3
1705	Bobby Hull	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1957–1980	84.1
1707	Manuel Santana	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	1958–1973	80.8
1708	Ike Quartey	Boxing	🇬🇭 Ghana	1988–2006	79.6
1709	Gerald Patterson	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1914–1932	81.4
1711	World B. Free	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1988	79.0
1712	Yui Ohashi	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	2014–2024	78.5
1713	William Larned	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1891–1911	80.9
1714	Derrick Brooks	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2008	84.2
1715	Doug Atkins	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1969	84.9
1716	Leo Nomellini	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1963	84.9
1717	Holcombe Ward	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1899–1906	80.2
1718	Mike Denness	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1959–1980	82.1
1719	Sanjay Ayre	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1999–2010	80.4
1720	Stan Musial	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1941–1963	86.1
1722	Vyacheslav Fetisov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1974–1998	84.0
1723	Aaron Pryor	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1990	77.2
1725	Dan Brouthers	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1879–1904	84.8
1726	Anatoliy Bondarchuk	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1965–1976	78.8
1727	Brian Dawkins	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2011	84.5
1728	Chuck Bednarik	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1962	83.9
1729	Jim Parker	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1967	82.9
1730	Richard Dent	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1997	83.8
1731	Mel Renfro	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1977	84.2
1732	Bernard Bosanquet	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1898–1919	79.3
1734	Neil Adcock	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1952–1963	79.9
1735	Václav Nedomanský	Ice Hockey	🇨🇿 Czechia	1962–1983	84.2
1736	Herbert Lawford	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1878–1893	81.5
1737	Iryna Sekachova	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1997–2012	81.0
1738	Trevor Barry	Athletics	🇧🇸 Bahamas	2006–2017	79.8
1739	Mark Messier	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1978–2004	85.1

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