#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1853	Joe Schmidt	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1965	83.3
1854	Andy Robustelli	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1964	83.3
1855	Basil D'Oliveira	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1960–1980	80.7
1856	King Clancy	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1921–1937	83.3
1859	Kerstin Behrendt	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–1992	77.9
1860	Stefan Edberg	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1983–1996	80.9
1861	Shawn Porter	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2021	79.2
1862	Ekaterina Makarova	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	2005–2019	81.2
1863	Robin Yount	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1993	85.5
1864	Andrei Arshavin	Football	🇷🇺 Russia	2000–2018	76.9
1866	Christine Ohuruogu	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2004–2016	79.0
1867	Mamo Wolde	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1956–1972	79.3
1868	Fidel LaBarba	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1933	77.1
1869	Dickie Moore	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1951–1968	82.0
1870	Jessica Ashwood	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2011–2018	77.8
1871	Willie Roaf	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2005	83.5
1872	Tim Bresnan	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2001–2021	80.8
1873	Bill Cook	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1926–1937	82.1
1874	Sidney Wood	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1927–1945	80.5
1875	Yvon Petra	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1937–1951	80.1
1876	Walter Brearley	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1902–1921	79.5
1877	Larysa Berezhna	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1985–1996	79.3
1878	Bruno Pezzey	Football	🇦🇹 Austria	1974–1990	77.8
1881	Gary Abraham	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1976–1984	78.3
1882	Justine Henin	Tennis	🇧🇪 Belgium	1999–2011	79.3
1883	Lawrence Taylor	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1993	81.9
1884	Phil Esposito	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1963–1981	83.1
1886	Christy Martin	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2012	79.6
1887	Rasheed Wallace	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2013	79.1
1888	Marcus Allen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1982–1997	83.6
1889	Night Train Lane	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1965	82.3
1890	Kathleen Baker	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–2021	76.6
1891	Kell Brook	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2004–2022	79.4
1892	Jane Couch	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1994–2007	79.5
1893	Jim Palmer	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1984	84.0
1897	Alexander Dale Oen	Swimming	🇳🇴 Norway	2003–2012	76.8
1898	Eddie Collins	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1906–1930	85.4
1899	Jonathan Ogden	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2007	83.0
1900	Eric Dickerson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1993	81.6
1901	Bobby Layne	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1962	83.3
1902	Carl Eller	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1979	83.4
1903	John Randle	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2003	83.0
1905	Colin Bland	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1956–1974	79.6
1906	Mike Ditka	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1972	82.4
1907	Allison Beckford	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1997–2008	79.4
1909	David Ginola	Football	🇫🇷 France	1986–2002	76.6
1912	Jack Bond	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1955–1974	81.0
1914	Juninho Pernambucano	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2013	78.4
1915	Jim Brown	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1965	80.0
1916	Boris Becker	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1984–1999	80.4

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