#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1917	Brett Favre	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2010	84.5
1918	Jack Ham	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1982	82.4
1919	Antonio Gates	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2018	83.7
1920	Carlos Moyá	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	1995–2010	80.4
1921	Newsy Lalonde	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1905–1927	82.8
1922	Milorad Čavić	Swimming	🇷🇸 Serbia	2003–2016	77.8
1923	Geraldine Heaney	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1988–2002	83.2
1924	Earnie Shavers	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1995	79.4
1925	Ronde Barber	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2012	84.6
1926	Nickel Ashmeade	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2009–2019	78.4
1927	Gaylord Perry	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1983	85.3
1930	Shawn Kemp	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2003	77.0
1931	Arne Andersson	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1941–1947	77.1
1932	Denis Pankratov	Swimming	🇷🇺 Russia	1992–2000	76.7
1933	Jarome Iginla	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1996–2017	83.5
1934	Alejandra Jiménez	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	2014–2020	77.0
1935	Buck Buchanan	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1975	83.0
1936	Yale Lary	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1964	83.3
1937	Ron Mix	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1971	82.6
1938	Bert Olmstead	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1948–1962	83.5
1939	Rod Langway	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1993	83.0
1940	Jim Langer	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1981	82.3
1941	Dick LeBeau	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1972	83.8
1942	Jacques Lemaire	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1967–1979	82.1
1943	Dave Andreychuk	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1982–2006	84.7
1944	Lou Gehrig	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1923–1939	83.0
1946	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1968–1983	80.3
1947	David Thompson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1984	74.4
1948	Blake Griffin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–2023	78.0
1949	Bob Feller	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1956	83.7
1950	Morten Andersen	American Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	1982–2007	84.9
1951	Larry Murphy	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–2001	84.7
1952	Barry McGuigan	Boxing	🇮🇪 Ireland	1981–1989	76.5
1953	Isaac Bruce	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2009	83.7
1954	Ray Guy	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1986	83.1
1955	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	Athletics	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	2006–2021	79.5
1956	Dave Winfield	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1995	85.4
1957	Anthony Nesty	Swimming	🇸🇷 Suriname	1986–1993	75.6
1958	Wang Zhizhi	Basketball	🇨🇳 China	1995–2017	79.9
1959	Thomas Muster	Tennis	🇦🇹 Austria	1985–1999	79.0
1960	Ted Lindsay	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1944–1965	83.0
1961	Danielle Goyette	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2007	82.7
1962	Learie Constantine	Cricket	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	1923–1939	79.4
1963	Lenny Moore	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1967	82.2
1964	Ted Schroeder	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1939–1954	79.5
1965	Cammile Adams	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2016	76.8
1966	Bob Griese	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	82.7
1967	Mike Haynes	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1989	82.9
1968	Arnie Herber	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1945	82.7
1969	Percy Chapman	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1920–1939	79.4

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