#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1970	Jeremy Coney	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1971–1987	80.1
1971	Katia Benth	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1993–2004	79.5
1972	Marco Tardelli	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1972–1988	78.1
1974	Maurice Richard	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1942–1960	82.0
1976	Honus Wagner	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1897–1917	84.3
1977	Darrelle Revis	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2017	81.2
1979	Bobby Bell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1974	82.9
1980	R. Norris Williams	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1912–1926	80.5
1981	Turkey Stearnes	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1923–1942	83.9
1982	Jack Youngblood	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1984	83.5
1983	Jim Thome	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2012	85.2
1984	O.J. Simpson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1979	80.5
1985	Wasim Raja	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1971–1985	80.2
1986	Aaqib Javed	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1988–1998	79.0
1987	Bob Johnson	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1991	83.2
1988	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	1992–2003	79.5
1989	Merlin Olsen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1976	83.2
1990	Phil Housley	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1982–2003	84.3
1991	Richárd Bohus	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	2010–2021	78.6
1992	Mickey MacKay	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1914–1930	83.2
1993	Ebbie Goodfellow	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1929–1943	83.1
1994	Rômulo Arantes	Swimming	🇧🇷 Brazil	1972–1980	78.3
1995	Oliver Bierhoff	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1987–2003	76.6
1996	Nigel Briers	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1971–1995	81.6
1997	Alan Butcher	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1972–1990	81.2
1998	Patrick Roy	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1984–2003	83.1
1999	Walter Payton	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1987	82.7
2000	Roger Clemens	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2007	84.7
2001	Don Hutson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1945	80.1
2005	Dawn Staley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2006	77.6
2006	Virginia Wade	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1962–1986	81.7
2007	Riikka Sallinen	Ice Hockey	🇫🇮 Finland	1988–2019	84.2
2008	Rod Carew	Baseball	🇵🇦 Panama	1967–1985	84.0
2009	Tom Glavine	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2008	84.8
2010	Brad Park	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1968–1985	83.1
2011	Toe Blake	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1934–1948	82.1
2012	Amir Khan	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2005–2022	79.1
2013	Dwight Freeney	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2017	83.1
2014	Jared Allen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2015	82.4
2016	Buck Leonard	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1933–1950	83.9
2017	Willie McCovey	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1980	84.2
2018	Julio Jones	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2011–2022	82.0
2019	Paul Warfield	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1977	82.8
2022	Adrian Moorhouse	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1982–1992	77.9
2023	Jack Kramer	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1954	78.1
2024	Tony Gwynn	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1982–2001	83.6
2025	Al MacInnis	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1981–2004	83.5
2026	Tom Mack	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1978	83.5
2027	Rickey Jackson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1995	83.1
2028	Ollie Matson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1966	82.8

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