#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2714	Joe Thornton	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1997–2022	81.5
2717	Dinara Safina	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	2000–2014	75.7
2718	Don Drysdale	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1969	79.8
2719	Orlando Cepeda	Baseball	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1958–1974	80.5
2721	Howie Long	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1993	79.1
2722	Harry Hyland	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1908–1918	78.2
2723	George Hay	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1921–1934	79.2
2724	Paolo Barelli	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	1970–1980	75.4
2725	Leith Brodie	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2006–2014	75.4
2726	Dirk Braunleder	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1990–1998	75.4
2729	Yoann Gourcuff	Football	🇫🇷 France	2004–2019	72.4
2730	Tommy Dunderdale	Ice Hockey	🇦🇺 Australia	1906–1924	79.7
2731	Douglas Carr	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1909–1914	74.4
2732	Kent Nilsson	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1974–1995	79.3
2736	Max Carey	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1910–1929	81.5
2737	Magaly Carvajal	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1986–2000	80.9
2738	Harry Cameron	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1912–1926	79.3
2739	Bill Mazeroski	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1972	80.8
2740	Johnny Evers	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1902–1929	80.9
2741	Jason Taylor	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2011	79.7
2742	Maurício Lima	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1988–2006	81.6
2743	Patrick Makau	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2008–2016	74.6
2745	Evgeniya Artamonova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1990–2012	82.6
2746	James Braid	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1894–1927	82.6
2747	Bill Hewitt	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1943	77.7
2748	Bun Cook	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1926–1937	79.1
2749	Graham Drinkwater	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1893–1899	77.3
2750	Adrian Mutu	Football	🇷🇴 Romania	1997–2016	73.1
2752	Goose Goslin	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1921–1938	81.1
2753	Johan Kriek	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1994	77.4
2754	Burleigh Grimes	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1916–1934	81.4
2755	Zoila Barros	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1996–2012	81.5
2756	Zoë Baker	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1998–2004	73.3
2757	Bobby Dillon	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1959	77.8
2758	Randy Stoklos	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1996	81.7
2759	Todd Rogers	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2016	81.8
2760	Coralie Balmy	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	2004–2016	75.5
2761	Fred Stolle	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1960–1976	77.0
2762	Yannick Noah	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1977–1996	76.5
2763	Cool Papa Bell	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1922–1946	80.8
2764	George Connor	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1955	77.6
2766	Steve Owen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1933	78.9
2768	Yuri Chesnokov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1956–1966	80.5
2769	Rodrigão	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1998–2016	81.9
2770	Terrell Owens	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2010	79.8
2771	Lang Ping	Volleyball	🇨🇳 China	1978–1986	79.5
2772	Mike Singletary	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1992	78.4
2773	Georges Vézina	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1910–1925	78.5
2774	Cam Neely	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1983–1996	77.0
2775	Sam Huff	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1969	79.1

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