#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
3023	Thurman Thomas	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2000	77.1
3024	Miroslav Šatan	Ice Hockey	🇸🇰 Slovakia	1992–2015	78.6
3026	Gastón Gaudio	Tennis	🇦🇷 Argentina	1996–2011	74.3
3027	Tony Boselli	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2001	73.8
3028	Kenny Easley	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1987	73.8
3029	Tayyiba Haneef-Park	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2013	79.6
3030	Ben Roethlisberger	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2021	78.5
3031	Robin Söderling	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	2001–2011	72.5
3032	Kellen Winslow	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1987	74.5
3033	Zach Apple	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2016–2022	70.9
3034	Pavel Abramov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1998–2015	79.8
3035	Vigor Bovolenta	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2012	80.2
3036	Sterling Sharpe	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–1994	73.7
3037	Bud Fowler	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1878–1904	79.7
3038	Andrea Lucchetta	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1983–1998	79.1
3039	István Bagyula	Athletics	🇭🇺 Hungary	1987–2000	74.0
3040	Kebede Balcha	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1976–1990	75.0
3041	Gary Carter	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1992	78.3
3042	John Ball	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1888–1921	81.1
3043	Jonathan Agnew	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1978–1992	75.1
3045	Angela Ruggiero	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2011	77.4
3046	Tracy Austin	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1994	70.6
3047	Richard Sherman	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2011–2021	76.3
3048	Masashi Ozaki	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	1970–2019	82.0
3050	Rodney Heath	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1905–1919	74.5
3051	Hirooki Arai	Athletics	🇯🇵 Japan	2010–2021	73.7
3052	Örn Arnarson	Swimming	🇮🇸 Iceland	1997–2008	73.7
3053	Bobby Mitchell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1968	76.4
3054	Ekaterina Gamova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1998–2016	78.9
3055	Earl Averill	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1929–1941	77.3
3057	Vladimir Batez	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1990–2007	79.4
3058	Slobodan Boškan	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1993–2010	79.4
3059	Duncan Goodhew	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1976–1980	70.5
3060	Jumbo Ozaki	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	1970–2010	81.7
3061	Inna Ryskal	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1962–1972	78.4
3063	Troy Aikman	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2000	76.7
3064	Andrea Zorzi	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1984–1998	78.4
3065	Mike Grant	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1893–1902	75.4
3067	Nikolay Apalikov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	2000–2018	79.7
3069	Paula Pequeno	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2001–2016	78.3
3070	Julius Brink	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	2001–2014	78.3
3071	Luis Aparicio	Baseball	🇻🇪 Venezuela	1956–1973	78.4
3072	Andrea Bari	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1998–2016	80.0
3076	Dizzy Dean	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1947	73.3
3077	Roger Bresnahan	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1897–1915	78.6
3078	Chick Hafey	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1937	76.5
3080	Annika Becker	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1997–2006	72.2
3081	Hobey Baker	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1910–1917	74.3
3082	Lynn Patrick	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1934–1946	76.1
3083	Herb Carnegie	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1944–1954	76.1

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