#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1551	Chris Cairns	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1989–2006	80.9
1552	Josia Thugwane	Athletics	🇿🇦 South Africa	1989–2004	79.9
1553	Novella Calligaris	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	1968–1974	76.9
1554	Sergey Bakulin	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	2006–2014	78.4
1555	Joe Bottom	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1980	77.7
1556	Len Dawson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1975	84.5
1557	Bill George	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1966	84.3
1558	Freddie Brown	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1930–1953	81.8
1559	Young Barney Aaron	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1855–1869	79.2
1560	Nicklas Lidström	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1988–2012	85.4
1561	Dominik Hašek	Ice Hockey	🇨🇿 Czechia	1981–2011	83.8
1562	Aaron Donald	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2014–2023	83.1
1563	Steve Ovett	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1973–1991	80.4
1564	Roberta Vinci	Tennis	🇮🇹 Italy	1999–2018	82.4
1565	Chipper Jones	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2012	85.9
1566	Vera Zvonareva	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	2000–—	82.4
1567	George Blanda	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1975	86.5
1568	Laura Serrano	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1994–2010	80.2
1569	Steve Largent	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1989	84.7
1570	Basil Butcher	Cricket	🇬🇾 West Indies	1954–1972	81.4
1571	George Armstrong	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1949–1971	85.8
1572	Jens-Peter Berndt	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1985–1992	78.5
1573	Süreyya Ayhan	Athletics	🇹🇷 Turkey	1999–2005	78.1
1574	Eric Cantona	Football	🇫🇷 France	1983–1997	77.3
1575	Bobby Hull	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1957–1980	84.1
1576	Tigst Assefa	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2012–—	77.5
1577	Manuel Santana	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	1958–1973	80.8
1578	Ike Quartey	Boxing	🇬🇭 Ghana	1988–2006	79.6
1579	Gerald Patterson	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1914–1932	81.4
1580	James Rodríguez	Football	🇨🇴 Colombia	2010–—	76.9
1581	World B. Free	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1988	79.0
1582	Yui Ohashi	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	2014–2024	78.5
1583	William Larned	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1891–1911	80.9
1584	Derrick Brooks	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2008	84.2
1585	Doug Atkins	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1969	84.9
1586	Leo Nomellini	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1963	84.9
1587	Holcombe Ward	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1899–1906	80.2
1588	Mike Denness	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1959–1980	82.1
1589	Sanjay Ayre	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1999–2010	80.4
1590	Stan Musial	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1941–1963	86.1
1591	Aaron Rodgers	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2005–—	84.2
1592	Vyacheslav Fetisov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1974–1998	84.0
1593	Aaron Pryor	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1990	77.2
1594	Babar Azam	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2015–—	78.7
1595	Dan Brouthers	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1879–1904	84.8
1596	Anatoliy Bondarchuk	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1965–1976	78.8
1597	Brian Dawkins	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2011	84.5
1598	Chuck Bednarik	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1962	83.9
1599	Jim Parker	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1967	82.9
1600	Richard Dent	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1997	83.8

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