#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1651	Martina Hingis	Tennis	🇨🇭 Switzerland	1994–2017	80.9
1652	Mariano Rivera	Baseball	🇵🇦 Panama	1990–2013	85.5
1653	Marco Reus	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–—	78.9
1654	Sonny Liston	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1970	78.0
1655	Nat Clifton	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1942–1958	79.5
1656	Jazmin Carlin	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2006–2018	78.7
1657	Pop Lloyd	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1906–1932	85.2
1658	Gene Upshaw	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1981	84.5
1659	Art Shell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1982	84.5
1660	Andreas Almgren	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	2014–—	78.3
1661	Maryna Arzamasova	Athletics	🇧🇾 Belarus	2008–2019	78.7
1662	Luol Deng	Basketball	🇬🇧 Great Britain	2004–2019	79.6
1663	Stephanie Rice	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2006–2013	76.3
1664	Rowdy Gaines	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1984	76.8
1665	Jimmie Foxx	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1925–1945	83.6
1666	Mel Hein	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1931–1945	84.4
1667	Guy Lapointe	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1968–1984	83.4
1668	Dan Waern	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1954–1962	78.9
1669	Jim Ringo	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1967	84.4
1670	Nick Buoniconti	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1976	84.0
1671	Bevan Congdon	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1960–1978	81.4
1672	Arthur Carr	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1910–1935	81.8
1673	Jakob Andkjær	Swimming	🇩🇰 Denmark	2006–2016	79.3
1674	Romain Barnier	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	1994–2004	79.3
1675	Alexandria Anderson	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2016	78.9
1676	Jean-Pierre Papin	Football	🇫🇷 France	1984–1999	77.1
1677	Randy Johnson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2009	84.9
1678	Ann Meyers Drysdale	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1982	75.3
1679	Alice Marble	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1931–1940	77.7
1680	Savannah Marshall	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2017–—	77.4
1681	George Brett	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1993	84.9
1682	Lauren Boyle	Swimming	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2005–2017	78.6
1683	Marián Hossa	Ice Hockey	🇸🇰 Slovakia	1997–2017	84.3
1684	Jamie Baulch	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1993–2005	79.2
1685	Aleen Bailey	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1999–2012	79.2
1686	Bill Cowher	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1979–2006	83.9
1687	Nuno Gomes	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1994–2015	78.9
1688	Glory Alozie	Athletics	🇪🇸 Spain	1996–2007	78.4
1689	Abeba Aregawi	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	2009–2019	77.7
1690	Pablo Morales	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1992	77.9
1691	Lars Frölander	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	1992–2008	80.4
1692	Michele Timms	Basketball	🇦🇺 Australia	1984–2000	79.5
1693	Sandy Brondello	Basketball	🇦🇺 Australia	1987–2003	79.6
1694	Nia Ali	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	79.4
1695	Harry Gallatin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1958	78.2
1696	Sid Luckman	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1939–1950	81.9
1697	Mark Howe	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1995	84.4
1698	Marat Safin	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	1997–2009	79.2
1699	Joe Perry	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1963	83.7
1700	Frank Gatski	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1957	83.3

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