#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1751	Jane Couch	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1994–2007	79.5
1752	Jim Palmer	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1984	84.0
1753	Nadia Battocletti	Athletics	🇮🇹 Italy	2017–—	78.4
1754	Daniel Wiffen	Swimming	🇮🇪 Ireland	2019–—	75.5
1755	James Guy	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2014–—	78.8
1756	Alexander Dale Oen	Swimming	🇳🇴 Norway	2003–2012	76.8
1757	Eddie Collins	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1906–1930	85.4
1758	Jonathan Ogden	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2007	83.0
1759	Eric Dickerson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1993	81.6
1760	Bobby Layne	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1962	83.3
1761	Carl Eller	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1979	83.4
1762	John Randle	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2003	83.0
1763	Sam Curran	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2015–—	78.7
1764	Colin Bland	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1956–1974	79.6
1765	Mike Ditka	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1972	82.4
1766	Allison Beckford	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1997–2008	79.4
1767	Coby Carrozza	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2018–—	77.1
1768	Nathon Allen	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2015–—	78.5
1769	Jack Bond	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1955–1974	81.0
1770	Tiger Woods	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1996–—	84.7
1771	Juninho Pernambucano	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2013	78.4
1772	Jim Brown	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1965	80.0
1773	Boris Becker	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1984–1999	80.4
1774	Brett Favre	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2010	84.5
1775	Jack Ham	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1982	82.4
1776	Antonio Gates	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2018	83.7
1777	Carlos Moyá	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	1995–2010	80.4
1778	Newsy Lalonde	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1905–1927	82.8
1779	Milorad Čavić	Swimming	🇷🇸 Serbia	2003–2016	77.8
1780	Geraldine Heaney	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1988–2002	83.2
1781	Earnie Shavers	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1995	79.4
1782	Ronde Barber	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2012	84.6
1783	Nickel Ashmeade	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2009–2019	78.4
1784	Gaylord Perry	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1983	85.3
1785	Derrick Henry	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	82.4
1786	Freddie Freeman	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2010–—	84.3
1787	Shawn Kemp	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2003	77.0
1788	Arne Andersson	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1941–1947	77.1
1789	Denis Pankratov	Swimming	🇷🇺 Russia	1992–2000	76.7
1790	Jarome Iginla	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1996–2017	83.5
1791	Alejandra Jiménez	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	2014–2020	77.0
1792	Buck Buchanan	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1975	83.0
1793	Yale Lary	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1964	83.3
1794	Ron Mix	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1971	82.6
1795	Bert Olmstead	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1948–1962	83.5
1796	Rod Langway	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1993	83.0
1797	Jim Langer	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1981	82.3
1798	Dick LeBeau	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1972	83.8
1799	Jacques Lemaire	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1967–1979	82.1
1800	Dave Andreychuk	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1982–2006	84.7

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