#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1801	Lou Gehrig	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1923–1939	83.0
1802	Carlos Alcaraz	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	2018–—	77.3
1803	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1968–1983	80.3
1804	David Thompson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1984	74.4
1805	Blake Griffin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–2023	78.0
1806	Bob Feller	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1956	83.7
1807	Morten Andersen	American Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	1982–2007	84.9
1808	Larry Murphy	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–2001	84.7
1809	Barry McGuigan	Boxing	🇮🇪 Ireland	1981–1989	76.5
1810	Isaac Bruce	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2009	83.7
1811	Ray Guy	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1986	83.1
1812	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	Athletics	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	2006–2021	79.5
1813	Dave Winfield	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1995	85.4
1814	Anthony Nesty	Swimming	🇸🇷 Suriname	1986–1993	75.6
1815	Wang Zhizhi	Basketball	🇨🇳 China	1995–2017	79.9
1816	Thomas Muster	Tennis	🇦🇹 Austria	1985–1999	79.0
1817	Ted Lindsay	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1944–1965	83.0
1818	Danielle Goyette	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2007	82.7
1819	Learie Constantine	Cricket	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	1923–1939	79.4
1820	Lenny Moore	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1967	82.2
1821	Ted Schroeder	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1939–1954	79.5
1822	Cammile Adams	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2016	76.8
1823	Bob Griese	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	82.7
1824	Mike Haynes	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1989	82.9
1825	Arnie Herber	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1945	82.7
1826	Percy Chapman	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1920–1939	79.4
1827	Jeremy Coney	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1971–1987	80.1
1828	Katia Benth	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1993–2004	79.5
1829	Maurice Richard	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1942–1960	82.0
1830	Jannik Sinner	Tennis	🇮🇹 Italy	2018–—	77.2
1831	Honus Wagner	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1897–1917	84.3
1832	Darrelle Revis	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2017	81.2
1833	Natasha Jonas	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2017–—	77.4
1834	Bobby Bell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1974	82.9
1835	R. Norris Williams	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1912–1926	80.5
1836	Turkey Stearnes	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1923–1942	83.9
1837	Jack Youngblood	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1984	83.5
1838	Jim Thome	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2012	85.2
1839	O.J. Simpson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1979	80.5
1840	Wasim Raja	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1971–1985	80.2
1841	Aaqib Javed	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1988–1998	79.0
1842	Bob Johnson	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1991	83.2
1843	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	1992–2003	79.5
1844	Merlin Olsen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1976	83.2
1845	Phil Housley	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1982–2003	84.3
1846	Richárd Bohus	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	2010–2021	78.6
1847	Mickey MacKay	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1914–1930	83.2
1848	Ebbie Goodfellow	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1929–1943	83.1
1849	Rômulo Arantes	Swimming	🇧🇷 Brazil	1972–1980	78.3
1850	Nigel Briers	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1971–1995	81.6

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