#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1851	Alan Butcher	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1972–1990	81.2
1852	Patrick Roy	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1984–2003	83.1
1853	Walter Payton	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1987	82.7
1854	Roger Clemens	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2007	84.7
1855	Don Hutson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1945	80.1
1856	Kaylee McKeown	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2017–—	73.9
1857	Tyson Fury	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2008–—	77.5
1858	Damian Lillard	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2012–—	77.3
1859	Dawn Staley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2006	77.6
1860	Virginia Wade	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1962–1986	81.7
1861	Riikka Sallinen	Ice Hockey	🇫🇮 Finland	1988–2019	84.2
1862	Rod Carew	Baseball	🇵🇦 Panama	1967–1985	84.0
1863	Tom Glavine	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2008	84.8
1864	Brad Park	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1968–1985	83.1
1865	Toe Blake	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1934–1948	82.1
1866	Amir Khan	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2005–2022	79.1
1867	Dwight Freeney	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2017	83.1
1868	Jared Allen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2015	82.4
1869	Jack Alexy	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2022–—	74.8
1870	Buck Leonard	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1933–1950	83.9
1871	Willie McCovey	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1980	84.2
1872	Julio Jones	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2011–2022	82.0
1873	Paul Warfield	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1977	82.8
1874	Hunter Armstrong	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	76.0
1875	Trinity Rodman	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2021–—	74.3
1876	Adrian Moorhouse	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1982–1992	77.9
1877	Jack Kramer	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1954	78.1
1878	Tony Gwynn	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1982–2001	83.6
1879	Al MacInnis	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1981–2004	83.5
1880	Tom Mack	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1978	83.5
1881	Rickey Jackson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1995	83.1
1882	Ollie Matson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1966	82.8
1883	Algernon Kingscote	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1909–1928	80.6
1884	Art Larsen	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1956	79.4
1885	Javier Acevedo	Swimming	🇨🇦 Canada	2014–—	78.2
1886	Stan Mikita	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1958–1980	83.5
1887	Rogers Hornsby	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1915–1937	82.9
1888	Nolan Ryan	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1993	85.3
1889	Bruce Smith	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2003	83.8
1890	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	2017–—	75.6
1891	Jake LaMotta	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1941–1954	78.8
1892	Mohammed Aman	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2010–2019	76.1
1893	Devin Hester	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2016	81.0
1894	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	1998–2012	79.3
1895	Walter Jones	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2008	82.2
1896	Zack Greinke	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2023	84.6
1897	Yvan Cournoyer	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1963–1979	82.2
1898	Curtis Martin	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2005	83.1
1899	Wilfred Baddeley	Tennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1890–1897	77.7
1900	Sprague Cleghorn	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1918–1928	82.0

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