#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1901	Fred Bakewell	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1928–1936	78.1
1902	Lewis Hamilton	Formula 1	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2007–—	88.5
1903	Steve Yzerman	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1983–2006	83.8
1904	Guillermo Vilas	Tennis	🇦🇷 Argentina	1969–1992	80.4
1905	Bill Brown	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1932–1950	79.0
1906	Bullet Rogan	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1917–1938	83.2
1907	Thomas Enqvist	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1991–2005	80.0
1908	Shaine Casas	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2018–—	77.0
1909	Jimmy Johnson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1999	81.2
1910	Foster Hewitt	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1923–1981	84.2
1911	Yamilé Aldama	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1993–2014	80.8
1912	Jaroslav Drobný	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czechia	1938–1965	80.2
1913	Steve Carlton	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1988	84.1
1914	Igor Larionov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1981–2004	83.5
1915	Ben Johnson	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–1993	77.3
1916	James Lofton	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1993	83.8
1917	Paul Hornung	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1966	80.5
1918	Dermontti Dawson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2000	82.5
1919	Larry Little	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	82.8
1920	Dominic Cork	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1990–2011	79.9
1921	Bill Brockwell	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1886–1903	80.2
1922	Bob Catterall	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1921–1933	79.1
1923	Gary Ballance	Cricket	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2008–2023	79.7
1924	Donald Carr	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1945–1963	80.9
1925	Greg Maddux	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2008	84.4
1926	Dan Marino	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1999	82.8
1927	Marie-Philip Poulin	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	2007–—	81.7
1928	Joel Embiid	Basketball	🇨🇲 Cameroon	2014–—	74.3
1929	Henri Richard	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1955–1975	84.1
1930	Jenny Potter	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2011	82.3
1931	Alec Connell	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1924–1937	81.0
1932	Jim Taylor	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1967	81.1
1933	Mustafizur Rahman	Cricket	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	2014–—	78.6
1934	Don Coryell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1986	82.4
1935	Clare Drake	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1958–1989	84.0
1936	Jon Henricks	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1954–1960	74.7
1937	Frank Mahovlich	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1956–1978	83.1
1938	Gerry Cheevers	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1961–1980	82.3
1939	Bill Dudley	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1942–1953	81.0
1940	Reg Noble	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1916–1933	83.5
1941	Deborah Babashoff	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1980	76.9
1942	Doug Gilmour	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1983–2003	82.8
1943	Regla Bell	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1990–2004	84.3
1944	Phil Bainbridge	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1977–1993	80.5
1945	Frank Brimsek	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1950	81.5
1946	Johnny Unitas	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1973	82.4
1947	Albert Pujols	Baseball	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	2001–2022	84.0
1948	Pat Rafter	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1991–2001	78.0
1949	James DeGale	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2009–2019	77.4
1950	Sally Barsosio	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1993–2002	77.9

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