#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2251	Gustavo Borges	Swimming	🇧🇷 Brazil	1992–2004	77.7
2252	Sammy Wanjiru	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2005–2010	74.5
2253	Reggie Jackson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1987	81.9
2254	Harold Carmichael	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1984	81.8
2255	Joe DeLamielleure	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1985	81.0
2256	Dan Hampton	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1990	80.3
2257	Cortez Kennedy	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2000	80.1
2258	Jack Darragh	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1910–1924	80.8
2259	Sophie Angus	Swimming	🇨🇦 Canada	2016–—	76.5
2260	Lindsay Davenport	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2010	79.2
2261	Patrick Kane	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	2007–—	81.0
2262	Mark Recchi	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1988–2011	83.2
2263	Jesse Burkett	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1890–1905	81.6
2264	Curley Culp	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1981	81.2
2265	Hank Greenberg	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1947	79.9
2266	Amanda Anisimova	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	76.8
2267	Bryce Harper	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2010–—	81.3
2268	Tony Pérez	Baseball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1964–1986	83.5
2269	Lamon Brewster	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2010	76.5
2270	Larry Costello	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1968	76.7
2271	Dennis Eckersley	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1998	82.8
2272	Dick Savitt	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1959	76.2
2273	Charlie Joiner	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1986	82.9
2274	Sylvio Mantha	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1923–1937	81.6
2275	Jari Kurri	Ice Hockey	🇫🇮 Finland	1977–1998	81.8
2276	Cal Ripken Jr.	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1981–2001	83.9
2277	Rod Woodson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2003	82.0
2278	Brooks Robinson	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1955–1977	83.6
2279	Harmon Killebrew	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1975	82.0
2280	Natalie Darwitz	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2011	79.5
2281	Gabby Hartnett	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1922–1941	82.4
2282	John Lynch	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2007	81.4
2283	Cliff Branch	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1985	81.2
2284	Goose Gossage	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1994	83.1
2285	Johnny Robinson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1971	80.5
2286	Winston Hill	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1977	81.9
2287	Fred Clarke	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1894–1915	83.1
2288	Yu Darvish	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	2005–—	82.4
2289	Torry Holt	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2009	80.1
2290	Buster Posey	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–2021	81.1
2291	Masahiro Tanaka	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	2007–—	81.9
2292	Jim Rice	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1989	81.6
2293	Juan Soto	Baseball	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	2018–—	79.8
2294	James Cecil Parke	Tennis	🇮🇪 Ireland	1904–1920	78.3
2295	Link Lyman	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1922–1934	81.4
2296	Jack Crawford	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1904–1923	77.5
2297	Lizelle Lee	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	2013–2022	77.5
2298	Dominic Thiem	Tennis	🇦🇹 Austria	2011–2023	77.0
2299	Frank Nighbor	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1917–1930	79.8
2300	Terrell Davis	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2001	76.4

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