#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2401	Steve Hutchinson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2012	79.9
2402	Buck Ewing	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1880–1897	81.1
2403	József Asbóth	Tennis	🇭🇺 Hungary	1938–1957	78.8
2404	James E. Norris	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1932–1952	80.8
2405	Sinjin Smith	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1996	83.0
2406	Thomas Barlow	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1921–1939	77.9
2407	Richard Sears	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1881–1887	72.7
2408	Bill Johnston	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1915–1927	76.1
2409	John Henry Johnson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1966	80.6
2410	Mike McCormack	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1962	80.2
2411	Nick Compton	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2001–2018	78.3
2412	Sergei Fedorov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1986–2012	81.1
2413	Max Scherzer	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	81.6
2414	Håkan Loob	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1979–1996	80.1
2415	Karolína Plíšková	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	2009–—	77.8
2416	Freya Anderson	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2016–—	74.3
2417	Richard Krajicek	Tennis	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1989–2003	77.2
2418	Alex Karras	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1970	79.8
2419	Maurice McLoughlin	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1909–1919	75.3
2420	Ronald Acuña Jr	Baseball	🇻🇪 Venezuela	2018–—	78.5
2421	Dante Amaral	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1999–2017	82.8
2422	Rikako Ikee	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	2014–—	74.9
2423	Laura Muir	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2013–—	77.3
2424	Jan Kodeš	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czechia	1966–1983	77.3
2425	Tim Horton	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1949–1974	81.8
2426	Bernie Federko	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1976–1990	81.1
2427	Duke Keats	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1915–1929	79.4
2428	Major Booth	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1908–1914	75.0
2429	Anthony Muñoz	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1992	80.4
2430	Marshall Faulk	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2005	79.6
2431	Bob Beamon	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1973	71.1
2432	Ozzie Smith	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1996	82.7
2433	Juan Marichal	Baseball	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	1960–1975	81.1
2434	Willie Stargell	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1982	81.5
2435	Jim Kelly	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1986–1996	79.6
2436	Dan Dierdorf	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1983	80.2
2437	Don Barksdale	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1955	73.4
2438	Chief Bender	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1903–1925	81.4
2439	Joe Klecko	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1988	79.5
2440	Chad Carvin	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2001	74.9
2441	Phoebe Bacon	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	73.9
2442	Larry Doby	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1942–1959	80.8
2443	Morolake Akinosun	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	75.8
2444	Francisco Lindor	Baseball	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	2015–—	80.7
2445	Trea Turner	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	80.0
2446	Vivian McGrath	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1932–1948	77.3
2447	Dinny Pails	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1938–1957	78.0
2448	Glenn Anderson	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–1996	80.3
2449	Riley Hern	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1901–1911	78.9
2450	Joe Hunt	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1937–1943	74.6

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