#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2451	Hubert Ashton	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1919–1938	76.8
2452	Randy Moss	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2012	79.5
2453	Sandy Koufax	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1955–1966	78.3
2454	LaDainian Tomlinson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2011	79.4
2455	Aurel Joliat	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1922–1938	80.2
2456	Roger Craig	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1993	79.2
2457	Red Faber	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1914–1933	82.3
2458	Kim Busch	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2013–—	75.7
2459	Christine Amertil	Athletics	🇧🇸 Bahamas	1998–2012	76.8
2460	Chad Johnson	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2011	79.4
2461	Aqib Talib	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2019	79.9
2462	John Hawkes	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1921–1932	77.7
2463	Gilbert Perreault	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1970–1987	80.5
2464	Hale Irwin	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1968–2015	84.9
2465	Frederick Bull	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1890–1900	76.1
2466	Márcio Araújo	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1998–2016	82.5
2467	Luca Cantagalli	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1985–2000	82.2
2468	Taismary Agüero	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2012	82.2
2469	André Nascimento	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1997–2012	82.2
2470	Mickey Wright	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1955–1973	81.7
2471	Zhu Ting	Volleyball	🇨🇳 China	2013–—	80.1
2472	Henrik Lundqvist	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	2000–2020	80.7
2473	Ed Reed	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2013	79.7
2474	Serge Savard	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1966–1983	80.8
2475	Duleepsinhji	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1924–1932	73.6
2476	Dick Duff	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1954–1972	80.8
2477	Phillip DeFreitas	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1985–2006	78.6
2478	Mike Michalske	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1926–1937	79.2
2479	Frank Chance	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1898–1914	80.2
2480	John Carlos	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1972	73.2
2481	Ernie Banks	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1971	80.4
2482	Leo Boivin	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1951–1970	81.7
2483	Billy Gilmour	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1902–1916	78.8
2484	Téo Andant	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	2019–—	75.6
2485	Bobby Bauer	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1936–1952	79.1
2486	Hughie Lehman	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1908–1928	80.5
2487	Joe Thomas	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2017	79.7
2488	Hugh McElhenny	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1964	79.5
2489	Kim Martin	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	2001–2016	79.4
2490	Virginia Ruzici	Tennis	🇷🇴 Romania	1975–1987	77.0
2491	Marcel Bernard	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1932–1956	78.9
2492	Kirby Puckett	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1995	79.7
2493	Hilton Smith	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1948	80.4
2494	Ted Simmons	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1988	82.4
2495	J.H. Taylor	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1893–1926	83.2
2496	Luciano De Cecco	Volleyball	🇦🇷 Argentina	2006–—	82.9
2497	Roberto Luongo	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1999–2019	80.6
2498	Fofão	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2012	82.5
2499	Maja Ognjenović	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	2002–—	82.5
2500	Christian Sørum	Volleyball	🇳🇴 Norway	2014–—	80.4

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