#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2601	Alex Olmedo	Tennis	🇵🇪 Peru	1956–1966	74.6
2602	Cliff Harris	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1979	77.6
2603	James Carter	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2004	74.7
2604	Bill Bowrey	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1962–1975	77.0
2605	Neale Fraser	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1954–1963	74.5
2606	Roberto Alomar	Baseball	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1988–2004	80.0
2607	Tom Johnson	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1947–1965	79.4
2608	Bobby Locke	Golf	🇿🇦 South Africa	1936–1975	82.6
2609	Red Grange	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1925–1934	76.9
2610	Ace Parker	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1937–1946	78.0
2611	Hap Day	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1924–1938	79.2
2612	Anna Danesi	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2014–—	80.4
2613	Dick Butkus	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1973	76.9
2614	Peter Šťastný	Ice Hockey	🇸🇰 Slovakia	1975–1995	78.9
2615	Victor Wembanyama	Basketball	🇫🇷 France	2019–—	69.7
2616	Steve Shutt	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1972–1985	78.5
2617	Grigor Dimitrov	Tennis	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	2008–—	77.8
2618	Jeļena Ostapenko	Tennis	🇱🇻 Latvia	2012–—	75.9
2619	Bill Foster	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1923–1938	79.4
2620	Sebastian Janikowski	American Football	🇵🇱 Poland	2000–2018	80.8
2621	Bruiser Kinard	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1947	78.3
2622	April Ross	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2022	81.2
2623	Michael Stich	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1988–1997	74.4
2624	Bill Durnan	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1943–1950	74.6
2625	Paul Kariya	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1994–2010	78.2
2626	Raymond Floyd	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1963–2000	83.7
2627	Jack Butler	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1959	77.5
2628	Jim Burke	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1948–1959	76.2
2629	Ivans Bugajenkovs	Volleyball	🇱🇻 Latvia	1960–1970	80.4
2630	Pavel Datsyuk	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1996–2021	78.8
2631	Steven Stamkos	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	2008–—	79.4
2632	Steve Van Buren	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1944–1951	75.9
2633	Thomas Johansson	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2009	76.7
2634	Randy Gradishar	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1983	77.8
2635	Roscoe Tanner	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1985	76.3
2636	Daria Kasatkina	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	2014–—	76.7
2637	Joe Gordon	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1950	79.1
2638	Ryan Garcia	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	73.3
2639	Eilish McColgan	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2011–—	75.3
2640	Simone Cerasuolo	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2019–—	72.1
2641	Paul Endacott	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1921–1928	72.2
2642	Bobby Leonard	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1963	74.4
2643	Sonny Boswell	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1948	73.1
2644	Carlton Fisk	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1993	81.5
2645	Elvis Afrifa	Athletics	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2017–—	75.3
2646	Adam Basil	Athletics	🇦🇺 Australia	1995–2004	75.3
2647	Ristananna Bailey-Cole	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2013–—	75.6
2648	Jan-Ove Waldner	Table Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1980–2016	85.7
2649	Patrik Eliáš	Ice Hockey	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1994–2016	80.1
2650	Leon Day	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1950	79.5

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