#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2701	Dutch Clark	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1931–1938	76.0
2702	Roberto De Vicenzo	Golf	🇦🇷 Argentina	1938–1985	83.5
2703	Joe Guyon	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1927	77.1
2704	Billy Burch	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1922–1933	77.4
2705	Mike Dodd	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1997	81.2
2706	Sam Snead	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1979	83.4
2707	Nathan MacKinnon	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	2013–—	77.2
2708	Simona Halep	Tennis	🇷🇴 Romania	2006–2024	76.3
2709	Regan Smith	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	70.1
2710	Jana Novotná	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czechia	1987–1999	76.2
2711	Bart Starr	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1971	77.7
2712	Daniel Sedin	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1997–2018	79.6
2713	Buster Douglas	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1999	73.5
2714	Tommy McDonald	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1968	78.2
2715	Mikael Pernfors	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1985–1997	75.9
2716	Odell Beckham Jr	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2014–2024	77.4
2717	Jesse Haines	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1918–1937	81.3
2718	Frank Grant	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1886–1903	79.3
2719	Max Bentley	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1940–1954	77.0
2720	Viktor Barna	Table Tennis	🇭🇺 Hungary	1929–1954	83.9
2721	Greasy Neale	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1916–1924	77.5
2722	Al Arbour	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1953–1971	79.4
2723	Moose Goheen	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1915–1932	78.9
2724	Jack Laviolette	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1904–1918	78.6
2725	Patty Berg	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1962	81.9
2726	Mats Sundin	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1989–2009	79.5
2727	Jason Witten	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2020	80.1
2728	Jessica Pegula	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	75.1
2729	Edgar Moon	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1925–1936	76.0
2730	Willis Cuttell	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1890–1906	76.3
2731	Katsutoshi Nekoda	Volleyball	🇯🇵 Japan	1964–1977	79.9
2732	Yumilka Ruiz	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1994–2008	79.9
2733	Eleonora Lo Bianco	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2017	81.3
2734	Charlie Sanders	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1977	77.7
2735	Karsten Warholm	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	2017–—	76.6
2736	Laura Ludwig	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	2003–—	80.2
2737	Petr Korda	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1987–1999	75.0
2738	Pernilla Winberg	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	2005–2021	78.9
2739	Jim Bottomley	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1922–1937	79.0
2740	Hideo Nomo	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	1990–2008	79.1
2741	Dave Bancroft	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1915–1930	80.3
2742	Andy Cooper	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1941	80.2
2743	Bai Xue	Athletics	🇨🇳 China	2005–2014	73.1
2744	Carl Hubbell	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1928–1943	77.8
2745	Roy Halladay	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2013	77.4
2746	Floyd Little	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1975	77.2
2747	Ryszard Bosek	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	1972–1982	79.7
2748	Percy LeSueur	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1906–1916	77.3
2749	Kathy Whitworth	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1991	82.8
2750	Victor Hedman	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	2007–—	78.2

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