#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2851	Pavel Abramov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1998–2015	79.8
2852	Vigor Bovolenta	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2012	80.2
2853	Sterling Sharpe	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–1994	73.7
2854	Bud Fowler	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1878–1904	79.7
2855	Andrea Lucchetta	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1983–1998	79.1
2856	István Bagyula	Athletics	🇭🇺 Hungary	1987–2000	74.0
2857	Kebede Balcha	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1976–1990	75.0
2858	Gary Carter	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1992	78.3
2859	John Ball	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1888–1921	81.1
2860	Jonathan Agnew	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1978–1992	75.1
2861	Stan Wawrinka	Tennis	🇨🇭 Switzerland	2002–—	75.2
2862	Angela Ruggiero	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2011	77.4
2863	Tracy Austin	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1994	70.6
2864	Richard Sherman	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2011–2021	76.3
2865	Masashi Ozaki	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	1970–2019	82.0
2866	Jim Furyk	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1992–—	81.7
2867	Rodney Heath	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1905–1919	74.5
2868	Hirooki Arai	Athletics	🇯🇵 Japan	2010–2021	73.7
2869	Örn Arnarson	Swimming	🇮🇸 Iceland	1997–2008	73.7
2870	Bobby Mitchell	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1968	76.4
2871	Ekaterina Gamova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1998–2016	78.9
2872	Earl Averill	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1929–1941	77.3
2873	CeeDee Lamb	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2020–—	75.1
2874	Vladimir Batez	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1990–2007	79.4
2875	Slobodan Boškan	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1993–2010	79.4
2876	Duncan Goodhew	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1976–1980	70.5
2877	Jumbo Ozaki	Golf	🇯🇵 Japan	1970–2010	81.7
2878	Inna Ryskal	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1962–1972	78.4
2879	Maja Aleksić	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	2011–—	79.0
2880	Troy Aikman	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2000	76.7
2881	Andrea Zorzi	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1984–1998	78.4
2882	Mike Grant	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1893–1902	75.4
2883	Emma Navarro	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	2021–—	72.8
2884	Nikolay Apalikov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	2000–2018	79.7
2885	Michał Kubiak	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2009–—	78.7
2886	Paula Pequeno	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2001–2016	78.3
2887	Julius Brink	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	2001–2014	78.3
2888	Luis Aparicio	Baseball	🇻🇪 Venezuela	1956–1973	78.4
2889	Andrea Bari	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1998–2016	80.0
2890	Jasmine Paolini	Tennis	🇮🇹 Italy	2015–—	72.5
2891	Markéta Vondroušová	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	2016–—	72.0
2892	Antoine Brizard	Volleyball	🇫🇷 France	2012–—	77.6
2893	Dizzy Dean	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1947	73.3
2894	Roger Bresnahan	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1897–1915	78.6
2895	Chick Hafey	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1937	76.5
2896	Dmitriy Muserskiy	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	2008–—	77.8
2897	Annika Becker	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1997–2006	72.2
2898	Hobey Baker	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1910–1917	74.3
2899	Lynn Patrick	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1934–1946	76.1
2900	Herb Carnegie	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1944–1954	76.1

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