#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1283	Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2006–—	81.2
1286	Kirani James	Athletics	🇬🇩 Grenada	2009–—	81.6
1287	Kelsey-Lee Barber	Athletics	🇦🇺 Australia	2011–—	81.2
1288	Deontay Wilder	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	81.4
1299	Ai Yanhan	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2014–—	81.0
1300	Alexander Ovechkin	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	2005–—	87.2
1301	Claressa Shields	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2012–—	80.3
1302	Anthony Davis	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2012–—	80.8
1305	Danny García	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2007–—	82.2
1309	Pan Zhanle	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2021–—	77.3
1313	Nat Sciver-Brunt	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2013–—	82.5
1324	Kawhi Leonard	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	79.5
1329	Christian Coleman	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	80.0
1331	Daiya Seto	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	2012–—	81.4
1343	DeMar DeRozan	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	82.1
1344	Mushfiqur Rahim	Cricket	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	2005–—	84.5
1345	Magdalena Eriksson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2011–—	80.0
1355	Alphonso Davies	Football	🇨🇦 Canada	2016–—	79.0
1356	Achraf Hakimi	Football	🇲🇦 Morocco	2017–—	79.0
1360	Mohammad Rizwan	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2015–—	81.3
1365	Luka Dončić	Basketball	🇸🇮 Slovenia	2015–—	78.4
1371	Sara Errani	Tennis	🇮🇹 Italy	2002–—	84.5
1375	Stina Blackstenius	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2013–—	79.0
1385	Virginia Torrecilla	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2012–—	79.9
1391	Kyrie Irving	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	80.2
1393	Mohammed Ahmed	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	2009–—	81.7
1396	Jelena Mrdjenovich	Boxing	🇨🇦 Canada	2004–—	82.6
1402	Duncan Scott	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2016–—	80.7
1414	Rohit Sharma	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2007–—	82.0
1416	Smriti Mandhana	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2013–—	80.9
1417	Delfine Persoon	Boxing	🇧🇪 Belgium	2010–—	81.3
1418	Thomas Ceccon	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2018–—	77.2
1419	Daniil Medvedev	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	2014–—	81.5
1422	Selemon Barega	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2016–—	81.0
1426	Simona Quadarella	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2015–—	80.7
1435	Patri Guijarro	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2015–—	77.7
1438	Karl-Anthony Towns	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	80.0
1446	Devin Haney	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	79.0
1448	Gretchen Walsh	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2021–—	77.5
1457	Mario Götze	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2010–—	78.7
1460	Sophie Ecclestone	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2016–—	79.9
1467	Nida Dar	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2010–—	82.6
1474	Grant Brits	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2015–—	79.9
1483	Kenny Bednarek	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	79.7
1485	Sophia Smith	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2020–—	76.6
1492	Nahikari García	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2014–—	79.1
1493	Adriana Silva	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2007–—	80.0
1508	Sidney Crosby	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	2005–—	85.7
1512	Summer McIntosh	Swimming	🇨🇦 Canada	2019–—	76.8
1513	Jayson Tatum	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	77.3

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