#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1514	Kevin Love	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	80.6
1518	Jessica McCaskill	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	79.1
1537	Ben Stokes	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	2011–—	80.7
1544	Simone Manuel	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	78.6
1550	Devon Conway	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2008–—	80.6
1555	Marquinhos	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2012–—	80.1
1563	Devin Booker	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	78.2
1566	Adrien Broner	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	80.5
1569	Shaheen Shah Afridi	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2017–—	79.4
1570	Xu Jiayu	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2013–—	79.6
1571	Torri Huske	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	77.7
1572	Nicolò Martinenghi	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2016–—	78.9
1583	Joe Root	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2012–—	81.6
1587	Alycia Baumgardner	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	78.0
1589	Shafali Verma	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2019–—	79.1
1598	Iona Anderson	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2021–—	77.5
1600	Verónica Boquete	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2005–—	80.5
1601	Jimmy Butler	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	79.5
1612	Jofra Archer	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2016–—	79.3
1621	Amber Anning	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2018–—	78.8
1622	Christian Taylor	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	79.4
1626	T.J. Watt	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	83.0
1629	Danni Wyatt-Hodge	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2010–—	82.2
1638	Francesca Durante	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2011–—	79.0
1640	João Cancelo	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2013–—	77.8
1641	Simon Bucher	Swimming	🇦🇹 Austria	2017–—	78.6
1651	Chantelle Cameron	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2017–—	77.7
1654	Éider Arévalo	Athletics	🇨🇴 Colombia	2011–—	79.7
1657	Nikola Vučević	Basketball	🇲🇪 Montenegro	2011–—	80.1
1667	Alexis Mac Allister	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2017–—	77.9
1668	Gerard Moreno	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2011–—	78.8
1669	Kristóf Milák	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	2016–—	77.7
1674	Charlotte Bonnet	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	2010–—	80.5
1694	Vera Zvonareva	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	2000–—	82.4
1706	Tigst Assefa	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2012–—	77.5
1710	James Rodríguez	Football	🇨🇴 Colombia	2010–—	76.9
1721	Aaron Rodgers	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2005–—	84.2
1724	Babar Azam	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2015–—	78.7
1733	Harry Brook	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2016–—	78.0
1741	Brittney Griner	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	78.0
1763	Bukayo Saka	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2019–—	75.9
1768	Marco Arop	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	2018–—	76.5
1769	Marin Čilić	Tennis	🇭🇷 Croatia	2005–—	81.7
1778	Tom Blundell	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2013–—	80.2
1783	Iga Świątek	Tennis	🇵🇱 Poland	2016–—	78.2
1786	Marco Reus	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–—	78.9
1793	Andreas Almgren	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	2014–—	78.3
1808	Rafael Leão	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2018–—	76.0
1814	Savannah Marshall	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2017–—	77.4
1828	Nia Ali	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	79.4

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