#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1	LeBron James	Basketball	🇺🇸 USA	2003–—	95.6
2	Michael Jordan	Basketball	🇺🇸 USA	1984–2003	95.3
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1989	95.2
5	Wilt Chamberlain	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1973	93
6	Bill Russell	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1969	92.5
7	Pau Gasol	Basketball	🇪🇸 Spain	1998–2021	92.1
8	Magic Johnson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1996	91.9
10	Larry Bird	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1992	91.2
11	Ray Allen	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2014	91.1
13	Phog Allen	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1905–1956	90.7
14	Manu Ginóbili	Basketball	🇦🇷 Argentina	1995–2018	90.6
15	Rick Barry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1980	90.6
16	Kobe Bryant	Basketball	🇺🇸 USA	1996–2016	90.5
17	Tim Duncan	Basketball	🇻🇮 United States	1997–2016	90.5
18	John Havlicek	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1978	90.5
19	Sergei Belov	Basketball	🇷🇺 Russia	1964–1980	90.4
20	Don Nelson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–2010	90.2
21	Nikos Galis	Basketball	🇬🇷 Greece	1979–1994	90.2
22	Dražen Dalipagić	Basketball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1971–1991	90.2
23	Stephen Curry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	90
24	Oscar Robertson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1974	89.8
25	Shaquille O'Neal	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2011	89.7
26	Sam Jones	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1969	89.4
27	Walt Frazier	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	89.4
28	Larry Brown	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–2016	89.3
29	Karl Malone	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2004	89.2
30	Jason Kidd	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2013	89.2
32	Kevin Durant	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2007–—	88.8
33	Dino Meneghin	Basketball	🇮🇹 Italy	1966–1994	88.7
34	Reggie Miller	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2005	88.7
35	Moses Malone	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1995	88.5
36	Denny Crum	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1971–2001	88.5
37	George Gervin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1986	88.5
38	Elvin Hayes	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1984	88.4
39	Dikembe Mutombo	Basketball	🇨🇩 DR Congo	1991–2009	88.4
40	Hal Greer	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1973	88.4
41	Hakeem Olajuwon	Basketball	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1984–2002	88.3
42	Jerry West	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1974	88.2
43	John Stockton	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2003	88.2
44	Nate Archibald	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1984	88.2
45	Dirk Nowitzki	Basketball	🇩🇪 Germany	1998–2019	88.1
46	George Mikan	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1956	88.1
48	Julius Erving	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1987	88
51	Artis Gilmore	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1988	88
52	Alex Hannum	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1971	87.8
53	Frank McGuire	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1980	87.8
54	Kevin Garnett	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2016	87.5
55	Alex English	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1991	87.5
56	Kevin McHale	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1993	87.5
57	Krešimir Ćosić	Basketball	🇭🇷 Croatia	1968–1983	87.5

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