#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
33	Dino Meneghin	Basketball	🇮🇹 Italy	1966–1994	88.7
39	Dikembe Mutombo	Basketball	🇨🇩 DR Congo	1991–2009	88.4
46	George Mikan	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1956	88.1
49	Sylvia Fowles	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2022	88
57	Krešimir Ćosić	Basketball	🇭🇷 Croatia	1968–1983	87.5
78	Arvydas Sabonis	Basketball	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1981–2005	85.8
86	Bob McAdoo	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1986	85.6
88	Vlade Divac	Basketball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1986–2005	85.4
97	Bob Kurland	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1942–1952	85.1
111	Dwight Howard	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2022	84.6
112	Dave Cowens	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1983	84.6
115	Robert Parish	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1997	84.5
123	Wes Unseld	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1981	84.1
127	Mel Daniels	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1977	84.1
136	Walt Bellamy	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1975	83.8
146	Charles Cooper	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1929–1946	83.4
149	Wayne Embry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1969	83.3
158	Bob Lanier	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1984	83
171	Neil Johnston	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1959	82.3
172	Zelmo Beaty	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1975	82.3
177	Ben Wallace	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2012	82
196	Lusia Harris	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1980	81.4
199	Ace Gruenig	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1948	81.3
202	Karl-Anthony Towns	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	81.2
203	Margo Dydek	Basketball	🇵🇱 Poland	1994–2008	81.2
208	Willis Reed	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1974	81
214	Nate Thurmond	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1977	80.6
223	Ed Macauley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1959	80.3
230	Brittney Griner	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	79.7
239	Inman Jackson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1942	79.4
244	Wang Zhizhi	Basketball	🇨🇳 China	1995–2017	78.9
247	Joel Embiid	Basketball	🇨🇲 Cameroon	2014–—	78.4
248	Fabricio Oberto	Basketball	🇦🇷 Argentina	1993–2011	78.3
249	Liz Cambage	Basketball	🇦🇺 Australia	2011–2022	78.2
259	Bob Houbregs	Basketball	🇨🇦 Canada	1950–1958	76.6
265	Victor Wembanyama	Basketball	🇫🇷 France	2019–—	75.1
269	Stretch Murphy	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1927–1935	74.8
273	Yao Ming	Basketball	🇨🇳 China	1997–2011	73.9
274	Skinny Johnson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1931–1937	72.1

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