#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2	Michael Jordan	Basketball	🇺🇸 USA	1984–2003	95.3
4	Diana Taurasi	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2025	94.2
12	Teresa Edwards	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2004	90.8
16	Kobe Bryant	Basketball	🇺🇸 USA	1996–2016	90.5
19	Sergei Belov	Basketball	🇷🇺 Russia	1964–1980	90.4
21	Nikos Galis	Basketball	🇬🇷 Greece	1979–1994	90.2
24	Oscar Robertson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1974	89.8
26	Sam Jones	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1969	89.4
31	Cynthia Cooper-Dyke	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2003	89.1
40	Hal Greer	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1973	88.4
42	Jerry West	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1974	88.2
47	Hortência Marcari	Basketball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1980–1996	88.1
79	K.C. Jones	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1988	85.8
80	Marques Haynes	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1992	85.7
84	Dennis Johnson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1990	85.6
94	Katie Smith	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2013	85.2
95	Louie Dampier	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1979	85.2
96	Earl Monroe	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	85.2
104	Bennie Borgmann	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1919–1942	85
105	Šarūnas Marčiulionis	Basketball	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1981–1997	85
106	Seimone Augustus	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2020	84.9
114	Buddy Jeannette	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1950	84.6
120	Bobby McDermott	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1933–1950	84.3
126	Al Cervi	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1937–1953	84.1
130	Gail Goodrich	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1979	83.9
132	Nat Holman	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1916–1933	83.9
134	James Harden	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	83.8
138	Jack McCracken	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1946	83.7
141	Cynthia Cooper	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2003	83.5
142	Sheryl Swoopes	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2011	83.5
143	Cappie Pondexter	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2018	83.5
154	Gary Payton	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2007	83
156	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Basketball	🇨🇦 Canada	2018–—	83
162	Allen Iverson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2011	82.8
168	Nancy Lieberman	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1997	82.5
174	Dave Bing	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1978	82.3
183	Ann Meyers	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1980	81.8
184	DeMar DeRozan	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	81.7
187	Richie Guerin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1970	81.6
188	Luka Dončić	Basketball	🇸🇮 Slovenia	2015–—	81.5
193	Pete Maravich	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1980	81.5
195	Carl Braun	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1962	81.4
204	Sidney Moncrief	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1991	81.2
205	Bob Davies	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1945–1955	81.1
210	Al Attles	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1971	80.9
232	Lou Hudson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1979	79.7
235	Ann Meyers Drysdale	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1982	79.4
237	Sandy Brondello	Basketball	🇦🇺 Australia	1987–2003	79.4
245	Damian Lillard	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2012–—	78.7
246	Dawn Staley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2006	78.7

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