#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1	Sugar Ray Robinson	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1965	94.3
2	Muhammad Ali	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1981	94.1
3	Floyd Mayweather	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2017	94
5	Roy Jones Jr.	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2018	92
6	Joe Louis	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1951	91.4
7	Thomas Hearns	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1977–2006	91.4
8	Harry Greb	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1913–1926	91.4
9	Larry Holmes	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1973–2002	91.4
10	Joe Gans	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1891–1909	91.2
11	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2017	90.7
17	Abe Attell	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1917	90.3
23	Willie Pep	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1966	89.8
24	Ezzard Charles	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1959	89.8
25	Emile Griffith	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1977	89.7
31	Virgil Hill	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2007	89.2
34	Tony Canzoneri	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1925–1939	89
35	Archie Moore	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1963	88.9
37	Henry Armstrong	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1931–1945	88.8
39	Orlando Canizales	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1999	88.6
40	Jack Johnson	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1898–1938	88.4
41	Andre Ward	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2017	88.4
44	Harold Johnson	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1971	88.4
45	Sugar Ray Leonard	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1997	88.2
46	Bernard Hopkins	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2016	88.2
48	Bob Foster	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1978	88.2
50	Young Corbett III	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1919–1940	88
51	James J. Jeffries	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1896–1910	87.9
52	Jimmy Barry	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1891–1899	87.9
53	James Toney	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2017	87.8
54	Joe Brown	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1943–1970	87.8
61	Evander Holyfield	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2011	87.6
64	Cocoa Kid	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1929–1948	87.6
67	Joey Giardello	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1967	87.1
71	Jimmy Carter	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1960	86.9
72	Pete Herman	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1912–1922	86.9
73	Jack Blackburn	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1901–1923	86.9
75	Beau Jack	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1955	86.8
76	Jack Dillon	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1908–1923	86.5
78	Dixie Kid	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1899–1914	86.5
80	Terence Crawford	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	86.4
83	Barney Ross	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1929–1938	86.4
86	Rocky Marciano	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1956	86.3
93	Billy Graham	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1941–1955	86.3
96	Charley Burley	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1950	86.2
98	Gervonta Davis	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	86.1
99	Gene Fullmer	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1963	86.1
100	Curtis Cokes	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1972	86.1
103	Jersey Joe Walcott	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1953	85.9
106	Mike Donovan	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1866–1891	85.9
107	George Foreman	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1997	85.8

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