#	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
4	Wladimir Klitschko	Boxing	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1996–2017	93.1
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
12	Gennady Golovkin	Boxing	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	2006–2023	90.6
14	Manny Pacquiao	Boxing	🇵🇭 Philippines	1995–2021	90.3
15	Roberto Durán	Boxing	🇵🇦 Panama	1968–2001	90.3
16	Panama Al Brown	Boxing	🇵🇦 Panama	1922–1942	90.3
17	Abe Attell	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1917	90.3
18	Joe Calzaghe	Boxing	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	1993–2008	90.2
19	Bob Fitzsimmons	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1883–1914	90.1
20	Gennadiy Golovkin	Boxing	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	2006–2022	89.9
21	Éder Jofre	Boxing	🇧🇷 Brazil	1957–1976	89.9
22	Julio César Chávez	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1980–2005	89.8
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
26	Héctor Camacho	Boxing	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1980–2010	89.6
27	Wilfredo Gómez	Boxing	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1974–1989	89.5
29	Alexis Argüello	Boxing	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	1968–1995	89.4
30	Antonio Cervantes	Boxing	🇨🇴 Colombia	1964–1983	89.4
31	Virgil Hill	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2007	89.2
32	Jack "Kid" Berg	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1924–1945	89.2
34	Tony Canzoneri	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1925–1939	89
35	Archie Moore	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1963	88.9
36	Vitali Klitschko	Boxing	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1996–2012	88.9
37	Henry Armstrong	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1931–1945	88.8
38	Marco Antonio Barrera	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1989–2011	88.6
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
42	Azumah Nelson	Boxing	🇬🇭 Ghana	1979–2008	88.4
43	Khaosai Galaxy	Boxing	🇹🇭 Thailand	1980–1991	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
49	Carlos Monzón	Boxing	🇦🇷 Argentina	1963–1977	88
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

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