#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
43	Bobby Charlton	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1956–1975	89.6
73	Stanley Matthews	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1932–1965	90.3
86	Kelly Smith	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1994–2017	88.0
123	Lucy Bronze	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2009–—	87.3
160	James Anderson	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2002–2024	91.4
190	Beth Mead	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2011–—	85.5
302	Chloe Kelly	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2015–—	84.2
327	Jill Scott	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2006–2022	86.0
343	Kevin Keegan	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1968–1984	84.4
365	Ella Toone	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2017–—	83.9
369	Jack Hobbs	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1905–1934	88.7
468	Alastair Cook	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2006–2018	87.7
483	Rebecca Adlington	Swimming	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2004–2013	83.7
558	Rachel Yankey	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1996–2016	84.7
570	Gary Lineker	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1978–1994	82.8
603	Marieanne Spacey	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1984–2000	83.6
612	Karen Carney	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2005–2019	84.0
631	Ian Botham	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1977–1992	85.1
665	Ellen White	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2005–2022	82.7
700	Denis Compton	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1937–1957	84.7
717	Laurence Doherty	Tennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1896–1906	83.6
766	Johnny Briggs	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1879–1900	85.7
795	Colin Cowdrey	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1954–1975	86.8
848	Fran Kirby	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2010–—	81.4
852	Michael Owen	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1996–2013	80.3
899	Harry Kane	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2011–—	81.4
909	Roger Black	Athletics	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1986–1998	83.2
914	Casey Stoney	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1997–2018	83.0
942	Charlotte Edwards	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1996–2016	85.3
947	Keira Walsh	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2014–—	80.5
953	Geoffrey Boycott	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1964–1986	85.6
966	Reginald Doherty	Tennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1894–1906	83.4
979	Steph Houghton	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2006–2024	82.4
984	Colin Blythe	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1899–1914	83.5
1012	Ian Bell	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2001–2020	84.8
1068	Lauren Hemp	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2016–—	79.6
1129	Alec Bedser	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1946–1960	81.9
1133	Paul Collingwood	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1996–2018	84.6
1154	Dennis Amiss	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1960–1987	84.7
1174	Ken Barrington	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1955–1968	81.8
1176	Arthur Gore	Tennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1888–1927	85.6
1188	Naseem Hamed	Boxing	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1992–2002	79.6
1213	Brian Close	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1949–1986	85.3
1218	David Beckham	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1992–2013	81.9
1232	Trevor Bailey	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1945–1967	83.9
1233	Johnny Douglas	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1901–1930	83.3
1257	Molly Renshaw	Swimming	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2012–2024	81.6
1341	Moeen Ali	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2014–2023	82.6
1344	Bill Bowes	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1928–1947	81.9
1390	Bob Appleyard	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1950–1958	79.3

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