#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
3	Michael Phelps	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2016	95.8
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1989	94.5
10	Carl Lewis	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1997	92.8
14	Diana Taurasi	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2025	93.7
16	Katie Ledecky	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2012–—	92.5
18	Kristine Lilly	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2010	93.4
21	Mia Hamm	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2004	90.7
24	Wilt Chamberlain	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1973	90.6
32	Bill Russell	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1969	90.5
33	Sugar Ray Robinson	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1965	92.1
34	Carli Lloyd	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2021	89.7
35	Muhammad Ali	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1981	91.4
37	Floyd Mayweather	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2017	91.9
38	Magic Johnson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1996	89.9
41	Allyson Felix	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2022	90.5
48	Tiffeny Milbrett	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2006	88.7
49	Joy Fawcett	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2004	89.8
50	Megan Rapinoe	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2023	88.8
53	Sue Bird	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2022	91.4
54	Larry Bird	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1992	89.0
58	Ray Allen	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2014	90.6
59	Julie Foudy	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2004	89.1
63	Michelle Akers	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2000	86.9
64	Teresa Edwards	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2004	90.6
66	Phog Allen	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1905–1956	90.8
75	Rick Barry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1980	88.5
83	Tim Duncan	Basketball	🇻🇮 United States	1997–2016	90.4
85	John Havlicek	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1978	89.9
88	Briana Scurry	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2008	87.8
89	Michael Johnson	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2001	87.3
92	Martina Navratilova	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1994	92.6
94	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1980–2001	89.7
95	Don Nelson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–2010	90.6
101	Tobin Heath	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2022	87.7
103	Roy Jones Jr.	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2018	89.1
105	Stephen Curry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	88.4
112	Serena Williams	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2022	91.3
114	Oscar Robertson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1974	87.8
117	Shaquille O'Neal	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2011	87.7
120	Abby Wambach	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2015	87.2
121	Joe Louis	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1951	89.2
124	Thomas Hearns	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1977–2006	88.8
125	Harry Greb	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1913–1926	88.6
126	Larry Holmes	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1973–2002	89.5
135	Joe Gans	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1891–1909	88.7
136	Sam Jones	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1969	87.9
137	Walt Frazier	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	87.2
141	Larry Brown	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–2016	89.5
145	Crystal Dunn	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	86.9
147	Lauren Holiday	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2015	86.2

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