#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
867	Tim Hardaway	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2003	82.3
871	James Harden	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	83.0
874	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	80.2
881	Lefty Driesell	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–2003	85.1
886	Walt Bellamy	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1975	83.0
888	Sammy Angott	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1950	83.5
894	Linda Hamilton	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–1995	81.0
896	Marvelous Marvin Hagler	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1987	83.2
897	Russell Westbrook	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	83.3
903	Charles Austin	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2001	82.5
904	Errol Spence Jr	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2012–—	82.0
905	Jack McCracken	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1946	82.9
911	Jackie Fields	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1933	82.2
912	Eddie Booker	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1944	82.2
919	Andre Agassi	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2006	85.7
923	Layla McCarter	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1998–—	84.9
926	Tom Gola	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1966	81.9
929	Debbie Meyer	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1972	79.6
937	Cynthia Cooper	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2003	80.9
938	Sheryl Swoopes	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2011	81.8
939	Pernell Whitaker	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2001	82.6
944	Cappie Pondexter	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2018	82.7
948	Gary Hall Jr.	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2004	81.9
950	Dwight Phillips	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2013	83.0
959	Patrick Ewing	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2002	83.1
962	Ann Wolfe	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2006	81.0
965	Charles Cooper	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1929–1946	82.0
968	Melissa Belote	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1976	79.2
970	Jimmy Bivins	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1955	83.7
976	Seniesa Estrada	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	82.1
981	John Beckman	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1910–1932	82.2
982	Cheryl Miller	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1982–1986	77.1
983	Jeff Chandler	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1984	80.9
986	Wayne Embry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1969	81.7
991	Sandy Saddler	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1944–1956	82.7
997	Anthony Ervin	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2016	82.5
998	Gertrude Ederle	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1921–1928	79.1
1000	Lou Ambers	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1941	81.7
1002	Forrest DeBernardi	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1932	81.0
1009	Tom Jager	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1992	81.2
1010	Becky Hammon	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2014	82.9
1017	Gary Payton	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2007	82.8
1020	Draymond Green	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2012–—	82.6
1022	Pam Shriver	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1997	85.1
1024	Arthur Ashe	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1980	83.8
1025	George McGinnis	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1982	80.4
1026	Bob Lanier	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1984	82.0
1027	Billy Conn	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1948	81.7
1028	Holly Holm	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2013	81.8
1029	Lou Groza	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1967	88.9

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