#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
5	James Anderson	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2002–2024	92.9
18	Jack Hobbs	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1905–1934	90.6
34	Alastair Cook	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2006–2018	89.9
52	Ian Botham	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1977–1992	88.8
69	Denis Compton	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1937–1957	88.4
77	Johnny Briggs	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1879–1900	88.1
89	Colin Cowdrey	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1954–1975	87.9
113	Charlotte Edwards	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1996–2016	87
115	Geoffrey Boycott	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1964–1986	87
122	Colin Blythe	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1899–1914	86.8
128	Ian Bell	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2001–2020	86.6
146	Alec Bedser	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1946–1960	85.8
147	Paul Collingwood	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1996–2018	85.8
150	Dennis Amiss	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1960–1987	85.7
154	Ken Barrington	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1955–1968	85.6
161	Brian Close	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1949–1986	85.4
165	Trevor Bailey	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1945–1967	85.3
166	Johnny Douglas	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1901–1930	85.3
181	Moeen Ali	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2014–2023	84.7
182	Bill Bowes	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1928–1947	84.7
187	Bob Appleyard	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1950–1958	84.4
198	Joe Root	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2012–—	83.9
202	Mike Brearley	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1961–1983	83.8
203	Jofra Archer	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2016–—	83.8
216	Bernard Bosanquet	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1898–1919	83.2
217	Harry Brook	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2016–—	83.2
227	Basil D'Oliveira	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1960–1980	82.7
228	Tim Bresnan	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2001–2021	82.6
231	Sam Curran	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2015–—	82.4
235	Percy Chapman	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1920–1939	82.2
243	Dominic Cork	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1990–2011	81.8
251	Geoff Arnold	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1963–1982	81.3
252	Ted Dexter	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1958–1968	81.2
253	Michael Atherton	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1989–2001	81.1
254	Ben Duckett	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2013–—	81
274	Zak Crawley	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2017–—	78.5
276	Rory Burns	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2011–—	78
279	Jonathan Agnew	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1978–1992	76.5
283	Katie George	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2015–2022	72.2
285	Arthur Day	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1905–1925	63.6
286	Jack Bryan	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1920–1932	62.1

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