#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
69	Denis Compton	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1937–1957	88.4
70	Hashim Amla	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	2004–2019	88.4
71	Mahela Jayawardene	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1995–2015	88.3
75	Lasith Malinga	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	2004–2021	88.1
76	Ross Taylor	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2006–2022	88.1
77	Johnny Briggs	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1879–1900	88.1
78	Courtney Walsh	Cricket	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1981–2001	88
79	Trent Boult	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2011–—	88
83	Michael Clarke	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2003–2015	88
84	Zaheer Abbas	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1969–1985	88
85	Imran Khan	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1971–1992	87.9
86	MS Dhoni	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2004–2020	87.9
87	Mohammad Yousuf	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1998–2010	87.9
88	Arjuna Ranatunga	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1982–2000	87.9
89	Colin Cowdrey	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1954–1975	87.9
90	Jeff Dujon	Cricket	🇯🇲 West Indies	1974–1993	87.9
91	Tim Southee	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2008–2024	87.8
94	Michael Holding	Cricket	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1972–1989	87.5
95	Yuvraj Singh	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2000–2019	87.5
97	Wasim Akram	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1984–2003	87.4
98	David Gower	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1975–1993	87.4
99	Glenn McGrath	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1992–2007	87.3
100	Sunil Gavaskar	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1971–1987	87.3
101	Fazal Mahmood	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1952–1962	87.3
103	Kumar Sangakkara	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1997–2015	87.1
104	Rahul Dravid	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1996–2012	87.1
105	Les Ames	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1926–1951	87.1
106	Mark Boucher	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1996–2012	87.1
107	Mark Waugh	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1985–2004	87.1
108	Justin Langer	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1991–2009	87.1
109	Warwick Armstrong	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1902–1921	87.1
110	Mohinder Amarnath	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1968–1994	87.1
111	Dale Steyn	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	2004–2021	87
112	Richard Hadlee	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1972–1990	87
114	Daniel Vettori	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1996–2015	87
115	Geoffrey Boycott	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1964–1986	87
116	Allan Donald	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1991–2003	87
117	Shikhar Dhawan	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2004–2024	87
118	David Denton	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1894–1920	87
119	Jimmy Cook	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1972–1994	87
121	Abdul Qadir	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1975–1993	86.8
122	Colin Blythe	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1899–1914	86.8
123	VVS Laxman	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1992–2013	86.7
124	Andrew Strauss	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1998–2012	86.7
125	William Attewell	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1881–1900	86.7
126	Kapil Dev	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1975–1994	86.6
127	Shahid Afridi	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1995–2018	86.6
128	Ian Bell	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2001–2020	86.6
129	Adam Gilchrist	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1992–2013	86.5
130	Javed Miandad	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1975–1996	86.5

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