#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1	Don Bradman	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1927–1949	96.8
2	Sachin Tendulkar	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1989–2013	94.4
3	Donald Bradman	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1928–1948	93.6
4	Wally Hammond	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1920–1951	93
5	James Anderson	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2002–2024	92.9
6	Garry Sobers	Cricket	🇧🇧 Barbados	1953–1974	92.7
7	Steve Waugh	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1984–2004	92.7
8	Clive Lloyd	Cricket	🏴 West Indies	1963–1988	91.7
9	Garfield Sobers	Cricket	🏴 West Indies	1953–1974	91.1
10	Len Hutton	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1934–1960	90.9
12	Herbert Sutcliffe	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1919–1945	90.8
13	Karen Rolton	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1995–2009	90.8
15	Shane Warne	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1991–2013	90.7
16	Muttiah Muralitharan	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1991–2011	90.7
17	Curtly Ambrose	Cricket	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	1988–2000	90.7
18	Jack Hobbs	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1905–1934	90.6
19	George Headley	Cricket	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1927–1954	90.6
20	Allan Border	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1976–1996	90.5
21	Stuart Broad	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2006–2023	90.5
22	Ravichandran Ashwin	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2010–2024	90.5
23	Cathryn Fitzpatrick	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1991–2007	90.5
24	Matthew Hayden	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1991–2009	90.4
25	Virender Sehwag	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1997–2015	90.4
26	Katherine Sciver-Brunt	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2004–2023	90.4
27	Sydney Barnes	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1894–1930	90.3
28	Viv Richards	Cricket	🏴 West Indies	1971–1993	90.2
29	Rachael Heyhoe Flint	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1960–1982	90.2
30	Fred Trueman	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1949–1969	90.1
31	Younis Khan	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2000–2017	90
32	Debbie Hockley	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1979–2000	90
34	Alastair Cook	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2006–2018	89.9
35	Waqar Younis	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1989–2003	89.8
36	Jacques Kallis	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1995–2014	89.6
37	Chris Gayle	Cricket	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1998–2021	89.6
39	Sarah Taylor	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2006–2019	89.6
40	Jim Laker	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1946–1965	89.6
41	Malcolm Marshall	Cricket	🇧🇧 Barbados	1977–1996	89.5
42	Betty Wilson	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1947–1958	89.4
43	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	Cricket	🇬🇾 Guyana	1994–2015	89.4
44	Sanath Jayasuriya	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1989–2011	89.3
45	Claire Taylor	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1998–2011	89.2
47	Brian Lara	Cricket	🏴 West Indies	1990–2007	88.8
48	Lance Gibbs	Cricket	🏴 West Indies	1953–1976	88.8
49	Graeme Smith	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1999–2014	88.8
52	Ian Botham	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1977–1992	88.8
53	Bobby Abel	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1881–1904	88.8
54	Ricky Ponting	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1992–2013	88.7
55	Meg Lanning	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2010–2023	88.7
56	Graham Gooch	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1973–1997	88.7
57	Alex Blackwell	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2003–2018	88.7

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