#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
73	Stanley Matthews	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1932–1965	90.3
121	Joe Louis	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1951	89.2
185	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Athletics	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1935–1955	87.5
207	Fritz Walter	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1937–1959	86.5
240	Jesse Owens	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1936	82.2
306	Ragnhild Hveger	Swimming	🇩🇰 Denmark	1936–1952	85.1
335	Len Hutton	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1934–1960	87.5
352	Archie Moore	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1963	88.7
368	Henry Armstrong	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1931–1945	85.8
403	Gunnar Gren	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1938–1960	85.1
469	Don Budge	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1954	85.5
700	Denis Compton	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1937–1957	84.7
736	Buddy Jeannette	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1950	82.9
765	Charley Burley	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1950	83.4
793	Bobby McDermott	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1933–1950	82.1
805	Jersey Joe Walcott	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1953	85.0
823	Pop Gates	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1955	83.6
824	Al Cervi	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1937–1953	83.3
888	Sammy Angott	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1950	83.5
905	Jack McCracken	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1946	82.9
912	Eddie Booker	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1944	82.2
974	Marcel Cerdan	Boxing	🇫🇷 France	1934–1949	81.2
1000	Lou Ambers	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1941	81.7
1027	Billy Conn	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1948	81.7
1053	Sammy Baugh	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1937–1952	86.7
1130	John Bromwich	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1937–1954	84.2
1131	Adrian Quist	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1933–1950	84.2
1132	Fred Apostoli	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1948	81.4
1163	Tony Zale	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1948	80.7
1274	Gottfried von Cramm	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1932–1953	82.7
1298	Bobby Riggs	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1959	81.9
1310	Hank Luisetti	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1941	75.7
1315	Ace Gruenig	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1948	80.3
1374	Frank Parker	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1949	82.4
1375	Lew Jenkins	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1950	80.3
1429	Sixto Escobar	Boxing	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1931–1941	79.1
1435	Don McNeill	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1950	81.5
1436	Bill Copson	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1932–1950	81.9
1437	Tom Dollery	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1934–1955	82.7
1462	Ted Williams	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1939–1960	85.5
1558	Freddie Brown	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1930–1953	81.8
1628	Martin Donnelly	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1936–1961	79.8
1632	Dennis Brookes	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1934–1959	82.6
1666	Mel Hein	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1931–1945	84.4
1679	Alice Marble	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1931–1940	77.7
1696	Sid Luckman	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1939–1950	81.9
1704	Inman Jackson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1942	78.3
1737	Yvon Petra	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1937–1951	80.1
1806	Bob Feller	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1956	83.7
1821	Ted Schroeder	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1939–1954	79.5

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