#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
12	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1945–1966	92.3
20	Ferenc Puskás	Football	🇭🇺 Hungary	1943–1966	91.1
33	Sugar Ray Robinson	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1965	92.1
219	Gunnar Nordahl	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1940–1958	84.8
232	Pancho Gonzales	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1974	89.7
233	Raymond Kopa	Football	🇫🇷 France	1949–1967	85.5
245	George Mikan	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1956	83.8
252	Willie Pep	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1966	89.0
259	Ezzard Charles	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1959	87.8
272	Alex Hannum	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1971	85.9
273	Frank McGuire	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1980	87.4
281	Nils Liedholm	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1946–1961	85.5
304	Giampiero Boniperti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1946–1961	85.8
422	Harold Johnson	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1971	87.5
440	Fred Trueman	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1949–1969	87.6
478	Louise Brough	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1957	87.1
498	Joe Brown	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1943–1970	86.9
515	Jim Laker	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1946–1965	85.6
546	Emil Zátopek	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czechia	1944–1958	85.6
549	Betty Wilson	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1947–1958	84.3
552	Marques Haynes	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1992	86.0
611	Joey Giardello	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1967	86.5
642	Bob Kurland	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1942–1952	81.7
650	Jimmy Carter	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1960	84.8
670	Beau Jack	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1955	84.7
716	Kid Gavilán	Boxing	🇨🇺 Cuba	1943–1958	84.7
721	Gordie Howe	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1946–1980	90.2
729	László Kubala	Football	🇭🇺 Hungary	1946–1967	82.6
746	Rocky Marciano	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1956	82.5
768	Billy Graham	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1941–1955	85.0
859	Doris Hart	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1942–1955	84.3
955	Doug Harvey	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1947–1969	87.2
970	Jimmy Bivins	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1955	83.7
991	Sandy Saddler	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1944–1956	82.7
1029	Lou Groza	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1967	88.9
1052	Carmen Basilio	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1961	82.1
1071	Slater Martin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1960	81.7
1086	Otto Graham	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1955	84.7
1129	Alec Bedser	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1946–1960	81.9
1175	Red Kelly	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1947–1967	87.1
1185	Vic Seixas	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1969	84.7
1207	Vern Mikkelsen	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1959	80.2
1213	Brian Close	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1949–1986	85.3
1232	Trevor Bailey	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1945–1967	83.9
1235	Bill Alley	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1945–1968	83.7
1263	Joe Fulks	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1954	76.8
1287	Carl Braun	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1962	81.5
1300	Ken McGregor	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1946–1956	81.5
1322	Jacques Plante	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1947–1975	85.3
1337	Gunder Hägg	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1940–1945	78.6

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