#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
5	Pelé	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1956–1977	93.2
24	Wilt Chamberlain	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1973	90.6
27	Lev Yashin	Football	🇷🇺 Russia	1950–1971	90.2
32	Bill Russell	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1969	90.5
43	Bobby Charlton	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1956–1975	89.6
131	Paco Gento	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1952–1971	87.6
136	Sam Jones	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1969	87.9
172	Garry Sobers	Cricket	🇧🇧 Barbados	1953–1974	89.3
217	Rod Laver	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1956–1979	89.6
223	Hal Greer	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1973	88.1
246	Éder Jofre	Boxing	🇧🇷 Brazil	1957–1976	87.0
263	Al Oerter	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1980	87.7
267	Emile Griffith	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1977	88.6
303	Garfield Sobers	Cricket	🏴 West Indies	1953–1974	88.0
308	Denis Law	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1956–1974	84.9
323	Kurt Hamrin	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1952–1971	85.7
334	Gianni Rivera	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1959–1979	85.9
376	Paul Arizin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1962	84.5
406	Joan Crawford	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1971	85.8
407	Garrincha	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1953–1972	82.9
443	Josef Masopust	Football	🇨🇿 Czechia	1950–1974	84.8
491	Uwe Seeler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1953–1972	84.9
499	Gabriel Elorde	Boxing	🇵🇭 Philippines	1951–1971	86.2
507	Dawn Fraser	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1955–1964	83.9
535	K.C. Jones	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1988	85.7
597	Tom Heinsohn	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1965	82.8
605	Elgin Baylor	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1972	82.9
610	Omar Sívori	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1954–1969	82.2
617	Billie Jean King	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1983	87.5
624	Lance Gibbs	Cricket	🏴 West Indies	1953–1976	86.7
657	Bob Pettit	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1965	82.5
667	Flórián Albert	Football	🇭🇺 Hungary	1958–1974	82.2
681	Just Fontaine	Football	🇫🇷 France	1953–1962	78.9
686	Bob Cousy	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1970	83.2
696	Hanif Mohammad	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1952–1969	85.4
715	Murray Rose	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1956–1964	82.1
781	Gene Fullmer	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1963	83.5
782	Curtis Cokes	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1972	83.8
795	Colin Cowdrey	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1954–1975	86.8
799	Ken Rosewall	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1951–1980	87.0
802	José Nápoles	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1958–1975	83.8
880	Fazal Mahmood	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1952–1962	83.0
910	Pone Kingpetch	Boxing	🇹🇭 Thailand	1957–1966	82.0
926	Tom Gola	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1966	81.9
930	Radivoj Korać	Basketball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1958–1969	81.0
986	Wayne Embry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1969	81.7
1075	Ingemar Johansson	Boxing	🇸🇪 Sweden	1952–1963	80.6
1102	Clyde Lovellette	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1964	80.7
1114	Willie Mays	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1973	88.1
1116	Abebe Bikila	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1956–1969	80.4

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