#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1989	94.5
11	Johan Cruyff	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1964–1984	92.2
13	Franz Beckenbauer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1964–1983	92.4
35	Muhammad Ali	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1981	91.4
57	Gerd Müller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1963–1981	88.3
75	Rick Barry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1980	88.5
85	John Havlicek	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1978	89.9
87	Sergei Belov	Basketball	🇷🇺 Russia	1964–1980	88.7
95	Don Nelson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–2010	90.6
104	Eusébio	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1960–1979	87.3
111	Oleg Blokhin	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1969–1990	88.1
114	Oscar Robertson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1974	87.8
137	Walt Frazier	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	87.2
139	Irena Szewińska	Athletics	🇵🇱 Poland	1960–1980	88.9
141	Larry Brown	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–2016	89.5
165	Dino Zoff	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1961–1983	88.3
166	Johan Neeskens	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1968–1991	86.9
187	Roland Matthes	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1966–1976	86.5
188	Dino Meneghin	Basketball	🇮🇹 Italy	1966–1994	89.0
198	Bernard Lacombe	Football	🇫🇷 France	1969–1987	86.7
203	Roberto Durán	Boxing	🇵🇦 Panama	1968–2001	89.3
220	Elvin Hayes	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1984	88.4
230	Jerry West	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1974	86.6
254	Clive Lloyd	Cricket	🏴 West Indies	1963–1988	89.0
270	Margaret Court	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1960–1977	89.0
296	Krešimir Ćosić	Basketball	🇭🇷 Croatia	1968–1983	86.2
297	Alexis Argüello	Boxing	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	1968–1995	86.8
298	Antonio Cervantes	Boxing	🇨🇴 Colombia	1964–1983	87.1
305	Don Haskins	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1999	87.2
343	Kevin Keegan	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1968–1984	84.4
370	Carlos Bianchi	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1967–1984	84.6
374	Nadezhda Chizhova	Athletics	🇷🇺 Soviet Union	1966–1976	85.4
384	Jupp Heynckes	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1964–1978	85.1
390	Jerry Lucas	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1974	84.6
411	Mark Spitz	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1972	83.0
431	Rachael Heyhoe Flint	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1960–1982	87.4
444	Bob Foster	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1978	85.4
451	Sandro Mazzola	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1960–1977	84.9
463	Carlos Monzón	Boxing	🇦🇷 Argentina	1963–1977	85.2
497	George Best	Football	🇬🇧 Northern Ireland	1963–1984	81.7
516	Hubie Brown	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–2005	86.4
567	Spencer Haywood	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1983	83.3
578	Berti Vogts	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1965–1979	84.0
629	Louie Dampier	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1979	84.6
632	Earl Monroe	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	83.5
634	Víctor Galíndez	Boxing	🇦🇷 Argentina	1969–1980	84.1
646	Pete Carril	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1966–2011	86.0
693	Enid Bakewell	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1966–1982	85.0
714	Lou Carnesecca	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1992	85.3
741	Miguel Canto	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1969–1982	83.9

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