#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
753	Billy Cunningham	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1976	81.4
760	Ralph Boston	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1968	82.8
778	Zaheer Abbas	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1969–1985	85.2
810	Fighting Harada	Boxing	🇯🇵 Japan	1960–1970	82.4
811	Connie Hawkins	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1976	81.3
816	George Foreman	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1997	85.4
818	Wes Unseld	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1981	83.0
827	Mel Daniels	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1977	81.5
835	Lasse Virén	Athletics	🇫🇮 Finland	1969–1980	81.4
842	Ilie Năstase	Tennis	🇷🇴 Romania	1966–1985	85.3
849	Don Schollander	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1968	80.3
860	Gail Goodrich	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1979	83.2
865	Dave DeBusschere	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1974	82.5
881	Lefty Driesell	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–2003	85.1
886	Walt Bellamy	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1975	83.0
922	Rubén Olivares	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1965–1988	83.4
929	Debbie Meyer	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1972	79.6
932	Ismael Laguna	Boxing	🇵🇦 Panama	1961–1971	81.9
933	Mohinder Amarnath	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1968–1994	85.2
953	Geoffrey Boycott	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1964–1986	85.6
975	Nino Benvenuti	Boxing	🇮🇹 Italy	1960–1971	81.8
1005	Kipchoge Keino	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1962–1973	81.1
1024	Arthur Ashe	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1980	83.8
1034	Bill Bradley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1977	81.1
1044	Bishan Singh Bedi	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1966–1981	83.9
1064	Ian Chappell	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1962–1980	83.5
1067	Majid Khan	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1961–1985	84.2
1073	John Newcombe	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1960–1981	83.9
1091	Joe Frazier	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1981	81.1
1120	Zelmo Beaty	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1975	81.2
1127	Dave Bing	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1978	80.7
1148	Lee Evans	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1972	78.9
1154	Dennis Amiss	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1960–1987	84.7
1171	Ken Buchanan	Boxing	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1965–1982	81.5
1194	Vladimir Bure	Swimming	🇷🇺 Russia	1968–1976	80.1
1206	Tommie Smith	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1969	78.5
1208	Renate Stecher	Athletics	🇩🇪 East Germany	1967–1976	80.1
1251	Bobby Clarke	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1969–1984	85.4
1261	Dennis Lillee	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1969–1988	81.2
1262	Lenny Wilkens	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1975	82.2
1266	Gus Johnson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1973	79.4
1323	Vladislav Tretiak	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1968–1984	84.6
1324	Günter Netzer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1963–1977	78.0
1331	Deacon Jones	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1974	84.7
1332	B. S. Chandrasekhar	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1963–1979	81.7
1355	Mike Burton	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1972	78.4
1365	Willis Reed	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1974	77.4
1373	Roger Brown	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1975	78.4
1376	Ted Hendricks	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1983	85.7
1388	Bob Lilly	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1974	84.9

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