#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
10	Carl Lewis	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1997	92.8
15	Diego Maradona	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1976–1997	89.8
28	Zico	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1971–1994	90.3
29	Betty Vignotto	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1970–1990	90.6
38	Magic Johnson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1996	89.9
54	Larry Bird	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1992	89.0
76	Delio Onnis	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1971–1986	88.5
90	Carolina Morace	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1978–1998	87.9
92	Martina Navratilova	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1994	92.6
93	Lothar Matthäus	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–2000	89.0
97	Nikos Galis	Basketball	🇬🇷 Greece	1979–1994	87.6
98	Dražen Dalipagić	Basketball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1971–1991	89.0
109	Pia Sundhage	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1975–1996	88.1
110	Michel Platini	Football	🇫🇷 France	1972–1987	86.9
119	Yuriy Sedykh	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1974–1992	88.7
124	Thomas Hearns	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1977–2006	88.8
126	Larry Holmes	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1973–2002	89.5
157	Kenny Dalglish	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1971–1990	87.5
175	Tracy Caulkins	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1984	85.7
201	Moses Malone	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1995	88.0
206	Denny Crum	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1971–2001	88.4
208	George Gervin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1986	86.4
235	Nate Archibald	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1984	85.5
250	Julius Erving	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1987	86.8
255	Sylvia Hatchell	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1975–2019	88.5
257	Artis Gilmore	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1988	87.3
262	Wayne Gretzky	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1979–1999	91.6
274	Roger Milla	Football	🇨🇲 Cameroon	1970–1996	87.1
280	Evelyn Ashford	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1992	87.7
282	Wilfredo Gómez	Boxing	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1974–1989	85.3
291	Alex English	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1991	86.8
293	Ian Rush	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	1979–2000	85.5
314	Igor Belanov	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1979–1995	84.0
319	George Karl	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1973–2016	87.4
331	Franco Baresi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1977–1997	85.7
345	Adrian Dantley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1991	85.6
378	Alex Baumann	Swimming	🇨🇦 Canada	1978–1987	84.3
380	Chris Evert	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1989	88.9
385	Allan Border	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1976–1996	88.9
393	Dominique Rocheteau	Football	🇫🇷 France	1971–1989	84.8
401	Paolo Rossi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1973–1987	82.1
415	Azumah Nelson	Boxing	🇬🇭 Ghana	1979–2008	86.3
420	Sócrates	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1974–1989	83.9
424	Viv Richards	Cricket	🏴 West Indies	1971–1993	87.4
436	Sugar Ray Leonard	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1997	85.7
453	Debbie Hockley	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1979–2000	88.1
455	Kornelia Ender	Swimming	🇩🇪 East Germany	1971–1978	82.8
456	Silvia Neid	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–1996	84.5
460	Björn Borg	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1972–1983	86.4
462	Daley Thompson	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1976–1992	85.3

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