#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
958	Jimmy Cook	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1972–1994	85.1
968	Melissa Belote	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1976	79.2
978	Abdul Qadir	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1975–1993	83.4
983	Jeff Chandler	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1984	80.9
993	Pipino Cuevas	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1971–1989	82.7
1004	Kapil Dev	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1975–1994	84.7
1018	Javed Miandad	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1975–1996	84.9
1022	Pam Shriver	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1997	85.1
1025	George McGinnis	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1982	80.4
1026	Bob Lanier	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1984	82.0
1036	John McEnroe	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1994	83.9
1039	Pierre Littbarski	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1978–1997	82.3
1041	Calvin Murphy	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1983	82.4
1049	Mahmoud El Khatib	Football	🇪🇬 Egypt	1972–1988	80.8
1085	Viacheslav Fetisov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1974–1998	87.4
1099	Bruce Grobbelaar	Football	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1979–1998	81.5
1103	Nancy Lieberman	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1997	81.5
1125	Bärbel Wöckel	Athletics	🇩🇪 East Germany	1974–1984	80.9
1142	Sergei Makarov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1976–1997	86.2
1149	Bernard King	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1993	80.5
1150	Larry Myricks	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1992	82.7
1151	Bobby Chacon	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1988	82.0
1153	Terry Alderman	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1974–1993	82.5
1162	Alberto Juantorena	Athletics	🇨🇺 Cuba	1971–1984	80.6
1177	Mel Blount	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1983	86.2
1193	Ana Ambrazienė	Athletics	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1979–1988	80.2
1226	Valerie Brisco-Hooks	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1988	79.3
1230	Ann Meyers	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1980	78.3
1246	Mike Bruner	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1980	77.9
1247	Hannelore Anke	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1973–1977	77.6
1252	Ingrid Auerswald	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1976–1988	80.9
1268	Pär Arvidsson	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	1976–1984	78.6
1270	John Hencken	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1976	78.1
1273	Pete Maravich	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1980	78.0
1283	Michael Spinks	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1988	79.5
1294	Petra Schneider	Swimming	🇩🇪 East Germany	1978–1984	78.3
1296	Lusia Harris	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1980	76.6
1299	Randy Williams	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1984	79.9
1339	Sidney Moncrief	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1991	79.1
1389	Robin Backhaus	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1976	77.7
1404	Enith Brigitha	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1970–1980	79.4
1407	David Wilkie	Swimming	🇬🇧 Great Britain	1970–1976	77.7
1415	Franco Harris	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1984	84.9
1419	Brian Brinkley	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1970–1978	79.5
1472	Rabah Madjer	Football	🇩🇿 Algeria	1978–1992	77.7
1490	Jack Lambert	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1984	83.6
1510	Carol Blazejowski	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1982	76.4
1511	John Hannah	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1985	84.2
1520	Ray Bourque	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1979–2001	86.0
1531	Randy White	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1988	84.4

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