#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
7	Michael Jordan	Basketball	🇺🇸 USA	1984–2003	92.2
18	Kristine Lilly	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2010	93.4
21	Mia Hamm	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2004	90.7
31	Zinedine Zidane	Football	🇫🇷 France	1989–2006	90.1
39	Romário	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1985–2009	88.9
49	Joy Fawcett	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2004	89.8
59	Julie Foudy	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2004	89.1
63	Michelle Akers	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2000	86.9
64	Teresa Edwards	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2004	90.6
65	Linda Medalen	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	1987–2001	88.1
70	Paolo Maldini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1984–2009	90.1
81	Sachin Tendulkar	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1989–2013	93.0
89	Michael Johnson	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2001	87.3
94	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1980–2001	89.7
96	Marcel Desailly	Football	🇫🇷 France	1986–2006	88.4
102	Steffi Graf	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1982–1999	90.6
103	Roy Jones Jr.	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2018	89.1
118	Luís Figo	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1989–2009	87.9
122	Maria Mutola	Athletics	🇲🇿 Mozambique	1988–2008	90.3
133	Michael Gross	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1981–1991	88.0
144	Bettina Wiegmann	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1989–2003	87.4
146	Martina Voss-Tecklenburg	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1984–1999	87.4
149	Karl Malone	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2004	89.3
159	Cynthia Cooper-Dyke	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2003	85.8
161	Mike Conley Sr.	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1996	88.4
169	Brandi Chastain	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2010	86.6
173	Steve Waugh	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1984–2004	90.3
184	Jan Železný	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czechia	1984–2006	88.4
189	Reggie Miller	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2005	88.1
199	Marco van Basten	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1981–1995	83.9
205	Dara Torres	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1982–2012	89.6
225	Hakeem Olajuwon	Basketball	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1984–2002	87.0
231	John Stockton	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2003	88.6
241	Javier Sotomayor	Athletics	🇨🇺 Cuba	1984–2001	87.5
243	Stefka Kostadinova	Athletics	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1982–1999	87.5
247	Hortência Marcari	Basketball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1980–1996	86.5
251	Julio César Chávez	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1980–2005	88.3
258	Hristo Stoichkov	Football	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1984–2003	84.6
260	Sissi Oliveira	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1988–2008	85.6
264	Robert Korzeniowski	Athletics	🇵🇱 Poland	1988–2004	87.0
266	Gheorghe Hagi	Football	🇷🇴 Romania	1982–2001	86.0
275	Héctor Camacho	Boxing	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1980–2010	88.5
295	Kevin McHale	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1993	85.7
301	Doris Fitschen	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–2001	85.5
307	Clyde Drexler	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1998	86.0
309	Virgil Hill	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2007	88.3
312	Robert Prosinečki	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	1986–2004	84.7
313	Sonny Anderson	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1988–2006	85.3
317	Florence Griffith Joyner	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1989	79.9
318	Gail Devers	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2007	86.0

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