#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
321	Bebeto	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1983–2002	85.0
322	Bixente Lizarazu	Football	🇫🇷 France	1988–2006	85.4
351	Peter Schmeichel	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	1981–2003	85.3
358	Curtly Ambrose	Cricket	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	1988–2000	86.9
375	Rudi Völler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1980–1996	84.8
389	Marco Antonio Barrera	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1989–2011	86.5
392	Orlando Canizales	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1999	86.1
402	Dejan Savićević	Football	🇲🇪 Montenegro	1983–2001	84.0
405	Charmaine Hooper	Football	🇨🇦 Canada	1986–2006	85.1
408	Roberto Baggio	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1982–2004	84.6
413	Lars Riedel	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1988–2006	86.0
421	Khaosai Galaxy	Boxing	🇹🇭 Thailand	1980–1991	84.4
425	David Robinson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2003	85.3
430	Derartu Tulu	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1989–2013	86.6
433	Katrina McClain	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1987–1998	84.6
437	Bernard Hopkins	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2016	88.2
439	Tamás Darnyi	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	1985–1993	82.8
447	Pete Sampras	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2002	87.3
449	Cafu	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1989–2008	85.7
470	Saïd Aouita	Athletics	🇲🇦 Morocco	1983–1993	85.2
479	Waqar Younis	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1989–2003	86.2
494	James Toney	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2017	86.9
501	Humberto González	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1984–1995	84.4
502	Chang Jung-koo	Boxing	🇰🇷 South Korea	1980–1991	84.4
508	Krisztina Egerszegi	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	1988–1996	83.6
510	Kristin Otto	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1982–1989	81.7
524	Lena Videkull	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1985–1996	83.4
527	Evander Holyfield	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2011	86.1
532	Arvydas Sabonis	Basketball	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1981–2005	85.4
547	Jürgen Klinsmann	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1981–1998	84.2
553	Colin Jackson	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1986–2003	85.9
561	Charles Barkley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2000	84.4
562	Scottie Pippen	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2004	85.4
563	Jonathan Edwards	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1988–2003	84.4
565	Sanath Jayasuriya	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1989–2011	87.0
569	Matthias Sammer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1985–1998	81.6
584	Zvonimir Boban	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	1985–2002	83.6
585	Diego Simeone	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1987–2006	84.3
586	Igor Astapkovich	Athletics	🇧🇾 Belarus	1987–2004	85.8
587	Julian Jackson	Boxing	🇻🇮 Virgin Islands	1981–1998	84.6
591	Janet Evans	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1986–1996	83.6
592	Heike Drechsler	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1980–2004	86.1
594	Vlade Divac	Basketball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1986–2005	85.7
595	Steve Backley	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1988–2004	85.9
596	Randy Barnes	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1986–1998	83.5
603	Marieanne Spacey	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1984–2000	83.6
609	Linford Christie	Athletics	🇬🇧 Great Britain	1986–1997	84.6
615	Jerry Rice	American Football	🇺🇸 USA	1985–2004	90.1
616	Oliver Kahn	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1987–2008	83.8
633	Andrey Abduvaliyev	Athletics	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	1988–1999	83.8

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