#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
649	Chris Mullin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2001	84.0
659	Raí	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1984–2000	83.2
669	Šarūnas Marčiulionis	Basketball	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1981–1997	83.7
676	Aravinda de Silva	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1984–2003	86.4
684	Rick Carey	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1988	81.6
698	Mike Powell	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1996	83.2
699	Gianfranco Zola	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1984–2005	83.6
703	Salvatore Schillaci	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1982–1999	81.5
725	Lennox Lewis	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1989–2003	84.0
735	Inha Babakova	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1986–2004	85.1
764	Predrag Mijatović	Football	🇲🇪 Montenegro	1987–2004	81.8
770	Courtney Walsh	Cricket	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1981–2001	86.5
790	Arjuna Ranatunga	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1982–2000	86.0
792	Sally Gunnell	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1984–1997	82.9
794	Emmanuel Petit	Football	🇫🇷 France	1988–2004	82.2
800	Isiah Thomas	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1994	83.0
801	Matt Biondi	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1992	81.9
813	Mike Barrowman	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1988–1992	80.1
851	Joe Dumars	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1985–1999	83.5
854	Wasim Akram	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1984–2003	85.1
855	Laurent Blanc	Football	🇫🇷 France	1983–2003	83.0
867	Tim Hardaway	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2003	82.3
885	Werner Günthör	Athletics	🇨🇭 Switzerland	1982–1993	82.1
894	Linda Hamilton	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–1995	81.0
895	Ronald Koeman	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1980–1997	82.5
901	Patrik Sjöberg	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1981–1997	82.8
909	Roger Black	Athletics	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1986–1998	83.2
919	Andre Agassi	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2006	85.7
927	Mark Waugh	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1985–2004	85.2
934	Conny van Bentum	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1980–1992	83.3
936	Dennis Bergkamp	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1986–2006	82.1
937	Cynthia Cooper	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2003	80.9
939	Pernell Whitaker	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2001	82.6
951	Jeff Fenech	Boxing	🇦🇺 Australia	1984–2008	81.4
959	Patrick Ewing	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2002	83.1
960	Toni Kukoč	Basketball	🇭🇷 Croatia	1985–2006	83.3
964	Ludmila Engquist	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1987–1999	82.5
972	Youri Djorkaeff	Football	🇫🇷 France	1984–2006	82.7
982	Cheryl Miller	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1982–1986	77.1
987	Alan Shearer	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1988–2006	81.5
1009	Tom Jager	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1992	81.2
1011	Oleksandr Bagach	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1988–2004	83.5
1019	Marie-José Pérec	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1988–1999	80.3
1033	Yuri Bashkatov	Swimming	🇧🇾 Belarus	1986–1993	81.0
1048	Emilio Butragueño	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1982–1998	80.5
1057	George Weah	Football	🇱🇷 Liberia	1985–2003	79.9
1087	Bruce Matthews	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–2001	88.4
1105	Katia Serra	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1987–2006	81.8
1111	Karin Brienesse	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1986–1996	81.7
1113	Michael Laudrup	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	1981–1998	80.7

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