#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
236	Gianluca Zambrotta	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1994–2014	86.3
239	Dirk Nowitzki	Basketball	🇩🇪 Germany	1998–2019	88.4
248	Ryan Giggs	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	1990–2014	88.3
261	Victoria Svensson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1996–2009	85.8
276	Giovane Élber	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2006	85.7
277	Homare Sawa	Football	🇯🇵 Japan	1991–2015	86.2
279	Jenny Thompson	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2004	87.2
283	Steffi Jones	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1993–2007	85.3
288	Thierry Henry	Football	🇫🇷 France	1994–2014	85.1
289	Kevin Garnett	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2016	87.6
299	Therese Sjögran	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1997–2015	86.9
320	Virgilijus Alekna	Athletics	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1993–2012	87.3
324	Marco Materazzi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2011	85.2
332	Alexander Popov	Swimming	🇷🇺 Russia	1990–2004	86.0
333	Roberto Carlos	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1991–2015	85.9
336	Franziska van Almsick	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1991–2004	86.2
338	Karen Rolton	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1995–2009	87.6
341	Filippo Inzaghi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2012	85.3
348	Raúl González	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1994–2015	85.9
349	Shane Warne	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1991–2013	88.1
350	Muttiah Muralitharan	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1991–2011	88.1
353	Yana Klochkova	Swimming	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1996–2008	84.9
354	Pavel Nedvěd	Football	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1991–2009	84.7
357	Vitali Klitschko	Boxing	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1996–2012	86.1
366	Francesco Totti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1992–2017	86.4
373	Iván Pedroso	Athletics	🇨🇺 Cuba	1990–2007	86.7
379	Andrea Pirlo	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1995–2017	85.3
383	Lilian Thuram	Football	🇫🇷 France	1991–2008	85.7
388	Cathryn Fitzpatrick	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1991–2007	87.7
391	Grant Hill	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2013	85.8
394	Gro Espeseth	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	1990–2001	84.2
395	Alessandro Nesta	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2014	84.9
397	Matthew Hayden	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1991–2009	86.9
398	Virender Sehwag	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1997–2015	86.8
409	Samuel Eto'o	Football	🇨🇲 Cameroon	1997–2019	84.5
418	Clarence Seedorf	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1992–2014	86.0
419	Paul Tergat	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1992–2009	86.6
445	Chauncey Billups	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2014	85.5
446	Kate Markgraf	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2010	84.4
448	Lisa Leslie	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2009	84.8
450	Miroslav Klose	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1999–2016	84.6
459	Alessandro Del Piero	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2014	85.6
473	Frank Lampard	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1995–2017	85.2
482	Alonzo Mourning	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2008	83.8
488	Katia Cilene	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2012	84.4
506	Jacques Kallis	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1995–2014	88.1
512	Chris Gayle	Cricket	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1998–2021	87.3
517	Deco	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1997–2013	83.2
523	Shannon MacMillan	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2005	83.6
534	Kieren Perkins	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1990–2000	83.1

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