#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
541	Malin Andersson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1990–2007	84.7
551	Tatyana Lebedeva	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	1997–2013	85.3
555	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	Cricket	🇬🇾 Guyana	1994–2015	88.3
558	Rachel Yankey	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1996–2016	84.7
560	Paul Scholes	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1993–2013	84.8
564	David Trezeguet	Football	🇫🇷 France	1993–2015	84.1
572	Donovan Bailey	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2001	83.3
576	Hicham El Guerrouj	Athletics	🇲🇦 Morocco	1992–2006	85.0
581	Claire Taylor	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1998–2011	86.0
583	Nourredine Morceli	Athletics	🇩🇿 Algeria	1990–2000	84.6
588	Sandrine Soubeyrand	Football	🇫🇷 France	1997–2016	85.2
599	Antje Buschschulte	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1994–2008	85.7
606	Grant Hackett	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1996–2016	84.7
608	Christine Arron	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1993–2012	85.3
618	Brian Lara	Cricket	🏴 West Indies	1990–2007	85.7
620	Tina Thompson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2013	85.2
621	Katie Smith	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2013	85.7
625	Graeme Smith	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1999–2014	86.4
638	Steven Gerrard	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1998–2016	83.7
639	Ricky Ponting	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1992–2013	86.8
648	Sonia Bompastor	Football	🇫🇷 France	1997–2013	83.9
674	Leisel Jones	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1998–2012	84.0
677	Nadzeya Astapchuk	Athletics	🇧🇾 Belarus	1998–2015	85.1
678	Robert Pirès	Football	🇫🇷 France	1992–2015	82.9
685	Cheryl Salisbury	Football	🇦🇺 Australia	1994–2009	83.9
689	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1991–2007	86.4
690	Shaun Pollock	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1995–2008	86.0
691	Harbhajan Singh	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1998–2021	86.0
697	Júlio César	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1997–2018	83.1
702	Tracy McGrady	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2013	81.7
704	Kim Källström	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1999–2018	83.7
707	Javier Zanetti	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1992–2014	85.6
708	Steve Nash	Basketball	🇨🇦 Canada	1996–2015	84.6
710	Mahela Jayawardene	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1995–2015	86.3
719	Nia Künzer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1997–2008	81.7
723	Ian Thorpe	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1997–2012	82.2
726	Kosuke Kitajima	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	1999–2016	83.7
731	Regina Halmich	Boxing	🇩🇪 Germany	1994–2007	84.3
737	Juan Román Riquelme	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1996–2014	82.5
740	Susie O'Neill	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1990–2000	83.7
757	Marcela Acuña	Boxing	🇦🇷 Argentina	1997–2019	85.9
758	Mariana Juárez	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1998–2023	85.9
779	Chamique Holdsclaw	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2010	82.4
786	Lauren Jackson	Basketball	🇦🇺 Australia	1997–2023	82.7
787	Wilson Kipketer	Athletics	🇩🇰 Denmark	1990–2005	82.8
789	Mohammad Yousuf	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1998–2010	84.2
803	Moses Kiptanui	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1990–1999	82.1
804	Kostya Tszyu	Boxing	🇦🇺 Australia	1992–2005	82.8
808	Jason Lezak	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2012	83.2
821	Kajsa Bergqvist	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2008	83.2

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