#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1321	Paul Pierce	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2017	81.4
1329	Margo Dydek	Basketball	🇵🇱 Poland	1994–2008	81.1
1330	Ricky Hatton	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1997–2012	80.3
1353	Rebecca Lobo	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2003	78.8
1367	Zab Judah	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2019	81.8
1382	Cathy Freeman	Athletics	🇦🇺 Australia	1990–2003	79.7
1384	Jay-Jay Okocha	Football	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1990–2008	79.2
1396	Martin Brodeur	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2015	86.6
1409	Stefano Baldini	Athletics	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2009	81.9
1412	Ludmila Formanová	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czechia	1992–2003	80.0
1414	Barbara Bedford	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2000	79.9
1444	Peja Stojaković	Basketball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1993–2011	80.0
1450	Adrián Annus	Athletics	🇭🇺 Hungary	1993–2007	80.3
1455	Champ Bailey	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2013	85.2
1470	Makhaya Ntini	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1995–2011	81.6
1476	Mia St. John	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2016	81.8
1483	Charline Labonté	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1999–2017	84.7
1486	Scott Niedermayer	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2010	84.8
1487	Shannon Sharpe	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2003	84.9
1495	Dyana Calub	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1996–2004	79.3
1502	Lindsay Benko	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2004	78.8
1507	Derrick Adkins	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2000	77.8
1521	Blanka Vlašić	Athletics	🇭🇷 Croatia	1998–2017	79.2
1524	Jonas Björkman	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1991–2008	82.7
1533	Kelly Holmes	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1993–2005	79.7
1534	Andrés Nocioni	Basketball	🇦🇷 Argentina	1997–2017	80.6
1538	Ralf Bartels	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1998–2012	80.8
1547	Nikolai Valuev	Boxing	🇷🇺 Russia	1993–2009	80.4
1548	Chris Byrd	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2009	80.3
1549	Míchel Salgado	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1994–2012	79.6
1564	Roberta Vinci	Tennis	🇮🇹 Italy	1999–2018	82.4
1565	Chipper Jones	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2012	85.9
1568	Laura Serrano	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1994–2010	80.2
1573	Süreyya Ayhan	Athletics	🇹🇷 Turkey	1999–2005	78.1
1584	Derrick Brooks	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2008	84.2
1589	Sanjay Ayre	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1999–2010	80.4
1597	Brian Dawkins	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2011	84.5
1607	Iryna Sekachova	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1997–2012	81.0
1612	Hayley Wickenheiser	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2017	84.4
1614	Cammi Granato	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2005	83.3
1616	Manny Ramírez	Baseball	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	1993–2011	84.8
1621	Larry Allen	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2007	83.5
1638	Herschelle Gibbs	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1996–2010	80.5
1651	Martina Hingis	Tennis	🇨🇭 Switzerland	1994–2017	80.9
1652	Mariano Rivera	Baseball	🇵🇦 Panama	1990–2013	85.5
1674	Romain Barnier	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	1994–2004	79.3
1683	Marián Hossa	Ice Hockey	🇸🇰 Slovakia	1997–2017	84.3
1684	Jamie Baulch	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1993–2005	79.2
1685	Aleen Bailey	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1999–2012	79.2
1687	Nuno Gomes	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1994–2015	78.9

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