#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
480	Fernando Torres	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2001–2019	83.1
483	Rebecca Adlington	Swimming	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2004–2013	83.7
486	Laura Georges	Football	🇫🇷 France	2001–2018	84.8
487	Erika Cristiano	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2006–—	84.8
490	Katinka Hosszú	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	2004–2023	86.5
493	Irene Paredes	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2008–—	84.3
496	Carlos Tévez	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2001–2022	84.2
500	Miguel Cotto	Boxing	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	2001–2017	85.1
511	Marta Torrejón	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2005–—	85.4
513	Sophie Devine	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2006–—	86.9
514	Sarah Taylor	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2006–2019	86.7
522	Élodie Thomis	Football	🇫🇷 France	2004–2017	83.9
526	Tamika Catchings	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2016	85.7
530	Thiago Silva	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2004–—	84.7
531	Jennifer Hermoso	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2008–—	84.3
536	Naoko Fujioka	Boxing	🇯🇵 Japan	2009–—	85.8
539	Daniele De Rossi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2001–2019	84.9
542	Sofia Jakobsson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2007–—	84.4
545	Wayne Rooney	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	2002–2021	84.5
548	Sanya Richards-Ross	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2016	85.0
554	Swin Cash	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2016	84.9
559	Kheira Hamraoui	Football	🇫🇷 France	2007–—	84.1
574	Paul Biedermann	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2016	84.4
575	Alain Bernard	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	2002–2012	83.7
577	Edinson Cavani	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	2006–—	84.4
579	Alia Atkinson	Swimming	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2002–2022	86.2
589	Chris Paul	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2005–—	85.9
590	Katie Taylor	Boxing	🇮🇪 Ireland	2001–—	85.4
593	Caster Semenya	Athletics	🇿🇦 South Africa	2008–—	84.2
600	Gaëtane Thiney	Football	🇫🇷 France	2005–2023	84.0
604	Dwyane Wade	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2019	84.3
607	Franck Ribéry	Football	🇫🇷 France	2000–2022	83.2
612	Karen Carney	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2005–2019	84.0
619	Ryan Lochte	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2021	85.2
622	Renaud Lavillenie	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	2005–—	85.2
623	Carl Froch	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2002–2014	84.9
626	Ravindra Jadeja	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2006–—	86.1
627	Marizanne Kapp	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	2009–—	86.2
630	Nadine Keßler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–2016	81.2
636	Claudio Marchisio	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2006–2019	83.2
644	Alex Blackwell	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2003–2018	87.0
645	Sergey Kovalev	Boxing	🇷🇺 Russia	2009–2019	84.0
653	Isabell Herlovsen	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	2004–2021	83.8
656	Candace Parker	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2023	84.1
660	Alyssa Healy	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2007–—	85.2
665	Ellen White	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2005–2022	82.7
675	Seimone Augustus	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2020	84.2
679	Arturo Vidal	Football	🇨🇱 Chile	2006–—	83.7
680	Robert Harting	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2018	83.9
692	Kevin Pietersen	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2001–2018	84.8

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