#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
935	Sergio Agüero	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2003–2021	81.1
940	Dale Steyn	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	2004–2021	83.6
944	Cappie Pondexter	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2018	82.7
946	Alexis Sánchez	Football	🇨🇱 Chile	2005–—	82.1
950	Dwight Phillips	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2013	83.0
956	Shikhar Dhawan	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2004–2024	84.6
967	Natalya Antyukh	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	2001–2014	82.5
979	Steph Houghton	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2006–2024	82.4
985	Elisa Bartoli	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2007–—	82.0
988	David Rudisha	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2006–2019	82.3
996	Maren Mjelde	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	2005–—	83.2
999	George Bovell	Swimming	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	2000–2016	83.6
1007	Laure Manaudou	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	2003–2013	80.8
1012	Ian Bell	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2001–2020	84.8
1023	Harmanpreet Kaur	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2009–—	84.0
1028	Holly Holm	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2013	81.8
1032	Ilaria Mauro	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2004–2021	81.9
1050	Claudio Bravo	Football	🇨🇱 Chile	2002–2024	82.0
1051	Femke Heemskerk	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2005–—	84.3
1054	Elvan Abeylegesse	Athletics	🇹🇷 Turkey	2001–2012	81.3
1056	Sebastian Larsson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2005–2023	82.4
1059	Mo Farah	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2001–2023	83.6
1061	Alex Ovechkin	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	2001–—	87.3
1065	Brendon McCullum	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2001–2016	83.4
1066	Sana Mir	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2005–2019	84.4
1072	Genzebe Dibaba	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2008–2021	82.6
1081	Roland Schoeman	Swimming	🇿🇦 South Africa	2000–2021	83.0
1082	Dániel Gyurta	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	2004–2016	81.6
1089	Veronika Andrusenko	Swimming	🇷🇺 Russia	2008–2021	82.6
1093	Federica Pellegrini	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2003–2021	83.1
1094	Asafa Powell	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2001–2020	83.5
1097	Angelo Mathews	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	2008–—	84.6
1108	Angel McCoughtry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–2022	80.1
1121	Jackie Nava	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	2002–2022	82.8
1123	Dane van Niekerk	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	2009–2023	83.3
1124	Jan Vertonghen	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2006–2025	82.1
1141	Yannick Agnel	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	2008–2016	78.7
1144	Marek Hamšík	Football	🇸🇰 Slovakia	2004–2023	81.5
1147	Rebecca Soni	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2012	78.2
1158	Steve Smith	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2008–—	82.5
1159	Jhulan Goswami	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2002–2022	84.6
1164	Murielle Ahouré	Athletics	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	2008–—	82.5
1182	Kirani James	Athletics	🇬🇩 Grenada	2009–—	81.6
1184	Deontay Wilder	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	81.4
1196	Alexander Ovechkin	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	2005–—	87.2
1199	Eden Hazard	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2007–2023	78.8
1201	Danny García	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2007–—	82.2
1202	Mignon du Preez	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	2007–2023	83.7
1217	Jessica Beard	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2009–2021	82.3
1239	DeMar DeRozan	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	82.1

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