#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
690	Shaun Pollock	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1995–2008	86.0
691	Harbhajan Singh	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1998–2021	86.0
692	Kevin Pietersen	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2001–2018	84.8
696	Hanif Mohammad	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1952–1969	85.4
697	Júlio César	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1997–2018	83.1
698	Mike Powell	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1996	83.2
699	Gianfranco Zola	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1984–2005	83.6
700	Denis Compton	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1937–1957	84.7
701	Hashim Amla	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	2004–2019	85.6
702	Tracy McGrady	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2013	81.7
703	Salvatore Schillaci	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1982–1999	81.5
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
712	Jack Dillon	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1908–1923	84.7
714	Lou Carnesecca	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1992	85.3
715	Murray Rose	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1956–1964	82.1
716	Kid Gavilán	Boxing	🇨🇺 Cuba	1943–1958	84.7
717	Laurence Doherty	Tennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1896–1906	83.6
718	Dixie Kid	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1899–1914	84.4
720	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1974–1989	82.3
721	Gordie Howe	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1946–1980	90.2
723	Ian Thorpe	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1997–2012	82.2
724	Wayde van Niekerk	Athletics	🇿🇦 South Africa	2010–—	80.7
725	Lennox Lewis	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1989–2003	84.0
726	Kosuke Kitajima	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	1999–2016	83.7
727	Terence Crawford	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	83.1
729	László Kubala	Football	🇭🇺 Hungary	1946–1967	82.6
730	Dwight Howard	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2022	84.2
732	Dave Cowens	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1983	81.8
733	Maurice Cheeks	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1993	84.7
734	Barney Ross	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1929–1938	82.4
736	Buddy Jeannette	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1950	82.9
737	Juan Román Riquelme	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1996–2014	82.5
741	Miguel Canto	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1969–1982	83.9
742	Eugène Criqui	Boxing	🇫🇷 France	1910–1928	84.8
746	Rocky Marciano	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1956	82.5
747	Naoya Inoue	Boxing	🇯🇵 Japan	2012–—	81.6
750	Robert Parish	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1997	86.3
751	Max Schmeling	Boxing	🇩🇪 Germany	1924–1948	84.5
752	Lasith Malinga	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	2004–2021	85.0
753	Billy Cunningham	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1976	81.4
754	Wilfredo Benítez	Boxing	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1973–1990	83.1
755	Kid Chocolate	Boxing	🇨🇺 Cuba	1928–1938	82.7
756	Ross Taylor	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2006–2022	86.6
760	Ralph Boston	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1968	82.8
761	Tyson Gay	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2017	83.0
762	Yohan Blake	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2007–—	83.9
764	Predrag Mijatović	Football	🇲🇪 Montenegro	1987–2004	81.8

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