#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
765	Charley Burley	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1950	83.4
766	Johnny Briggs	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1879–1900	85.7
767	Jem Carney	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1876–1891	83.8
768	Billy Graham	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1941–1955	85.0
770	Courtney Walsh	Cricket	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1981–2001	86.5
771	Carlos Zárate	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1970–1988	82.9
772	Trent Boult	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2011–—	84.6
776	Gervonta Davis	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	82.6
777	Michael Clarke	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2003–2015	84.7
778	Zaheer Abbas	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1969–1985	85.2
781	Gene Fullmer	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1963	83.5
782	Curtis Cokes	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1972	83.8
784	Imran Khan	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1971–1992	85.6
785	MS Dhoni	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2004–2020	85.3
787	Wilson Kipketer	Athletics	🇩🇰 Denmark	1990–2005	82.8
789	Mohammad Yousuf	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1998–2010	84.2
790	Arjuna Ranatunga	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1982–2000	86.0
791	Ricardo Carvalho	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2000–2017	82.8
793	Bobby McDermott	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1933–1950	82.1
794	Emmanuel Petit	Football	🇫🇷 France	1988–2004	82.2
795	Colin Cowdrey	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1954–1975	86.8
796	Jeff Dujon	Cricket	🇯🇲 West Indies	1974–1993	85.9
798	Caeleb Dressel	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	81.9
799	Ken Rosewall	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1951–1980	87.0
800	Isiah Thomas	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1994	83.0
801	Matt Biondi	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1992	81.9
802	José Nápoles	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1958–1975	83.8
803	Moses Kiptanui	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1990–1999	82.1
804	Kostya Tszyu	Boxing	🇦🇺 Australia	1992–2005	82.8
805	Jersey Joe Walcott	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1953	85.0
806	Guillermo Rigondeaux	Boxing	🇨🇺 Cuba	2009–—	83.3
807	Tim Southee	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2008–2024	86.4
808	Jason Lezak	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2012	83.2
810	Fighting Harada	Boxing	🇯🇵 Japan	1960–1970	82.4
811	Connie Hawkins	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1976	81.3
812	Jean Borotra	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1922–1956	86.6
813	Mike Barrowman	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1988–1992	80.1
814	Mike Donovan	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1866–1891	84.3
816	George Foreman	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1997	85.4
817	Ashton Eaton	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2016	82.1
818	Wes Unseld	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1981	83.0
820	Safet Sušić	Football	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	1974–1991	82.9
822	Yoko Gushiken	Boxing	🇯🇵 Japan	1974–1981	82.0
823	Pop Gates	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1955	83.6
824	Al Cervi	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1937–1953	83.3
827	Mel Daniels	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1977	81.5
828	Mark Johnson	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2006	83.5
830	Ivan Lendl	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czechia	1978–1994	85.6
831	Jimmy Connors	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1996	86.4
832	Sebastian Coe	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1975–1990	83.4

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