#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
835	Lasse Virén	Athletics	🇫🇮 Finland	1969–1980	81.4
840	Michael Holding	Cricket	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1972–1989	83.4
842	Ilie Năstase	Tennis	🇷🇴 Romania	1966–1985	85.3
843	Jermell Charlo	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2007–—	83.1
844	Yuvraj Singh	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2000–2019	84.3
849	Don Schollander	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1968	80.3
851	Joe Dumars	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1985–1999	83.5
852	Michael Owen	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1996–2013	80.3
853	Alessandro Andrei	Athletics	🇮🇹 Italy	1979–1993	82.9
854	Wasim Akram	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1984–2003	85.1
855	Laurent Blanc	Football	🇫🇷 France	1983–2003	83.0
856	Justin Gatlin	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2022	84.6
858	Vasyl Lomachenko	Boxing	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2013–—	81.0
860	Gail Goodrich	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1979	83.2
861	David Gower	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1975–1993	85.2
862	Vincent Kompany	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2003–2019	81.2
865	Dave DeBusschere	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1974	82.5
866	Nat Holman	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1916–1933	82.3
867	Tim Hardaway	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2003	82.3
870	Glenn McGrath	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1992–2007	84.5
871	James Harden	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	83.0
872	Sunil Gavaskar	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1971–1987	84.8
876	Abedi Pelé	Football	🇬🇭 Ghana	1978–2000	81.8
877	Alain Giresse	Football	🇫🇷 France	1970–1988	83.2
878	Stefan Holm	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1993–2008	83.3
879	Peter Jackson	Boxing	🇦🇺 Australia	1882–1899	82.9
880	Fazal Mahmood	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1952–1962	83.0
881	Lefty Driesell	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–2003	85.1
882	Radamel Falcao	Football	🇨🇴 Colombia	2005–2024	81.1
883	Rui Costa	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1990–2008	82.3
885	Werner Günthör	Athletics	🇨🇭 Switzerland	1982–1993	82.1
886	Walt Bellamy	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1975	83.0
887	Fredrik Ljungberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2012	82.2
888	Sammy Angott	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1950	83.5
889	Federico Chiesa	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2016–—	80.9
890	Olof Mellberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1995–2013	82.7
895	Ronald Koeman	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1980–1997	82.5
896	Marvelous Marvin Hagler	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1987	83.2
897	Russell Westbrook	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	83.3
898	Erling Haaland	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	2016–—	77.9
899	Harry Kane	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2011–—	81.4
900	Juan Manuel Márquez	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1993–2014	84.4
901	Patrik Sjöberg	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1981–1997	82.8
903	Charles Austin	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2001	82.5
904	Errol Spence Jr	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2012–—	82.0
905	Jack McCracken	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1930–1946	82.9
906	James Beckford	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1993–2007	83.7
908	Fred Perry	Tennis	🇬🇧 Great Britain	1929–1956	83.5
909	Roger Black	Athletics	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1986–1998	83.2
910	Pone Kingpetch	Boxing	🇹🇭 Thailand	1957–1966	82.0

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