#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
911	Jackie Fields	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1924–1933	82.2
912	Eddie Booker	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1944	82.2
917	Hugo Sánchez	Football	🇲🇽 Mexico	1976–1997	81.8
918	Bastian Schweinsteiger	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2019	81.9
919	Andre Agassi	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2006	85.7
920	Kumar Sangakkara	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1997–2015	85.0
921	Rahul Dravid	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1996–2012	85.4
922	Rubén Olivares	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1965–1988	83.4
924	Les Ames	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1926–1951	84.9
925	Mark Boucher	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1996–2012	85.3
926	Tom Gola	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1952–1966	81.9
927	Mark Waugh	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1985–2004	85.2
928	Justin Langer	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1991–2009	85.2
930	Radivoj Korać	Basketball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1958–1969	81.0
931	Warwick Armstrong	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1902–1921	84.4
932	Ismael Laguna	Boxing	🇵🇦 Panama	1961–1971	81.9
933	Mohinder Amarnath	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1968–1994	85.2
935	Sergio Agüero	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2003–2021	81.1
936	Dennis Bergkamp	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1986–2006	82.1
939	Pernell Whitaker	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2001	82.6
940	Dale Steyn	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	2004–2021	83.6
941	Richard Hadlee	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1972–1990	83.6
943	Pieter van den Hoogenband	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1995–2008	81.9
945	Daniel Vettori	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1996–2015	85.6
946	Alexis Sánchez	Football	🇨🇱 Chile	2005–—	82.1
948	Gary Hall Jr.	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2004	81.9
949	Michael Klim	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1996–2007	81.9
950	Dwight Phillips	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2013	83.0
951	Jeff Fenech	Boxing	🇦🇺 Australia	1984–2008	81.4
952	Wilfred Benítez	Boxing	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1973–1990	81.0
953	Geoffrey Boycott	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1964–1986	85.6
954	Allan Donald	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1991–2003	82.9
955	Doug Harvey	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1947–1969	87.2
956	Shikhar Dhawan	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2004–2024	84.6
957	David Denton	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1894–1920	85.6
958	Jimmy Cook	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1972–1994	85.1
959	Patrick Ewing	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2002	83.1
960	Toni Kukoč	Basketball	🇭🇷 Croatia	1985–2006	83.3
961	Pauleta	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1993–2008	81.9
963	Hernán Crespo	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1993–2012	81.3
965	Charles Cooper	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1929–1946	82.0
966	Reginald Doherty	Tennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1894–1906	83.4
969	Arturo Gatti	Boxing	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2007	83.4
970	Jimmy Bivins	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1955	83.7
972	Youri Djorkaeff	Football	🇫🇷 France	1984–2006	82.7
974	Marcel Cerdan	Boxing	🇫🇷 France	1934–1949	81.2
975	Nino Benvenuti	Boxing	🇮🇹 Italy	1960–1971	81.8
978	Abdul Qadir	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1975–1993	83.4
980	Daniel Komen	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1994–2003	80.8
981	John Beckman	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1910–1932	82.2

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