#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
983	Jeff Chandler	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1984	80.9
984	Colin Blythe	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1899–1914	83.5
986	Wayne Embry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1969	81.7
987	Alan Shearer	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1988–2006	81.5
988	David Rudisha	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2006–2019	82.3
990	Tony Parker	Basketball	🇫🇷 France	1999–2019	83.3
991	Sandy Saddler	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1944–1956	82.7
993	Pipino Cuevas	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1971–1989	82.7
994	VVS Laxman	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1992–2013	84.1
995	Andrew Strauss	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1998–2012	84.1
997	Anthony Ervin	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2016	82.5
999	George Bovell	Swimming	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	2000–2016	83.6
1000	Lou Ambers	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1941	81.7
1001	William Attewell	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1881–1900	84.6
1002	Forrest DeBernardi	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1932	81.0
1003	Babe Ruth	Baseball	🇺🇸 USA	1914–1935	86.4
1004	Kapil Dev	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1975–1994	84.7
1005	Kipchoge Keino	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1962–1973	81.1
1006	Shahid Afridi	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1995–2018	84.9
1009	Tom Jager	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1992	81.2
1011	Oleksandr Bagach	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1988–2004	83.5
1012	Ian Bell	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2001–2020	84.8
1013	Roy Keane	Football	🇮🇪 Ireland	1990–2006	80.9
1014	Carles Puyol	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1999–2014	81.5
1015	Adam Gilchrist	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1992–2013	83.5
1016	Léon Marchand	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	2019–—	79.2
1017	Gary Payton	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2007	82.8
1018	Javed Miandad	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1975–1996	84.9
1020	Draymond Green	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2012–—	82.6
1021	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Basketball	🇨🇦 Canada	2018–—	78.2
1024	Arthur Ashe	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1980	83.8
1025	George McGinnis	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1982	80.4
1026	Bob Lanier	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1984	82.0
1027	Billy Conn	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1948	81.7
1029	Lou Groza	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1967	88.9
1030	Caleb Baldwin	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1786–1816	82.8
1033	Yuri Bashkatov	Swimming	🇧🇾 Belarus	1986–1993	81.0
1034	Bill Bradley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1977	81.1
1035	Patrick Vieira	Football	🇫🇷 France	1994–2011	81.4
1036	John McEnroe	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1994	83.9
1037	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1993–2012	80.5
1038	Claude Makélélé	Football	🇫🇷 France	1991–2011	82.1
1039	Pierre Littbarski	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1978–1997	82.3
1041	Calvin Murphy	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1983	82.4
1042	Jimmy McLarnin	Boxing	🇮🇪 Ireland	1923–1936	81.7
1043	Sourav Ganguly	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1992–2008	84.5
1044	Bishan Singh Bedi	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1966–1981	83.9
1045	Andrew Flintoff	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1995–2010	82.5
1047	Curly Lambeau	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1919–1953	87.8
1048	Emilio Butragueño	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1982–1998	80.5

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