#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1049	Mahmoud El Khatib	Football	🇪🇬 Egypt	1972–1988	80.8
1050	Claudio Bravo	Football	🇨🇱 Chile	2002–2024	82.0
1052	Carmen Basilio	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1961	82.1
1053	Sammy Baugh	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1937–1952	86.7
1056	Sebastian Larsson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2005–2023	82.4
1057	George Weah	Football	🇱🇷 Liberia	1985–2003	79.9
1059	Mo Farah	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2001–2023	83.6
1060	Allen Iverson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2011	81.4
1061	Alex Ovechkin	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	2001–—	87.3
1062	Vince Carter	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2020	84.5
1064	Ian Chappell	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1962–1980	83.5
1065	Brendon McCullum	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2001–2016	83.4
1067	Majid Khan	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1961–1985	84.2
1069	Lenny Krayzelburg	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2004	79.7
1070	Qin Haiyang	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2017–—	79.6
1071	Slater Martin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1960	81.7
1073	John Newcombe	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1960–1981	83.9
1074	Ashley Callus	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1998–2012	82.6
1075	Ingemar Johansson	Boxing	🇸🇪 Sweden	1952–1963	80.6
1076	Mike Gibbons	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1908–1922	82.2
1078	Gene Tunney	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1915–1928	80.7
1079	Winky Wright	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2012	82.7
1080	Edgar Davids	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1991–2014	81.0
1081	Roland Schoeman	Swimming	🇿🇦 South Africa	2000–2021	83.0
1082	Dániel Gyurta	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	2004–2016	81.6
1085	Viacheslav Fetisov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1974–1998	87.4
1086	Otto Graham	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1955	84.7
1087	Bruce Matthews	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–2001	88.4
1088	George Duckworth	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1923–1947	84.9
1091	Joe Frazier	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1981	81.1
1092	Jack Dempsey	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1914–1927	81.4
1094	Asafa Powell	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2001–2020	83.5
1095	Christian Olsson	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1997–2011	80.8
1097	Angelo Mathews	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	2008–—	84.6
1098	Nwankwo Kanu	Football	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1993–2012	81.5
1099	Bruce Grobbelaar	Football	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1979–1998	81.5
1100	Bruno Fernandes	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2012–—	80.2
1102	Clyde Lovellette	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1953–1964	80.7
1106	Didier Drogba	Football	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	1998–2018	80.2
1109	Mehdi Baala	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1997–2012	82.8
1113	Michael Laudrup	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	1981–1998	80.7
1114	Willie Mays	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1973	88.1
1115	Anil Kumble	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1989–2008	84.0
1116	Abebe Bikila	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1956–1969	80.4
1117	Klay Thompson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	81.0
1119	Neil Johnston	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1951–1959	77.6
1120	Zelmo Beaty	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1975	81.2
1122	Misbah-ul-Haq	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1998–2017	83.7
1124	Jan Vertonghen	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2006–2025	82.1
1127	Dave Bing	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1978	80.7

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