#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1128	Richie Benaud	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1952–1964	82.4
1129	Alec Bedser	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1946–1960	81.9
1130	John Bromwich	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1937–1954	84.2
1131	Adrian Quist	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1933–1950	84.2
1132	Fred Apostoli	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1948	81.4
1133	Paul Collingwood	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1996–2018	84.6
1134	Mushtaq Ahmed	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1986–2006	83.8
1135	Yohann Ndoye-Brouard	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	2018–—	80.8
1137	Jaromír Jágr	Ice Hockey	🇨🇿 Czechia	1988–2024	88.2
1138	Hank Aaron	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1976	88.5
1139	Roy Emerson	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1953–1983	84.4
1140	Oscar De La Hoya	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2008	82.1
1141	Yannick Agnel	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	2008–2016	78.7
1142	Sergei Makarov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1976–1997	86.2
1143	Tony Gonzalez	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2013	87.3
1144	Marek Hamšík	Football	🇸🇰 Slovakia	2004–2023	81.5
1146	Tom Dolan	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2002	80.1
1148	Lee Evans	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1972	78.9
1149	Bernard King	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1993	80.5
1150	Larry Myricks	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1992	82.7
1151	Bobby Chacon	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1988	82.0
1152	Darrell Green	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–2002	88.2
1153	Terry Alderman	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1974–1993	82.5
1154	Dennis Amiss	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1960–1987	84.7
1155	Martin Bicknell	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1986–2006	84.4
1156	Saad Al-Asmari	Athletics	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	1993–2006	83.0
1158	Steve Smith	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2008–—	82.5
1161	Michael Ballack	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1995–2012	80.4
1162	Alberto Juantorena	Athletics	🇨🇺 Cuba	1971–1984	80.6
1163	Tony Zale	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1948	80.7
1167	Paul George	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2010–—	81.3
1168	Wang Shun	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2011–—	82.0
1170	Chase Kalisz	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	81.7
1171	Ken Buchanan	Boxing	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1965–1982	81.5
1172	Michael Carbajal	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1989–1999	80.4
1173	Donald Curry	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1997	80.3
1174	Ken Barrington	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1955–1968	81.8
1175	Red Kelly	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1947–1967	87.1
1176	Arthur Gore	Tennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1888–1927	85.6
1177	Mel Blount	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1983	86.2
1178	Jack Blackham	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1874–1894	83.3
1180	Erik Morales	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1993–2012	82.4
1181	Ben Wallace	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2012	81.3
1182	Kirani James	Athletics	🇬🇩 Grenada	2009–—	81.6
1184	Deontay Wilder	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	81.4
1185	Vic Seixas	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1969	84.7
1186	James J. Corbett	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1885–1903	80.2
1187	Mark Aguirre	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1994	80.6
1188	Naseem Hamed	Boxing	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1992–2002	79.6
1189	Mohammad Azharuddin	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1984–2000	82.9

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