#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1254	Mohammad Rizwan	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2015–—	81.3
1255	Richie Guerin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1970	80.5
1256	Julius Peppers	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2018	86.8
1258	John Terry	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1998–2018	80.7
1259	Luka Dončić	Basketball	🇸🇮 Slovenia	2015–—	78.4
1260	Dennis Rodman	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2000	80.1
1261	Dennis Lillee	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1969–1988	81.2
1262	Lenny Wilkens	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1975	82.2
1263	Joe Fulks	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1954	76.8
1266	Gus Johnson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1973	79.4
1267	Buddy McGirt	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1982–1997	81.8
1268	Pär Arvidsson	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	1976–1984	78.6
1270	John Hencken	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1976	78.1
1272	Lleyton Hewitt	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1998–2020	83.2
1273	Pete Maravich	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1980	78.0
1274	Gottfried von Cramm	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1932–1953	82.7
1278	Len Braund	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1896–1920	83.4
1280	Peyton Manning	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2015	85.5
1281	Ty Cobb	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1905–1928	87.4
1283	Michael Spinks	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1988	79.5
1284	Kyrie Irving	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	80.2
1285	Glenn Hall	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1952–1971	85.5
1286	Mohammed Ahmed	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	2009–—	81.7
1287	Carl Braun	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1962	81.5
1288	Aleksandr Averbukh	Athletics	🇮🇱 Israel	1994–2009	81.9
1290	Kriss Akabusi	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1983–1993	80.8
1291	Tamim Iqbal	Cricket	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	2007–2023	83.2
1292	Davor Šuker	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	1989–2003	78.5
1293	Kosuke Hagino	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	2012–2021	79.5
1295	Duncan Scott	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2016–—	80.7
1297	George Hainsworth	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1926–1937	83.9
1298	Bobby Riggs	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1959	81.9
1299	Randy Williams	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1984	79.9
1300	Ken McGregor	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1946–1956	81.5
1301	Jimmy Binks	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1955–1969	84.2
1302	Glen Chapple	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1992–2016	84.1
1303	Mike Tyson	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2005	79.3
1304	Rohit Sharma	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2007–—	82.0
1308	Thomas Ceccon	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2018–—	77.2
1309	Daniil Medvedev	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	2014–—	81.5
1310	Hank Luisetti	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1941	75.7
1311	Oscar Charleston	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1915–1941	86.4
1312	Selemon Barega	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2016–—	81.0
1313	Saqlain Mushtaq	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1994–2008	80.7
1314	Joaquín Sánchez	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1999–2023	82.4
1315	Ace Gruenig	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1948	80.3
1317	Ron Francis	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1981–2004	87.2
1318	Bernie Geoffrion	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1950–1968	85.2
1319	Rio Ferdinand	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1996–2015	80.4
1320	AB de Villiers	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	2004–2021	81.8

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