#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
82	Xavi Hernández	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1998–2019	88.6
83	Tim Duncan	Basketball	🇻🇮 United States	1997–2016	90.4
85	John Havlicek	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1978	89.9
87	Sergei Belov	Basketball	🇷🇺 Russia	1964–1980	88.7
89	Michael Johnson	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2001	87.3
91	N'Golo Kanté	Football	🇫🇷 France	2012–—	87.5
93	Lothar Matthäus	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–2000	89.0
95	Don Nelson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–2010	90.6
96	Marcel Desailly	Football	🇫🇷 France	1986–2006	88.4
97	Nikos Galis	Basketball	🇬🇷 Greece	1979–1994	87.6
98	Dražen Dalipagić	Basketball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1971–1991	89.0
99	Leonardo Bonucci	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2005–2024	88.3
100	Diego Forlán	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	1997–2019	87.9
103	Roy Jones Jr.	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2018	89.1
104	Eusébio	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1960–1979	87.3
105	Stephen Curry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	88.4
106	Dani Alves	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2001–2023	89.1
107	David Villa	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2000–2019	87.5
110	Michel Platini	Football	🇫🇷 France	1972–1987	86.9
111	Oleg Blokhin	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1969–1990	88.1
113	Donald Bradman	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1928–1948	87.7
114	Oscar Robertson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1974	87.8
115	Dida	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1992–2015	87.6
117	Shaquille O'Neal	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2011	87.7
118	Luís Figo	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1989–2009	87.9
119	Yuriy Sedykh	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1974–1992	88.7
121	Joe Louis	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1951	89.2
124	Thomas Hearns	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1977–2006	88.8
125	Harry Greb	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1913–1926	88.6
126	Larry Holmes	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1973–2002	89.5
127	Ousmane Dembélé	Football	🇫🇷 France	2014–—	86.1
128	Marco Verratti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	87.3
131	Paco Gento	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1952–1971	87.6
133	Michael Gross	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1981–1991	88.0
134	Fabio Cannavaro	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1992–2011	87.2
135	Joe Gans	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1891–1909	88.7
136	Sam Jones	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1957–1969	87.9
137	Walt Frazier	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	87.2
140	Mutaz Essa Barshim	Athletics	🇶🇦 Qatar	2010–—	88.9
141	Larry Brown	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–2016	89.5
142	Henrik Larsson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1992–2013	87.7
143	Romelu Lukaku	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2009–—	87.1
148	Roger Federer	Tennis	🇨🇭 Switzerland	1998–2022	91.2
149	Karl Malone	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2004	89.3
150	Wally Hammond	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1920–1951	90.3
152	Jason Kidd	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2013	89.1
153	Robert Finke	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2018–—	87.4
155	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1999–2023	88.5
156	Luka Modrić	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	2003–—	87.7
157	Kenny Dalglish	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1971–1990	87.5

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