#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1384	Jay-Jay Okocha	Football	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1990–2008	79.2
1386	Brendan Hansen	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2012	80.6
1387	Martin Crowe	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1982–1995	81.2
1388	Bob Lilly	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1974	84.9
1389	Robin Backhaus	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1976	77.7
1390	Bob Appleyard	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1950–1958	79.3
1391	Fred Alexander	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1921	83.3
1392	Mervyn Rose	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1949–1959	81.9
1393	Al Attles	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1971	80.2
1394	Roger Blunt	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1917–1936	82.1
1395	Sidney Crosby	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	2005–—	85.7
1396	Martin Brodeur	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2015	86.6
1397	Jean Béliveau	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1950–1971	85.5
1398	Cy Young	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1890–1911	86.8
1400	Jayson Tatum	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	77.3
1401	Kevin Love	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	80.6
1402	Alan Page	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1981	84.8
1406	Justin Tucker	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2012–2024	84.7
1407	David Wilkie	Swimming	🇬🇧 Great Britain	1970–1976	77.7
1408	Gunnar Larsson	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	1968–1974	77.3
1409	Stefano Baldini	Athletics	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2009	81.9
1410	Nigel Benn	Boxing	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1987–1996	78.6
1411	Saeed Anwar	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1989–2003	80.7
1413	Stéphan Caron	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	1985–1992	78.8
1415	Franco Harris	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1984	84.9
1416	Paul Krause	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1964–1979	85.7
1417	Joe Darling	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1893–1908	81.7
1418	Robert Wrenn	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1891–1900	80.5
1419	Brian Brinkley	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1970–1978	79.5
1420	Michael Chadwick	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–2021	79.3
1421	Ben Stokes	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	2011–—	80.7
1422	Dominique Wilkins	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1982–1999	80.0
1429	Sixto Escobar	Boxing	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1931–1941	79.1
1430	Valeri Kharlamov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1967–1981	83.4
1432	Cris Carter	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2002	85.3
1433	Herb Adderley	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1972	84.4
1434	Devon Conway	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2008–—	80.6
1435	Don McNeill	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1950	81.5
1436	Bill Copson	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1932–1950	81.9
1437	Tom Dollery	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1934–1955	82.7
1438	Andy Ducat	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1906–1931	82.8
1439	Brian Leetch	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2006	84.6
1440	Sun Yang	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2008–2020	78.1
1441	César Cielo	Swimming	🇧🇷 Brazil	2006–2016	78.0
1442	Nate Thurmond	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1977	79.8
1443	Chris Bosh	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2016	79.4
1444	Peja Stojaković	Basketball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1993–2011	80.0
1445	Devin Booker	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	78.2
1447	Ricky Berens	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2014	79.1
1448	Adrien Broner	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	80.5

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