#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
311	Julián Álvarez	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2018–—	83.8
312	Robert Prosinečki	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	1986–2004	84.7
313	Sonny Anderson	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1988–2006	85.3
314	Igor Belanov	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1979–1995	84.0
316	Tom Brady	American Football	🇺🇸 USA	2000–2022	92.7
319	George Karl	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1973–2016	87.4
320	Virgilijus Alekna	Athletics	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1993–2012	87.3
321	Bebeto	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1983–2002	85.0
322	Bixente Lizarazu	Football	🇫🇷 France	1988–2006	85.4
323	Kurt Hamrin	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1952–1971	85.7
324	Marco Materazzi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2011	85.2
325	Fabinho	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2012–—	85.2
326	Viktor Gyökeres	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2016–—	83.2
330	Virat Kohli	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2008–—	87.1
331	Franco Baresi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1977–1997	85.7
332	Alexander Popov	Swimming	🇷🇺 Russia	1990–2004	86.0
333	Roberto Carlos	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1991–2015	85.9
334	Gianni Rivera	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1959–1979	85.9
335	Len Hutton	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1934–1960	87.5
337	Herbert Sutcliffe	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1919–1945	87.7
339	Shakib Al Hasan	Cricket	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	2006–—	88.5
340	Dmitry Bivol	Boxing	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	2014–—	85.6
341	Filippo Inzaghi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2012	85.3
342	Bill Tilden	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1912–1946	87.4
343	Kevin Keegan	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1968–1984	84.4
344	Tony Canzoneri	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1925–1939	86.4
345	Adrian Dantley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1991	85.6
348	Raúl González	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1994–2015	85.9
349	Shane Warne	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1991–2013	88.1
350	Muttiah Muralitharan	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1991–2011	88.1
351	Peter Schmeichel	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	1981–2003	85.3
352	Archie Moore	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1963	88.7
354	Pavel Nedvěd	Football	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1991–2009	84.7
355	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2011–—	86.3
356	Ray Ewry	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1908	84.0
357	Vitali Klitschko	Boxing	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1996–2012	86.1
358	Curtly Ambrose	Cricket	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	1988–2000	86.9
366	Francesco Totti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1992–2017	86.4
367	Ryan Crouser	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	85.4
368	Henry Armstrong	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1931–1945	85.8
369	Jack Hobbs	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1905–1934	88.7
370	Carlos Bianchi	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1967–1984	84.6
371	Chad le Clos	Swimming	🇿🇦 South Africa	2008–—	86.7
372	George Headley	Cricket	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1927–1954	86.8
373	Iván Pedroso	Athletics	🇨🇺 Cuba	1990–2007	86.7
375	Rudi Völler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1980–1996	84.8
376	Paul Arizin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1962	84.5
378	Alex Baumann	Swimming	🇨🇦 Canada	1978–1987	84.3
379	Andrea Pirlo	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1995–2017	85.3
382	Sergio Busquets	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2008–—	85.3

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