#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
383	Lilian Thuram	Football	🇫🇷 France	1991–2008	85.7
384	Jupp Heynckes	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1964–1978	85.1
385	Allan Border	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1976–1996	88.9
386	Stuart Broad	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2006–2023	88.0
387	Ravichandran Ashwin	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2010–2024	87.3
389	Marco Antonio Barrera	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1989–2011	86.5
390	Jerry Lucas	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1974	84.6
391	Grant Hill	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2013	85.8
392	Orlando Canizales	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1999	86.1
393	Dominique Rocheteau	Football	🇫🇷 France	1971–1989	84.8
395	Alessandro Nesta	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2014	84.9
396	Dutch Dehnert	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1917–1939	86.3
397	Matthew Hayden	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1991–2009	86.9
398	Virender Sehwag	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1997–2015	86.8
400	Johnny Weissmuller	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1921–1929	83.4
401	Paolo Rossi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1973–1987	82.1
402	Dejan Savićević	Football	🇲🇪 Montenegro	1983–2001	84.0
403	Gunnar Gren	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1938–1960	85.1
404	Lorenzo Insigne	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2009–—	84.7
407	Garrincha	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1953–1972	82.9
408	Roberto Baggio	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1982–2004	84.6
409	Samuel Eto'o	Football	🇨🇲 Cameroon	1997–2019	84.5
410	Kenenisa Bekele	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2001–2023	87.5
411	Mark Spitz	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1972	83.0
412	Jack Johnson	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1898–1938	86.9
413	Lars Riedel	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1988–2006	86.0
414	Andre Ward	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2017	84.8
415	Azumah Nelson	Boxing	🇬🇭 Ghana	1979–2008	86.3
416	Sydney Barnes	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1894–1930	86.1
418	Clarence Seedorf	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1992–2014	86.0
419	Paul Tergat	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1992–2009	86.6
420	Sócrates	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1974–1989	83.9
421	Khaosai Galaxy	Boxing	🇹🇭 Thailand	1980–1991	84.4
422	Harold Johnson	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1971	87.5
424	Viv Richards	Cricket	🏴 West Indies	1971–1993	87.4
425	David Robinson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2003	85.3
427	Arjen Robben	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2000–2021	84.2
429	Ricardo Zamora	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1916–1936	84.4
432	László Cseh	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	2003–2021	86.7
434	Alexander Isak	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2016–—	82.9
436	Sugar Ray Leonard	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1997	85.7
437	Bernard Hopkins	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2016	88.2
438	Canelo Álvarez	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	2005–—	86.7
439	Tamás Darnyi	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	1985–1993	82.8
440	Fred Trueman	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1949–1969	87.6
441	Nathan Adrian	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2021	85.6
443	Josef Masopust	Football	🇨🇿 Czechia	1950–1974	84.8
444	Bob Foster	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1978	85.4
445	Chauncey Billups	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2014	85.5
447	Pete Sampras	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2002	87.3

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