#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
532	Arvydas Sabonis	Basketball	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1981–2005	85.4
534	Kieren Perkins	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1990–2000	83.1
535	K.C. Jones	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1988	85.7
537	Ryan Murphy	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	84.6
539	Daniele De Rossi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2001–2019	84.9
540	Cocoa Kid	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1929–1948	86.0
544	Mohamed Salah	Football	🇪🇬 Egypt	2010–—	82.8
545	Wayne Rooney	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	2002–2021	84.5
546	Emil Zátopek	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czechia	1944–1958	85.6
547	Jürgen Klinsmann	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1981–1998	84.2
552	Marques Haynes	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1992	86.0
553	Colin Jackson	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1986–2003	85.9
555	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	Cricket	🇬🇾 Guyana	1994–2015	88.3
557	Enzo Fernández	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2019–—	82.1
560	Paul Scholes	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1993–2013	84.8
561	Charles Barkley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2000	84.4
562	Scottie Pippen	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2004	85.4
563	Jonathan Edwards	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1988–2003	84.4
564	David Trezeguet	Football	🇫🇷 France	1993–2015	84.1
565	Sanath Jayasuriya	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1989–2011	87.0
566	Dennis Johnson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1990	85.1
567	Spencer Haywood	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1983	83.3
568	Bob McAdoo	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1986	83.4
569	Matthias Sammer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1985–1998	81.6
570	Gary Lineker	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1978–1994	82.8
571	Careca	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1978–1997	84.0
572	Donovan Bailey	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2001	83.3
574	Paul Biedermann	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2016	84.4
575	Alain Bernard	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	2002–2012	83.7
576	Hicham El Guerrouj	Athletics	🇲🇦 Morocco	1992–2006	85.0
577	Edinson Cavani	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	2006–—	84.4
578	Berti Vogts	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1965–1979	84.0
580	Rai Benjamin	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	84.1
583	Nourredine Morceli	Athletics	🇩🇿 Algeria	1990–2000	84.6
584	Zvonimir Boban	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	1985–2002	83.6
585	Diego Simeone	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1987–2006	84.3
586	Igor Astapkovich	Athletics	🇧🇾 Belarus	1987–2004	85.8
587	Julian Jackson	Boxing	🇻🇮 Virgin Islands	1981–1998	84.6
589	Chris Paul	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2005–—	85.9
594	Vlade Divac	Basketball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1986–2005	85.7
595	Steve Backley	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1988–2004	85.9
596	Randy Barnes	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1986–1998	83.5
597	Tom Heinsohn	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1965	82.8
604	Dwyane Wade	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2019	84.3
605	Elgin Baylor	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1972	82.9
606	Grant Hackett	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1996–2016	84.7
607	Franck Ribéry	Football	🇫🇷 France	2000–2022	83.2
609	Linford Christie	Athletics	🇬🇧 Great Britain	1986–1997	84.6
610	Omar Sívori	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1954–1969	82.2
611	Joey Giardello	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1967	86.5

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