#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
553	Gabriel Elorde	Boxing	🇵🇭 Philippines	1951–1971	86.2
554	Miguel Cotto	Boxing	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	2001–2017	85.1
555	Humberto González	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1984–1995	84.4
556	Chang Jung-koo	Boxing	🇰🇷 South Korea	1980–1991	84.4
558	Ruud Gullit	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1979–1998	83.7
560	Jacques Kallis	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1995–2014	88.1
561	Dawn Fraser	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1955–1964	83.9
562	Krisztina Egerszegi	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	1988–1996	83.6
563	Helen Wills Moody	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1919–1938	85.7
564	Kristin Otto	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1982–1989	81.7
566	Chris Gayle	Cricket	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1998–2021	87.3
568	Sarah Taylor	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2006–2019	86.7
569	Jim Laker	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1946–1965	85.6
570	Hubie Brown	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–2005	86.4
571	Deco	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1997–2013	83.2
572	Duke Kahanamoku	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1911–1932	85.3
573	Willie Banks	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1996	85.6
574	Georges Carpentier	Boxing	🇫🇷 France	1908–1926	85.8
575	Baby Arizmendi	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1927–1942	85.5
576	Élodie Thomis	Football	🇫🇷 France	2004–2017	83.9
577	Shannon MacMillan	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2005	83.6
578	Lena Videkull	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1985–1996	83.4
579	Mario Corso	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1958–1975	83.8
580	Robin van Persie	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2002–2019	82.9
582	Tamika Catchings	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2016	85.7
583	Evander Holyfield	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2011	86.1
585	Malcolm Marshall	Cricket	🇧🇧 Barbados	1977–1996	85.6
588	Arvydas Sabonis	Basketball	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1981–2005	85.4
589	Merlene Ottey	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1978–2012	87.7
590	Kieren Perkins	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1990–2000	83.1
591	K.C. Jones	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1988	85.7
594	Mary T. Meagher	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1988	83.4
595	Daniele De Rossi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2001–2019	84.9
596	Cocoa Kid	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1929–1948	86.0
597	Malin Andersson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1990–2007	84.7
600	Demetrio Albertini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1989–2005	85.1
601	Carlos Valderrama	Football	🇨🇴 Colombia	1981–2002	84.2
603	Wayne Rooney	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	2002–2021	84.5
604	Emil Zátopek	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czechia	1944–1958	85.6
605	Jürgen Klinsmann	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1981–1998	84.2
606	Sanya Richards-Ross	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2016	85.0
607	Betty Wilson	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1947–1958	84.3
609	Tatyana Lebedeva	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	1997–2013	85.3
610	Marques Haynes	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1992	86.0
611	Colin Jackson	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1986–2003	85.9
612	Swin Cash	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2016	84.9
613	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	Cricket	🇬🇾 Guyana	1994–2015	88.3
614	Sippy Woodhead	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1984	82.3
616	Rachel Yankey	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1996–2016	84.7
618	Paul Scholes	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1993–2013	84.8

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