#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
619	Charles Barkley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2000	84.4
620	Scottie Pippen	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2004	85.4
621	Jonathan Edwards	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1988–2003	84.4
622	David Trezeguet	Football	🇫🇷 France	1993–2015	84.1
623	Sanath Jayasuriya	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1989–2011	87.0
624	Dennis Johnson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1990	85.1
625	Spencer Haywood	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1969–1983	83.3
626	Bob McAdoo	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1986	83.4
627	Matthias Sammer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1985–1998	81.6
628	Gary Lineker	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1978–1994	82.8
629	Careca	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1978–1997	84.0
630	Donovan Bailey	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2001	83.3
631	Shirley Babashoff	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1978	82.7
632	Paul Biedermann	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2016	84.4
633	Alain Bernard	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	2002–2012	83.7
634	Eric Abidal	Football	🇫🇷 France	2001–2015	83.4
635	Hicham El Guerrouj	Athletics	🇲🇦 Morocco	1992–2006	85.0
637	Berti Vogts	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1965–1979	84.0
638	Alia Atkinson	Swimming	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2002–2022	86.2
640	Claire Taylor	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1998–2011	86.0
642	Nourredine Morceli	Athletics	🇩🇿 Algeria	1990–2000	84.6
643	Zvonimir Boban	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	1985–2002	83.6
644	Diego Simeone	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1987–2006	84.3
645	Igor Astapkovich	Athletics	🇧🇾 Belarus	1987–2004	85.8
646	Julian Jackson	Boxing	🇻🇮 Virgin Islands	1981–1998	84.6
647	Sandrine Soubeyrand	Football	🇫🇷 France	1997–2016	85.2
648	Didier Deschamps	Football	🇫🇷 France	1986–2001	83.2
651	Janet Evans	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1986–1996	83.6
652	Heike Drechsler	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1980–2004	86.1
654	Vlade Divac	Basketball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1986–2005	85.7
655	Steve Backley	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1988–2004	85.9
656	Randy Barnes	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1986–1998	83.5
657	Tom Heinsohn	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1965	82.8
658	Anne Donovan	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1989	82.9
659	Antje Buschschulte	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1994–2008	85.7
660	Gaëtane Thiney	Football	🇫🇷 France	2005–2023	84.0
663	Marieanne Spacey	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1984–2000	83.6
665	Dwyane Wade	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2019	84.3
666	Elgin Baylor	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1972	82.9
667	Grant Hackett	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1996–2016	84.7
668	Franck Ribéry	Football	🇫🇷 France	2000–2022	83.2
669	Christine Arron	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1993–2012	85.3
670	Linford Christie	Athletics	🇬🇧 Great Britain	1986–1997	84.6
671	Omar Sívori	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1954–1969	82.2
672	Joey Giardello	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1967	86.5
673	Karen Carney	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2005–2019	84.0
676	Andoni Zubizarreta	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1979–1997	85.5
677	David Andrew Seaman	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1983–2004	84.9
679	Jerry Rice	American Football	🇺🇸 USA	1985–2004	90.1
680	Oliver Kahn	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1987–2008	83.8

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