#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
681	Billie Jean King	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1983	87.5
682	Brian Lara	Cricket	🏴 West Indies	1990–2007	85.7
683	Ryan Lochte	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2021	85.2
684	Tina Thompson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2013	85.2
685	Katie Smith	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2013	85.7
687	Carl Froch	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2002–2014	84.9
688	Lance Gibbs	Cricket	🏴 West Indies	1953–1976	86.7
689	Graeme Smith	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1999–2014	86.4
693	Louie Dampier	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1979	84.6
694	Nadine Keßler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–2016	81.2
695	Ian Botham	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1977–1992	85.1
696	Earl Monroe	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	83.5
697	Andrey Abduvaliyev	Athletics	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	1988–1999	83.8
698	Víctor Galíndez	Boxing	🇦🇷 Argentina	1969–1980	84.1
699	Bobby Abel	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1881–1904	86.5
700	Claudio Marchisio	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2006–2019	83.2
703	Steven Gerrard	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1998–2016	83.7
704	Ricky Ponting	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1992–2013	86.8
705	Meg Lanning	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2010–2023	85.2
706	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1974–1987	84.5
707	Bob Kurland	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1942–1952	81.7
708	Graham Gooch	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1973–1997	86.9
709	Alex Blackwell	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2003–2018	87.0
710	Sergey Kovalev	Boxing	🇷🇺 Russia	2009–2019	84.0
711	Pete Carril	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1966–2011	86.0
712	Gene Keady	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–2005	85.7
713	Sonia Bompastor	Football	🇫🇷 France	1997–2013	83.9
714	Chris Mullin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2001	84.0
715	Jimmy Carter	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1960	84.8
716	Pete Herman	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1912–1922	84.1
717	Jack Blackburn	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1901–1923	85.0
718	Isabell Herlovsen	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	2004–2021	83.8
720	Dwight Yorke	Football	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	1990–2009	82.7
723	Candace Parker	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2023	84.1
724	Bob Pettit	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1965	82.5
726	Raí	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1984–2000	83.2
728	Nonpareil Jack Dempsey	Boxing	🇮🇪 Ireland	1883–1895	83.7
729	Bennie Borgmann	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1919–1942	84.9
732	Ellen White	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2005–2022	82.7
734	Flórián Albert	Football	🇭🇺 Hungary	1958–1974	82.2
735	Allan Simonsen	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	1970–1989	83.1
736	Šarūnas Marčiulionis	Basketball	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1981–1997	83.7
737	Beau Jack	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1955	84.7
739	Ralf Edström	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1970–1983	82.6
741	Javier Mascherano	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2003–2020	84.2
742	Leisel Jones	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1998–2012	84.0
743	Seimone Augustus	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2020	84.2
744	Aravinda de Silva	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1984–2003	86.4
745	Nadzeya Astapchuk	Athletics	🇧🇾 Belarus	1998–2015	85.1
746	Robert Pirès	Football	🇫🇷 France	1992–2015	82.9

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