#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1058	Jimmy Bivins	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1955	83.7
1060	Mário Coluna	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1954–1971	82.9
1061	Youri Djorkaeff	Football	🇫🇷 France	1984–2006	82.7
1063	Marcel Cerdan	Boxing	🇫🇷 France	1934–1949	81.2
1064	Nino Benvenuti	Boxing	🇮🇹 Italy	1960–1971	81.8
1067	Abdul Qadir	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1975–1993	83.4
1068	Steph Houghton	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2006–2024	82.4
1069	Daniel Komen	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1994–2003	80.8
1070	John Beckman	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1910–1932	82.2
1071	Cheryl Miller	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1982–1986	77.1
1072	Jeff Chandler	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1984	80.9
1073	Colin Blythe	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1899–1914	83.5
1075	Luis Enrique	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1990–2004	81.6
1076	Robinho	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2002–2020	81.4
1078	Wayne Embry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1969	81.7
1079	Alan Shearer	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1988–2006	81.5
1080	David Rudisha	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2006–2019	82.3
1082	Tony Parker	Basketball	🇫🇷 France	1999–2019	83.3
1083	Sandy Saddler	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1944–1956	82.7
1084	Ticha Penicheiro	Basketball	🇵🇹 Portugal	1998–2012	83.1
1085	Pipino Cuevas	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1971–1989	82.7
1086	VVS Laxman	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1992–2013	84.1
1087	Andrew Strauss	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1998–2012	84.1
1089	Anthony Ervin	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2016	82.5
1090	Gertrude Ederle	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1921–1928	79.1
1091	George Bovell	Swimming	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	2000–2016	83.6
1092	Lou Ambers	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1941	81.7
1093	William Attewell	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1881–1900	84.6
1095	Antonio Valencia	Football	🇪🇨 Ecuador	2003–2021	82.7
1096	Forrest DeBernardi	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1920–1932	81.0
1097	Babe Ruth	Baseball	🇺🇸 USA	1914–1935	86.4
1098	Kapil Dev	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1975–1994	84.7
1099	Kipchoge Keino	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1962–1973	81.1
1100	Shahid Afridi	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1995–2018	84.9
1101	Laure Manaudou	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	2003–2013	80.8
1103	Tom Jager	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1992	81.2
1104	Becky Hammon	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2014	82.9
1105	Oleksandr Bagach	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1988–2004	83.5
1106	Ian Bell	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	2001–2020	84.8
1107	Emmanuel Adebayor	Football	🇹🇬 Togo	2002–2020	80.7
1108	Roy Keane	Football	🇮🇪 Ireland	1990–2006	80.9
1109	Carles Puyol	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1999–2014	81.5
1110	Adam Gilchrist	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1992–2013	83.5
1112	Gary Payton	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2007	82.8
1113	Javed Miandad	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1975–1996	84.9
1114	Marie-José Pérec	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1988–1999	80.3
1117	Pam Shriver	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1997	85.1
1119	Arthur Ashe	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1980	83.8
1120	George McGinnis	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1982	80.4
1121	Bob Lanier	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1984	82.0

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