#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1241	Oscar De La Hoya	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2008	82.1
1242	Yannick Agnel	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	2008–2016	78.7
1243	Sergei Makarov	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1976–1997	86.2
1244	Tony Gonzalez	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2013	87.3
1245	Marek Hamšík	Football	🇸🇰 Slovakia	2004–2023	81.5
1247	Tom Dolan	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2002	80.1
1248	Rebecca Soni	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2012	78.2
1249	Lee Evans	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1972	78.9
1250	Bernard King	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1993	80.5
1251	Larry Myricks	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1992	82.7
1252	Bobby Chacon	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1988	82.0
1253	Darrell Green	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–2002	88.2
1254	Terry Alderman	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1974–1993	82.5
1255	Dennis Amiss	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1960–1987	84.7
1256	Martin Bicknell	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1986–2006	84.4
1257	Saad Al-Asmari	Athletics	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	1993–2006	83.0
1260	Jhulan Goswami	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2002–2022	84.6
1262	Michael Ballack	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1995–2012	80.4
1263	Alberto Juantorena	Athletics	🇨🇺 Cuba	1971–1984	80.6
1264	Tony Zale	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1948	80.7
1266	Kim Batten	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2000	80.6
1272	Ken Buchanan	Boxing	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1965–1982	81.5
1273	Michael Carbajal	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1989–1999	80.4
1274	Donald Curry	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1997	80.3
1275	Ken Barrington	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1955–1968	81.8
1276	Red Kelly	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1947–1967	87.1
1277	Arthur Gore	Tennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1888–1927	85.6
1278	Mel Blount	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1983	86.2
1279	Jack Blackham	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1874–1894	83.3
1280	Pamela Conti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1995–2013	81.1
1281	Ally McCoist	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1979–2001	81.8
1282	Dries Mertens	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2006–2025	80.6
1284	Erik Morales	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1993–2012	82.4
1285	Ben Wallace	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2012	81.3
1289	Vic Seixas	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1969	84.7
1290	James J. Corbett	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1885–1903	80.2
1291	Mark Aguirre	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1994	80.6
1292	Naseem Hamed	Boxing	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1992–2002	79.6
1293	Mohammad Azharuddin	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1984–2000	82.9
1294	David Boon	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1984–1996	82.7
1295	Bernard Barmasai	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1995–2004	80.2
1296	Joe Choynski	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1888–1904	81.6
1297	Ana Ambrazienė	Athletics	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1979–1988	80.2
1298	Vladimir Bure	Swimming	🇷🇺 Russia	1968–1976	80.1
1303	Eden Hazard	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2007–2023	78.8
1304	Abel Antón	Athletics	🇪🇸 Spain	1985–2002	82.9
1306	Mignon du Preez	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	2007–2023	83.7
1307	Michael Vaughan	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1993–2009	82.5
1308	Emiliano Brembilla	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2009	82.8
1310	Tommie Smith	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1969	78.5

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