#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1373	Buddy McGirt	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1982–1997	81.8
1374	Pär Arvidsson	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	1976–1984	78.6
1376	John Hencken	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1976	78.1
1377	Amy Van Dyken	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2000	78.0
1378	Lleyton Hewitt	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1998–2020	83.2
1379	Pete Maravich	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1980	78.0
1380	Gottfried von Cramm	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1932–1953	82.7
1381	Mizuki Noguchi	Athletics	🇯🇵 Japan	1999–2012	81.2
1382	Yarelys Barrios	Athletics	🇨🇺 Cuba	2003–2015	81.1
1383	Anzhela Balakhonova	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1993–2008	82.1
1384	Len Braund	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1896–1920	83.4
1386	Jens Lehmann	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1989–2011	80.0
1387	Peyton Manning	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2015	85.5
1388	Ty Cobb	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1905–1928	87.4
1389	Suzanne Lenglen	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1919–1926	78.5
1390	Michael Spinks	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1988	79.5
1392	Glenn Hall	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1952–1971	85.5
1394	Carl Braun	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1962	81.5
1395	Aleksandr Averbukh	Athletics	🇮🇱 Israel	1994–2009	81.9
1397	Kriss Akabusi	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1983–1993	80.8
1398	Tamim Iqbal	Cricket	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	2007–2023	83.2
1399	Davor Šuker	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	1989–2003	78.5
1400	Kosuke Hagino	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	2012–2021	79.5
1401	Petra Schneider	Swimming	🇩🇪 East Germany	1978–1984	78.3
1403	Lusia Harris	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1980	76.6
1404	George Hainsworth	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1926–1937	83.9
1405	Bobby Riggs	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1936–1959	81.9
1406	Randy Williams	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1984	79.9
1407	Ken McGregor	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1946–1956	81.5
1408	Jimmy Binks	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1955–1969	84.2
1409	Glen Chapple	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1992–2016	84.1
1410	Rafael van der Vaart	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2000–2019	78.6
1411	Silvio Marzolini	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1959–1972	78.9
1412	Sir Trevor David Brooking	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1968–1984	81.2
1413	Mike Tyson	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2005	79.3
1415	Teresa Weatherspoon	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2004	80.4
1420	Hank Luisetti	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1941	75.7
1421	Oscar Charleston	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1915–1941	86.4
1423	Saqlain Mushtaq	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1994–2008	80.7
1424	Joaquín Sánchez	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1999–2023	82.4
1425	Ace Gruenig	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1948	80.3
1427	Ron Francis	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1981–2004	87.2
1428	Bernie Geoffrion	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1950–1968	85.2
1429	Rio Ferdinand	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1996–2015	80.4
1430	AB de Villiers	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	2004–2021	81.8
1431	Paul Pierce	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2017	81.4
1432	Jacques Plante	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1947–1975	85.3
1433	Vladislav Tretiak	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1968–1984	84.6
1434	Günter Netzer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1963–1977	78.0
1436	Sadaharu Oh	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	1959–1980	86.6

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