#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1620	Kirsty Balfour	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2002–2009	79.2
1623	Terry Sawchuk	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1947–1970	84.9
1624	Dick McGuire	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1960	80.0
1625	Lindsay Benko	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2004	78.8
1627	Mashrafe Mortaza	Cricket	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	2001–2020	82.3
1628	Wasim Bari	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1964–1984	82.6
1630	Derrick Adkins	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2000	77.8
1631	René Lacoste	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1922–1932	78.4
1632	Ed Macauley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1959	78.2
1633	Carol Blazejowski	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1982	76.4
1634	John Hannah	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1985	84.2
1635	Tony DeMarco	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1962	80.0
1636	Wilmer Allison	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1927–1938	81.2
1637	Ted Bowley	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1912–1934	82.6
1639	Diego Godín	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	2003–2023	79.8
1642	Alessandro Calvi	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2001–2012	79.9
1643	Derrick Atkins	Athletics	🇧🇸 Bahamas	2003–2012	79.5
1644	Me'Lisa Barber	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2010	79.2
1645	Ray Bourque	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1979–2001	86.0
1646	Blanka Vlašić	Athletics	🇭🇷 Croatia	1998–2017	79.2
1647	Carmelo Anthony	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2022	80.6
1648	Vasiliy Lomachenko	Boxing	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2008–2024	78.2
1649	Jonas Björkman	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1991–2008	82.7
1650	Anders Järryd	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1980–1996	82.4
1652	José Luíz Barbosa	Athletics	🇧🇷 Brazil	1983–1998	80.7
1653	Pancho Villa	Boxing	🇵🇭 Philippines	1919–1925	75.8
1655	DeMarcus Ware	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2016	83.7
1656	Randy White	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1975–1988	84.4
1658	Kelly Holmes	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1993–2005	79.7
1659	Andrés Nocioni	Basketball	🇦🇷 Argentina	1997–2017	80.6
1660	Frank Sedgman	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1946–1962	80.5
1661	Tony Esposito	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1968–1984	84.0
1662	Rob Blake	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1989–2010	85.0
1663	Ralf Bartels	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1998–2012	80.8
1664	Billy Barnes	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1875–1894	81.5
1665	Chris Adams	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1988–2008	82.4
1666	Gordon Banks	Football	🇬🇧 England	1958–1972	77.8
1670	Dana Vollmer	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2016	79.7
1671	Edwin Moses	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1988	84.7
1672	Shane Gould	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1971–1973	72.9
1673	Dražen Petrović	Basketball	🇭🇷 Croatia	1979–1993	75.9
1675	Nikolai Valuev	Boxing	🇷🇺 Russia	1993–2009	80.4
1676	Chris Byrd	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2009	80.3
1677	Míchel Salgado	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1994–2012	79.6
1678	Frédérick Bousquet	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	2000–2016	79.5
1679	Chris Cairns	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1989–2006	80.9
1680	Josia Thugwane	Athletics	🇿🇦 South Africa	1989–2004	79.9
1681	Novella Calligaris	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	1968–1974	76.9
1682	Sergey Bakulin	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	2006–2014	78.4
1683	Joe Bottom	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1980	77.7

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