#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
249	Rafael Nadal	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	2001–2024	89.5
250	Ronaldinho	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1998–2015	84.8
251	Rod Laver	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1956–1979	89.6
252	Paavo Nurmi	Athletics	🇫🇮 Finland	1920–1934	88.5
253	Gunnar Nordahl	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1940–1958	84.8
254	Elvin Hayes	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1984	88.4
255	Dikembe Mutombo	Basketball	🇨🇩 DR Congo	1991–2009	88.0
256	Joe Calzaghe	Boxing	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	1993–2008	87.5
257	Hal Greer	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1973	88.1
258	Iker Casillas	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1999–2020	86.8
259	Hakeem Olajuwon	Basketball	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1984–2002	87.0
261	Aaron Peirsol	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2011	86.3
262	Bob Fitzsimmons	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1883–1914	88.0
263	Gerard Piqué	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2005–2023	86.7
264	Haile Gebrselassie	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1992–2015	89.9
265	Jerry West	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1974	86.6
266	John Stockton	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2003	88.6
267	Pancho Gonzales	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1974	89.7
268	Raymond Kopa	Football	🇫🇷 France	1949–1967	85.5
269	Célia Šašić	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2005–2015	84.1
270	Nate Archibald	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1984	85.5
271	Gianluca Zambrotta	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1994–2014	86.3
273	Sonia Bermúdez	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2002–2021	86.3
275	Dirk Nowitzki	Basketball	🇩🇪 Germany	1998–2019	88.4
276	Jesse Owens	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1936	82.2
277	Javier Sotomayor	Athletics	🇨🇺 Cuba	1984–2001	87.5
279	Stefka Kostadinova	Athletics	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1982–1999	87.5
280	Gennadiy Golovkin	Boxing	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	2006–2022	87.5
281	George Mikan	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1956	83.8
282	Éder Jofre	Boxing	🇧🇷 Brazil	1957–1976	87.0
283	Hortência Marcari	Basketball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1980–1996	86.5
284	Harald Schumacher	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1974–1992	86.3
285	Víctor Valdés	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2003–2017	86.5
286	Ryan Giggs	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	1990–2014	88.3
288	Julius Erving	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1987	86.8
289	Julio César Chávez	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1980–2005	88.3
290	Willie Pep	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1966	89.0
291	Sylvia Fowles	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2022	87.4
292	Clive Lloyd	Cricket	🏴 West Indies	1963–1988	89.0
293	Sylvia Hatchell	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1975–2019	88.5
294	Alex Morgan	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2024	85.5
295	Artis Gilmore	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1988	87.3
296	Hristo Stoichkov	Football	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1984–2003	84.6
297	Ezzard Charles	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1959	87.8
298	Sissi Oliveira	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1988–2008	85.6
299	Victoria Svensson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1996–2009	85.8
300	Amancio Amaro	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1959–1976	86.0
301	Wayne Gretzky	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1979–1999	91.6
302	Al Oerter	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1980	87.7
303	Robert Korzeniowski	Athletics	🇵🇱 Poland	1988–2004	87.0

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