#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
490	Tamás Darnyi	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	1985–1993	82.8
491	Fred Trueman	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1949–1969	87.6
492	Nathan Adrian	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2021	85.6
494	Josef Masopust	Football	🇨🇿 Czechia	1950–1974	84.8
495	Bob Foster	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1978	85.4
496	Chauncey Billups	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2014	85.5
497	Kate Markgraf	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2010	84.4
498	Antonio Rattín	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1956–1970	84.5
499	Pete Sampras	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2002	87.3
500	Lisa Leslie	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2009	84.8
501	Cafu	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1989–2008	85.7
502	Miroslav Klose	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1999–2016	84.6
503	Sandro Mazzola	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1960–1977	84.9
504	Younis Khan	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2000–2017	88.1
505	Debbie Hockley	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1979–2000	88.1
507	Kornelia Ender	Swimming	🇩🇪 East Germany	1971–1978	82.8
508	Silvia Neid	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–1996	84.5
511	René Houseman	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1971–1985	82.6
512	Alessandro Del Piero	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2014	85.6
513	Björn Borg	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1972–1983	86.4
515	Daley Thompson	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1976–1992	85.3
516	Carlos Monzón	Boxing	🇦🇷 Argentina	1963–1977	85.2
517	Vladimir Salnikov	Swimming	🇷🇺 Russia	1976–1988	84.5
518	Dan Issel	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1985	86.2
520	Andreas Thorkildsen	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	2001–2016	85.3
521	Alastair Cook	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2006–2018	87.7
522	Don Budge	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1954	85.5
523	Saïd Aouita	Athletics	🇲🇦 Morocco	1983–1993	85.2
524	Young Corbett III	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1919–1940	86.8
526	Frank Lampard	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1995–2017	85.2
528	Philipp Lahm	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2017	84.7
529	Emma McKeon	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2012–2024	84.3
531	Louise Brough	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1957	87.1
532	Waqar Younis	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1989–2003	86.2
533	Fernando Torres	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2001–2019	83.1
535	Alonzo Mourning	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2008	83.8
536	Rebecca Adlington	Swimming	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2004–2013	83.7
537	James J. Jeffries	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1896–1910	83.6
538	Jimmy Barry	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1891–1899	84.0
539	Laura Georges	Football	🇫🇷 France	2001–2018	84.8
541	Katia Cilene	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2012	84.4
542	Thomas Ravelli	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1976–1999	86.4
544	Katinka Hosszú	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	2004–2023	86.5
545	Uwe Seeler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1953–1972	84.9
546	Ingrid Kristiansen	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	1977–1996	85.4
548	James Toney	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2017	86.9
549	Joe Lapchick	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1919–1965	86.5
550	Carlos Tévez	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2001–2022	84.2
551	George Best	Football	🇬🇧 Northern Ireland	1963–1984	81.7
552	Joe Brown	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1943–1970	86.9

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