#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
451	Sandro Mazzola	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1960–1977	84.9
452	Younis Khan	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2000–2017	88.1
453	Debbie Hockley	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1979–2000	88.1
454	Natalie Sciver-Brunt	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2013–—	86.2
455	Kornelia Ender	Swimming	🇩🇪 East Germany	1971–1978	82.8
456	Silvia Neid	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–1996	84.5
457	Amanda Ilestedt	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2011–—	84.0
458	Valentina Giacinti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2010–—	84.1
459	Alessandro Del Piero	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2014	85.6
460	Björn Borg	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1972–1983	86.4
461	Nikola Jokić	Basketball	🇷🇸 Serbia	2015–—	83.0
462	Daley Thompson	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1976–1992	85.3
463	Carlos Monzón	Boxing	🇦🇷 Argentina	1963–1977	85.2
464	Vladimir Salnikov	Swimming	🇷🇺 Russia	1976–1988	84.5
465	Dan Issel	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1985	86.2
466	Lilly King	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	85.0
467	Andreas Thorkildsen	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	2001–2016	85.3
468	Alastair Cook	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2006–2018	87.7
469	Don Budge	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1954	85.5
470	Saïd Aouita	Athletics	🇲🇦 Morocco	1983–1993	85.2
471	Young Corbett III	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1919–1940	86.8
472	Delphine Cascarino	Football	🇫🇷 France	2014–—	83.4
473	Frank Lampard	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1995–2017	85.2
474	Neymar Jr	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2009–—	83.5
475	Philipp Lahm	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2017	84.7
476	Emma McKeon	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2012–2024	84.3
477	Mireia Belmonte	Swimming	🇪🇸 Spain	2006–—	85.7
478	Louise Brough	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1957	87.1
479	Waqar Younis	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1989–2003	86.2
480	Fernando Torres	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2001–2019	83.1
481	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Athletics	🇧🇸 Bahamas	2012–—	84.8
482	Alonzo Mourning	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2008	83.8
483	Rebecca Adlington	Swimming	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2004–2013	83.7
484	James J. Jeffries	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1896–1910	83.6
485	Jimmy Barry	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1891–1899	84.0
486	Laura Georges	Football	🇫🇷 France	2001–2018	84.8
487	Erika Cristiano	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2006–—	84.8
488	Katia Cilene	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2012	84.4
489	Kylian Mbappé	Football	🇫🇷 France	2015–—	81.5
490	Katinka Hosszú	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	2004–2023	86.5
491	Uwe Seeler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1953–1972	84.9
492	Ingrid Kristiansen	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	1977–1996	85.4
493	Irene Paredes	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2008–—	84.3
494	James Toney	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2017	86.9
495	Joe Lapchick	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1919–1965	86.5
496	Carlos Tévez	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2001–2022	84.2
497	George Best	Football	🇬🇧 Northern Ireland	1963–1984	81.7
498	Joe Brown	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1943–1970	86.9
499	Gabriel Elorde	Boxing	🇵🇭 Philippines	1951–1971	86.2
500	Miguel Cotto	Boxing	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	2001–2017	85.1

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