#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
501	Humberto González	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1984–1995	84.4
502	Chang Jung-koo	Boxing	🇰🇷 South Korea	1980–1991	84.4
503	Alba Redondo	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2013–—	83.2
504	Ruud Gullit	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1979–1998	83.7
505	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Basketball	🇬🇷 Greece	2013–—	83.1
506	Jacques Kallis	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1995–2014	88.1
507	Dawn Fraser	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1955–1964	83.9
508	Krisztina Egerszegi	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	1988–1996	83.6
509	Helen Wills Moody	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1919–1938	85.7
510	Kristin Otto	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1982–1989	81.7
511	Marta Torrejón	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2005–—	85.4
512	Chris Gayle	Cricket	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1998–2021	87.3
513	Sophie Devine	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2006–—	86.9
514	Sarah Taylor	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2006–2019	86.7
515	Jim Laker	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1946–1965	85.6
516	Hubie Brown	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–2005	86.4
517	Deco	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1997–2013	83.2
518	Duke Kahanamoku	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1911–1932	85.3
519	Willie Banks	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1996	85.6
520	Georges Carpentier	Boxing	🇫🇷 France	1908–1926	85.8
521	Baby Arizmendi	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1927–1942	85.5
522	Élodie Thomis	Football	🇫🇷 France	2004–2017	83.9
523	Shannon MacMillan	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2005	83.6
524	Lena Videkull	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1985–1996	83.4
525	Faith Kipyegon	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2010–—	85.7
526	Tamika Catchings	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2016	85.7
527	Evander Holyfield	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2011	86.1
528	Oleksandr Usyk	Boxing	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2013–—	84.6
529	Malcolm Marshall	Cricket	🇧🇧 Barbados	1977–1996	85.6
530	Thiago Silva	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2004–—	84.7
531	Jennifer Hermoso	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2008–—	84.3
532	Arvydas Sabonis	Basketball	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1981–2005	85.4
533	Merlene Ottey	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1978–2012	87.7
534	Kieren Perkins	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1990–2000	83.1
535	K.C. Jones	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1988	85.7
536	Naoko Fujioka	Boxing	🇯🇵 Japan	2009–—	85.8
537	Ryan Murphy	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	84.6
538	Mary T. Meagher	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1988	83.4
539	Daniele De Rossi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2001–2019	84.9
540	Cocoa Kid	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1929–1948	86.0
541	Malin Andersson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1990–2007	84.7
542	Sofia Jakobsson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2007–—	84.4
543	Kerolin Nicoli	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2017–—	82.4
544	Mohamed Salah	Football	🇪🇬 Egypt	2010–—	82.8
545	Wayne Rooney	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	2002–2021	84.5
546	Emil Zátopek	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czechia	1944–1958	85.6
547	Jürgen Klinsmann	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1981–1998	84.2
548	Sanya Richards-Ross	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2016	85.0
549	Betty Wilson	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1947–1958	84.3
550	Beatrice Chebet	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2018–—	82.9

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