#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
601	Manuela Giugliano	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2013–—	82.9
602	Sakina Karchaoui	Football	🇫🇷 France	2013–—	82.9
603	Marieanne Spacey	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1984–2000	83.6
604	Dwyane Wade	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2019	84.3
605	Elgin Baylor	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1972	82.9
606	Grant Hackett	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1996–2016	84.7
607	Franck Ribéry	Football	🇫🇷 France	2000–2022	83.2
608	Christine Arron	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1993–2012	85.3
609	Linford Christie	Athletics	🇬🇧 Great Britain	1986–1997	84.6
610	Omar Sívori	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1954–1969	82.2
611	Joey Giardello	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1967	86.5
612	Karen Carney	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2005–2019	84.0
613	Grace Geyoro	Football	🇫🇷 France	2014–—	82.8
614	Cecilia Salvai	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2010–—	83.4
615	Jerry Rice	American Football	🇺🇸 USA	1985–2004	90.1
616	Oliver Kahn	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1987–2008	83.8
617	Billie Jean King	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1959–1983	87.5
618	Brian Lara	Cricket	🏴 West Indies	1990–2007	85.7
619	Ryan Lochte	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2021	85.2
620	Tina Thompson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2013	85.2
621	Katie Smith	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2013	85.7
622	Renaud Lavillenie	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	2005–—	85.2
623	Carl Froch	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2002–2014	84.9
624	Lance Gibbs	Cricket	🏴 West Indies	1953–1976	86.7
625	Graeme Smith	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1999–2014	86.4
626	Ravindra Jadeja	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2006–—	86.1
627	Marizanne Kapp	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	2009–—	86.2
628	Letesenbet Gidey	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2015–—	82.9
629	Louie Dampier	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1979	84.6
630	Nadine Keßler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–2016	81.2
631	Ian Botham	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1977–1992	85.1
632	Earl Monroe	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1967–1980	83.5
633	Andrey Abduvaliyev	Athletics	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	1988–1999	83.8
634	Víctor Galíndez	Boxing	🇦🇷 Argentina	1969–1980	84.1
635	Bobby Abel	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1881–1904	86.5
636	Claudio Marchisio	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2006–2019	83.2
637	Lucas Hernández	Football	🇫🇷 France	2014–—	82.9
638	Steven Gerrard	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1998–2016	83.7
639	Ricky Ponting	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1992–2013	86.8
640	Meg Lanning	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2010–2023	85.2
641	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1974–1987	84.5
642	Bob Kurland	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1942–1952	81.7
643	Graham Gooch	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1973–1997	86.9
644	Alex Blackwell	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2003–2018	87.0
645	Sergey Kovalev	Boxing	🇷🇺 Russia	2009–2019	84.0
646	Pete Carril	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1966–2011	86.0
647	Gene Keady	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–2005	85.7
648	Sonia Bompastor	Football	🇫🇷 France	1997–2013	83.9
649	Chris Mullin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2001	84.0
650	Jimmy Carter	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1960	84.8

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