#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
651	Pete Herman	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1912–1922	84.1
652	Jack Blackburn	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1901–1923	85.0
653	Isabell Herlovsen	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	2004–2021	83.8
654	Lena Oberdorf	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2018–—	81.4
655	A'ja Wilson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2018–—	81.8
656	Candace Parker	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2023	84.1
657	Bob Pettit	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1965	82.5
658	Asisat Oshoala	Football	🇳🇬 Nigeria	2013–—	82.4
659	Raí	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1984–2000	83.2
660	Alyssa Healy	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2007–—	85.2
661	Nonpareil Jack Dempsey	Boxing	🇮🇪 Ireland	1883–1895	83.7
662	Bennie Borgmann	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1919–1942	84.9
663	Julien Alfred	Athletics	🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	2018–—	82.5
664	Bernardo Silva	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2013–—	82.6
665	Ellen White	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2005–2022	82.7
666	Florian Wellbrock	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	2016–—	83.2
667	Flórián Albert	Football	🇭🇺 Hungary	1958–1974	82.2
668	Allan Simonsen	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	1970–1989	83.1
669	Šarūnas Marčiulionis	Basketball	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1981–1997	83.7
670	Beau Jack	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1955	84.7
671	Emil Forsberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2010–—	83.3
672	Ralf Edström	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1970–1983	82.6
673	Giulia Gwinn	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2016–—	82.2
674	Leisel Jones	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1998–2012	84.0
675	Seimone Augustus	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2020	84.2
676	Aravinda de Silva	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1984–2003	86.4
677	Nadzeya Astapchuk	Athletics	🇧🇾 Belarus	1998–2015	85.1
678	Robert Pirès	Football	🇫🇷 France	1992–2015	82.9
679	Arturo Vidal	Football	🇨🇱 Chile	2006–—	83.7
680	Robert Harting	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2018	83.9
681	Just Fontaine	Football	🇫🇷 France	1953–1962	78.9
682	Greg Chappell	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1970–1984	84.9
683	Henri Cochet	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1921–1950	85.8
684	Rick Carey	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1988	81.6
685	Cheryl Salisbury	Football	🇦🇺 Australia	1994–2009	83.9
686	Bob Cousy	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1950–1970	83.2
687	Caroline Graham Hansen	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	2010–—	82.1
688	Rosa Mota	Athletics	🇵🇹 Portugal	1975–1992	85.2
689	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1991–2007	86.4
690	Shaun Pollock	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	1995–2008	86.0
691	Harbhajan Singh	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1998–2021	86.0
692	Kevin Pietersen	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2001–2018	84.8
693	Enid Bakewell	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1966–1982	85.0
694	Beth Mooney	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2016–—	84.4
695	Heather Knight	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2010–—	85.8
696	Hanif Mohammad	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1952–1969	85.4
697	Júlio César	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1997–2018	83.1
698	Mike Powell	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1996	83.2
699	Gianfranco Zola	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1984–2005	83.6
700	Denis Compton	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1937–1957	84.7

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