#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
701	Hashim Amla	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	2004–2019	85.6
702	Tracy McGrady	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2013	81.7
703	Salvatore Schillaci	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1982–1999	81.5
704	Kim Källström	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1999–2018	83.7
705	Melanie Serrano	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2005–2022	84.1
706	Melania Gabbiadini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2000–2019	83.7
707	Javier Zanetti	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1992–2014	85.6
708	Steve Nash	Basketball	🇨🇦 Canada	1996–2015	84.6
709	Grete Waitz	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	1971–1990	85.4
710	Mahela Jayawardene	Cricket	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1995–2015	86.3
711	Suzie Bates	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2006–—	87.1
712	Jack Dillon	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1908–1923	84.7
713	Lisa Sthalekar	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2001–2013	85.5
714	Lou Carnesecca	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1992	85.3
715	Murray Rose	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1956–1964	82.1
716	Kid Gavilán	Boxing	🇨🇺 Cuba	1943–1958	84.7
717	Laurence Doherty	Tennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1896–1906	83.6
718	Dixie Kid	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1899–1914	84.4
719	Nia Künzer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1997–2008	81.7
720	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1974–1989	82.3
721	Gordie Howe	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1946–1980	90.2
722	Ellyse Perry	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2007–—	85.9
723	Ian Thorpe	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1997–2012	82.2
724	Wayde van Niekerk	Athletics	🇿🇦 South Africa	2010–—	80.7
725	Lennox Lewis	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1989–2003	84.0
726	Kosuke Kitajima	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	1999–2016	83.7
727	Terence Crawford	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	83.1
728	Cecilia Brækhus	Boxing	🇳🇴 Norway	2007–—	84.3
729	László Kubala	Football	🇭🇺 Hungary	1946–1967	82.6
730	Dwight Howard	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2022	84.2
731	Regina Halmich	Boxing	🇩🇪 Germany	1994–2007	84.3
732	Dave Cowens	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1983	81.8
733	Maurice Cheeks	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1993	84.7
734	Barney Ross	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1929–1938	82.4
735	Inha Babakova	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1986–2004	85.1
736	Buddy Jeannette	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1938–1950	82.9
737	Juan Román Riquelme	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1996–2014	82.5
738	Tatjana Smith	Swimming	🇿🇦 South Africa	2016–2024	82.1
739	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2008–2021	83.2
740	Susie O'Neill	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1990–2000	83.7
741	Miguel Canto	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1969–1982	83.9
742	Eugène Criqui	Boxing	🇫🇷 France	1910–1928	84.8
743	Rosana dos Santos	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2002–2019	83.2
744	Gabi Portilho	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2015–—	82.0
745	Nafissatou Thiam	Athletics	🇧🇪 Belgium	2011–—	83.6
746	Rocky Marciano	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1956	82.5
747	Naoya Inoue	Boxing	🇯🇵 Japan	2012–—	81.6
748	Marita Koch	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1977–1986	81.6
749	Amanda Serrano	Boxing	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	2009–—	84.3
750	Robert Parish	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1997	86.3

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