#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
851	Joe Dumars	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1985–1999	83.5
852	Michael Owen	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1996–2013	80.3
853	Alessandro Andrei	Athletics	🇮🇹 Italy	1979–1993	82.9
854	Wasim Akram	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1984–2003	85.1
855	Laurent Blanc	Football	🇫🇷 France	1983–2003	83.0
856	Justin Gatlin	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2022	84.6
857	Cristiana Girelli	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2006–—	82.7
858	Vasyl Lomachenko	Boxing	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2013–—	81.0
859	Doris Hart	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1942–1955	84.3
860	Gail Goodrich	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1979	83.2
861	David Gower	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1975–1993	85.2
862	Vincent Kompany	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2003–2019	81.2
863	Guro Reiten	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	2012–—	81.5
864	Rūta Meilutytė	Swimming	🇱🇹 Lithuania	2012–—	82.0
865	Dave DeBusschere	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1974	82.5
866	Nat Holman	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1916–1933	82.3
867	Tim Hardaway	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2003	82.3
868	Elena Linari	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2010–—	82.5
869	Tabea Kemme	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2009–2019	81.6
870	Glenn McGrath	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1992–2007	84.5
871	James Harden	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	83.0
872	Sunil Gavaskar	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1971–1987	84.8
873	Sam Kerr	Football	🇦🇺 Australia	2008–—	81.1
874	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	80.2
875	Yulimar Rojas	Athletics	🇻🇪 Venezuela	2013–—	81.1
876	Abedi Pelé	Football	🇬🇭 Ghana	1978–2000	81.8
877	Alain Giresse	Football	🇫🇷 France	1970–1988	83.2
878	Stefan Holm	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1993–2008	83.3
879	Peter Jackson	Boxing	🇦🇺 Australia	1882–1899	82.9
880	Fazal Mahmood	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1952–1962	83.0
881	Lefty Driesell	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–2003	85.1
882	Radamel Falcao	Football	🇨🇴 Colombia	2005–2024	81.1
883	Rui Costa	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1990–2008	82.3
884	Amandine Henry	Football	🇫🇷 France	2007–—	82.0
885	Werner Günthör	Athletics	🇨🇭 Switzerland	1982–1993	82.1
886	Walt Bellamy	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1975	83.0
887	Fredrik Ljungberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2012	82.2
888	Sammy Angott	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1950	83.5
889	Federico Chiesa	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2016–—	80.9
890	Olof Mellberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1995–2013	82.7
891	Solveig Gulbrandsen	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	1998–2013	82.4
892	Amanda Sampedro	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2010–—	82.4
893	Lisa Boattin	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2013–—	81.8
894	Linda Hamilton	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–1995	81.0
895	Ronald Koeman	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1980–1997	82.5
896	Marvelous Marvin Hagler	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1987	83.2
897	Russell Westbrook	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	83.3
898	Erling Haaland	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	2016–—	77.9
899	Harry Kane	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2011–—	81.4
900	Juan Manuel Márquez	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1993–2014	84.4

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