#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1151	Bobby Chacon	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1988	82.0
1152	Darrell Green	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1983–2002	88.2
1153	Terry Alderman	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1974–1993	82.5
1154	Dennis Amiss	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1960–1987	84.7
1155	Martin Bicknell	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1986–2006	84.4
1156	Saad Al-Asmari	Athletics	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	1993–2006	83.0
1157	Lola Gallardo	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2011–—	80.9
1158	Steve Smith	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2008–—	82.5
1159	Jhulan Goswami	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2002–2022	84.6
1160	Ariarne Titmus	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2016–—	79.4
1161	Michael Ballack	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1995–2012	80.4
1162	Alberto Juantorena	Athletics	🇨🇺 Cuba	1971–1984	80.6
1163	Tony Zale	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1948	80.7
1164	Murielle Ahouré	Athletics	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	2008–—	82.5
1165	Kim Batten	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2000	80.6
1166	Barbra Banda	Football	🇿🇲 Zambia	2016–—	78.3
1167	Paul George	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2010–—	81.3
1168	Wang Shun	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2011–—	82.0
1169	Kate Douglass	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	79.4
1170	Chase Kalisz	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	81.7
1171	Ken Buchanan	Boxing	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1965–1982	81.5
1172	Michael Carbajal	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1989–1999	80.4
1173	Donald Curry	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1997	80.3
1174	Ken Barrington	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1955–1968	81.8
1175	Red Kelly	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1947–1967	87.1
1176	Arthur Gore	Tennis	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1888–1927	85.6
1177	Mel Blount	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1983	86.2
1178	Jack Blackham	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1874–1894	83.3
1179	Pamela Conti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1995–2013	81.1
1180	Erik Morales	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1993–2012	82.4
1181	Ben Wallace	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2012	81.3
1182	Kirani James	Athletics	🇬🇩 Grenada	2009–—	81.6
1183	Kelsey-Lee Barber	Athletics	🇦🇺 Australia	2011–—	81.2
1184	Deontay Wilder	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	81.4
1185	Vic Seixas	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1969	84.7
1186	James J. Corbett	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1885–1903	80.2
1187	Mark Aguirre	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1981–1994	80.6
1188	Naseem Hamed	Boxing	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1992–2002	79.6
1189	Mohammad Azharuddin	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1984–2000	82.9
1190	David Boon	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1984–1996	82.7
1191	Bernard Barmasai	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1995–2004	80.2
1192	Joe Choynski	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1888–1904	81.6
1193	Ana Ambrazienė	Athletics	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1979–1988	80.2
1194	Vladimir Bure	Swimming	🇷🇺 Russia	1968–1976	80.1
1195	Ai Yanhan	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2014–—	81.0
1196	Alexander Ovechkin	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	2005–—	87.2
1197	Claressa Shields	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2012–—	80.3
1198	Anthony Davis	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2012–—	80.8
1199	Eden Hazard	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2007–2023	78.8
1200	Abel Antón	Athletics	🇪🇸 Spain	1985–2002	82.9

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