#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1301	Jimmy Binks	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1955–1969	84.2
1302	Glen Chapple	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1992–2016	84.1
1303	Mike Tyson	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2005	79.3
1304	Rohit Sharma	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2007–—	82.0
1305	Teresa Weatherspoon	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2004	80.4
1306	Smriti Mandhana	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2013–—	80.9
1307	Delfine Persoon	Boxing	🇧🇪 Belgium	2010–—	81.3
1308	Thomas Ceccon	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2018–—	77.2
1309	Daniil Medvedev	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	2014–—	81.5
1310	Hank Luisetti	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1935–1941	75.7
1311	Oscar Charleston	Baseball	🇺🇸 United States	1915–1941	86.4
1312	Selemon Barega	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2016–—	81.0
1313	Saqlain Mushtaq	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1994–2008	80.7
1314	Joaquín Sánchez	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1999–2023	82.4
1315	Ace Gruenig	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1934–1948	80.3
1316	Simona Quadarella	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2015–—	80.7
1317	Ron Francis	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1981–2004	87.2
1318	Bernie Geoffrion	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1950–1968	85.2
1319	Rio Ferdinand	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1996–2015	80.4
1320	AB de Villiers	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	2004–2021	81.8
1321	Paul Pierce	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2017	81.4
1322	Jacques Plante	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1947–1975	85.3
1323	Vladislav Tretiak	Ice Hockey	🇷🇺 Russia	1968–1984	84.6
1324	Günter Netzer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1963–1977	78.0
1325	Patri Guijarro	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2015–—	77.7
1326	Sadaharu Oh	Baseball	🇯🇵 Japan	1959–1980	86.6
1327	LaMarcus Aldridge	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2021	81.4
1328	Karl-Anthony Towns	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	80.0
1329	Margo Dydek	Basketball	🇵🇱 Poland	1994–2008	81.1
1330	Ricky Hatton	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1997–2012	80.3
1331	Deacon Jones	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1961–1974	84.7
1332	B. S. Chandrasekhar	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1963–1979	81.7
1333	Andy Roddick	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2012	81.9
1334	Chris Eubank	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1985–1998	80.5
1335	Larry Fitzgerald	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2020	86.3
1336	Devin Haney	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	79.0
1337	Gunder Hägg	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1940–1945	78.6
1338	Gretchen Walsh	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2021–—	77.5
1339	Sidney Moncrief	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1991	79.1
1340	Tiger Flowers	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1918–1927	79.6
1341	Moeen Ali	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2014–2023	82.6
1342	Yelena Belevskaya	Athletics	🇧🇾 Belarus	1982–1992	80.5
1343	Ray Nitschke	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1972	85.0
1344	Bill Bowes	Cricket	🇬🇧 England	1928–1947	81.9
1345	Stewie Dempster	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1921–1947	82.1
1346	Mike Modano	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2011	85.7
1347	Sophie Ecclestone	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2016–—	79.9
1348	Nicola Pietrangeli	Tennis	🇮🇹 Italy	1953–1972	83.4
1349	Bob Davies	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1945–1955	77.5
1350	Meldrick Taylor	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2002	80.7

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