#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
201	Moses Malone	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1995	88.0
202	Yelena Isinbayeva	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	1997–2016	87.9
203	Roberto Durán	Boxing	🇵🇦 Panama	1968–2001	89.3
204	Natalie Coughlin	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2016	88.1
205	Dara Torres	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1982–2012	89.6
206	Denny Crum	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1971–2001	88.4
207	Fritz Walter	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1937–1959	86.5
208	George Gervin	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1986	86.4
209	Panama Al Brown	Boxing	🇵🇦 Panama	1922–1942	88.2
210	Abe Attell	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1917	88.2
211	Paulo Dybala	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2011–—	86.1
212	Debinha	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2009–—	86.2
213	Sandra Paños	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2010–—	86.3
214	Esther González	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2011–—	85.9
215	Rafael Nadal	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	2001–2024	89.5
216	Ronaldinho	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1998–2015	84.8
217	Rod Laver	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1956–1979	89.6
218	Paavo Nurmi	Athletics	🇫🇮 Finland	1920–1934	88.5
219	Gunnar Nordahl	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1940–1958	84.8
220	Elvin Hayes	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1968–1984	88.4
221	Dikembe Mutombo	Basketball	🇨🇩 DR Congo	1991–2009	88.0
222	Joe Calzaghe	Boxing	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	1993–2008	87.5
223	Hal Greer	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1973	88.1
224	Iker Casillas	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1999–2020	86.8
225	Hakeem Olajuwon	Basketball	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1984–2002	87.0
226	Eliud Kipchoge	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2002–—	89.1
227	Aaron Peirsol	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2011	86.3
228	Bob Fitzsimmons	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1883–1914	88.0
229	Haile Gebrselassie	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1992–2015	89.9
230	Jerry West	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1974	86.6
231	John Stockton	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2003	88.6
232	Pancho Gonzales	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1974	89.7
233	Raymond Kopa	Football	🇫🇷 France	1949–1967	85.5
234	Célia Šašić	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2005–2015	84.1
235	Nate Archibald	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1970–1984	85.5
236	Gianluca Zambrotta	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1994–2014	86.3
237	Griedge Mbock	Football	🇫🇷 France	2012–—	85.7
238	Sonia Bermúdez	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2002–2021	86.3
239	Dirk Nowitzki	Basketball	🇩🇪 Germany	1998–2019	88.4
240	Jesse Owens	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1936	82.2
241	Javier Sotomayor	Athletics	🇨🇺 Cuba	1984–2001	87.5
242	Anita Włodarczyk	Athletics	🇵🇱 Poland	2006–—	87.6
243	Stefka Kostadinova	Athletics	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1982–1999	87.5
244	Gennadiy Golovkin	Boxing	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	2006–2022	87.5
245	George Mikan	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1946–1956	83.8
246	Éder Jofre	Boxing	🇧🇷 Brazil	1957–1976	87.0
247	Hortência Marcari	Basketball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1980–1996	86.5
248	Ryan Giggs	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	1990–2014	88.3
249	Thomas Müller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2008–—	87.1
250	Julius Erving	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1987	86.8

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