#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
251	Julio César Chávez	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	1980–2005	88.3
252	Willie Pep	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1966	89.0
253	Sylvia Fowles	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2022	87.4
254	Clive Lloyd	Cricket	🏴 West Indies	1963–1988	89.0
255	Sylvia Hatchell	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1975–2019	88.5
256	Alex Morgan	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2024	85.5
257	Artis Gilmore	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1988	87.3
258	Hristo Stoichkov	Football	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1984–2003	84.6
259	Ezzard Charles	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1959	87.8
260	Sissi Oliveira	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1988–2008	85.6
261	Victoria Svensson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1996–2009	85.8
262	Wayne Gretzky	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1979–1999	91.6
263	Al Oerter	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1980	87.7
264	Robert Korzeniowski	Athletics	🇵🇱 Poland	1988–2004	87.0
265	Vivianne Miedema	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2013–—	84.5
266	Gheorghe Hagi	Football	🇷🇴 Romania	1982–2001	86.0
267	Emile Griffith	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1958–1977	88.6
268	Shannon Boxx	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2015	85.6
269	Lena Goeßling	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2021	86.2
270	Margaret Court	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1960–1977	89.0
271	Adam Peaty	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2012–—	85.8
272	Alex Hannum	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1948–1971	85.9
273	Frank McGuire	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1947–1980	87.4
274	Roger Milla	Football	🇨🇲 Cameroon	1970–1996	87.1
275	Héctor Camacho	Boxing	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1980–2010	88.5
276	Giovane Élber	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2006	85.7
277	Homare Sawa	Football	🇯🇵 Japan	1991–2015	86.2
278	Sarah Sjöström	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	2007–—	87.8
279	Jenny Thompson	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2004	87.2
280	Evelyn Ashford	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1992	87.7
281	Nils Liedholm	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1946–1961	85.5
282	Wilfredo Gómez	Boxing	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1974–1989	85.3
283	Steffi Jones	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1993–2007	85.3
284	Almuth Schult	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2009–2024	85.6
285	Rose Lavelle	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	84.3
286	Sara Gama	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2006–2024	86.4
287	Nadia Nadim	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	2005–—	86.0
288	Thierry Henry	Football	🇫🇷 France	1994–2014	85.1
289	Kevin Garnett	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2016	87.6
290	Giorgio Chiellini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2000–2023	86.7
291	Alex English	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1991	86.8
292	Artur Beterbiev	Boxing	🇨🇦 Canada	2013–—	85.5
293	Ian Rush	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	1979–2000	85.5
294	Hope Solo	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2016	85.1
295	Kevin McHale	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1993	85.7
296	Krešimir Ćosić	Basketball	🇭🇷 Croatia	1968–1983	86.2
297	Alexis Argüello	Boxing	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	1968–1995	86.8
298	Antonio Cervantes	Boxing	🇨🇴 Colombia	1964–1983	87.1
299	Therese Sjögran	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1997–2015	86.9
300	Kevin De Bruyne	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2008–—	85.0

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