#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1	Lionel Messi	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2004–—	96.0
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2002–—	96.1
4	Marta Vieira da Silva	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2002–—	94.6
8	LeBron James	Basketball	🇺🇸 USA	2003–—	95.6
20	Katie Ledecky	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2012–—	92.5
23	Luis Suárez	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	2005–—	91.2
28	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2007–—	91.4
36	Novak Djokovic	Tennis	🇷🇸 Serbia	2003–—	94.5
48	Antoine Griezmann	Football	🇫🇷 France	2009–—	90.1
52	Cristiane Rozeira	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2002–—	89.5
53	Sadio Mané	Football	🇸🇳 Senegal	2011–—	89.0
56	Alexia Putellas	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2010–—	88.1
63	Aitana Bonmatí	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2016–—	86.6
71	Jenni Hermoso	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2008–—	88.6
74	Marcelo Vieira	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2005–—	89.5
76	Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2009–—	88.2
88	Robert Lewandowski	Football	🇵🇱 Poland	2006–—	88.7
102	Wendie Renard	Football	🇫🇷 France	2006–—	89.3
110	N'Golo Kanté	Football	🇫🇷 France	2012–—	87.5
124	Stephen Curry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	88.4
131	Ivan Rakitić	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	2006–—	88.3
147	Lucy Bronze	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2009–—	87.3
151	Ousmane Dembélé	Football	🇫🇷 France	2014–—	86.1
152	Marco Verratti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	87.3
154	Sherida Spitse	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2006–—	88.6
162	Kadeisha Buchanan	Football	🇨🇦 Canada	2013–—	86.6
165	Mutaz Essa Barshim	Athletics	🇶🇦 Qatar	2010–—	88.9
168	Romelu Lukaku	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2009–—	87.1
170	Crystal Dunn	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	86.9
179	Robert Finke	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2018–—	87.4
182	Joshua Kimmich	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2013–—	86.4
184	Luka Modrić	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	2003–—	87.7
186	Eugénie Le Sommer	Football	🇫🇷 France	2006–—	87.6
192	Sergio Ramos	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2003–—	87.8
197	Ciro Immobile	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	86.9
205	Sandra Elkasević	Athletics	🇭🇷 Croatia	2007–—	88.3
210	Kevin Durant	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2007–—	87.5
212	Soufiane El Bakkali	Athletics	🇲🇦 Morocco	2014–—	87.4
216	Christen Press	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	86.3
219	Mary Kom	Boxing	🇮🇳 India	2000–—	88.4
223	Beth Mead	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2011–—	85.5
226	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	Football	🇫🇷 France	2015–—	85.6
227	Manuel Neuer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–—	87.0
230	Jorginho	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2010–—	86.2
245	Paulo Dybala	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2011–—	86.1
246	Debinha	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2009–—	86.2
247	Sandra Paños	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2010–—	86.3
248	Esther González	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2011–—	85.9
260	Eliud Kipchoge	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2002–—	89.1
272	Griedge Mbock	Football	🇫🇷 France	2012–—	85.7

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