#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
13	Franz Beckenbauer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1964–1983	92.4
51	Inka Grings	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2013	88.9
55	Nadine Angerer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2015	89.6
57	Gerd Müller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1963–1981	88.3
78	Renate Lingor	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1991–2008	88.4
79	Conny Pohlers	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2013	88.4
93	Lothar Matthäus	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–2000	89.0
102	Steffi Graf	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1982–1999	90.6
116	Ariane Hingst	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1994–2011	88.2
133	Michael Gross	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1981–1991	88.0
144	Bettina Wiegmann	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1989–2003	87.4
146	Martina Voss-Tecklenburg	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1984–1999	87.4
154	Anja Mittag	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2019	87.3
176	Birgit Prinz	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1993–2011	86.8
178	Toni Kroos	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2007–2024	86.9
187	Roland Matthes	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1966–1976	86.5
194	Manuel Neuer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–—	87.0
207	Fritz Walter	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1937–1959	86.5
234	Célia Šašić	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2005–2015	84.1
239	Dirk Nowitzki	Basketball	🇩🇪 Germany	1998–2019	88.4
249	Thomas Müller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2008–—	87.1
269	Lena Goeßling	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2021	86.2
283	Steffi Jones	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1993–2007	85.3
284	Almuth Schult	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2009–2024	85.6
301	Doris Fitschen	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–2001	85.5
329	Svenja Huth	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2008–2024	85.7
336	Franziska van Almsick	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1991–2004	86.2
347	Melanie Behringer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2005–2017	84.5
360	Lea Schüller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2015–—	84.3
364	Fatmire Alushi	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2017	84.8
375	Rudi Völler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1980–1996	84.8
384	Jupp Heynckes	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1964–1978	85.1
413	Lars Riedel	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1988–2006	86.0
423	Sara Däbritz	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2012–—	84.4
450	Miroslav Klose	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1999–2016	84.6
456	Silvia Neid	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–1996	84.5
475	Philipp Lahm	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2017	84.7
491	Uwe Seeler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1953–1972	84.9
510	Kristin Otto	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1982–1989	81.7
547	Jürgen Klinsmann	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1981–1998	84.2
569	Matthias Sammer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1985–1998	81.6
574	Paul Biedermann	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2016	84.4
578	Berti Vogts	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1965–1979	84.0
592	Heike Drechsler	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1980–2004	86.1
599	Antje Buschschulte	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1994–2008	85.7
616	Oliver Kahn	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1987–2008	83.8
630	Nadine Keßler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–2016	81.2
654	Lena Oberdorf	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2018–—	81.4
666	Florian Wellbrock	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	2016–—	83.2
673	Giulia Gwinn	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2016–—	82.2

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