#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
680	Robert Harting	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2018	83.9
719	Nia Künzer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1997–2008	81.7
720	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1974–1989	82.3
731	Regina Halmich	Boxing	🇩🇪 Germany	1994–2007	84.3
748	Marita Koch	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1977–1986	81.6
751	Max Schmeling	Boxing	🇩🇪 Germany	1924–1948	84.5
869	Tabea Kemme	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2009–2019	81.6
918	Bastian Schweinsteiger	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2019	81.9
1039	Pierre Littbarski	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1978–1997	82.3
1161	Michael Ballack	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1995–2012	80.4
1247	Hannelore Anke	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1973–1977	77.6
1252	Ingrid Auerswald	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1976–1988	80.9
1274	Gottfried von Cramm	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1932–1953	82.7
1324	Günter Netzer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1963–1977	78.0
1538	Ralf Bartels	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1998–2012	80.8
1572	Jens-Peter Berndt	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1985–1992	78.5
1647	Frank Baltrusch	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–1992	77.8
1653	Marco Reus	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–—	78.9
1721	Kerstin Behrendt	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–1992	77.9
1773	Boris Becker	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1984–1999	80.4
2035	Gabriele Becker	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1993–2004	78.6
2100	Alina Astafei	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1987–2003	79.5
2135	Annika Bruhn	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	2012–2021	77.3
2183	Michael Schumacher	Formula 1	🇩🇪 Germany	1991–2012	85.7
2555	Dirk Braunleder	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1990–1998	75.4
2623	Michael Stich	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1988–1997	74.4
2681	Chris-Carol Bremer	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–1992	74.0
2736	Laura Ludwig	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	2003–—	80.2
2770	Leon Draisaitl	Ice Hockey	🇩🇪 Germany	2014–—	76.1
2887	Julius Brink	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	2001–2014	78.3
2897	Annika Becker	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1997–2006	72.2
2932	Henner Henkel	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1933–1939	71.3
2957	Jonas Reckermann	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	1999–2013	77.6
2977	Angelique Kerber	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2003–2024	73.4
3058	Sebastian Vettel	Formula 1	🇩🇪 Germany	2007–2022	79.4
3065	Alexander Zverev	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2013–—	71.9
3086	Barbara Czekalla	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	1968–1980	76.5
3115	Georg Grozer	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–—	77.0
3131	Kira Walkenhorst	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	2007–2019	74.0
3290	Alex Čejka	Golf	🇩🇪 Germany	1992–—	77.5
3416	Johannes "tabseN" Wodarz	Esports	🇩🇪 Germany	2012–—	78.4
3472	Jörg Rosskopf	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–2004	75.8
3483	Wu Jiaduo	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2000–2016	75.2
3484	Nicole Struse	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1989–2006	75.6
3611	Patrick Franziska	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2009–—	74.1
3672	Han Ying	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2005–—	73.7
3710	Katharina Bullin	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	1974–1982	68.1
3748	Nico Rosberg	Formula 1	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–2016	69.7
3781	Kuro "KuroKy" Salehi Takhasomi	Esports	🇩🇪 Germany	2011–—	73.0
3790	Petrissa Solja	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2010–—	71.2

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