#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
29	Betty Vignotto	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1970–1990	90.6
42	Patrizia Panico	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2016	90.3
62	Gianluigi Buffon	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1995–2023	90.3
70	Paolo Maldini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1984–2009	90.1
90	Carolina Morace	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1978–1998	87.9
99	Leonardo Bonucci	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2005–2024	88.3
128	Marco Verratti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	87.3
134	Fabio Cannavaro	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1992–2011	87.2
164	Giuseppe Meazza	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1927–1947	86.2
165	Dino Zoff	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1961–1983	88.3
167	Andrea Barzagli	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2000–2019	87.4
168	Ciro Immobile	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	86.9
188	Dino Meneghin	Basketball	🇮🇹 Italy	1966–1994	89.0
197	Jorginho	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2010–—	86.2
236	Gianluca Zambrotta	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1994–2014	86.3
286	Sara Gama	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2006–2024	86.4
290	Giorgio Chiellini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2000–2023	86.7
304	Giampiero Boniperti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1946–1961	85.8
315	Barbara Bonansea	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	85.7
324	Marco Materazzi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2011	85.2
331	Franco Baresi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1977–1997	85.7
334	Gianni Rivera	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1959–1979	85.9
341	Filippo Inzaghi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2012	85.3
355	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2011–—	86.3
366	Francesco Totti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1992–2017	86.4
379	Andrea Pirlo	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1995–2017	85.3
395	Alessandro Nesta	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2014	84.9
401	Paolo Rossi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1973–1987	82.1
404	Lorenzo Insigne	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2009–—	84.7
408	Roberto Baggio	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1982–2004	84.6
451	Sandro Mazzola	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1960–1977	84.9
458	Valentina Giacinti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2010–—	84.1
459	Alessandro Del Piero	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2014	85.6
539	Daniele De Rossi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2001–2019	84.9
601	Manuela Giugliano	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2013–—	82.9
614	Cecilia Salvai	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2010–—	83.4
636	Claudio Marchisio	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2006–2019	83.2
699	Gianfranco Zola	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1984–2005	83.6
703	Salvatore Schillaci	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1982–1999	81.5
706	Melania Gabbiadini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2000–2019	83.7
769	Laura Giuliani	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2010–—	82.6
783	Daniela Sabatino	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2002–—	83.3
815	Alia Guagni	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2005–2023	83.1
853	Alessandro Andrei	Athletics	🇮🇹 Italy	1979–1993	82.9
857	Cristiana Girelli	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2006–—	82.7
868	Elena Linari	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2010–—	82.5
889	Federico Chiesa	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2016–—	80.9
893	Lisa Boattin	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2013–—	81.8
913	Valentina Cernoia	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	82.1
975	Nino Benvenuti	Boxing	🇮🇹 Italy	1960–1971	81.8

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