#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
11	Johan Cruyff	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1964–1984	92.2
130	Sherida Spitse	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2006–—	88.6
166	Johan Neeskens	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1968–1991	86.9
185	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Athletics	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1935–1955	87.5
195	Inge de Bruijn	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1991–2007	86.4
199	Marco van Basten	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1981–1995	83.9
265	Vivianne Miedema	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2013–—	84.5
418	Clarence Seedorf	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1992–2014	86.0
427	Arjen Robben	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2000–2021	84.2
504	Ruud Gullit	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1979–1998	83.7
739	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2008–2021	83.2
826	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2012–—	83.4
895	Ronald Koeman	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1980–1997	82.5
934	Conny van Bentum	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1980–1992	83.3
936	Dennis Bergkamp	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1986–2006	82.1
943	Pieter van den Hoogenband	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1995–2008	81.9
989	Sifan Hassan	Athletics	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2013–—	83.2
1037	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1993–2012	80.5
1051	Femke Heemskerk	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2005–—	84.3
1080	Edgar Davids	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1991–2014	81.0
1111	Karin Brienesse	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1986–1996	81.7
1404	Enith Brigitha	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1970–1980	79.4
2080	Patrick van Balkom	Athletics	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1993–2004	78.7
2147	Lucia Rijker	Boxing	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1996–2004	74.1
2203	Timothy Beck	Athletics	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1997–2008	78.0
2223	Bert Blyleven	Baseball	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1970–1992	83.3
2362	Femke Bol	Athletics	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2018–—	73.2
2417	Richard Krajicek	Tennis	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1989–2003	77.2
2458	Kim Busch	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2013–—	75.7
2645	Elvis Afrifa	Athletics	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2017–—	75.3
3093	Christiaan Varenhorst	Volleyball	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2010–—	76.8
3104	Alexander Brouwer	Volleyball	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2009–—	76.8
3105	Robert Meeuwsen	Volleyball	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2009–—	76.8
3116	Max Verstappen	Formula 1	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2015–—	74.1
3170	Peter Blangé	Volleyball	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1988–2001	75.3
3321	Li Jie	Table Tennis	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2000–2021	77.8
3432	Li Jiao	Table Tennis	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1996–2020	76.9
3758	Steven van de Velde	Volleyball	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2010–—	69.0
3788	Nyck de Vries	Formula 1	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2019–—	68.2
3952	Christijan Albers	Formula 1	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1997–2014	65.0
3953	Jos Verstappen	Formula 1	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1994–2003	63.4

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