#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
109	Pia Sundhage	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1975–1996	88.1
132	Therese Alshammar	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2016	90.3
142	Henrik Larsson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1992–2013	87.7
155	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1999–2023	88.5
162	Hanna Ljungberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1996–2009	86.3
219	Gunnar Nordahl	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1940–1958	84.8
261	Victoria Svensson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1996–2009	85.8
278	Sarah Sjöström	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	2007–—	87.8
281	Nils Liedholm	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1946–1961	85.5
299	Therese Sjögran	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1997–2015	86.9
323	Kurt Hamrin	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1952–1971	85.7
326	Viktor Gyökeres	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2016–—	83.2
403	Gunnar Gren	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1938–1960	85.1
434	Alexander Isak	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2016–—	82.9
457	Amanda Ilestedt	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2011–—	84.0
460	Björn Borg	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1972–1983	86.4
524	Lena Videkull	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1985–1996	83.4
541	Malin Andersson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1990–2007	84.7
542	Sofia Jakobsson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2007–—	84.4
671	Emil Forsberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2010–—	83.3
672	Ralf Edström	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1970–1983	82.6
704	Kim Källström	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1999–2018	83.7
759	Nilla Fischer	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2001–2023	84.2
821	Kajsa Bergqvist	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2008	83.2
847	Hedvig Lindahl	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2000–2024	84.1
878	Stefan Holm	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1993–2008	83.3
887	Fredrik Ljungberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2012	82.2
890	Olof Mellberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1995–2013	82.7
901	Patrik Sjöberg	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1981–1997	82.8
907	Fridolina Rolfö	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2011–—	81.6
964	Ludmila Engquist	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1987–1999	82.5
1031	Lina Hurtig	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2012–—	81.0
1056	Sebastian Larsson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2005–2023	82.4
1075	Ingemar Johansson	Boxing	🇸🇪 Sweden	1952–1963	80.6
1095	Christian Olsson	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1997–2011	80.8
1110	Elin Rubensson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2011–—	81.1
1241	Magdalena Eriksson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2011–—	80.0
1268	Pär Arvidsson	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	1976–1984	78.6
1269	Stina Blackstenius	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2013–—	79.0
1337	Gunder Hägg	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1940–1945	78.6
1408	Gunnar Larsson	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	1968–1974	77.3
1524	Jonas Björkman	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1991–2008	82.7
1525	Anders Järryd	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1980–1996	82.4
1560	Nicklas Lidström	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	1988–2012	85.4
1660	Andreas Almgren	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	2014–—	78.3
1668	Dan Waern	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1954–1962	78.9
1689	Abeba Aregawi	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	2009–2019	77.7
1691	Lars Frölander	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	1992–2008	80.4
1722	Stefan Edberg	Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1983–1996	80.9
1788	Arne Andersson	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1941–1947	77.1

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