#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
17	Ronaldo Nazário	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2011	90.3
22	Hege Riise	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	1990–2004	90.2
26	Rivaldo	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1991–2015	90.4
36	Pau Gasol	Basketball	🇪🇸 Spain	1998–2021	91.5
37	Floyd Mayweather	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2017	91.9
42	Patrizia Panico	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2016	90.3
48	Tiffeny Milbrett	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2006	88.7
51	Inka Grings	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2013	88.9
55	Nadine Angerer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2015	89.6
56	Wladimir Klitschko	Boxing	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1996–2017	90.9
58	Ray Allen	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2014	90.6
62	Gianluigi Buffon	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1995–2023	90.3
67	Andriy Shevchenko	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1994–2012	88.0
68	Sun Wen	Football	🇨🇳 China	1990–2006	87.9
74	Manu Ginóbili	Basketball	🇦🇷 Argentina	1995–2018	89.8
77	Camille Abily	Football	🇫🇷 France	1999–2018	88.7
78	Renate Lingor	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1991–2008	88.4
79	Conny Pohlers	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2013	88.4
80	Kobe Bryant	Basketball	🇺🇸 USA	1996–2016	89.4
82	Xavi Hernández	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1998–2019	88.6
83	Tim Duncan	Basketball	🇻🇮 United States	1997–2016	90.4
86	Kelly Smith	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1994–2017	88.0
88	Briana Scurry	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2008	87.8
100	Diego Forlán	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	1997–2019	87.9
108	Formiga	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2022	90.5
112	Serena Williams	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2022	91.3
115	Dida	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1992–2015	87.6
116	Ariane Hingst	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1994–2011	88.2
117	Shaquille O'Neal	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2011	87.7
129	Marinette Pichon	Football	🇫🇷 France	1993–2010	87.3
132	Therese Alshammar	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2016	90.3
134	Fabio Cannavaro	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1992–2011	87.2
142	Henrik Larsson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1992–2013	87.7
148	Roger Federer	Tennis	🇨🇭 Switzerland	1998–2022	91.2
152	Jason Kidd	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2013	89.1
155	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1999–2023	88.5
162	Hanna Ljungberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1996–2009	86.3
171	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2017	89.0
176	Birgit Prinz	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1993–2011	86.8
195	Inge de Bruijn	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1991–2007	86.4
196	Ruth Beitia	Athletics	🇪🇸 Spain	1996–2017	89.6
200	Manny Pacquiao	Boxing	🇵🇭 Philippines	1995–2021	89.0
202	Yelena Isinbayeva	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	1997–2016	87.9
204	Natalie Coughlin	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2016	88.1
216	Ronaldinho	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1998–2015	84.8
221	Dikembe Mutombo	Basketball	🇨🇩 DR Congo	1991–2009	88.0
222	Joe Calzaghe	Boxing	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	1993–2008	87.5
224	Iker Casillas	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1999–2020	86.8
227	Aaron Peirsol	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2011	86.3
229	Haile Gebrselassie	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1992–2015	89.9

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