#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1	Lionel Messi	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2004–—	96.0
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2002–—	96.1
3	Michael Phelps	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2016	95.8
4	Marta Vieira da Silva	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2002–—	94.6
6	LeBron James	Basketball	🇺🇸 USA	2003–—	95.6
9	Usain Bolt	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2004–2017	89.4
14	Diana Taurasi	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2025	93.7
19	Luis Suárez	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	2005–—	91.2
23	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2007–—	91.4
30	Novak Djokovic	Tennis	🇷🇸 Serbia	2003–—	94.5
34	Carli Lloyd	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2021	89.7
40	Antoine Griezmann	Football	🇫🇷 France	2009–—	90.1
41	Allyson Felix	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2022	90.5
44	Cristiane Rozeira	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2002–—	89.5
47	Christine Sinclair	Football	🇨🇦 Canada	2000–2023	90.5
50	Megan Rapinoe	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2023	88.8
53	Sue Bird	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2022	91.4
60	Jenni Hermoso	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2008–—	88.6
61	Perpetua Nkwocha	Football	🇳🇬 Nigeria	2000–2016	88.6
71	Andrés Iniesta	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2002–2024	88.5
72	Robert Lewandowski	Football	🇵🇱 Poland	2006–—	88.7
84	Wendie Renard	Football	🇫🇷 France	2006–—	89.3
99	Leonardo Bonucci	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2005–2024	88.3
101	Tobin Heath	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2022	87.7
105	Stephen Curry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	88.4
106	Dani Alves	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2001–2023	89.1
107	David Villa	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2000–2019	87.5
120	Abby Wambach	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2015	87.2
123	Lucy Bronze	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2009–—	87.3
128	Marco Verratti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	87.3
130	Sherida Spitse	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2006–—	88.6
143	Romelu Lukaku	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2009–—	87.1
147	Lauren Holiday	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2015	86.2
151	Cate Campbell	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2008–2024	89.0
154	Anja Mittag	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2019	87.3
156	Luka Modrić	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	2003–—	87.7
158	Eugénie Le Sommer	Football	🇫🇷 France	2006–—	87.6
160	James Anderson	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2002–2024	91.4
163	Sergio Ramos	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2003–—	87.8
167	Andrea Barzagli	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2000–2019	87.4
168	Ciro Immobile	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	86.9
174	Sandra Elkasević	Athletics	🇭🇷 Croatia	2007–—	88.3
177	Kevin Durant	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2007–—	87.5
178	Toni Kroos	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2007–2024	86.9
180	Kirsty Coventry	Swimming	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2000–2016	88.6
181	Kaká	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2001–2017	85.3
182	Gennady Golovkin	Boxing	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	2006–2023	87.7
186	Mary Kom	Boxing	🇮🇳 India	2000–—	88.4
191	Heather O'Reilly	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2019	87.0
194	Manuel Neuer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–—	87.0

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