#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
212	Debinha	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2009–—	86.2
215	Rafael Nadal	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	2001–2024	89.5
226	Eliud Kipchoge	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2002–—	89.1
234	Célia Šašić	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2005–2015	84.1
238	Sonia Bermúdez	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2002–2021	86.3
242	Anita Włodarczyk	Athletics	🇵🇱 Poland	2006–—	87.6
244	Gennadiy Golovkin	Boxing	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	2006–2022	87.5
249	Thomas Müller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2008–—	87.1
253	Sylvia Fowles	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2022	87.4
268	Shannon Boxx	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2015	85.6
269	Lena Goeßling	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2021	86.2
278	Sarah Sjöström	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	2007–—	87.8
284	Almuth Schult	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2009–2024	85.6
286	Sara Gama	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2006–2024	86.4
287	Nadia Nadim	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	2005–—	86.0
290	Giorgio Chiellini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2000–2023	86.7
294	Hope Solo	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2016	85.1
300	Kevin De Bruyne	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2008–—	85.0
315	Barbara Bonansea	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	85.7
316	Tom Brady	American Football	🇺🇸 USA	2000–2022	92.7
327	Jill Scott	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2006–2022	86.0
328	Lisa De Vanna	Football	🇦🇺 Australia	2004–2021	85.9
329	Svenja Huth	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2008–2024	85.7
330	Virat Kohli	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	2008–—	87.1
339	Shakib Al Hasan	Cricket	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	2006–—	88.5
347	Melanie Behringer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2005–2017	84.5
361	Amy Rodriguez	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2022	85.3
362	Vicky Losada	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2007–—	85.1
364	Fatmire Alushi	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2017	84.8
371	Chad le Clos	Swimming	🇿🇦 South Africa	2008–—	86.7
382	Sergio Busquets	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2008–—	85.3
386	Stuart Broad	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2006–2023	88.0
399	Katherine Sciver-Brunt	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2004–2023	88.4
404	Lorenzo Insigne	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2009–—	84.7
410	Kenenisa Bekele	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2001–2023	87.5
414	Andre Ward	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2017	84.8
417	Tianna Bartoletta	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2021	86.2
426	Valerie Adams	Athletics	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2001–2022	87.1
427	Arjen Robben	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2000–2021	84.2
428	Meseret Defar	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2001–2016	85.9
432	László Cseh	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	2003–2021	86.7
438	Canelo Álvarez	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	2005–—	86.7
441	Nathan Adrian	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2021	85.6
442	Ana Marcela Cunha	Swimming	🇧🇷 Brazil	2006–—	86.5
452	Younis Khan	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2000–2017	88.1
467	Andreas Thorkildsen	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	2001–2016	85.3
468	Alastair Cook	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2006–2018	87.7
474	Neymar Jr	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2009–—	83.5
475	Philipp Lahm	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2017	84.7
477	Mireia Belmonte	Swimming	🇪🇸 Spain	2006–—	85.7

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