#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1	Lionel Messi	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2004–—	97
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2002–—	95.5
3	Marta Vieira da Silva	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2002–—	95
11	Luis Suárez	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	2005–—	92
22	Antoine Griezmann	Football	🇫🇷 France	2009–—	90.1
25	Cristiane Rozeira	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2002–—	89.9
26	Sadio Mané	Football	🇸🇳 Senegal	2011–—	89.8
27	Alexia Putellas	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2010–—	89.7
33	Aitana Bonmatí	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2016–—	89.4
37	Jenni Hermoso	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2008–—	89.2
47	Robert Lewandowski	Football	🇵🇱 Poland	2006–—	88.8
54	Wendie Renard	Football	🇫🇷 France	2006–—	88.7
58	N'Golo Kanté	Football	🇫🇷 France	2012–—	88.5
75	Lucy Bronze	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2009–—	87.7
76	Ousmane Dembélé	Football	🇫🇷 France	2014–—	87.7
77	Marco Verratti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	87.7
79	Sherida Spitse	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2006–—	87.7
82	Kadeisha Buchanan	Football	🇨🇦 Canada	2013–—	87.6
84	Romelu Lukaku	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2009–—	87.5
86	Crystal Dunn	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	87.5
91	Luka Modrić	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	2003–—	87.3
93	Eugénie Le Sommer	Football	🇫🇷 France	2006–—	87.3
95	Sergio Ramos	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2003–—	87.2
100	Ciro Immobile	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	87.2
106	Christen Press	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	87
107	Beth Mead	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2011–—	86.9
110	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	Football	🇫🇷 France	2015–—	86.9
111	Manuel Neuer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–—	86.8
112	Jorginho	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2010–—	86.8
116	Paulo Dybala	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2011–—	86.7
117	Debinha	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2009–—	86.7
118	Sandra Paños	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2010–—	86.7
119	Esther González	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2011–—	86.7
126	Griedge Mbock	Football	🇫🇷 France	2012–—	86.4
129	Thomas Müller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2008–—	86.2
134	Vivianne Miedema	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2013–—	86.1
144	Rose Lavelle	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	85.9
146	Nadia Nadim	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	2005–—	85.9
152	Kevin De Bruyne	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2008–—	85.7
154	Chloe Kelly	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2015–—	85.7
157	Julián Álvarez	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2018–—	85.6
161	Barbara Bonansea	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	85.6
166	Fabinho	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2012–—	85.5
167	Viktor Gyökeres	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2016–—	85.5
176	Kadidiatou Diani	Football	🇫🇷 France	2012–—	85.4
181	Amel Majri	Football	🇫🇷 France	2011–—	85.3
182	Lea Schüller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2015–—	85.3
184	Vicky Losada	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2007–—	85.3
185	Claudia Pina	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2019–—	85.3
187	Ella Toone	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2017–—	85.3

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