#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
4	Bobby Moore	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1958–1977	94.6
32	Bobby Charlton	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1956–1975	89.9
64	Stanley Matthews	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1932–1965	88.8
70	Emlyn Hughes	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1966–1984	88.8
73	Kelly Smith	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1994–2017	88.7
99	Lucy Bronze	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2009–—	87.7
140	Beth Mead	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2011–—	86.9
196	Chloe Kelly	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2015–—	85.7
212	Jill Scott	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2006–2022	85.5
219	Kevin Keegan	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1968–1984	85.4
233	Ella Toone	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2017–—	85.3
310	Rachel Yankey	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1996–2016	84
315	Gary Lineker	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1978–1994	83.9
327	Marieanne Spacey	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1984–2000	83.7
331	Karen Carney	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2005–2019	83.6
335	David Andrew Seaman	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1983–2004	83.6
347	Jude Bellingham	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2019–—	83.4
351	Ellen White	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2005–2022	83.3
403	Fran Kirby	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2010–—	82.3
404	Michael Owen	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1996–2013	82.3
428	Harry Kane	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2011–—	82
431	Casey Stoney	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1997–2018	82
434	John Barnes	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1982–1999	82
441	Keira Walsh	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2014–—	81.8
449	Steph Houghton	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2006–2024	81.6
453	Trent John Alexander-Arnold	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2017–—	81.6
473	Lauren Hemp	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2016–—	81.1
501	David Beckham	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1992–2013	80.2
516	Sir Trevor David Brooking	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1968–1984	79.8
545	Gordon Banks	Football	🇬🇧 England	1958–1972	78.6
553	Bukayo Saka	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2019–—	78.1
554	Glenn Hoddle	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1976–1995	78.1
594	Cole Palmer	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2021–2025	75.3

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