#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
7	Franz Beckenbauer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1964–1983	92.6
32	Inka Grings	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2013	89.5
34	Nadine Angerer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2015	89.4
35	Gerd Müller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1963–1981	89.3
51	Renate Lingor	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1991–2008	88.8
52	Conny Pohlers	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2013	88.8
59	Lothar Matthäus	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–2000	88.4
72	Ariane Hingst	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1994–2011	88
85	Bettina Wiegmann	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1989–2003	87.5
87	Martina Voss-Tecklenburg	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1984–1999	87.5
89	Anja Mittag	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2019	87.4
103	Birgit Prinz	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1993–2011	87
104	Toni Kroos	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2007–2024	87
111	Manuel Neuer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–—	86.8
115	Fritz Walter	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1937–1959	86.7
124	Célia Šašić	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2005–2015	86.4
129	Thomas Müller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2008–—	86.2
137	Lena Goeßling	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2021	86.1
142	Steffi Jones	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1993–2007	85.9
143	Almuth Schult	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2009–2024	85.9
153	Doris Fitschen	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–2001	85.7
170	Svenja Huth	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2008–2024	85.5
177	Melanie Behringer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2005–2017	85.4
182	Lea Schüller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2015–—	85.3
186	Fatmire Alushi	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2017	85.3
190	Rudi Völler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1980–1996	85.2
194	Jupp Heynckes	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1964–1978	85.1
208	Sara Däbritz	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2012–—	84.9
216	Miroslav Klose	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1999–2016	84.6
218	Silvia Neid	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–1996	84.6
225	Philipp Lahm	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2017	84.4
231	Uwe Seeler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1953–1972	84.3
250	Jürgen Klinsmann	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1981–1998	84
256	Matthias Sammer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1985–1998	83.9
260	Berti Vogts	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1965–1979	83.8
273	Oliver Kahn	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1987–2008	83.5
274	Nadine Keßler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–2016	83.5
280	Lena Oberdorf	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2018–—	83.4
289	Giulia Gwinn	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2016–—	83.3
302	Nia Künzer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1997–2008	83
303	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1974–1989	82.9
328	Tabea Kemme	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2009–2019	82.2
351	Bastian Schweinsteiger	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2019	81.9
371	Pierre Littbarski	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1978–1997	81.2
392	Michael Ballack	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1995–2012	80.5
408	Günter Netzer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1963–1977	79.6
422	Marco Reus	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–—	77.9

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