#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
12	Diego Maradona	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1976–1997	92
23	Zico	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1971–1994	90.9
24	Betty Vignotto	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1970–1990	90.9
28	Ricardo Bochini	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1972–1991	90.2
50	Antonio Cabrini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1974–1991	89.2
65	Delio Onnis	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1971–1986	88.8
75	Paul Breitner	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1971–1983	88.6
76	Carolina Morace	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1978–1998	88.5
78	Lothar Matthäus	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–2000	88.4
87	Pia Sundhage	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1975–1996	88.2
88	Bernd Schuster	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–1997	88.2
91	Michel Platini	Football	🇫🇷 France	1972–1987	88.1
97	Rinat Dasayev	Football	🇷🇺 Russia	1976–1990	87.9
120	Kenny Dalglish	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1971–1990	87.3
147	Hans Krankl	Football	🇦🇹 Austria	1971–1989	86.8
164	Harald Schumacher	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1974–1992	86.3
177	Roger Milla	Football	🇨🇲 Cameroon	1970–1996	86
179	Rainer Bonhof	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1970–1983	86
190	Ian Rush	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	1979–2000	85.8
193	Walter Zenga	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1979–1999	85.8
202	Igor Belanov	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1979–1995	85.6
215	Franco Baresi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1977–1997	85.4
223	Giancarlo Antognoni	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1971–1989	85.4
244	Dominique Rocheteau	Football	🇫🇷 France	1971–1989	85.1
246	Andreas Brehme	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–1998	85.1
248	Paolo Rossi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1973–1987	85
257	Sócrates	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1974–1989	84.9
270	Silvia Neid	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–1996	84.6
273	René Houseman	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1971–1985	84.6
283	Thomas Ravelli	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1976–1999	84.4
290	Ruud Gullit	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1979–1998	84.2
315	Gary Lineker	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1978–1994	83.9
316	Careca	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1978–1997	83.9
334	Andoni Zubizarreta	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1979–1997	83.6
353	Allan Simonsen	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	1970–1989	83.3
355	Ralf Edström	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1970–1983	83.3
375	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1974–1989	82.9
397	Safet Sušić	Football	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	1974–1991	82.4
399	Bruno Conti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1974–1991	82.4
413	Abedi Pelé	Football	🇬🇭 Ghana	1978–2000	82.1
414	Alain Giresse	Football	🇫🇷 France	1970–1988	82.1
435	Hugo Sánchez	Football	🇲🇽 Mexico	1976–1997	81.9
467	Pierre Littbarski	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1978–1997	81.2
469	Mahmoud El Khatib	Football	🇪🇬 Egypt	1972–1988	81.2
480	Bruce Grobbelaar	Football	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1979–1998	80.9
497	Ally McCoist	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1979–2001	80.5
530	Aldo Serena	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1978–1993	79.2
535	Rabah Madjer	Football	🇩🇿 Algeria	1978–1992	78.9
536	Zbigniew Boniek	Football	🇵🇱 Poland	1975–1988	78.9
549	Andoni Goikoetxea	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1976–1990	78.4

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