#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
10	Kristine Lilly	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2010	92
13	Mia Hamm	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2004	91.4
19	Zinedine Zidane	Football	🇫🇷 France	1989–2006	90.6
21	Romário	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1985–2009	90.1
30	Joy Fawcett	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2004	89.6
36	Julie Foudy	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2004	89.2
40	Michelle Akers	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2000	89
41	Linda Medalen	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	1987–2001	89
45	Paolo Maldini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1984–2009	88.8
60	Marcel Desailly	Football	🇫🇷 France	1986–2006	88.4
73	Luís Figo	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1989–2009	87.9
85	Bettina Wiegmann	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1989–2003	87.5
87	Martina Voss-Tecklenburg	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1984–1999	87.5
101	Brandi Chastain	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2010	87.2
114	Marco van Basten	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1981–1995	86.7
131	Hristo Stoichkov	Football	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1984–2003	86.2
132	Sissi Oliveira	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1988–2008	86.2
135	Gheorghe Hagi	Football	🇷🇴 Romania	1982–2001	86.1
153	Doris Fitschen	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–2001	85.7
158	Robert Prosinečki	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	1986–2004	85.6
159	Sonny Anderson	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1988–2006	85.6
162	Bebeto	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1983–2002	85.5
163	Bixente Lizarazu	Football	🇫🇷 France	1988–2006	85.5
179	Peter Schmeichel	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	1981–2003	85.3
190	Rudi Völler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1980–1996	85.2
199	Dejan Savićević	Football	🇲🇪 Montenegro	1983–2001	85
202	Charmaine Hooper	Football	🇨🇦 Canada	1986–2006	85
204	Roberto Baggio	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1982–2004	84.9
215	Cafu	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1989–2008	84.6
241	Lena Videkull	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1985–1996	84.2
250	Jürgen Klinsmann	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1981–1998	84
256	Matthias Sammer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1985–1998	83.9
261	Zvonimir Boban	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	1985–2002	83.8
262	Diego Simeone	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1987–2006	83.8
267	Marieanne Spacey	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1984–2000	83.7
273	Oliver Kahn	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1987–2008	83.5
282	Raí	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1984–2000	83.3
296	Gianfranco Zola	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1984–2005	83.1
297	Salvatore Schillaci	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1982–1999	83.1
309	Predrag Mijatović	Football	🇲🇪 Montenegro	1987–2004	82.8
314	Emmanuel Petit	Football	🇫🇷 France	1988–2004	82.6
323	Laurent Blanc	Football	🇫🇷 France	1983–2003	82.2
341	Linda Hamilton	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–1995	82.1
342	Ronald Koeman	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1980–1997	82
353	Dennis Bergkamp	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1986–2006	81.8
359	Youri Djorkaeff	Football	🇫🇷 France	1984–2006	81.6
362	Alan Shearer	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1988–2006	81.5
372	Emilio Butragueño	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1982–1998	81.2
376	George Weah	Football	🇱🇷 Liberia	1985–2003	81.1
383	Katia Serra	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1987–2006	80.9

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