#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
9	Ronaldo Nazário	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2011	92
14	Hege Riise	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	1990–2004	91.4
15	Rivaldo	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1991–2015	91
23	Patrizia Panico	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2016	90
29	Tiffeny Milbrett	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2006	89.6
32	Inka Grings	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2013	89.5
34	Nadine Angerer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2015	89.4
39	Gianluigi Buffon	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1995–2023	89
42	Andriy Shevchenko	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1994–2012	88.9
43	Sun Wen	Football	🇨🇳 China	1990–2006	88.9
50	Camille Abily	Football	🇫🇷 France	1999–2018	88.8
51	Renate Lingor	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1991–2008	88.8
52	Conny Pohlers	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2013	88.8
53	Xavi Hernández	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1998–2019	88.7
55	Kelly Smith	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1994–2017	88.7
56	Briana Scurry	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2008	88.6
62	Diego Forlán	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	1997–2019	88.4
67	Formiga	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2022	88.2
71	Dida	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1992–2015	88
72	Ariane Hingst	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1994–2011	88
78	Marinette Pichon	Football	🇫🇷 France	1993–2010	87.7
81	Fabio Cannavaro	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1992–2011	87.6
83	Henrik Larsson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1992–2013	87.5
90	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1999–2023	87.3
94	Hanna Ljungberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1996–2009	87.3
103	Birgit Prinz	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1993–2011	87
120	Ronaldinho	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1998–2015	86.6
122	Iker Casillas	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1999–2020	86.5
125	Gianluca Zambrotta	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1994–2014	86.4
128	Ryan Giggs	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	1990–2014	86.2
133	Victoria Svensson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1996–2009	86.2
139	Giovane Élber	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2006	86
140	Homare Sawa	Football	🇯🇵 Japan	1991–2015	85.9
142	Steffi Jones	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1993–2007	85.9
147	Thierry Henry	Football	🇫🇷 France	1994–2014	85.8
151	Therese Sjögran	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1997–2015	85.8
165	Marco Materazzi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2011	85.5
172	Roberto Carlos	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1991–2015	85.4
174	Filippo Inzaghi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2012	85.4
178	Raúl González	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1994–2015	85.3
180	Pavel Nedvěd	Football	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1991–2009	85.3
188	Francesco Totti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1992–2017	85.2
191	Andrea Pirlo	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1995–2017	85.1
193	Lilian Thuram	Football	🇫🇷 France	1991–2008	85.1
196	Gro Espeseth	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	1990–2001	85.1
197	Alessandro Nesta	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2014	85
205	Samuel Eto'o	Football	🇨🇲 Cameroon	1997–2019	84.9
206	Clarence Seedorf	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1992–2014	84.9
214	Kate Markgraf	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2010	84.7
216	Miroslav Klose	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1999–2016	84.6

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