#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1	Lionel Messi	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2004–—	97
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2002–—	95.5
4	Bobby Moore	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1958–1977	94.6
5	Pelé	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1956–1977	94.2
6	Giacinto Facchetti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1960–1978	94
7	Luis Suárez Miramontes	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1953–1973	93.3
8	Johan Cruyff	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1964–1984	92.9
9	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1945–1966	92.9
10	Franz Beckenbauer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1964–1983	92.6
11	Ángel Labruna	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1939–1961	92.1
12	Diego Maradona	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1976–1997	92
13	Ronaldo Nazário	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2011	92
15	Luis Suárez	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	2005–—	92
16	Ferenc Puskás	Football	🇭🇺 Hungary	1943–1966	91.8
17	Dragan Džajić	Football	🇷🇸 Serbia	1963–1978	91.6
20	Juan Alberto Schiaffino	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	1946–1962	91.2
21	Rivaldo	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1991–2015	91
22	Lev Yashin	Football	🇷🇺 Russia	1950–1971	90.9
23	Zico	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1971–1994	90.9
25	Edwin van der Sar	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1991–2011	90.8
26	Zinedine Zidane	Football	🇫🇷 France	1989–2006	90.6
28	Ricardo Bochini	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1972–1991	90.2
29	Romário	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1985–2009	90.1
30	Antoine Griezmann	Football	🇫🇷 France	2009–—	90.1
32	Bobby Charlton	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1956–1975	89.9
34	Sadio Mané	Football	🇸🇳 Senegal	2011–—	89.8
35	Xabi Alonso	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2000–2017	89.8
36	Yaya Touré	Football	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	2002–2020	89.8
41	Fabien Barthez	Football	🇫🇷 France	1991–2007	89.6
46	Gerd Müller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1963–1981	89.3
50	Antonio Cabrini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1974–1991	89.2
51	Marcelo Vieira	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2005–—	89.2
52	Enzo Francescoli	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	1980–1997	89.1
53	Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2009–—	89.1
54	Gianluigi Buffon	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1995–2023	89
57	Andriy Shevchenko	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1994–2012	88.9
59	Raphaël Varane	Football	🇫🇷 France	2010–2024	88.9
60	Norberto Méndez	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1941–1958	88.9
61	Paolo Maldini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1984–2009	88.8
62	Andrés Iniesta	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2002–2024	88.8
63	Robert Lewandowski	Football	🇵🇱 Poland	2006–—	88.8
64	Stanley Matthews	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1932–1965	88.8
65	Delio Onnis	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1971–1986	88.8
69	Andreas Möller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–2004	88.8
70	Emlyn Hughes	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1966–1984	88.8
71	Xavi Hernández	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1998–2019	88.7
75	Paul Breitner	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1971–1983	88.6
77	N'Golo Kanté	Football	🇫🇷 France	2012–—	88.5
78	Lothar Matthäus	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–2000	88.4
79	Marcel Desailly	Football	🇫🇷 France	1986–2006	88.4

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