#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
157	Gerard Piqué	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2005–2023	86.5
158	Raymond Kopa	Football	🇫🇷 France	1949–1967	86.4
160	Gianluca Zambrotta	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1994–2014	86.4
163	İlkay Gündoğan	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2009–—	86.4
164	Harald Schumacher	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1974–1992	86.3
165	Víctor Valdés	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2003–2017	86.3
166	Ryan Giggs	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	1990–2014	86.2
167	Thomas Müller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2008–—	86.2
169	Hristo Stoichkov	Football	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1984–2003	86.2
172	Amancio Amaro	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1959–1976	86.2
174	Gheorghe Hagi	Football	🇷🇴 Romania	1982–2001	86.1
177	Roger Milla	Football	🇨🇲 Cameroon	1970–1996	86
178	Giovane Élber	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2006	86
179	Rainer Bonhof	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1970–1983	86
181	Nils Liedholm	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1946–1961	85.9
187	Vinícius Júnior	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2017–—	85.9
188	Thierry Henry	Football	🇫🇷 France	1994–2014	85.8
189	Giorgio Chiellini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2000–2023	85.8
190	Ian Rush	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	1979–2000	85.8
193	Walter Zenga	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1979–1999	85.8
194	Kevin De Bruyne	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2008–—	85.7
197	Giampiero Boniperti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1946–1961	85.6
198	Denis Law	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1956–1974	85.6
199	Julián Álvarez	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2018–—	85.6
200	Robert Prosinečki	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	1986–2004	85.6
201	Sonny Anderson	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1988–2006	85.6
202	Igor Belanov	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1979–1995	85.6
204	John Charles	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	1949–1966	85.6
205	Virgil van Dijk	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2011–—	85.6
206	Bebeto	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1983–2002	85.5
207	Bixente Lizarazu	Football	🇫🇷 France	1988–2006	85.5
208	Kurt Hamrin	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1952–1971	85.5
209	Marco Materazzi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2011	85.5
210	Fabinho	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2012–—	85.5
211	Viktor Gyökeres	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2016–—	85.5
215	Franco Baresi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1977–1997	85.4
216	Roberto Carlos	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1991–2015	85.4
217	Gianni Rivera	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1959–1979	85.4
218	Filippo Inzaghi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2012	85.4
219	Kevin Keegan	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1968–1984	85.4
222	Edin Džeko	Football	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	2004–—	85.4
223	Giancarlo Antognoni	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1971–1989	85.4
224	Raúl González	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1994–2015	85.3
225	Peter Schmeichel	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	1981–2003	85.3
226	Pavel Nedvěd	Football	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1991–2009	85.3
234	Claudio Pizarro	Football	🇵🇪 Peru	1996–2020	85.3
235	Francesco Totti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1992–2017	85.2
236	Carlos Bianchi	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1967–1984	85.2
237	Rudi Völler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1980–1996	85.2
238	Ivan Perišić	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	2009–—	85.2

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