#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
391	Alberto Gilardino	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2000–2018	82.5
392	Blaise Matuidi	Football	🇫🇷 France	2005–2021	82.5
393	David de Gea	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2009–—	82.5
394	Gonzalo Higuaín	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2005–2022	82.5
395	Ivan Ćurković	Football	🇷🇸 Serbia	1961–1981	82.5
396	Ivor Allchurch	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	1950–1968	82.5
397	Safet Sušić	Football	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	1974–1991	82.4
399	Bruno Conti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1974–1991	82.4
400	Georginio Wijnaldum	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2007–—	82.4
404	Michael Owen	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1996–2013	82.3
405	László Fazekas	Football	🇭🇺 Hungary	1965–1985	82.3
406	Laurent Blanc	Football	🇫🇷 France	1983–2003	82.2
408	Vincent Kompany	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2003–2019	82.2
413	Abedi Pelé	Football	🇬🇭 Ghana	1978–2000	82.1
414	Alain Giresse	Football	🇫🇷 France	1970–1988	82.1
415	Radamel Falcao	Football	🇨🇴 Colombia	2005–2024	82.1
416	Rui Costa	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1990–2008	82.1
418	Fredrik Ljungberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2012	82.1
419	Federico Chiesa	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2016–—	82.1
420	Olof Mellberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1995–2013	82.1
425	Christian Eriksen	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	2010–2025	82.1
426	Ronald Koeman	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1980–1997	82
427	Erling Haaland	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	2016–—	82
428	Harry Kane	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2011–—	82
434	John Barnes	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1982–1999	82
435	Hugo Sánchez	Football	🇲🇽 Mexico	1976–1997	81.9
436	Bastian Schweinsteiger	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2019	81.9
437	Heinz Flohe	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1967–1980	81.9
438	Sergio Agüero	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2003–2021	81.8
439	Dennis Bergkamp	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1986–2006	81.8
440	Alexis Sánchez	Football	🇨🇱 Chile	2005–—	81.8
442	Dani Carvajal	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2011–—	81.8
443	Luca Toni	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1995–2016	81.8
444	Pauleta	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1993–2008	81.7
445	Hernán Crespo	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1993–2012	81.7
447	Mário Coluna	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1954–1971	81.7
448	Youri Djorkaeff	Football	🇫🇷 France	1984–2006	81.6
451	Luis Enrique	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1990–2004	81.6
452	Robinho	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2002–2020	81.6
453	Trent John Alexander-Arnold	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2017–—	81.6
454	Alan Shearer	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1988–2006	81.5
456	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Football	🇬🇦 Gabon	2009–—	81.5
457	Antonio Valencia	Football	🇪🇨 Ecuador	2003–2021	81.5
458	Emmanuel Adebayor	Football	🇹🇬 Togo	2002–2020	81.4
459	Roy Keane	Football	🇮🇪 Ireland	1990–2006	81.3
460	Carles Puyol	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1999–2014	81.3
463	Bodo Illgner	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–2001	81.3
464	Patrick Vieira	Football	🇫🇷 France	1994–2011	81.2
465	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1993–2012	81.2
466	Claude Makélélé	Football	🇫🇷 France	1991–2011	81.2

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