#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
467	Pierre Littbarski	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1978–1997	81.2
468	Emilio Butragueño	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1982–1998	81.2
469	Mahmoud El Khatib	Football	🇪🇬 Egypt	1972–1988	81.2
470	Claudio Bravo	Football	🇨🇱 Chile	2002–2024	81.2
471	Sebastian Larsson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2005–2023	81.2
472	George Weah	Football	🇱🇷 Liberia	1985–2003	81.1
474	Mario Mandžukić	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	2005–2021	81.1
475	Edgar Davids	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1991–2014	81
476	Cesar Azpilicueta	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2007–2025	81
477	Dudu Georgescu	Football	🇷🇴 Romania	1969–1987	81
478	Dušan Tadić	Football	🇷🇸 Serbia	2007–2025	81
479	Nwankwo Kanu	Football	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1993–2012	80.9
480	Bruce Grobbelaar	Football	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1979–1998	80.9
481	Bruno Fernandes	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2012–—	80.9
484	Didier Drogba	Football	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	1998–2018	80.8
486	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2016–—	80.8
487	Michael Laudrup	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	1981–1998	80.7
489	Jan Vertonghen	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2006–2025	80.7
490	Son Heung-min	Football	🇰🇷 South Korea	2010–—	80.7
491	Marek Hamšík	Football	🇸🇰 Slovakia	2004–2023	80.6
494	Michael Ballack	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1995–2012	80.5
497	Ally McCoist	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1979–2001	80.5
498	Dries Mertens	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2006–2025	80.5
499	Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2006–—	80.5
500	Eden Hazard	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2007–2023	80.3
501	David Beckham	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1992–2013	80.2
502	Gabriel Batistuta	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1988–2005	80.2
503	Christian Vieri	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2009	80.2
507	Alphonso Davies	Football	🇨🇦 Canada	2016–—	80.1
508	Achraf Hakimi	Football	🇲🇦 Morocco	2017–—	80.1
509	John Terry	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1998–2018	79.9
512	Jens Lehmann	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1989–2011	79.9
513	Davor Šuker	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	1989–2003	79.8
514	Rafael van der Vaart	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2000–2019	79.8
515	Silvio Marzolini	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1959–1972	79.8
516	Sir Trevor David Brooking	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1968–1984	79.8
517	Joaquín Sánchez	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1999–2023	79.7
518	Rio Ferdinand	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1996–2015	79.6
519	Günter Netzer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1963–1977	79.6
521	Alessandro Costacurta	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1987–2006	79.6
522	Mario Götze	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2010–—	79.6
523	Zlatko Zahovič	Football	🇸🇮 Slovenia	1990–2005	79.6
524	Park Ji-sung	Football	🇰🇷 South Korea	2000–2014	79.4
528	Jay-Jay Okocha	Football	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1990–2008	79.3
530	Aldo Serena	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1978–1993	79.2
531	Giuseppe Giannini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1982–1999	79.2
532	Marcos Senna	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1998–2015	79.2
533	Marquinhos	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2012–—	79.1
534	Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1983–1996	79.1
535	Rabah Madjer	Football	🇩🇿 Algeria	1978–1992	78.9

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