#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
536	Zbigniew Boniek	Football	🇵🇱 Poland	1975–1988	78.9
537	Álvaro Recoba	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	1994–2015	78.9
539	Aleksandar Kolarov	Football	🇷🇸 Serbia	2005–2022	78.8
540	Asamoah Gyan	Football	🇬🇭 Ghana	2003–2021	78.8
541	Tanju Çolak	Football	🇹🇷 Turkey	1983–1994	78.8
543	Diego Godín	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	2003–2023	78.7
544	João Cancelo	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2013–—	78.7
545	Gordon Banks	Football	🇬🇧 England	1958–1972	78.6
546	Alexis Mac Allister	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2017–—	78.6
547	Gerard Moreno	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2011–—	78.6
548	Míchel Salgado	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1994–2012	78.5
549	Andoni Goikoetxea	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1976–1990	78.4
550	Vincent Candela	Football	🇫🇷 France	1993–2007	78.4
551	Eric Cantona	Football	🇫🇷 France	1983–1997	78.3
552	James Rodríguez	Football	🇨🇴 Colombia	2010–—	78.3
553	Bukayo Saka	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2019–—	78.1
554	Glenn Hoddle	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1976–1995	78.1
555	Patrick Stephan Kluivert	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1995–2008	78
556	Marco Reus	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–—	77.9
557	Rafael Leão	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2018–—	77.9
558	Jean-Pierre Papin	Football	🇫🇷 France	1984–1999	77.8
559	Nuno Gomes	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1994–2015	77.8
560	Daniel Van Buyten	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	1999–2014	77.8
561	Mário Jardel	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1992–2011	77.8
562	David Luiz Moreira Marinho	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2006–—	77.7
563	Lamine Yamal	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2023–—	77.7
564	Andrei Arshavin	Football	🇷🇺 Russia	2000–2018	77.6
566	Bruno Pezzey	Football	🇦🇹 Austria	1974–1990	77.6
567	Serge Gnabry	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2013–—	77.6
568	Yassine Bounou	Football	🇲🇦 Morocco	2011–—	77.6
569	André Onana	Football	🇨🇲 Cameroon	2015–—	77.5
570	David Ginola	Football	🇫🇷 France	1986–2002	77.5
571	Juninho Pernambucano	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2013	77.4
572	Marco Tardelli	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1972–1988	77.3
573	Benjamin Pavard	Football	🇫🇷 France	2015–—	77.3
574	Oliver Bierhoff	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1987–2003	77.2
576	Faustino Asprilla	Football	🇨🇴 Colombia	1988–2004	76.9
577	Kingsley Coman	Football	🇫🇷 France	2013–—	76.6
578	Sébastien Haller	Football	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	2013–—	76.6
579	Hidetoshi Nakata	Football	🇯🇵 Japan	1995–2006	76.5
580	Tomáš Rosický	Football	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1998–2017	76.4
581	Aleksandr Mostovoi	Football	🇷🇺 Russia	1986–2005	76.3
582	Christian Wörns	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1990–2008	76.3
583	José María Giménez	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	2013–—	76.3
584	Christopher Nkunku	Football	🇫🇷 France	2016–2025	76.2
585	Victor Osimhen	Football	🇳🇬 Nigeria	2017–—	76.2
586	Viktor Onopko	Football	🇷🇺 Russia	1986–2005	76.1
587	Dani Olmo	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2015–—	75.9
588	Giuseppe Signori	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1985–2006	75.9
589	William Saliba	Football	🇫🇷 France	2019–—	75.8

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