#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1	Lionel Messi	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2004–—	97
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2002–—	95.5
3	Marta Vieira da Silva	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2002–—	95
4	Pelé	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1956–1977	94.2
5	Johan Cruyff	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1964–1984	92.9
6	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1945–1966	92.9
12	Ferenc Puskás	Football	🇭🇺 Hungary	1943–1966	91.8
13	Mia Hamm	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2004	91.4
21	Romário	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1985–2009	90.1
22	Antoine Griezmann	Football	🇫🇷 France	2009–—	90.1
26	Sadio Mané	Football	🇸🇳 Senegal	2011–—	89.8
28	Christine Sinclair	Football	🇨🇦 Canada	2000–2023	89.7
29	Tiffeny Milbrett	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2006	89.6
37	Jenni Hermoso	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2008–—	89.2
38	Perpetua Nkwocha	Football	🇳🇬 Nigeria	2000–2016	89.2
40	Michelle Akers	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2000	89
41	Linda Medalen	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	1987–2001	89
43	Sun Wen	Football	🇨🇳 China	1990–2006	88.9
55	Kelly Smith	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1994–2017	88.7
64	Eusébio	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1960–1979	88.2
68	Pia Sundhage	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1975–1996	88.2
70	Oleg Blokhin	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1969–1990	88.1
76	Ousmane Dembélé	Football	🇫🇷 France	2014–—	87.7
78	Marinette Pichon	Football	🇫🇷 France	1993–2010	87.7
89	Anja Mittag	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2019	87.4
92	Kenny Dalglish	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1971–1990	87.3
93	Eugénie Le Sommer	Football	🇫🇷 France	2006–—	87.3
96	Giuseppe Meazza	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1927–1947	87.2
106	Christen Press	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	87
107	Beth Mead	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2011–—	86.9
115	Fritz Walter	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1937–1959	86.7
116	Paulo Dybala	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2011–—	86.7
117	Debinha	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2009–—	86.7
123	Raymond Kopa	Football	🇫🇷 France	1949–1967	86.4
129	Thomas Müller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2008–—	86.2
131	Hristo Stoichkov	Football	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1984–2003	86.2
133	Victoria Svensson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1996–2009	86.2
147	Thierry Henry	Football	🇫🇷 France	1994–2014	85.8
149	Ian Rush	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	1979–2000	85.8
155	Giampiero Boniperti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1946–1961	85.6
156	Denis Law	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1956–1974	85.6
160	Igor Belanov	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1979–1995	85.6
169	Lisa De Vanna	Football	🇦🇺 Australia	2004–2021	85.5
175	Kevin Keegan	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1968–1984	85.4
176	Kadidiatou Diani	Football	🇫🇷 France	2012–—	85.4
178	Raúl González	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1994–2015	85.3
185	Claudia Pina	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2019–—	85.3
188	Francesco Totti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1992–2017	85.2
195	Dominique Rocheteau	Football	🇫🇷 France	1971–1989	85.1
199	Dejan Savićević	Football	🇲🇪 Montenegro	1983–2001	85

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