#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
137	Lena Goeßling	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2021	86.1
138	Roger Milla	Football	🇨🇲 Cameroon	1970–1996	86
139	Giovane Élber	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2006	86
140	Homare Sawa	Football	🇯🇵 Japan	1991–2015	85.9
141	Nils Liedholm	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1946–1961	85.9
142	Steffi Jones	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1993–2007	85.9
143	Almuth Schult	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2009–2024	85.9
145	Sara Gama	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2006–2024	85.9
147	Thierry Henry	Football	🇫🇷 France	1994–2014	85.8
148	Giorgio Chiellini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2000–2023	85.8
149	Ian Rush	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	1979–2000	85.8
150	Hope Solo	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2016	85.8
151	Therese Sjögran	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1997–2015	85.8
153	Doris Fitschen	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–2001	85.7
155	Giampiero Boniperti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1946–1961	85.6
156	Denis Law	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1956–1974	85.6
158	Robert Prosinečki	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	1986–2004	85.6
159	Sonny Anderson	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1988–2006	85.6
160	Igor Belanov	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1979–1995	85.6
162	Bebeto	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1983–2002	85.5
163	Bixente Lizarazu	Football	🇫🇷 France	1988–2006	85.5
164	Kurt Hamrin	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1952–1971	85.5
165	Marco Materazzi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2011	85.5
168	Jill Scott	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2006–2022	85.5
169	Lisa De Vanna	Football	🇦🇺 Australia	2004–2021	85.5
170	Svenja Huth	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2008–2024	85.5
171	Franco Baresi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1977–1997	85.4
172	Roberto Carlos	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1991–2015	85.4
173	Gianni Rivera	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1959–1979	85.4
174	Filippo Inzaghi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2012	85.4
175	Kevin Keegan	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1968–1984	85.4
177	Melanie Behringer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2005–2017	85.4
178	Raúl González	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1994–2015	85.3
179	Peter Schmeichel	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	1981–2003	85.3
180	Pavel Nedvěd	Football	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1991–2009	85.3
183	Amy Rodriguez	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2022	85.3
186	Fatmire Alushi	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2017	85.3
188	Francesco Totti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1992–2017	85.2
189	Carlos Bianchi	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1967–1984	85.2
190	Rudi Völler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1980–1996	85.2
191	Andrea Pirlo	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1995–2017	85.1
193	Lilian Thuram	Football	🇫🇷 France	1991–2008	85.1
194	Jupp Heynckes	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1964–1978	85.1
195	Dominique Rocheteau	Football	🇫🇷 France	1971–1989	85.1
196	Gro Espeseth	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	1990–2001	85.1
197	Alessandro Nesta	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2014	85
198	Paolo Rossi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1973–1987	85
199	Dejan Savićević	Football	🇲🇪 Montenegro	1983–2001	85
200	Gunnar Gren	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1938–1960	85
202	Charmaine Hooper	Football	🇨🇦 Canada	1986–2006	85

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