#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
203	Garrincha	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1953–1972	84.9
204	Roberto Baggio	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1982–2004	84.9
205	Samuel Eto'o	Football	🇨🇲 Cameroon	1997–2019	84.9
206	Clarence Seedorf	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1992–2014	84.9
207	Sócrates	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1974–1989	84.9
209	Arjen Robben	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2000–2021	84.8
210	Ricardo Zamora	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1916–1936	84.8
213	Josef Masopust	Football	🇨🇿 Czechia	1950–1974	84.7
214	Kate Markgraf	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2010	84.7
215	Cafu	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1989–2008	84.6
216	Miroslav Klose	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1999–2016	84.6
217	Sandro Mazzola	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1960–1977	84.6
218	Silvia Neid	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–1996	84.6
221	Alessandro Del Piero	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2014	84.5
223	Frank Lampard	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1995–2017	84.4
225	Philipp Lahm	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2017	84.4
226	Fernando Torres	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2001–2019	84.4
227	Laura Georges	Football	🇫🇷 France	2001–2018	84.4
229	Katia Cilene	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2012	84.4
231	Uwe Seeler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1953–1972	84.3
233	Carlos Tévez	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2001–2022	84.3
234	George Best	Football	🇬🇧 Northern Ireland	1963–1984	84.3
236	Ruud Gullit	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1979–1998	84.2
238	Deco	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1997–2013	84.2
239	Élodie Thomis	Football	🇫🇷 France	2004–2017	84.2
240	Shannon MacMillan	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2005	84.2
241	Lena Videkull	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1985–1996	84.2
244	Daniele De Rossi	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2001–2019	84.1
245	Malin Andersson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1990–2007	84.1
249	Wayne Rooney	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	2002–2021	84
250	Jürgen Klinsmann	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1981–1998	84
252	Rachel Yankey	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1996–2016	84
254	Paul Scholes	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1993–2013	83.9
255	David Trezeguet	Football	🇫🇷 France	1993–2015	83.9
256	Matthias Sammer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1985–1998	83.9
257	Gary Lineker	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1978–1994	83.9
258	Careca	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1978–1997	83.9
260	Berti Vogts	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1965–1979	83.8
261	Zvonimir Boban	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	1985–2002	83.8
262	Diego Simeone	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1987–2006	83.8
263	Sandrine Soubeyrand	Football	🇫🇷 France	1997–2016	83.8
264	Gaëtane Thiney	Football	🇫🇷 France	2005–2023	83.7
267	Marieanne Spacey	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1984–2000	83.7
268	Franck Ribéry	Football	🇫🇷 France	2000–2022	83.6
269	Omar Sívori	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1954–1969	83.6
270	Karen Carney	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2005–2019	83.6
273	Oliver Kahn	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1987–2008	83.5
274	Nadine Keßler	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2006–2016	83.5
275	Claudio Marchisio	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2006–2019	83.5
277	Steven Gerrard	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1998–2016	83.4

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