#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
278	Sonia Bompastor	Football	🇫🇷 France	1997–2013	83.4
279	Isabell Herlovsen	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	2004–2021	83.4
282	Raí	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1984–2000	83.3
284	Ellen White	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2005–2022	83.3
285	Flórián Albert	Football	🇭🇺 Hungary	1958–1974	83.3
286	Allan Simonsen	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	1970–1989	83.3
288	Ralf Edström	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1970–1983	83.3
290	Robert Pirès	Football	🇫🇷 France	1992–2015	83.2
292	Just Fontaine	Football	🇫🇷 France	1953–1962	83.2
293	Cheryl Salisbury	Football	🇦🇺 Australia	1994–2009	83.2
295	Júlio César	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1997–2018	83.1
296	Gianfranco Zola	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1984–2005	83.1
297	Salvatore Schillaci	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1982–1999	83.1
298	Kim Källström	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1999–2018	83.1
299	Melanie Serrano	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2005–2022	83.1
300	Melania Gabbiadini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2000–2019	83.1
301	Javier Zanetti	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1992–2014	83
302	Nia Künzer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1997–2008	83
303	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1974–1989	82.9
304	László Kubala	Football	🇭🇺 Hungary	1946–1967	82.9
305	Juan Román Riquelme	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1996–2014	82.9
306	Rosana dos Santos	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2002–2019	82.9
308	Nilla Fischer	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2001–2023	82.8
309	Predrag Mijatović	Football	🇲🇪 Montenegro	1987–2004	82.8
313	Ricardo Carvalho	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2000–2017	82.6
314	Emmanuel Petit	Football	🇫🇷 France	1988–2004	82.6
316	Alia Guagni	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2005–2023	82.5
317	Safet Sušić	Football	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	1974–1991	82.4
318	Tisha Venturini	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2000	82.4
320	Hedvig Lindahl	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2000–2024	82.3
322	Michael Owen	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1996–2013	82.3
323	Laurent Blanc	Football	🇫🇷 France	1983–2003	82.2
325	Vincent Kompany	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2003–2019	82.2
328	Tabea Kemme	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2009–2019	82.2
330	Abedi Pelé	Football	🇬🇭 Ghana	1978–2000	82.1
331	Alain Giresse	Football	🇫🇷 France	1970–1988	82.1
332	Radamel Falcao	Football	🇨🇴 Colombia	2005–2024	82.1
333	Rui Costa	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1990–2008	82.1
335	Fredrik Ljungberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2012	82.1
337	Olof Mellberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1995–2013	82.1
338	Solveig Gulbrandsen	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	1998–2013	82.1
341	Linda Hamilton	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–1995	82.1
342	Ronald Koeman	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1980–1997	82
347	Casey Stoney	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1997–2018	82
349	Fabiana da Silva	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2006–2021	82
350	Hugo Sánchez	Football	🇲🇽 Mexico	1976–1997	81.9
351	Bastian Schweinsteiger	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2019	81.9
352	Sergio Agüero	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	2003–2021	81.8
353	Dennis Bergkamp	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1986–2006	81.8
356	Pauleta	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1993–2008	81.7

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