#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
357	Hernán Crespo	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1993–2012	81.7
359	Youri Djorkaeff	Football	🇫🇷 France	1984–2006	81.6
360	Steph Houghton	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2006–2024	81.6
362	Alan Shearer	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1988–2006	81.5
364	Roy Keane	Football	🇮🇪 Ireland	1990–2006	81.3
365	Carles Puyol	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1999–2014	81.3
367	Ilaria Mauro	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2004–2021	81.3
368	Patrick Vieira	Football	🇫🇷 France	1994–2011	81.2
369	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1993–2012	81.2
370	Claude Makélélé	Football	🇫🇷 France	1991–2011	81.2
371	Pierre Littbarski	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1978–1997	81.2
372	Emilio Butragueño	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1982–1998	81.2
373	Mahmoud El Khatib	Football	🇪🇬 Egypt	1972–1988	81.2
374	Claudio Bravo	Football	🇨🇱 Chile	2002–2024	81.2
375	Sebastian Larsson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2005–2023	81.2
376	George Weah	Football	🇱🇷 Liberia	1985–2003	81.1
378	Edgar Davids	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1991–2014	81
379	Nwankwo Kanu	Football	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1993–2012	80.9
380	Bruce Grobbelaar	Football	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1979–1998	80.9
383	Katia Serra	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1987–2006	80.9
384	Didier Drogba	Football	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	1998–2018	80.8
386	Michael Laudrup	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	1981–1998	80.7
388	Jan Vertonghen	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2006–2025	80.7
389	Marek Hamšík	Football	🇸🇰 Slovakia	2004–2023	80.6
392	Michael Ballack	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1995–2012	80.5
394	Pamela Conti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1995–2013	80.5
395	Eden Hazard	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2007–2023	80.3
396	David Beckham	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1992–2013	80.2
397	Gabriel Batistuta	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1988–2005	80.2
398	Christian Vieri	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2009	80.2
400	Trine Rønning	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	2002–2015	80.1
401	Jessica Houara	Football	🇫🇷 France	2006–2019	80.1
402	John Terry	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1998–2018	79.9
405	Davor Šuker	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	1989–2003	79.8
406	Joaquín Sánchez	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1999–2023	79.7
407	Rio Ferdinand	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	1996–2015	79.6
408	Günter Netzer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1963–1977	79.6
410	Park Ji-sung	Football	🇰🇷 South Korea	2000–2014	79.4
414	Jay-Jay Okocha	Football	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1990–2008	79.3
415	Louisa Nécib	Football	🇫🇷 France	2005–2016	79.3
416	Rabah Madjer	Football	🇩🇿 Algeria	1978–1992	78.9
419	Míchel Salgado	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1994–2012	78.5
420	Eric Cantona	Football	🇫🇷 France	1983–1997	78.3
423	Jean-Pierre Papin	Football	🇫🇷 France	1984–1999	77.8
424	Nuno Gomes	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1994–2015	77.8
425	Andrei Arshavin	Football	🇷🇺 Russia	2000–2018	77.6
427	Juninho Pernambucano	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2013	77.4
429	Hidetoshi Nakata	Football	🇯🇵 Japan	1995–2006	76.5
430	Tomáš Rosický	Football	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1998–2017	76.4
431	Aleksandr Mostovoi	Football	🇷🇺 Russia	1986–2005	76.3

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