#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
51	Renate Lingor	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1991–2008	88.8
52	Conny Pohlers	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2013	88.8
53	Xavi Hernández	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1998–2019	88.7
54	Wendie Renard	Football	🇫🇷 France	2006–—	88.7
55	Kelly Smith	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1994–2017	88.7
56	Briana Scurry	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2008	88.6
57	Carolina Morace	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1978–1998	88.5
58	N'Golo Kanté	Football	🇫🇷 France	2012–—	88.5
59	Lothar Matthäus	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–2000	88.4
60	Marcel Desailly	Football	🇫🇷 France	1986–2006	88.4
61	Leonardo Bonucci	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2005–2024	88.4
62	Diego Forlán	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	1997–2019	88.4
63	Tobin Heath	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2022	88.4
64	Eusébio	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1960–1979	88.2
65	Dani Alves	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2001–2023	88.2
66	David Villa	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2000–2019	88.2
67	Formiga	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2022	88.2
68	Pia Sundhage	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1975–1996	88.2
69	Michel Platini	Football	🇫🇷 France	1972–1987	88.1
70	Oleg Blokhin	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1969–1990	88.1
71	Dida	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1992–2015	88
72	Ariane Hingst	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1994–2011	88
73	Luís Figo	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	1989–2009	87.9
74	Abby Wambach	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2015	87.7
75	Lucy Bronze	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2009–—	87.7
76	Ousmane Dembélé	Football	🇫🇷 France	2014–—	87.7
77	Marco Verratti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	87.7
78	Marinette Pichon	Football	🇫🇷 France	1993–2010	87.7
79	Sherida Spitse	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2006–—	87.7
80	Paco Gento	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1952–1971	87.6
81	Fabio Cannavaro	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1992–2011	87.6
82	Kadeisha Buchanan	Football	🇨🇦 Canada	2013–—	87.6
83	Henrik Larsson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1992–2013	87.5
84	Romelu Lukaku	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2009–—	87.5
85	Bettina Wiegmann	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1989–2003	87.5
86	Crystal Dunn	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	87.5
87	Martina Voss-Tecklenburg	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1984–1999	87.5
88	Lauren Holiday	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2015	87.5
89	Anja Mittag	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2019	87.4
90	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1999–2023	87.3
91	Luka Modrić	Football	🇭🇷 Croatia	2003–—	87.3
92	Kenny Dalglish	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland	1971–1990	87.3
93	Eugénie Le Sommer	Football	🇫🇷 France	2006–—	87.3
94	Hanna Ljungberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1996–2009	87.3
95	Sergio Ramos	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2003–—	87.2
96	Giuseppe Meazza	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1927–1947	87.2
97	Dino Zoff	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1961–1983	87.2
98	Johan Neeskens	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1968–1991	87.2
99	Andrea Barzagli	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2000–2019	87.2
100	Ciro Immobile	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	87.2

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