#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
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
307	Gabi Portilho	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2015–—	82.9
308	Nilla Fischer	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2001–2023	82.8
309	Predrag Mijatović	Football	🇲🇪 Montenegro	1987–2004	82.8
310	Laura Giuliani	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2010–—	82.8
311	Daniela Sabatino	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2002–—	82.7
312	Mariona Caldentey	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2013–—	82.6
313	Ricardo Carvalho	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2000–2017	82.6
314	Emmanuel Petit	Football	🇫🇷 France	1988–2004	82.6
315	Athenea del Castillo	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2017–—	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
319	Pernille Harder	Football	🇩🇰 Denmark	2009–—	82.3
320	Hedvig Lindahl	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2000–2024	82.3
321	Fran Kirby	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2010–—	82.3
322	Michael Owen	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1996–2013	82.3
323	Laurent Blanc	Football	🇫🇷 France	1983–2003	82.2
324	Cristiana Girelli	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2006–—	82.2
325	Vincent Kompany	Football	🇧🇪 Belgium	2003–2019	82.2
326	Guro Reiten	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	2012–—	82.2
327	Elena Linari	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2010–—	82.2
328	Tabea Kemme	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2009–2019	82.2
329	Sam Kerr	Football	🇦🇺 Australia	2008–—	82.1
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
334	Amandine Henry	Football	🇫🇷 France	2007–—	82.1
335	Fredrik Ljungberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2012	82.1
336	Federico Chiesa	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2016–—	82.1
337	Olof Mellberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1995–2013	82.1
338	Solveig Gulbrandsen	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	1998–2013	82.1
339	Amanda Sampedro	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2010–—	82.1
340	Lisa Boattin	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2013–—	82.1
341	Linda Hamilton	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–1995	82.1
342	Ronald Koeman	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1980–1997	82
343	Erling Haaland	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	2016–—	82
344	Harry Kane	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2011–—	82
345	Fridolina Rolfö	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2011–—	82
346	Valentina Cernoia	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	82
347	Casey Stoney	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1997–2018	82
348	Ludmila Silva	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2013–—	82
349	Fabiana da Silva	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2006–2021	82
350	Hugo Sánchez	Football	🇲🇽 Mexico	1976–1997	81.9

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