GOAT Rank · 933

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This ranking is led by Marta Vieira da Silva, Diana Taurasi and Katie Ledecky. GOAT Rank currently ranks 933 eligible athletes using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.

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According to GOAT Rank's current model, Marta Vieira da Silva ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 95.0.

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167

Irena Szewińska

87.5

Sport: Athletics
Career: 1960–1980
Country: 🇵🇱 Poland

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Irena Szewińska

171

Bettina Wiegmann

87.5

Sport: Football
Career: 1989–2003
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Bettina Wiegmann

172

Crystal Dunn

87.5

Sport: Football
Career: 2013–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 91.0
Dominance: 85.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Crystal Dunn

173

Martina Voss-Tecklenburg

87.5

Sport: Football
Career: 1984–1999
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Martina Voss-Tecklenburg

174

Lauren Holiday

87.5

Sport: Football
Career: 2007–2015
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Lauren Holiday

179

Cate Campbell

87.4

Sport: Swimming
Career: 2008–2024
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Cate Campbell

182

Anja Mittag

87.4

Sport: Football
Career: 2002–2019
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Anja Mittag

187

Eugénie Le Sommer

87.3

Sport: Football
Career: 2006–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Eugénie Le Sommer

188

Cynthia Cooper-Dyke

87.3

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1986–2003
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Cynthia Cooper-Dyke

191

Hanna Ljungberg

87.3

Sport: Football
Career: 1996–2009
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Hanna Ljungberg

199

Brandi Chastain

87.2

Sport: Football
Career: 1988–2010
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Brandi Chastain

200

Julie Ertz

87.2

Sport: Football
Career: 2013–2023
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Julie Ertz

207

Sandra Elkasević

87.1

Sport: Athletics
Career: 2007–active
Country: 🇭🇷 Croatia

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Sandra Elkasević

208

Tracy Caulkins

87.1

Sport: Swimming
Career: 1977–1984
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 92.0
Statistics: 96.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Tracy Caulkins

211

Birgit Prinz

87.0

Sport: Football
Career: 1993–2011
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 87.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Birgit Prinz

215

Kirsty Coventry

87.0

Sport: Swimming
Career: 2000–2016
Country: 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Kirsty Coventry

218

Christen Press

87.0

Sport: Football
Career: 2011–active
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Christen Press

220

Fanny Blankers-Koen

86.9

Sport: Athletics
Career: 1935–1955
Country: 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 92.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Fanny Blankers-Koen

221

Mary Kom

86.9

Sport: Boxing
Career: 2000–active
Country: 🇮🇳 India

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Mary Kom

225

Beth Mead

86.9

Sport: Football
Career: 2011–active
Country: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

Peak: 93.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Beth Mead

226

Heather O'Reilly

86.9

Sport: Football
Career: 2002–2019
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 89.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 94.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Heather O'Reilly

227

Kelley O'Hara

86.9

Sport: Football
Career: 2010–2024
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 89.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 94.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Kelley O'Hara

228

Marie-Antoinette Katoto

86.9

Sport: Football
Career: 2015–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Marie-Antoinette Katoto

230

Inge de Bruijn

86.8

Sport: Swimming
Career: 1991–2007
Country: 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Inge de Bruijn

231

Ruth Beitia

86.8

Sport: Athletics
Career: 1996–2017
Country: 🇪🇸 Spain

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 94.0

Athlete: Ruth Beitia

238

Yelena Isinbayeva

86.7

Sport: Athletics
Career: 1997–2016
Country: 🇷🇺 Russia

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Yelena Isinbayeva

240

Natalie Coughlin

86.7

Sport: Swimming
Career: 1998–2016
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Natalie Coughlin

241

Dara Torres

86.7

Sport: Swimming
Career: 1982–2012
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 96.0

Athlete: Dara Torres

247

Debinha

86.7

Sport: Football
Career: 2009–active
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 91.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Debinha

248

Sandra Paños

86.7

Sport: Football
Career: 2010–active
Country: 🇪🇸 Spain

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Sandra Paños

249

Esther González

86.7

Sport: Football
Career: 2011–active
Country: 🇪🇸 Spain

Peak: 91.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Esther González

271

Célia Šašić

86.4

Sport: Football
Career: 2005–2015
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 96.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Célia Šašić

274

Griedge Mbock

86.4

Sport: Football
Career: 2012–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Griedge Mbock

275

Sonia Bermúdez

86.4

Sport: Football
Career: 2002–2021
Country: 🇪🇸 Spain

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Sonia Bermúdez

280

Anita Włodarczyk

86.3

Sport: Athletics
Career: 2006–active
Country: 🇵🇱 Poland

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Anita Włodarczyk

281

Stefka Kostadinova

86.3

Sport: Athletics
Career: 1982–1999
Country: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 90.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Stefka Kostadinova

285

Hortência Marcari

86.3

Sport: Basketball
Career: 1980–1996
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Hortência Marcari

293

Sylvia Fowles

86.2

Sport: Basketball
Career: 2008–2022
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Sylvia Fowles

296

Alex Morgan

86.2

Sport: Football
Career: 2010–2024
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Alex Morgan

300

Sissi Oliveira

86.2

Sport: Football
Career: 1988–2008
Country: 🇧🇷 Brazil

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Sissi Oliveira

301

Victoria Svensson

86.2

Sport: Football
Career: 1996–2009
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 84.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 86.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Victoria Svensson

306

Vivianne Miedema

86.1

Sport: Football
Career: 2013–active
Country: 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 92.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Vivianne Miedema

309

Shannon Boxx

86.1

Sport: Football
Career: 2003–2015
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 89.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 94.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Shannon Boxx

310

Lena Goeßling

86.1

Sport: Football
Career: 2004–2021
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 89.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Lena Goeßling

311

Margaret Court

86.0

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1960–1977
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia

Peak: 93.0
Dominance: 93.0
Statistics: 95.0
Honours: 94.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Margaret Court

317

Homare Sawa

85.9

Sport: Football
Career: 1991–2015
Country: 🇯🇵 Japan

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 83.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 85.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Homare Sawa

318

Sarah Sjöström

85.9

Sport: Swimming
Career: 2007–active
Country: 🇸🇪 Sweden

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 90.0

Athlete: Sarah Sjöström

319

Jenny Thompson

85.9

Sport: Swimming
Career: 1991–2004
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Jenny Thompson

320

Evelyn Ashford

85.9

Sport: Athletics
Career: 1976–1992
Country: 🇺🇸 United States

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 88.0
Statistics: 90.0
Honours: 90.0
Longevity: 88.0

Athlete: Evelyn Ashford

323

Steffi Jones

85.9

Sport: Football
Career: 1993–2007
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 92.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Steffi Jones

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
167	Irena Szewińska	Athletics	🇵🇱 Poland	1960–1980	87.5
171	Bettina Wiegmann	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1989–2003	87.5
172	Crystal Dunn	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2013–active	87.5
173	Martina Voss-Tecklenburg	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1984–1999	87.5
174	Lauren Holiday	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2015	87.5
179	Cate Campbell	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2008–2024	87.4
182	Anja Mittag	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2019	87.4
187	Eugénie Le Sommer	Football	🇫🇷 France	2006–active	87.3
188	Cynthia Cooper-Dyke	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2003	87.3
191	Hanna Ljungberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1996–2009	87.3
199	Brandi Chastain	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2010	87.2
200	Julie Ertz	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2013–2023	87.2
207	Sandra Elkasević	Athletics	🇭🇷 Croatia	2007–active	87.1
208	Tracy Caulkins	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1984	87.1
211	Birgit Prinz	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1993–2011	87.0
215	Kirsty Coventry	Swimming	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2000–2016	87.0
218	Christen Press	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2011–active	87.0
220	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Athletics	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1935–1955	86.9
221	Mary Kom	Boxing	🇮🇳 India	2000–active	86.9
225	Beth Mead	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2011–active	86.9
226	Heather O'Reilly	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2019	86.9
227	Kelley O'Hara	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2024	86.9
228	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	Football	🇫🇷 France	2015–active	86.9
230	Inge de Bruijn	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1991–2007	86.8
231	Ruth Beitia	Athletics	🇪🇸 Spain	1996–2017	86.8
238	Yelena Isinbayeva	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	1997–2016	86.7
240	Natalie Coughlin	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2016	86.7
241	Dara Torres	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1982–2012	86.7
247	Debinha	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2009–active	86.7
248	Sandra Paños	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2010–active	86.7
249	Esther González	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2011–active	86.7
271	Célia Šašić	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2005–2015	86.4
274	Griedge Mbock	Football	🇫🇷 France	2012–active	86.4
275	Sonia Bermúdez	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2002–2021	86.4
280	Anita Włodarczyk	Athletics	🇵🇱 Poland	2006–active	86.3
281	Stefka Kostadinova	Athletics	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1982–1999	86.3
285	Hortência Marcari	Basketball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1980–1996	86.3
293	Sylvia Fowles	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2022	86.2
296	Alex Morgan	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2024	86.2
300	Sissi Oliveira	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1988–2008	86.2
301	Victoria Svensson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1996–2009	86.2
306	Vivianne Miedema	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2013–active	86.1
309	Shannon Boxx	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2015	86.1
310	Lena Goeßling	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2021	86.1
311	Margaret Court	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1960–1977	86.0
317	Homare Sawa	Football	🇯🇵 Japan	1991–2015	85.9
318	Sarah Sjöström	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	2007–active	85.9
319	Jenny Thompson	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2004	85.9
320	Evelyn Ashford	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1992	85.9
323	Steffi Jones	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1993–2007	85.9

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