#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
139	Irena Szewińska	Athletics	🇵🇱 Poland	1960–1980	88.9
144	Bettina Wiegmann	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1989–2003	87.4
145	Crystal Dunn	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	86.9
146	Martina Voss-Tecklenburg	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1984–1999	87.4
147	Lauren Holiday	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2015	86.2
151	Cate Campbell	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2008–2024	89.0
154	Anja Mittag	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2002–2019	87.3
158	Eugénie Le Sommer	Football	🇫🇷 France	2006–—	87.6
159	Cynthia Cooper-Dyke	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1986–2003	85.8
162	Hanna Ljungberg	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1996–2009	86.3
169	Brandi Chastain	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2010	86.6
170	Julie Ertz	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2013–2023	85.9
174	Sandra Elkasević	Athletics	🇭🇷 Croatia	2007–—	88.3
175	Tracy Caulkins	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1984	85.7
176	Birgit Prinz	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1993–2011	86.8
180	Kirsty Coventry	Swimming	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2000–2016	88.6
183	Christen Press	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	86.3
185	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Athletics	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1935–1955	87.5
186	Mary Kom	Boxing	🇮🇳 India	2000–—	88.4
190	Beth Mead	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2011–—	85.5
191	Heather O'Reilly	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2019	87.0
192	Kelley O'Hara	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2024	87.0
193	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	Football	🇫🇷 France	2015–—	85.6
195	Inge de Bruijn	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1991–2007	86.4
196	Ruth Beitia	Athletics	🇪🇸 Spain	1996–2017	89.6
202	Yelena Isinbayeva	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	1997–2016	87.9
204	Natalie Coughlin	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2016	88.1
205	Dara Torres	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1982–2012	89.6
212	Debinha	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2009–—	86.2
213	Sandra Paños	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2010–—	86.3
214	Esther González	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2011–—	85.9
234	Célia Šašić	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2005–2015	84.1
237	Griedge Mbock	Football	🇫🇷 France	2012–—	85.7
238	Sonia Bermúdez	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2002–2021	86.3
242	Anita Włodarczyk	Athletics	🇵🇱 Poland	2006–—	87.6
243	Stefka Kostadinova	Athletics	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1982–1999	87.5
247	Hortência Marcari	Basketball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1980–1996	86.5
253	Sylvia Fowles	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2022	87.4
255	Sylvia Hatchell	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1975–2019	88.5
256	Alex Morgan	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2024	85.5
260	Sissi Oliveira	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1988–2008	85.6
261	Victoria Svensson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1996–2009	85.8
265	Vivianne Miedema	Football	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2013–—	84.5
268	Shannon Boxx	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2015	85.6
269	Lena Goeßling	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2021	86.2
270	Margaret Court	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1960–1977	89.0
277	Homare Sawa	Football	🇯🇵 Japan	1991–2015	86.2
278	Sarah Sjöström	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	2007–—	87.8
279	Jenny Thompson	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2004	87.2
280	Evelyn Ashford	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1992	87.7

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