#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
455	Kornelia Ender	Swimming	🇩🇪 East Germany	1971–1978	82.8
456	Silvia Neid	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–1996	84.5
457	Amanda Ilestedt	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2011–—	84.0
458	Valentina Giacinti	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2010–—	84.1
466	Lilly King	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	85.0
472	Delphine Cascarino	Football	🇫🇷 France	2014–—	83.4
476	Emma McKeon	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2012–2024	84.3
477	Mireia Belmonte	Swimming	🇪🇸 Spain	2006–—	85.7
478	Louise Brough	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1940–1957	87.1
481	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Athletics	🇧🇸 Bahamas	2012–—	84.8
483	Rebecca Adlington	Swimming	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2004–2013	83.7
486	Laura Georges	Football	🇫🇷 France	2001–2018	84.8
487	Erika Cristiano	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2006–—	84.8
488	Katia Cilene	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2012	84.4
490	Katinka Hosszú	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	2004–2023	86.5
492	Ingrid Kristiansen	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	1977–1996	85.4
493	Irene Paredes	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2008–—	84.3
503	Alba Redondo	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2013–—	83.2
507	Dawn Fraser	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1955–1964	83.9
508	Krisztina Egerszegi	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	1988–1996	83.6
509	Helen Wills Moody	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1919–1938	85.7
510	Kristin Otto	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1982–1989	81.7
511	Marta Torrejón	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2005–—	85.4
513	Sophie Devine	Cricket	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2006–—	86.9
514	Sarah Taylor	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2006–2019	86.7
522	Élodie Thomis	Football	🇫🇷 France	2004–2017	83.9
523	Shannon MacMillan	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2005	83.6
524	Lena Videkull	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1985–1996	83.4
525	Faith Kipyegon	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2010–—	85.7
526	Tamika Catchings	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2016	85.7
531	Jennifer Hermoso	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2008–—	84.3
533	Merlene Ottey	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1978–2012	87.7
536	Naoko Fujioka	Boxing	🇯🇵 Japan	2009–—	85.8
538	Mary T. Meagher	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1988	83.4
541	Malin Andersson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1990–2007	84.7
542	Sofia Jakobsson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	2007–—	84.4
543	Kerolin Nicoli	Football	🇧🇷 Brazil	2017–—	82.4
548	Sanya Richards-Ross	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2016	85.0
549	Betty Wilson	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	1947–1958	84.3
550	Beatrice Chebet	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2018–—	82.9
551	Tatyana Lebedeva	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	1997–2013	85.3
554	Swin Cash	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2016	84.9
556	Sippy Woodhead	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1984	82.3
558	Rachel Yankey	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1996–2016	84.7
559	Kheira Hamraoui	Football	🇫🇷 France	2007–—	84.1
573	Shirley Babashoff	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1972–1978	82.7
579	Alia Atkinson	Swimming	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2002–2022	86.2
581	Claire Taylor	Cricket	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1998–2011	86.0
582	Megan Schutt	Cricket	🇦🇺 Australia	2012–—	86.2
588	Sandrine Soubeyrand	Football	🇫🇷 France	1997–2016	85.2

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