#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
51	Inka Grings	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2013	88.9
52	Aitana Bonmatí	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2016–—	86.6
53	Sue Bird	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2022	91.4
54	Larry Bird	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1992	89.0
55	Nadine Angerer	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2015	89.6
56	Wladimir Klitschko	Boxing	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1996–2017	90.9
57	Gerd Müller	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1963–1981	88.3
58	Ray Allen	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2014	90.6
59	Julie Foudy	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2004	89.1
60	Jenni Hermoso	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2008–—	88.6
61	Perpetua Nkwocha	Football	🇳🇬 Nigeria	2000–2016	88.6
62	Gianluigi Buffon	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1995–2023	90.3
63	Michelle Akers	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1985–2000	86.9
64	Teresa Edwards	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1984–2004	90.6
65	Linda Medalen	Football	🇳🇴 Norway	1987–2001	88.1
66	Phog Allen	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1905–1956	90.8
67	Andriy Shevchenko	Football	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1994–2012	88.0
68	Sun Wen	Football	🇨🇳 China	1990–2006	87.9
69	Raphaël Varane	Football	🇫🇷 France	2010–2024	88.0
70	Paolo Maldini	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1984–2009	90.1
71	Andrés Iniesta	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	2002–2024	88.5
72	Robert Lewandowski	Football	🇵🇱 Poland	2006–—	88.7
73	Stanley Matthews	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1932–1965	90.3
74	Manu Ginóbili	Basketball	🇦🇷 Argentina	1995–2018	89.8
75	Rick Barry	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1980	88.5
76	Delio Onnis	Football	🇦🇷 Argentina	1971–1986	88.5
77	Camille Abily	Football	🇫🇷 France	1999–2018	88.7
78	Renate Lingor	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1991–2008	88.4
79	Conny Pohlers	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1996–2013	88.4
80	Kobe Bryant	Basketball	🇺🇸 USA	1996–2016	89.4
81	Sachin Tendulkar	Cricket	🇮🇳 India	1989–2013	93.0
82	Xavi Hernández	Football	🇪🇸 Spain	1998–2019	88.6
83	Tim Duncan	Basketball	🇻🇮 United States	1997–2016	90.4
84	Wendie Renard	Football	🇫🇷 France	2006–—	89.3
85	John Havlicek	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–1978	89.9
86	Kelly Smith	Football	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1994–2017	88.0
87	Sergei Belov	Basketball	🇷🇺 Russia	1964–1980	88.7
88	Briana Scurry	Football	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2008	87.8
89	Michael Johnson	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2001	87.3
90	Carolina Morace	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	1978–1998	87.9
91	N'Golo Kanté	Football	🇫🇷 France	2012–—	87.5
92	Martina Navratilova	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1994	92.6
93	Lothar Matthäus	Football	🇩🇪 Germany	1979–2000	89.0
94	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1980–2001	89.7
95	Don Nelson	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1962–2010	90.6
96	Marcel Desailly	Football	🇫🇷 France	1986–2006	88.4
97	Nikos Galis	Basketball	🇬🇷 Greece	1979–1994	87.6
98	Dražen Dalipagić	Basketball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1971–1991	89.0
99	Leonardo Bonucci	Football	🇮🇹 Italy	2005–2024	88.3
100	Diego Forlán	Football	🇺🇾 Uruguay	1997–2019	87.9

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