#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
3166	Wallace de Souza	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2009–—	77.3
3171	João Neves	Football	🇵🇹 Portugal	2023–—	68.6
3174	Phil Mickelson	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1992–—	80.3
3176	Liam Dawson	Cricket	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 United Kingdom	2007–—	74.9
3182	Iliass Aouani	Athletics	🇮🇹 Italy	2016–—	71.5
3186	Retief Goosen	Golf	🇿🇦 South Africa	1990–—	79.5
3188	Petra Martić	Tennis	🇭🇷 Croatia	2006–—	74.7
3193	Grzegorz Fijałek	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2007–—	78.3
3194	Michał Bryl	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2014–—	76.9
3195	Erik Karlsson	Ice Hockey	🇸🇪 Sweden	2009–—	74.6
3200	DK Metcalf	American Football	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	74.1
3201	Matt Anderson	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2008–—	77.7
3203	Robertlandy Simón	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	2005–—	77.7
3207	Théo Faure	Volleyball	🇫🇷 France	2016–—	76.5
3217	Tandara Caixeta	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2007–—	77.0
3223	Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev	Esports	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2014–—	80.9
3225	Fernando Alonso	Formula 1	🇪🇸 Spain	2001–—	80.8
3228	Darren Clarke	Golf	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1990–—	79.9
3232	Ángel Cabrera	Golf	🇦🇷 Argentina	1989–—	78.4
3237	Eda Erdem	Volleyball	🇹🇷 Turkey	2004–—	78.1
3238	Miriam Sylla	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2011–—	76.8
3244	Ons Jabeur	Tennis	🇹🇳 Tunisia	2010–—	71.5
3250	Alexander Zverev	Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2013–—	71.9
3251	Macris Carneiro	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2007–—	77.3
3252	Stephen Ames	Golf	🇨🇦 Canada	1987–—	79.6
3253	Ana Bjelica	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	2011–—	77.0
3254	Taylor Crabb	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2014–—	76.6
3257	Josh Awotunde	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	70.6
3258	Ilya Borodin	Swimming	🇷🇺 Russia	2019–—	68.8
3259	Brankica Mihajlović	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	2008–—	77.2
3264	Matey Kaziyski	Volleyball	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	2003–—	77.7
3269	Sofia Kenin	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	69.7
3278	Christiaan Varenhorst	Volleyball	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2010–—	76.8
3282	Jason Day	Golf	🇦🇺 Australia	2006–—	77.4
3283	Zach Johnson	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	2003–—	78.2
3288	Fernanda Garay	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2006–—	76.6
3289	Alexander Brouwer	Volleyball	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2009–—	76.8
3290	Robert Meeuwsen	Volleyball	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2009–—	76.8
3292	Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski	Esports	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	81.3
3293	Fan Zhendong	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2012–—	77.3
3299	Mark Calcavecchia	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1981–—	78.8
3300	Georg Grozer	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–—	77.0
3301	Max Verstappen	Formula 1	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2015–—	74.1
3306	Trevor Crabb	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	76.0
3307	Inbee Park	Golf	🇰🇷 South Korea	2006–—	76.8
3309	Yukiko Ebata	Volleyball	🇯🇵 Japan	2008–—	76.6
3310	Aleksandr Butko	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	2006–—	76.6
3314	Naseem Shah	Cricket	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2019–—	69.0
3317	Sarah Pavan	Volleyball	🇨🇦 Canada	2009–—	76.2
3319	Malwina Smarzek	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2013–—	75.9

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