#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1	Usain Bolt	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2004–2017	93.2
2	Sergey Bubka	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1983–2001	93.2
3	Carl Lewis	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1997	93.1
4	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1980–2001	92.1
5	Paavo Nurmi	Athletics	🇫🇮 Finland	1920–1934	92.1
6	Eliud Kipchoge	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2002–—	92
7	Haile Gebrselassie	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1992–2015	91.9
8	Yuriy Sedykh	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1974–1992	91.5
9	Maria Mutola	Athletics	🇲🇿 Mozambique	1988–2008	91.4
10	Edwin Moses	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1988	91.3
11	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2007–—	91.2
12	Irena Szewińska	Athletics	🇵🇱 Poland	1960–1980	91.1
13	Mutaz Essa Barshim	Athletics	🇶🇦 Qatar	2010–—	91.1
14	Mike Conley Sr.	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1996	90.9
15	Sandra Elkasević	Athletics	🇭🇷 Croatia	2007–—	90.7
16	Soufiane El Bakkali	Athletics	🇲🇦 Morocco	2014–—	90.6
17	Jan Železný	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czechia	1984–2006	90.5
18	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Athletics	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1935–1955	90.5
19	Ruth Beitia	Athletics	🇪🇸 Spain	1996–2017	90.4
20	Yelena Isinbayeva	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	1997–2016	90.3
21	Kenenisa Bekele	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2001–2023	90.3
22	Allyson Felix	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2022	90
23	Javier Sotomayor	Athletics	🇨🇺 Cuba	1984–2001	89.9
24	Anita Włodarczyk	Athletics	🇵🇱 Poland	2006–—	89.9
25	Stefka Kostadinova	Athletics	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1982–1999	89.9
26	Saïd Aouita	Athletics	🇲🇦 Morocco	1983–1993	89.9
27	Al Oerter	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1980	89.7
28	Robert Korzeniowski	Athletics	🇵🇱 Poland	1988–2004	89.7
29	Evelyn Ashford	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1992	89.5
30	Faith Kipyegon	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2010–—	89.5
31	Emil Zátopek	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czechia	1944–1958	89.4
32	Virgilijus Alekna	Athletics	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1993–2012	89.1
33	Hicham El Guerrouj	Athletics	🇲🇦 Morocco	1992–2006	89.1
34	Nourredine Morceli	Athletics	🇩🇿 Algeria	1990–2000	89.1
35	Ray Ewry	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1908	88.9
36	Iván Pedroso	Athletics	🇨🇺 Cuba	1990–2007	88.8
37	Ryan Crouser	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	88.7
38	Nadezhda Chizhova	Athletics	🇷🇺 Soviet Union	1966–1976	88.7
39	Almaz Ayana	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2012–2021	88.7
40	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1974–1987	88.7
41	Michael Johnson	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2001	88.5
42	Lars Riedel	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1988–2006	88.4
43	Tianna Bartoletta	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2021	88.4
44	Paul Tergat	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1992–2009	88.4
45	Rosa Mota	Athletics	🇵🇹 Portugal	1975–1992	88.4
46	Valerie Adams	Athletics	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2001–2022	88.3
47	Meseret Defar	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2001–2016	88.3
48	Derartu Tulu	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1989–2013	88.3
49	Grete Waitz	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	1971–1990	88.3
50	Daley Thompson	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1976–1992	88

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