#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
3	Carl Lewis	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1997	93.1
4	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1980–2001	92.1
10	Edwin Moses	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1988	91.3
14	Mike Conley Sr.	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1996	90.9
22	Allyson Felix	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2003–2022	90
27	Al Oerter	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1954–1980	89.7
29	Evelyn Ashford	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1992	89.5
35	Ray Ewry	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1900–1908	88.9
37	Ryan Crouser	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	88.7
41	Michael Johnson	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2001	88.5
43	Tianna Bartoletta	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2021	88.4
54	Willie Banks	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1996	87.7
56	Sanya Richards-Ross	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2016	87.5
62	Joan Benoit Samuelson	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1979–—	87.5
67	Rai Benjamin	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	87.3
72	Randy Barnes	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1986–1998	87.2
84	Mike Powell	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1996	86.6
86	Jesse Owens	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1936	86.3
89	Ralph Boston	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1968	86.3
93	Tyson Gay	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2017	86.2
100	Ashton Eaton	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2016	85.8
106	Justin Gatlin	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2022	85.6
108	Florence Griffith Joyner	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1989	85.5
109	Gail Devers	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2007	85.5
110	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	85.5
115	Charles Austin	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2001	85.4
119	Dwight Phillips	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2013	85.2
123	Dan O'Brien	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2000	85.1
145	Lee Evans	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1972	84
146	Larry Myricks	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1992	84
149	Kim Batten	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2000	83.9
154	Tommie Smith	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1969	83.6
156	Jessica Beard	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2009–2021	83.6
158	Maurice Greene	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2008	83.5
160	Christian Coleman	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	83.5
161	Valerie Brisco-Hooks	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1988	83.5
174	Randy Williams	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1984	83.1
180	Mikele Barber	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2012	82.8
184	Kenny Bednarek	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	82.7
197	Christian Taylor	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2009–—	82
198	Derrick Adkins	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2000	82
200	Me'Lisa Barber	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2010	82
213	Wilma Rudolph	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1962	81.3
217	Alexandria Anderson	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2016	81.1
222	Nia Ali	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	81
254	Joanna Atkins	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2017	79.1
265	Bob Beamon	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1965–1973	77.7
266	Morolake Akinosun	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	77.7
268	John Carlos	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1972	77.5
280	Dick Fosbury	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1972	75.5

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