#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2	Sergey Bubka	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1983–2001	93.2
4	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1980–2001	92.1
9	Maria Mutola	Athletics	🇲🇿 Mozambique	1988–2008	91.4
14	Mike Conley Sr.	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1996	90.9
17	Jan Železný	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czechia	1984–2006	90.5
23	Javier Sotomayor	Athletics	🇨🇺 Cuba	1984–2001	89.9
25	Stefka Kostadinova	Athletics	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1982–1999	89.9
26	Saïd Aouita	Athletics	🇲🇦 Morocco	1983–1993	89.9
28	Robert Korzeniowski	Athletics	🇵🇱 Poland	1988–2004	89.7
41	Michael Johnson	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2001	88.5
42	Lars Riedel	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1988–2006	88.4
48	Derartu Tulu	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1989–2013	88.3
59	Colin Jackson	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1986–2003	87.5
65	Jonathan Edwards	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1988–2003	87.4
68	Igor Astapkovich	Athletics	🇧🇾 Belarus	1987–2004	87.3
69	Heike Drechsler	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1980–2004	87.2
71	Steve Backley	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1988–2004	87.2
72	Randy Barnes	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1986–1998	87.2
74	Linford Christie	Athletics	🇬🇧 Great Britain	1986–1997	87.1
77	Andrey Abduvaliyev	Athletics	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	1988–1999	87
84	Mike Powell	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1996	86.6
85	Inha Babakova	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1986–2004	86.4
98	Sally Gunnell	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1984–1997	86
108	Florence Griffith Joyner	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1989	85.5
109	Gail Devers	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2007	85.5
113	Werner Günthör	Athletics	🇨🇭 Switzerland	1982–1993	85.5
114	Patrik Sjöberg	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1981–1997	85.4
117	Roger Black	Athletics	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1986–1998	85.4
118	Abel Antón	Athletics	🇪🇸 Spain	1985–2002	85.4
121	Ludmila Engquist	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1987–1999	85.1
123	Dan O'Brien	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2000	85.1
128	Oleksandr Bagach	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1988–2004	84.8
130	Marie-José Pérec	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1988–1999	84.7
144	Tegla Loroupe	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1988–2008	84.1
159	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1983–1992	83.5
162	Josia Thugwane	Athletics	🇿🇦 South Africa	1989–2004	83.5
167	Irina Belova	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	1989–2000	83.3
173	Kriss Akabusi	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1983–1993	83.1
178	Yelena Belevskaya	Athletics	🇧🇾 Belarus	1982–1992	82.9
182	Sunday Bada	Athletics	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1989–2004	82.7
192	Derek Redmond	Athletics	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1985–1993	82.2
193	Marina Azyabina	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	1988–1996	82.2
195	Ajayi Agbebaku	Athletics	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1980–1988	82.1
202	José Luíz Barbosa	Athletics	🇧🇷 Brazil	1983–1998	81.9
225	Kerstin Behrendt	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–1992	80.9
228	Larysa Berezhna	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1985–1996	80.8
240	Ben Johnson	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–1993	80.1
244	Todd Bennett	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1980–1990	79.7
253	Alina Astafei	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1987–2003	79.3
256	Zola Budd	Athletics	🇿🇦 South Africa	1983–1993	78.7

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