#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
7	Haile Gebrselassie	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1992–2015	91.9
19	Ruth Beitia	Athletics	🇪🇸 Spain	1996–2017	90.4
20	Yelena Isinbayeva	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	1997–2016	90.3
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
36	Iván Pedroso	Athletics	🇨🇺 Cuba	1990–2007	88.8
44	Paul Tergat	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1992–2009	88.4
58	Tatyana Lebedeva	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	1997–2013	87.5
64	Eunice Barber	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1993–2009	87.5
66	Donovan Bailey	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2001	87.4
73	Christine Arron	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1993–2012	87.1
80	Nadzeya Astapchuk	Athletics	🇧🇾 Belarus	1998–2015	86.7
95	Paula Radcliffe	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1992–2015	86.2
97	Wilson Kipketer	Athletics	🇩🇰 Denmark	1990–2005	86
99	Moses Kiptanui	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1990–1999	85.9
101	Kajsa Bergqvist	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2008	85.8
112	Stefan Holm	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1993–2008	85.5
115	Charles Austin	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2001	85.4
116	James Beckford	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1993–2007	85.4
124	Daniel Komen	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1994–2003	85
125	Mizuki Noguchi	Athletics	🇯🇵 Japan	1999–2012	85
139	Christian Olsson	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1997–2011	84.3
140	Stefano Baldini	Athletics	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2009	84.3
141	Ludmila Formanová	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czechia	1992–2003	84.3
142	Mehdi Baala	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1997–2012	84.2
147	Saad Al-Asmari	Athletics	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	1993–2006	84
149	Kim Batten	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2000	83.9
151	Bernard Barmasai	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1995–2004	83.8
157	Kelly Holmes	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1993–2005	83.6
158	Maurice Greene	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2008	83.5
163	Frank Fredericks	Athletics	🇳🇦 Namibia	1990–2004	83.4
168	Hasna Benhassi	Athletics	🇲🇦 Morocco	1997–2012	83.2
170	Anzhela Balakhonova	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1993–2008	83.2
172	Aleksandr Averbukh	Athletics	🇮🇱 Israel	1994–2009	83.1
186	Cathy Freeman	Athletics	🇦🇺 Australia	1990–2003	82.6
188	Denise Lewis	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1992–2005	82.4
190	Adrián Annus	Athletics	🇭🇺 Hungary	1993–2007	82.3
194	Roman Šebrle	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czechia	1994–2013	82.2
198	Derrick Adkins	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2000	82
201	Blanka Vlašić	Athletics	🇭🇷 Croatia	1998–2017	81.9
204	Ralf Bartels	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1998–2012	81.9
207	Süreyya Ayhan	Athletics	🇹🇷 Turkey	1999–2005	81.7
208	Sanjay Ayre	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1999–2010	81.6
209	Sally Barsosio	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1993–2002	81.6
211	Iryna Sekachova	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1997–2012	81.5
218	Jamie Baulch	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1993–2005	81
219	Aleen Bailey	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1999–2012	81
220	Glory Alozie	Athletics	🇪🇸 Spain	1996–2007	81
229	Allison Beckford	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1997–2008	80.7

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