#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
13	Mutaz Essa Barshim	Athletics	🇶🇦 Qatar	2010–—	91.1
16	Soufiane El Bakkali	Athletics	🇲🇦 Morocco	2014–—	90.6
30	Faith Kipyegon	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2010–—	89.5
37	Ryan Crouser	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	88.7
39	Almaz Ayana	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2012–2021	88.7
52	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Athletics	🇧🇸 Bahamas	2012–—	87.9
57	Beatrice Chebet	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2018–—	87.5
63	Brigid Kosgei	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2015–—	87.5
67	Rai Benjamin	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	87.3
76	Letesenbet Gidey	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2015–—	87
79	Julien Alfred	Athletics	🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	2018–—	86.8
83	Sifan Hassan	Athletics	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2013–—	86.7
87	Nafissatou Thiam	Athletics	🇧🇪 Belgium	2011–—	86.3
92	Armand Duplantis	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	2018–—	86.3
96	Ruth Chepngetich	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2016–—	86.2
110	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	85.5
111	Yulimar Rojas	Athletics	🇻🇪 Venezuela	2013–—	85.5
120	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2013–—	85.1
129	Selemon Barega	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2016–—	84.8
132	Karsten Warholm	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	2017–—	84.7
133	Tobi Amusan	Athletics	🇳🇬 Nigeria	2015–—	84.6
134	Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2012–—	84.6
150	Kelsey-Lee Barber	Athletics	🇦🇺 Australia	2011–—	83.8
160	Christian Coleman	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	83.5
166	Tigst Assefa	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2012–—	83.3
176	Kelvin Kiptum	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2018–2024	83
177	Wayde van Niekerk	Athletics	🇿🇦 South Africa	2010–—	82.9
181	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2011–—	82.8
184	Kenny Bednarek	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	82.7
185	Wilson Kipsang	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2010–2019	82.7
187	Nadia Battocletti	Athletics	🇮🇹 Italy	2017–—	82.4
196	Amber Anning	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2018–—	82.1
203	Éider Arévalo	Athletics	🇨🇴 Colombia	2011–—	81.9
205	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	2017–—	81.9
214	Marco Arop	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	2018–—	81.3
215	Andreas Almgren	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	2014–—	81.1
222	Nia Ali	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	81
230	Nathon Allen	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2015–—	80.7
238	Mohammed Aman	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2010–2019	80.2
242	Dennis Kimetto	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2011–2017	79.8
243	Michelle-Lee Ahye	Athletics	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	2010–—	79.7
245	Mikhail Akimenko	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	2015–2021	79.7
249	Laura Muir	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2013–—	79.5
252	Shawn Barber	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	2012–2023	79.3
254	Joanna Atkins	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2017	79.1
261	Margaret Adeoye	Athletics	🇬🇧 Great Britain	2010–2018	78.3
262	Britany Anderson	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2018–—	78.2
263	Femke Bol	Athletics	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2018–—	78.1
264	Antoine Adams	Athletics	🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis	2010–2021	78.1
266	Morolake Akinosun	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	77.7

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