#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
94	Yohan Blake	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2007–—	86.2
97	Wilson Kipketer	Athletics	🇩🇰 Denmark	1990–2005	86
99	Moses Kiptanui	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1990–1999	85.9
100	Ashton Eaton	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2016	85.8
103	Abebe Bikila	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1956–1969	85.8
104	Lasse Virén	Athletics	🇫🇮 Finland	1969–1980	85.7
105	Alessandro Andrei	Athletics	🇮🇹 Italy	1979–1993	85.7
106	Justin Gatlin	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2022	85.6
107	Alberto Juantorena	Athletics	🇨🇺 Cuba	1971–1984	85.6
112	Stefan Holm	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1993–2008	85.5
113	Werner Günthör	Athletics	🇨🇭 Switzerland	1982–1993	85.5
114	Patrik Sjöberg	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1981–1997	85.4
115	Charles Austin	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2001	85.4
116	James Beckford	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1993–2007	85.4
117	Roger Black	Athletics	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	1986–1998	85.4
118	Abel Antón	Athletics	🇪🇸 Spain	1985–2002	85.4
119	Dwight Phillips	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2013	85.2
123	Dan O'Brien	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2000	85.1
124	Daniel Komen	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1994–2003	85
127	Kipchoge Keino	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1962–1973	84.8
128	Oleksandr Bagach	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1988–2004	84.8
129	Selemon Barega	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2016–—	84.8
131	Gunder Hägg	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1940–1945	84.7
132	Karsten Warholm	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	2017–—	84.7
136	Peter Snell	Athletics	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1957–1965	84.5
138	Asafa Powell	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2001–2020	84.3
139	Christian Olsson	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1997–2011	84.3
140	Stefano Baldini	Athletics	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2009	84.3
142	Mehdi Baala	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1997–2012	84.2
145	Lee Evans	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1966–1972	84
146	Larry Myricks	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1976–1992	84
147	Saad Al-Asmari	Athletics	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	1993–2006	84
151	Bernard Barmasai	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1995–2004	83.8
153	Kirani James	Athletics	🇬🇩 Grenada	2009–—	83.7
154	Tommie Smith	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1969	83.6
158	Maurice Greene	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2008	83.5
159	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1983–1992	83.5
160	Christian Coleman	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	83.5
162	Josia Thugwane	Athletics	🇿🇦 South Africa	1989–2004	83.5
163	Frank Fredericks	Athletics	🇳🇦 Namibia	1990–2004	83.4
164	Steve Ovett	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1973–1991	83.4
171	Mohammed Ahmed	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	2009–—	83.1
172	Aleksandr Averbukh	Athletics	🇮🇱 Israel	1994–2009	83.1
173	Kriss Akabusi	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1983–1993	83.1
174	Randy Williams	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1971–1984	83.1
175	Steve Cram	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1978–1994	83
176	Kelvin Kiptum	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2018–2024	83
177	Wayde van Niekerk	Athletics	🇿🇦 South Africa	2010–—	82.9
179	Dan Waern	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1954–1962	82.9
182	Sunday Bada	Athletics	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1989–2004	82.7

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