#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
61	Tirunesh Dibaba	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2001–2019	87.5
64	Eunice Barber	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1993–2009	87.5
65	Jonathan Edwards	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1988–2003	87.4
66	Donovan Bailey	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2001	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
73	Christine Arron	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1993–2012	87.1
74	Linford Christie	Athletics	🇬🇧 Great Britain	1986–1997	87.1
77	Andrey Abduvaliyev	Athletics	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	1988–1999	87
78	Yang Chuan-kwang	Athletics	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1954–1968	87
80	Nadzeya Astapchuk	Athletics	🇧🇾 Belarus	1998–2015	86.7
81	Robert Harting	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	2004–2018	86.7
82	David Rudisha	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2006–2019	86.7
84	Mike Powell	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1984–1996	86.6
85	Inha Babakova	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1986–2004	86.4
86	Jesse Owens	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1932–1936	86.3
88	Marita Koch	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1977–1986	86.3
89	Ralph Boston	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1960–1968	86.3
90	Mo Farah	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2001–2023	86.3
91	Genzebe Dibaba	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2008–2021	86.3
93	Tyson Gay	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2017	86.2
95	Paula Radcliffe	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1992–2015	86.2
97	Wilson Kipketer	Athletics	🇩🇰 Denmark	1990–2005	86
98	Sally Gunnell	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1984–1997	86
99	Moses Kiptanui	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1990–1999	85.9
100	Ashton Eaton	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2008–2016	85.8
101	Kajsa Bergqvist	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2008	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
108	Florence Griffith Joyner	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1983–1989	85.5
109	Gail Devers	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2007	85.5
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
121	Ludmila Engquist	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1987–1999	85.1
122	Natalya Antyukh	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	2001–2014	85.1
123	Dan O'Brien	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2000	85.1
124	Daniel Komen	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1994–2003	85
125	Mizuki Noguchi	Athletics	🇯🇵 Japan	1999–2012	85
126	Jessica Ennis-Hill	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2005–2016	85

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