#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
127	Kipchoge Keino	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1962–1973	84.8
128	Oleksandr Bagach	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1988–2004	84.8
130	Marie-José Pérec	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1988–1999	84.7
131	Gunder Hägg	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1940–1945	84.7
135	Elvan Abeylegesse	Athletics	🇹🇷 Turkey	2001–2012	84.6
136	Peter Snell	Athletics	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1957–1965	84.5
137	Carolina Klüft	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	2000–2012	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
141	Ludmila Formanová	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czechia	1992–2003	84.3
142	Mehdi Baala	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1997–2012	84.2
143	Bärbel Wöckel	Athletics	🇩🇪 East Germany	1974–1984	84.1
144	Tegla Loroupe	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1988–2008	84.1
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
149	Kim Batten	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2000	83.9
151	Bernard Barmasai	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1995–2004	83.8
152	Ana Ambrazienė	Athletics	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1979–1988	83.8
154	Tommie Smith	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1963–1969	83.6
155	Renate Stecher	Athletics	🇩🇪 East Germany	1967–1976	83.6
156	Jessica Beard	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2009–2021	83.6
157	Kelly Holmes	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1993–2005	83.6
158	Maurice Greene	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2008	83.5
159	Hennadiy Avdyeyenko	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1983–1992	83.5
161	Valerie Brisco-Hooks	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1988	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
165	Ingrid Auerswald	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1976–1988	83.3
167	Irina Belova	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	1989–2000	83.3
168	Hasna Benhassi	Athletics	🇲🇦 Morocco	1997–2012	83.2
169	Yarelys Barrios	Athletics	🇨🇺 Cuba	2003–2015	83.2
170	Anzhela Balakhonova	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1993–2008	83.2
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
178	Yelena Belevskaya	Athletics	🇧🇾 Belarus	1982–1992	82.9
179	Dan Waern	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1954–1962	82.9
180	Mikele Barber	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2012	82.8
182	Sunday Bada	Athletics	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1989–2004	82.7
183	Dylan Armstrong	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	2003–2014	82.7
185	Wilson Kipsang	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2010–2019	82.7
186	Cathy Freeman	Athletics	🇦🇺 Australia	1990–2003	82.6
188	Denise Lewis	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1992–2005	82.4
189	Mariya Abakumova	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	2005–2015	82.3
190	Adrián Annus	Athletics	🇭🇺 Hungary	1993–2007	82.3

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