#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
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
121	Ludmila Engquist	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1987–1999	85.1
122	Natalya Antyukh	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	2001–2014	85.1
125	Mizuki Noguchi	Athletics	🇯🇵 Japan	1999–2012	85
126	Jessica Ennis-Hill	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2005–2016	85
130	Marie-José Pérec	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1988–1999	84.7
133	Tobi Amusan	Athletics	🇳🇬 Nigeria	2015–—	84.6
134	Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2012–—	84.6
135	Elvan Abeylegesse	Athletics	🇹🇷 Turkey	2001–2012	84.6
137	Carolina Klüft	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	2000–2012	84.5
141	Ludmila Formanová	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czechia	1992–2003	84.3
143	Bärbel Wöckel	Athletics	🇩🇪 East Germany	1974–1984	84.1
144	Tegla Loroupe	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1988–2008	84.1
148	Murielle Ahouré	Athletics	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	2008–—	83.9
149	Kim Batten	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2000	83.9
150	Kelsey-Lee Barber	Athletics	🇦🇺 Australia	2011–—	83.8
152	Ana Ambrazienė	Athletics	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1979–1988	83.8
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
161	Valerie Brisco-Hooks	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1988	83.5
165	Ingrid Auerswald	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1976–1988	83.3
166	Tigst Assefa	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2012–—	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
178	Yelena Belevskaya	Athletics	🇧🇾 Belarus	1982–1992	82.9
180	Mikele Barber	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2012	82.8
181	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2011–—	82.8
186	Cathy Freeman	Athletics	🇦🇺 Australia	1990–2003	82.6
187	Nadia Battocletti	Athletics	🇮🇹 Italy	2017–—	82.4
188	Denise Lewis	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1992–2005	82.4
189	Mariya Abakumova	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	2005–2015	82.3
193	Marina Azyabina	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	1988–1996	82.2
196	Amber Anning	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2018–—	82.1
200	Me'Lisa Barber	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2010	82
201	Blanka Vlašić	Athletics	🇭🇷 Croatia	1998–2017	81.9
207	Süreyya Ayhan	Athletics	🇹🇷 Turkey	1999–2005	81.7
209	Sally Barsosio	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1993–2002	81.6
211	Iryna Sekachova	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1997–2012	81.5
213	Wilma Rudolph	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1962	81.3
216	Maryna Arzamasova	Athletics	🇧🇾 Belarus	2008–2019	81.1
217	Alexandria Anderson	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2016	81.1
219	Aleen Bailey	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1999–2012	81
220	Glory Alozie	Athletics	🇪🇸 Spain	1996–2007	81
221	Abeba Aregawi	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	2009–2019	81
222	Nia Ali	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	81

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