#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
51	Andreas Thorkildsen	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	2001–2016	88
52	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Athletics	🇧🇸 Bahamas	2012–—	87.9
53	Ingrid Kristiansen	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	1977–1996	87.8
54	Willie Banks	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1996	87.7
55	Merlene Ottey	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1978–2012	87.6
56	Sanya Richards-Ross	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2016	87.5
57	Beatrice Chebet	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2018–—	87.5
58	Tatyana Lebedeva	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	1997–2013	87.5
59	Colin Jackson	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1986–2003	87.5
60	Sebastian Coe	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1975–1990	87.5
61	Tirunesh Dibaba	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2001–2019	87.5
62	Joan Benoit Samuelson	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1979–—	87.5
63	Brigid Kosgei	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2015–—	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
67	Rai Benjamin	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	87.3
68	Igor Astapkovich	Athletics	🇧🇾 Belarus	1987–2004	87.3
69	Heike Drechsler	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1980–2004	87.2
70	Caster Semenya	Athletics	🇿🇦 South Africa	2008–—	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
75	Renaud Lavillenie	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	2005–—	87
76	Letesenbet Gidey	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2015–—	87
77	Andrey Abduvaliyev	Athletics	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	1988–1999	87
78	Yang Chuan-kwang	Athletics	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1954–1968	87
79	Julien Alfred	Athletics	🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	2018–—	86.8
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
83	Sifan Hassan	Athletics	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2013–—	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
87	Nafissatou Thiam	Athletics	🇧🇪 Belgium	2011–—	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
92	Armand Duplantis	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	2018–—	86.3
93	Tyson Gay	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2017	86.2
94	Yohan Blake	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2007–—	86.2
95	Paula Radcliffe	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1992–2015	86.2
96	Ruth Chepngetich	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2016–—	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

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