#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
101	Kajsa Bergqvist	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2008	85.8
102	Murielle Ahouré-Demps	Athletics	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	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
110	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	85.5
111	Yulimar Rojas	Athletics	🇻🇪 Venezuela	2013–—	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
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
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
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
130	Marie-José Pérec	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1988–1999	84.7
131	Gunder Hägg	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	1940–1945	84.7
132	Karsten Warholm	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	2017–—	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
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
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

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