#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
201	Blanka Vlašić	Athletics	🇭🇷 Croatia	1998–2017	81.9
202	José Luíz Barbosa	Athletics	🇧🇷 Brazil	1983–1998	81.9
203	Éider Arévalo	Athletics	🇨🇴 Colombia	2011–—	81.9
204	Ralf Bartels	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1998–2012	81.9
205	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Athletics	🇳🇴 Norway	2017–—	81.9
206	Sergey Bakulin	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	2006–2014	81.8
207	Süreyya Ayhan	Athletics	🇹🇷 Turkey	1999–2005	81.7
208	Sanjay Ayre	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1999–2010	81.6
209	Sally Barsosio	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1993–2002	81.6
210	Anatoliy Bondarchuk	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1965–1976	81.5
211	Iryna Sekachova	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1997–2012	81.5
212	Trevor Barry	Athletics	🇧🇸 Bahamas	2006–2017	81.5
213	Wilma Rudolph	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	1956–1962	81.3
214	Marco Arop	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	2018–—	81.3
215	Andreas Almgren	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	2014–—	81.1
216	Maryna Arzamasova	Athletics	🇧🇾 Belarus	2008–2019	81.1
217	Alexandria Anderson	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2016	81.1
218	Jamie Baulch	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1993–2005	81
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
223	Mykolas Alekna	Athletics	🇱🇹 Lithuania	2021–—	80.9
224	Harry Aikines-Aryeetey	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2005–2021	80.9
225	Kerstin Behrendt	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–1992	80.9
226	Christine Ohuruogu	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2004–2016	80.8
227	Mamo Wolde	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1956–1972	80.8
228	Larysa Berezhna	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1985–1996	80.8
229	Allison Beckford	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1997–2008	80.7
230	Nathon Allen	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2015–—	80.7
231	Vera Nikolić	Athletics	🇷🇸 Serbia	1964–1972	80.7
232	Naoko Takahashi	Athletics	🇯🇵 Japan	1997–2008	80.7
233	Nickel Ashmeade	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2009–2019	80.6
234	Noah Ngeny	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1997–2003	80.6
235	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	Athletics	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	2006–2021	80.5
236	Katia Benth	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1993–2004	80.5
237	Sammy Wanjiru	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2005–2010	80.3
238	Mohammed Aman	Athletics	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2010–2019	80.2
239	Yamilé Aldama	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1993–2014	80.1
240	Ben Johnson	Athletics	🇨🇦 Canada	1980–1993	80.1
241	Marvin Anderson	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2005–2014	79.9
242	Dennis Kimetto	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	2011–2017	79.8
243	Michelle-Lee Ahye	Athletics	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	2010–—	79.7
244	Todd Bennett	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1980–1990	79.7
245	Mikhail Akimenko	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	2015–2021	79.7
246	Gabriele Becker	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1993–2004	79.6
247	Sylwester Bednarek	Athletics	🇵🇱 Poland	2007–2019	79.6
248	Frédérique Bangué	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1993–2002	79.5
249	Laura Muir	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2013–—	79.5
250	Patrick van Balkom	Athletics	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1993–2004	79.4

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