#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
68	Sun Wen	Football	🇨🇳 China	1990–2006	87.9
809	Zhang Yufei	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2013–—	82.9
1070	Qin Haiyang	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2017–—	79.6
1168	Wang Shun	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2011–—	82.0
1195	Ai Yanhan	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2014–—	81.0
1205	Pan Zhanle	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2021–—	77.3
1427	Ye Shiwen	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2010–2021	78.7
1440	Sun Yang	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2008–2020	78.1
1452	Xu Jiayu	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2013–—	79.6
1815	Wang Zhizhi	Basketball	🇨🇳 China	1995–2017	79.9
1979	Yang Junxuan	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2018–—	76.2
2137	Ma Long	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2006–—	87.3
2471	Zhu Ting	Volleyball	🇨🇳 China	2013–—	80.1
2596	Lang Ping	Volleyball	🇨🇳 China	1978–1986	79.5
2743	Bai Xue	Athletics	🇨🇳 China	2005–2014	73.1
2795	Yao Ming	Basketball	🇨🇳 China	1997–2011	70.6
2842	Zheng Qinwen	Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2019–—	71.3
2912	Deng Yaping	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1988–1997	79.7
3005	Cui Yongmei	Volleyball	🇨🇳 China	1995–2008	77.4
3024	Ding Ning	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2005–2021	80.2
3042	Li Na	Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1999–2014	71.6
3108	Fan Zhendong	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2012–—	77.3
3157	Hui Ruoqi	Volleyball	🇨🇳 China	2009–2017	74.5
3172	Wang Tao	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1989–1999	77.6
3173	Guo Yan	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2001–2012	77.6
3205	Xu "fy" Linsen	Esports	🇨🇳 China	2011–—	80.4
3232	Guo Yuehua	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1977–1985	75.0
3240	Ma Lin	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1998–2013	77.1
3245	Cai Zhenhua	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1979–1989	76.5
3305	Lu "Maybe" Yao	Esports	🇨🇳 China	2013–—	78.1
3317	Qiao Hong	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1986–1997	75.6
3327	Chen Qi	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1999–2013	76.0
3346	Wang "Ame" Chunyu	Esports	🇨🇳 China	2016–—	77.5
3348	Somnus	Esports	🇨🇳 China	2013–—	77.7
3354	Chen "Bin" Zebin	Esports	🇨🇳 China	2018–—	76.3
3379	Jiang Jialiang	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1982–1990	73.2
3380	Tian "Meiko" Ye	Esports	🇨🇳 China	2014–—	78.7
3390	Chen Longcan	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1984–1991	74.3
3395	Zhuang Zedong	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1959–1972	73.6
3407	Cao Yanhua	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1980–1987	73.7
3427	Ma Wenge	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1988–1997	74.6
3458	Bai Yang	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1998–2008	74.6
3467	Yang Fangxu	Volleyball	🇨🇳 China	2003–2016	72.5
3475	Faith_bian	Esports	🇨🇳 China	2013–2021	75.5
3482	Tong Ling	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1987–1993	73.0
3486	Cheng Hongxia	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1996–2006	74.0
3492	He Zhili	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1983–1994	73.3
3502	Lin Shidong	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2022–—	71.2
3518	Wu Yang	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2011–2019	73.4
3558	Zhuo "knight" Ding	Esports	🇨🇳 China	2017–—	74.7

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