#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
3349	Ayrton Senna	Formula 1	🇧🇷 Brazil	1984–1994	70.9
3379	Jiang Jialiang	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1982–1990	73.2
3389	Paul Azinger	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1981–2010	73.8
3390	Chen Longcan	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1984–1991	74.3
3391	Yang Young-ja	Table Tennis	🇰🇷 South Korea	1983–1990	73.9
3404	Mark O'Meara	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1980–2019	74.8
3407	Cao Yanhua	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1980–1987	73.7
3410	Goran Vujević	Volleyball	🇭🇷 Croatia	1988–2004	73.5
3414	Yoo Nam-kyu	Table Tennis	🇰🇷 South Korea	1985–1996	75.0
3419	Nigel Mansell	Formula 1	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1980–1995	74.6
3422	Jean-Philippe Gatien	Table Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1985–2000	75.3
3423	Paul Lawrie	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 United Kingdom	1986–2020	74.5
3427	Ma Wenge	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1988–1997	74.6
3457	Irina Belova	Athletics	🇷🇺 Russia	1989–2000	74.5
3472	Jörg Rosskopf	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–2004	75.8
3482	Tong Ling	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1987–1993	73.0
3484	Nicole Struse	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1989–2006	75.6
3492	He Zhili	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1983–1994	73.3
3495	Damien Éloi	Table Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1987–2012	76.6
3497	José María Olazábal	Golf	🇪🇸 Spain	1985–—	73.4
3503	Kim Taek-soo	Table Tennis	🇰🇷 South Korea	1988–2004	75.4
3512	Joakim Haeggman	Golf	🇸🇪 Sweden	1989–2015	73.8
3516	Ni Xia Lian	Table Tennis	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	1983–—	77.5
3535	Robert Karlsson	Golf	🇸🇪 Sweden	1989–—	73.9
3553	Mark Brooks	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1983–2013	73.0
3561	Csilla Bátorfi	Table Tennis	🇭🇺 Hungary	1984–2008	75.4
3586	Colin Montgomerie	Golf	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 United Kingdom	1987–—	73.0
3656	Chen Zhibin	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1983–1992	71.1
3658	Ilija Lupulesku	Table Tennis	🇷🇸 Yugoslavia	1983–2008	73.6
3697	Erik Lindh	Table Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1982–1996	72.4
3713	Todd Hamilton	Golf	🇺🇸 United States	1987–2019	70.3
3728	Hyun Jung-hwa	Table Tennis	🇰🇷 South Korea	1983–1994	70.7
3772	He Zhiwen	Table Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	1984–2018	73.4
3783	Gerhard Berger	Formula 1	🇦🇹 Austria	1984–1997	71.1
3785	Michele Alboreto	Formula 1	🇮🇹 Italy	1981–1994	70.5
3819	Petr Korbel	Table Tennis	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1988–2012	71.8
3822	Jörgen Persson	Table Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1982–2011	71.6
3880	Jean Alesi	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	1989–2001	68.7
3881	Anke Behmer	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1981–1990	67.6
3887	Thierry Boutsen	Formula 1	🇧🇪 Belgium	1983–1993	67.3
3920	Johnny Herbert	Formula 1	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1989–2000	66.5
3936	Andrea de Cesaris	Formula 1	🇮🇹 Italy	1980–1994	67.2
3950	Peter Karlsson	Table Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1984–2009	65.5
3955	Alessandro Nannini	Formula 1	🇮🇹 Italy	1986–1990	60.1
3979	Patrik Andersson	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1989–2004	48.3
3984	Jesper Parnevik	Golf	🇸🇪 Sweden	1986–2019	51.9
3987	Jonas Thern	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1984–1997	43.6
3990	Martin Dahlin	Football	🇸🇪 Sweden	1987–1999	41.3

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