#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2	Katie Ledecky	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2012–—	94.8
6	Robert Finke	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2018–—	90.1
14	Adam Peaty	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2012–—	88.7
15	Sarah Sjöström	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	2007–—	88.6
21	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2011–—	87.9
22	Chad le Clos	Swimming	🇿🇦 South Africa	2008–—	87.8
29	Ana Marcela Cunha	Swimming	🇧🇷 Brazil	2006–—	87.3
32	Lilly King	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	87.1
34	Mireia Belmonte	Swimming	🇪🇸 Spain	2006–—	87
42	Ryan Murphy	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	86.7
53	Florian Wellbrock	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	2016–—	85.9
64	Caeleb Dressel	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	85
66	Zhang Yufei	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2013–—	85
68	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2012–—	84.9
71	Rūta Meilutytė	Swimming	🇱🇹 Lithuania	2012–—	84.7
78	Bronte Campbell	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2012–—	84.1
83	Mollie O'Callaghan	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2021–—	83.9
85	Léon Marchand	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	2019–—	83.8
87	Femke Heemskerk	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2005–—	83.7
90	Qin Haiyang	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2017–—	83.6
97	Siobhán Haughey	Swimming	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	2015–—	83.4
99	Yohann Ndoye-Brouard	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	2018–—	83.2
103	Ariarne Titmus	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2016–—	83
104	Wang Shun	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2011–—	83
105	Kate Douglass	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	83
106	Chase Kalisz	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	83
108	Ai Yanhan	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2014–—	82.9
110	Pan Zhanle	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2021–—	82.8
111	Daiya Seto	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	2012–—	82.7
120	Duncan Scott	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2016–—	82.3
121	Thomas Ceccon	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2018–—	82.2
122	Simona Quadarella	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2015–—	82.2
123	Gretchen Walsh	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2021–—	82.1
125	Grant Brits	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2015–—	82
129	Summer McIntosh	Swimming	🇨🇦 Canada	2019–—	81.7
140	Simone Manuel	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2015–—	81.5
145	Xu Jiayu	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2013–—	81.4
146	Torri Huske	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	81.4
147	Nicolò Martinenghi	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2016–—	81.4
148	Iona Anderson	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2021–—	81.3
152	Simon Bucher	Swimming	🇦🇹 Austria	2017–—	81.1
154	Kristóf Milák	Swimming	🇭🇺 Hungary	2016–—	80.9
157	Charlotte Bonnet	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	2010–—	80.9
179	Daniel Wiffen	Swimming	🇮🇪 Ireland	2019–—	79.9
180	James Guy	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2014–—	79.9
182	Coby Carrozza	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2018–—	79.9
189	Kaylee McKeown	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2017–—	79.5
190	Jack Alexy	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2022–—	79.5
191	Hunter Armstrong	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	79.5
193	Javier Acevedo	Swimming	🇨🇦 Canada	2014–—	79.5

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