#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
3	Therese Alshammar	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	1994–2016	90.3
10	Inge de Bruijn	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1991–2007	89.5
11	Natalie Coughlin	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2016	89.4
13	Aaron Peirsol	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2011	89.2
16	Jenny Thompson	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1991–2004	88.6
18	Alexander Popov	Swimming	🇷🇺 Russia	1990–2004	88
19	Franziska van Almsick	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1991–2004	88
20	Yana Klochkova	Swimming	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1996–2008	87.9
41	Kieren Perkins	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1990–2000	86.7
50	Antje Buschschulte	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1994–2008	86.3
51	Grant Hackett	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1996–2016	86.2
54	Leisel Jones	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1998–2012	85.8
57	Ian Thorpe	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1997–2012	85.5
58	Kosuke Kitajima	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	1999–2016	85.5
61	Susie O'Neill	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1990–2000	85.5
63	Jason Lezak	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2012	85.1
69	Brooke Bennett	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2001	84.8
74	Pieter van den Hoogenband	Swimming	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1995–2008	84.3
75	Gary Hall Jr.	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2004	84.3
76	Michael Klim	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1996–2007	84.3
79	Anthony Ervin	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2016	84
88	Beatrice Câșlaru	Swimming	🇷🇴 Romania	1992–2004	83.7
89	Lenny Krayzelburg	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2004	83.6
91	Ashley Callus	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1998–2012	83.6
94	Amanda Beard	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2008	83.5
101	Tom Dolan	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2002	83.1
109	Emiliano Brembilla	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2009	82.8
117	Amy Van Dyken	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2000	82.4
132	Barbara Bedford	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1990–2000	81.7
149	Dyana Calub	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1996–2004	81.2
151	Lindsay Benko	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2004	81.1
171	Romain Barnier	Swimming	🇫🇷 France	1994–2004	80.3
174	Lars Frölander	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	1992–2008	80.2
184	Denis Pankratov	Swimming	🇷🇺 Russia	1992–2000	79.8
208	Ricardo Busquets	Swimming	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1994–2004	78.7
227	Gustavo Borges	Swimming	🇧🇷 Brazil	1992–2004	77.8
235	Chad Carvin	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2001	76.9
242	Dirk Braunleder	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1990–1998	76.3
244	Zoë Baker	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1998–2004	76.1
246	James Carter	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2004	76
249	Alessio Boggiatto	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	1999–2012	75.6
252	Lara Carroll	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1996–2002	75.5
258	Örn Arnarson	Swimming	🇮🇸 Iceland	1997–2008	74

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