#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
192	Adrian Moorhouse	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1982–1992	79.5
193	Javier Acevedo	Swimming	🇨🇦 Canada	2014–—	79.5
194	Shaine Casas	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2018–—	79.3
195	Jon Henricks	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1954–1960	79.2
198	Jack Cartwright	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2016–—	79.1
199	Jack Aikins	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	79.1
200	Bruno Fratus	Swimming	🇧🇷 Brazil	2009–2023	79
201	Ryosuke Irie	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	2008–2021	79
205	Ippei Watanabe	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	2014–—	78.8
208	Ricardo Busquets	Swimming	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	1994–2004	78.7
209	Felix Auböck	Swimming	🇦🇹 Austria	2013–—	78.6
213	John Devitt	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	1955–1960	78.4
214	Bill Barrett	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1978–1984	78.4
216	Tom Dean	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2018–—	78.3
217	Serhiy Breus	Swimming	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2006–2016	78.3
219	Bengt Baron	Swimming	🇸🇪 Sweden	1977–1984	78.2
220	Stefano Battistelli	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	1987–1996	78.2
223	Cullen Jones	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2016	78.1
227	Gustavo Borges	Swimming	🇧🇷 Brazil	1992–2004	77.8
235	Chad Carvin	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2001	76.9
238	Greg Burgess	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1988–1996	76.5
239	Randall Bal	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2012	76.4
240	Paolo Barelli	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	1970–1980	76.3
241	Leith Brodie	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2006–2014	76.3
242	Dirk Braunleder	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	1990–1998	76.3
246	James Carter	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1995–2004	76
247	Simone Cerasuolo	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2019–—	75.8
248	Mike Brown	Swimming	🇨🇦 Canada	2003–2012	75.7
249	Alessio Boggiatto	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	1999–2012	75.6
255	Vladyslav Bukhov	Swimming	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2018–—	74.9
256	Federico Burdisso	Swimming	🇮🇹 Italy	2017–—	74.5
257	Zach Apple	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2016–2022	74.1
258	Örn Arnarson	Swimming	🇮🇸 Iceland	1997–2008	74
259	Duncan Goodhew	Swimming	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1976–1980	73.9
260	Michael Andrew	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	73.4
262	Chris Cavanaugh	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1986	72.6
263	Ilya Borodin	Swimming	🇷🇺 Russia	2019–—	71.7
264	Jack Babashoff	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1973–1978	71.4
265	Matthew Abood	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2007–2016	70.9
266	David Popovici	Swimming	🇷🇴 Romania	2019–—	70.4

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