#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
4	Deng Yaping	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1988–1997	91.4
5	Ding Ning	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2005–2021	89.7
8	Guo Yan	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2001–2012	87.4
9	Chen Jing	Table Tennis	🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei	1986–2001	87
13	Ni Xialian	Table Tennis	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	1983–—	86.2
14	Feng Tianwei	Table Tennis	🇸🇬 Singapore	2005–—	85.6
16	Otilia Bădescu	Table Tennis	🇷🇴 Romania	1986–2008	85.3
17	Qiao Hong	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1986–1997	85.2
18	Li Jie	Table Tennis	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2000–2021	85.2
23	Daniela Dodean Monteiro	Table Tennis	🇷🇴 Romania	2003–—	84.9
25	Yu Mengyu	Table Tennis	🇸🇬 Singapore	2008–2021	84.8
29	Elmira Antonyan	Table Tennis	🇦🇲 Armenia	1968–1979	84.6
31	Tamara Boroš	Table Tennis	🇭🇷 Croatia	1993–2012	84.5
34	Yang Young-ja	Table Tennis	🇰🇷 South Korea	1983–1990	84.3
36	Cha Hyo-sim	Table Tennis	🇰🇵 North Korea	2014–—	84.2
37	Cao Yanhua	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1980–1987	84.1
43	Li Jiao	Table Tennis	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1996–2020	83.7
45	Kim Kyung-ah	Table Tennis	🇰🇷 South Korea	1995–2012	83.6
46	Pinkie Barnes	Table Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1933–1951	83.6
48	Lily Zhang	Table Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	2010–—	83.6
50	Viktoria Pavlovich	Table Tennis	🇧🇾 Belarus	1996–2016	83.3
51	Bai Yang	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1998–2008	83.3
53	Ai Fukuhara	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	1998–2018	83.1
56	Tong Ling	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1987–1993	83
57	Wu Jiaduo	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2000–2016	82.9
58	Nicole Struse	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1989–2006	82.9
59	Cheng Hongxia	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1996–2006	82.9
61	Fujie Eguchi	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	1954–1959	82.8
62	He Zhili	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1983–1994	82.8
63	Matilda Ekholm	Table Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	2001–2021	82.8
67	Kasumi Ishikawa	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	2008–2023	82.6
68	Ni Xia Lian	Table Tennis	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	1983–—	82.6
69	Wu Yang	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2011–2019	82.6
75	Csilla Bátorfi	Table Tennis	🇭🇺 Hungary	1984–2008	82
78	Li Ju	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1995–2004	81.9
80	Sarah De Nutte	Table Tennis	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	2008–—	81.9
82	Suthasini Sawettabut	Table Tennis	🇹🇭 Thailand	2010–—	81.9
85	Yang Ying	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1994–2005	81.5
86	Miu Hirano	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	2013–—	81.4
87	Helen Elliot	Table Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1946–1957	81.2
90	Wang Nan	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1995–2008	80.8
92	Judit Magos	Table Tennis	🇭🇺 Hungary	1968–1985	80.8
93	Carmen Crișan	Table Tennis	🇷🇴 Romania	1978–1990	80.8
95	Zhu Yuling	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2010–—	80.6
98	Chen Zhibin	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1983–1992	80.5
100	Zhang Yining	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1997–2009	80.4
101	Dang Ye-seo	Table Tennis	🇰🇷 South Korea	2002–2016	80.3
103	Claude Bergeret	Table Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1971–1985	80.2
104	Hina Hayata	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	2016–—	80.2
105	Han Ying	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2005–—	80.2

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