#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
51	Bai Yang	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1998–2008	83.3
52	Zoltán Bubonyi	Table Tennis	🇭🇺 Hungary	1977–1990	83.2
53	Ai Fukuhara	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	1998–2018	83.1
54	Jörg Rosskopf	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–2004	83.1
55	Hugo Calderano	Table Tennis	🇧🇷 Brazil	2013–—	83
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
60	Stellan Bengtsson	Table Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1968–1985	82.8
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
64	Damien Éloi	Table Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1987–2012	82.8
65	Lin Shidong	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2022–—	82.7
66	Kim Taek-soo	Table Tennis	🇰🇷 South Korea	1988–2004	82.7
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
70	Tage Flisberg	Table Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	1946–1958	82.5
71	Josef Dvořáček	Table Tennis	🇨🇿 Czechia	1951–1964	82.5
72	Zlatko Čordaš	Table Tennis	🇭🇷 Croatia	1968–1980	82.4
73	Andrzej Grubba	Table Tennis	🇵🇱 Poland	1977–1997	82.2
74	Nobuhiko Hasegawa	Table Tennis	🇯🇵 Japan	1963–1973	82
75	Csilla Bátorfi	Table Tennis	🇭🇺 Hungary	1984–2008	82
76	Kanak Jha	Table Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	2014–—	82
77	Liang Jingkun	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2015–—	81.9
78	Li Ju	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1995–2004	81.9
79	Gábor Gergely	Table Tennis	🇭🇺 Hungary	1971–1990	81.9
80	Sarah De Nutte	Table Tennis	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	2008–—	81.9
81	Chuang Chia-Fu	Table Tennis	🇹🇼 Taiwan	2005–—	81.9
82	Suthasini Sawettabut	Table Tennis	🇹🇭 Thailand	2010–—	81.9
83	Chiang Peng-lung	Table Tennis	🇹🇼 Taiwan	2000–2016	81.9
84	Mattias Falck	Table Tennis	🇸🇪 Sweden	2008–—	81.5
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
88	Oldřich Blecha	Table Tennis	🇨🇿 Czechia	1954–1966	81.2
89	Patrick Franziska	Table Tennis	🇩🇪 Germany	2009–—	81.1
90	Wang Nan	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1995–2008	80.8
91	Simon Gauzy	Table Tennis	🇫🇷 France	2010–—	80.8
92	Judit Magos	Table Tennis	🇭🇺 Hungary	1968–1985	80.8
93	Carmen Crișan	Table Tennis	🇷🇴 Romania	1978–1990	80.8
94	Tibor Klampár	Table Tennis	🇭🇺 Hungary	1969–1988	80.7
95	Zhu Yuling	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	2010–—	80.6
96	Tiago Apolónia	Table Tennis	🇵🇹 Portugal	2002–—	80.6
97	Desmond Douglas	Table Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1974–1994	80.6
98	Chen Zhibin	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1983–1992	80.5
99	Ilija Lupulesku	Table Tennis	🇷🇸 Yugoslavia	1983–2008	80.5
100	Zhang Yining	Table Tennis	🇨🇳 China	1997–2009	80.4

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