#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1	Karch Kiraly	Volleyball	🇺🇸 USA	1981–2007	95.4
2	Regla Bell	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1990–2004	91.4
3	Marlenis Costa	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1988–2000	90.7
4	Lyudmila Buldakova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1960–1972	89.6
5	Ricardo Santos	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2016	89.5
6	Fabiana Oliveira	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2000–2016	89.4
7	Giba	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2013	89.3
8	Mireya Luis	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1984–2000	89.3
9	Fábio Luiz Magalhães	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2005–2021	89.2
10	Sinjin Smith	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1996	89.1
11	Dante Amaral	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1999–2017	88.9
12	Márcio Araújo	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1998–2016	88.7
13	Luca Cantagalli	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1985–2000	88.7
14	Taismary Agüero	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2012	88.7
15	André Nascimento	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1997–2012	88.7
16	Zhu Ting	Volleyball	🇨🇳 China	2013–—	88.6
17	Luciano De Cecco	Volleyball	🇦🇷 Argentina	2006–—	88.4
18	Fofão	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2012	88.4
19	Maja Ognjenović	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	2002–—	88.4
20	Christian Sørum	Volleyball	🇳🇴 Norway	2014–—	88.4
21	Thaísa Menezes	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2004–2023	88.4
22	Viacheslav Krasilnikov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	2010–—	88.4
23	Fabiana Claudino	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2002–2021	88.3
24	Yelena Chebukina	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1984–1996	88.3
25	Marco Bracci	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1988–2001	88.3
26	Simona Gioli	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2016	88.2
27	William Arjona	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2000–2021	88.2
28	Magaly Carvajal	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1986–2000	88
29	Maurício Lima	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1988–2006	88
30	Evgeniya Artamonova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1990–2012	88
31	Todd Rogers	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2016	87.9
32	Monica De Gennaro	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2004–—	87.8
33	Zoila Barros	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1996–2012	87.8
34	Randy Stoklos	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1996	87.8
35	Yuri Chesnokov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1956–1966	87.8
36	Rodrigão	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1998–2016	87.8
37	Lang Ping	Volleyball	🇨🇳 China	1978–1986	87.7
38	Anna Danesi	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2014–—	87.7
39	April Ross	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2022	87.6
40	Ivans Bugajenkovs	Volleyball	🇱🇻 Latvia	1960–1970	87.6
41	Paolo Nicolai	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	87.4
42	John Hyden	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2021	87.3
43	Jaqueline Carvalho	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2001–2021	87
44	Mariusz Wlazły	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2002–2023	87
45	Mike Dodd	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1997	87
46	Katsutoshi Nekoda	Volleyball	🇯🇵 Japan	1964–1977	86.8
47	Yumilka Ruiz	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1994–2008	86.8
48	Eleonora Lo Bianco	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2017	86.8
49	Laura Ludwig	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	2003–—	86.7
50	Ryszard Bosek	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	1972–1982	86.7

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