#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2	Regla Bell	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1990–2004	91.4
5	Ricardo Santos	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2016	89.5
7	Giba	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2013	89.3
11	Dante Amaral	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1999–2017	88.9
12	Márcio Araújo	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1998–2016	88.7
14	Taismary Agüero	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2012	88.7
15	André Nascimento	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1997–2012	88.7
18	Fofão	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2012	88.4
26	Simona Gioli	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2016	88.2
30	Evgeniya Artamonova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1990–2012	88
31	Todd Rogers	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2016	87.9
33	Zoila Barros	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1996–2012	87.8
36	Rodrigão	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1998–2016	87.8
42	John Hyden	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2021	87.3
47	Yumilka Ruiz	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1994–2008	86.8
48	Eleonora Lo Bianco	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2017	86.8
51	Francesca Piccinini	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2021	86.5
55	Alberto Cisolla	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2014	86.5
57	Kerri Walsh Jennings	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2022	86.4
59	Lioubov Sokolova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1995–2014	86.4
61	Nalbert Bitencourt	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2008	86.3
65	Matej Černič	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2012	86.1
69	Vladimir Grbić	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1990–2009	86
70	Lyubov Sokolova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1995–2012	86
75	Pavel Abramov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1998–2015	85.6
76	Vigor Bovolenta	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2012	85.6
78	Ekaterina Gamova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1998–2016	85.4
80	Vladimir Batez	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1990–2007	85.3
81	Slobodan Boškan	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1993–2010	85.3
88	Andrea Bari	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1998–2016	85.2
92	Leila Barros	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2008	85
95	Stanislav Dineykin	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1990–2008	84.9
106	Marcelo Negrão	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2006	84.3
107	Jonas Reckermann	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	1999–2013	84.3
115	Natalie Cook	Volleyball	🇦🇺 Australia	1993–2012	83.9
119	Andrey Egorchev	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1996–2008	83.7
120	Virna Dias	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2006	83.6
121	Cui Yongmei	Volleyball	🇨🇳 China	1995–2008	83.6
122	Sandra Pires	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2004	83.6
125	Nikola Grbić	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1991–2013	83.5
127	Lloy Ball	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2011	83.5
129	Danielle Scott-Arruda	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2012	83.4
138	Emanuel Rego	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2016	83
140	Misty May-Treanor	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2012	82.8
154	Kerri Pottharst	Volleyball	🇦🇺 Australia	1993–2004	82.4
160	Regla Torres	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1990–2001	82.1
166	Ana Paula Connelly	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2008	81.9
197	Yekaterina Gamova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1998–2016	80.2
200	Sérgio Santos	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2017	79.9
208	Érika Coimbra	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2012	79.8

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