#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1	Karch Kiraly	Volleyball	🇺🇸 USA	1981–2007	95.4
5	Ricardo Santos	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2016	89.5
7	Giba	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2013	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
15	André Nascimento	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1997–2012	88.7
17	Luciano De Cecco	Volleyball	🇦🇷 Argentina	2006–—	88.4
20	Christian Sørum	Volleyball	🇳🇴 Norway	2014–—	88.4
22	Viacheslav Krasilnikov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	2010–—	88.4
25	Marco Bracci	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1988–2001	88.3
27	William Arjona	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2000–2021	88.2
29	Maurício Lima	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1988–2006	88
31	Todd Rogers	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2016	87.9
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
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
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
50	Ryszard Bosek	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	1972–1982	86.7
52	Barthélémy Chinenyeze	Volleyball	🇫🇷 France	2015–—	86.5
53	Éder Carbonera	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2003–2020	86.5
54	Hugo Conte	Volleyball	🇦🇷 Argentina	1979–1998	86.5
55	Alberto Cisolla	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2014	86.5
58	Yury Berezhko	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	2000–2019	86.4
60	Alison Cerutti	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2006–—	86.3
61	Nalbert Bitencourt	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2008	86.3
62	Bruno Schmidt	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2009–—	86.3
64	Mateusz Bieniek	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2013–—	86.2
65	Matej Černič	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2012	86.1
66	Daniele Lupo	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2009–—	86.1
67	Sean Rosenthal	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2019	86.1
68	Andrea Gardini	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1988–2004	86
69	Vladimir Grbić	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1990–2009	86
73	Oleg Stoyanovskiy	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	2015–—	85.8
75	Pavel Abramov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1998–2015	85.6
76	Vigor Bovolenta	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1991–2012	85.6
77	Andrea Lucchetta	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1983–1998	85.6
80	Vladimir Batez	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1990–2007	85.3
81	Slobodan Boškan	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1993–2010	85.3
83	Andrea Zorzi	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1984–1998	85.2
84	Nikolay Apalikov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	2000–2018	85.2
85	Michał Kubiak	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2009–—	85.2
87	Julius Brink	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	2001–2014	85.2

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