#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
5	Ricardo Santos	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2016	89.5
9	Fábio Luiz Magalhães	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2005–2021	89.2
10	Sinjin Smith	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1977–1996	89.1
12	Márcio Araújo	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1998–2016	88.7
20	Christian Sørum	Volleyball	🇳🇴 Norway	2014–—	88.4
22	Viacheslav Krasilnikov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	2010–—	88.4
31	Todd Rogers	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1994–2016	87.9
34	Randy Stoklos	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1979–1996	87.8
39	April Ross	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2022	87.6
41	Paolo Nicolai	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2008–—	87.4
42	John Hyden	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1998–2021	87.3
45	Mike Dodd	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1980–1997	87
49	Laura Ludwig	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	2003–—	86.7
57	Kerri Walsh Jennings	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2022	86.4
60	Alison Cerutti	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2006–—	86.3
62	Bruno Schmidt	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2009–—	86.3
66	Daniele Lupo	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2009–—	86.1
67	Sean Rosenthal	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2019	86.1
73	Oleg Stoyanovskiy	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	2015–—	85.8
87	Julius Brink	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	2001–2014	85.2
91	Phil Dalhausser	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2022	85
101	Kent Steffes	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1988–1998	84.7
107	Jonas Reckermann	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	1999–2013	84.3
110	Piotr Kantor	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2012–—	84.1
111	Bartosz Losiak	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2012–—	84.1
115	Natalie Cook	Volleyball	🇦🇺 Australia	1993–2012	83.9
122	Sandra Pires	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2004	83.6
123	Grzegorz Fijałek	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2007–—	83.6
124	Michał Bryl	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2014–—	83.6
138	Emanuel Rego	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2016	83
140	Misty May-Treanor	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2012	82.8
143	Taylor Crabb	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2014–—	82.8
149	Christiaan Varenhorst	Volleyball	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2010–—	82.5
154	Kerri Pottharst	Volleyball	🇦🇺 Australia	1993–2004	82.4
157	Alexander Brouwer	Volleyball	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2009–—	82.3
158	Robert Meeuwsen	Volleyball	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2009–—	82.3
162	Trevor Crabb	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2013–—	82
166	Ana Paula Connelly	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1993–2008	81.9
167	Kira Walkenhorst	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	2007–2019	81.9
168	Sarah Pavan	Volleyball	🇨🇦 Canada	2009–—	81.9
171	Casey Patterson	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2021	81.7
172	Pedro Solberg	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2007–—	81.7
178	Jake Gibb	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2002–2021	81.4
183	Melissa Humana-Paredes	Volleyball	🇨🇦 Canada	2013–—	81.1
188	Tri Bourne	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2012–—	80.8
199	Chaim Schalk	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2010–—	80
205	Cherif Younousse	Volleyball	🇶🇦 Qatar	2013–—	79.9
206	Ahmed Tijan	Volleyball	🇶🇦 Qatar	2013–—	79.9
207	Adrian Carambula	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2012–—	79.9
212	Eric Fonoimoana	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1992–2007	79.5

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