#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
21	Thaísa Menezes	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2004–2023	88.4
23	Fabiana Claudino	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2002–2021	88.3
26	Simona Gioli	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2016	88.2
28	Magaly Carvajal	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1986–2000	88
36	Rodrigão	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1998–2016	87.8
38	Anna Danesi	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2014–—	87.7
52	Barthélémy Chinenyeze	Volleyball	🇫🇷 France	2015–—	86.5
53	Éder Carbonera	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2003–2020	86.5
64	Mateusz Bieniek	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2013–—	86.2
68	Andrea Gardini	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1988–2004	86
77	Andrea Lucchetta	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1983–1998	85.6
79	Maja Aleksić	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	2011–—	85.4
80	Vladimir Batez	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1990–2007	85.3
84	Nikolay Apalikov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	2000–2018	85.2
90	Dmitriy Muserskiy	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	2008–—	85.1
95	Stanislav Dineykin	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1990–2008	84.9
109	Yutaka Demachi	Volleyball	🇯🇵 Japan	1968–1976	84.3
116	Lyudmila Borozna	Volleyball	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1968–1976	83.9
117	Vladimir Dorokhov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1976–1984	83.9
119	Andrey Egorchev	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1996–2008	83.7
121	Cui Yongmei	Volleyball	🇨🇳 China	1995–2008	83.6
128	Robertlandy Simón	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	2005–—	83.5
129	Danielle Scott-Arruda	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2012	83.4
133	Erika Araki	Volleyball	🇯🇵 Japan	2002–2021	83.1
134	Slobodan Kovač	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1988–2005	83.1
136	Eda Erdem	Volleyball	🇹🇷 Turkey	2004–—	83.1
139	Yefim Chulak	Volleyball	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1960–1968	83
150	Marius Căta-Chițiga	Volleyball	🇷🇴 Romania	1976–1988	82.5
155	Milena Rašić	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	2005–2021	82.3
160	Regla Torres	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1990–2001	82.1
165	Emanuele Birarelli	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2000–2019	81.9
169	Nancy Carrillo	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	2004–2018	81.9
193	Adenízia Silva	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2006–—	80.7
195	Keba Phipps	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1988–2000	80.4
203	David Lee	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2018	79.9
204	Gabriela Pérez del Solar	Volleyball	🇵🇪 Peru	1982–1996	79.9
208	Érika Coimbra	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2012	79.8
218	Tom Hoff	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2009	79.1
221	Simone Buti	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2004–—	79
222	Max Holt	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2009–2021	79
225	Haleigh Washington	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	78.7
231	Foluke Akinradewo	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2021	77.9
235	Yang Fangxu	Volleyball	🇨🇳 China	2003–2016	77.3
238	Andrea Sartoretti	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1990–2008	76.8
243	Ericléia Bodziak	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1992–2006	75.8
248	Katharina Bullin	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	1974–1982	73.9

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