#	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
7	Giba	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1995–2013	89.3
8	Mireya Luis	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1984–2000	89.3
11	Dante Amaral	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1999–2017	88.9
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
24	Yelena Chebukina	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1984–1996	88.3
25	Marco Bracci	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1988–2001	88.3
30	Evgeniya Artamonova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1990–2012	88
35	Yuri Chesnokov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1956–1966	87.8
37	Lang Ping	Volleyball	🇨🇳 China	1978–1986	87.7
40	Ivans Bugajenkovs	Volleyball	🇱🇻 Latvia	1960–1970	87.6
43	Jaqueline Carvalho	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2001–2021	87
47	Yumilka Ruiz	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1994–2008	86.8
50	Ryszard Bosek	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	1972–1982	86.7
51	Francesca Piccinini	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2021	86.5
54	Hugo Conte	Volleyball	🇦🇷 Argentina	1979–1998	86.5
55	Alberto Cisolla	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2014	86.5
56	Katarzyna Skowrońska-Dolata	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2001–2018	86.5
58	Yury Berezhko	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	2000–2019	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
72	Logan Tom	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2016	85.9
75	Pavel Abramov	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1998–2015	85.6
81	Slobodan Boškan	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	1993–2010	85.3
82	Inna Ryskal	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1962–1972	85.3
85	Michał Kubiak	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2009–—	85.2
86	Paula Pequeno	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2001–2016	85.2
92	Leila Barros	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2008	85
93	Caterina Bosetti	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2009–—	85
94	Yelena Akhaminova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1978–1988	85
96	Mercedes Calderón	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1988–2000	84.9
97	Larisa Bergen	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1969–1980	84.9
113	Ricardo Lucarelli	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2011–—	83.9
120	Virna Dias	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2006	83.6
135	Reid Priddy	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2019	83.1
137	Miriam Sylla	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2011–—	83.1
144	Brankica Mihajlović	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	2008–—	82.7
145	Matey Kaziyski	Volleyball	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	2003–—	82.6
146	Nelli Abramova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1956–1964	82.6
147	Renan Dal Zotto	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1978–1992	82.5
148	Barbara Czekalla	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	1968–1980	82.5
151	Lorenzo Bernardi	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1986–2005	82.4

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