#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
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
6	Fabiana Oliveira	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2000–2016	89.4
8	Mireya Luis	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1984–2000	89.3
14	Taismary Agüero	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2012	88.7
16	Zhu Ting	Volleyball	🇨🇳 China	2013–—	88.6
18	Fofão	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2012	88.4
19	Maja Ognjenović	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	2002–—	88.4
21	Thaísa Menezes	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2004–2023	88.4
23	Fabiana Claudino	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2002–2021	88.3
24	Yelena Chebukina	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1984–1996	88.3
26	Simona Gioli	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2016	88.2
28	Magaly Carvajal	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1986–2000	88
30	Evgeniya Artamonova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1990–2012	88
32	Monica De Gennaro	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2004–—	87.8
33	Zoila Barros	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1996–2012	87.8
37	Lang Ping	Volleyball	🇨🇳 China	1978–1986	87.7
38	Anna Danesi	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2014–—	87.7
39	April Ross	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2006–2022	87.6
43	Jaqueline Carvalho	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2001–2021	87
47	Yumilka Ruiz	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1994–2008	86.8
48	Eleonora Lo Bianco	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1996–2017	86.8
49	Laura Ludwig	Volleyball	🇩🇪 Germany	2003–—	86.7
51	Francesca Piccinini	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	1993–2021	86.5
56	Katarzyna Skowrońska-Dolata	Volleyball	🇵🇱 Poland	2001–2018	86.5
57	Kerri Walsh Jennings	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2022	86.4
59	Lioubov Sokolova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1995–2014	86.4
63	Tijana Bošković	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	2014–—	86.2
70	Lyubov Sokolova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1995–2012	86
71	Ekaterina Antropova	Volleyball	🇮🇹 Italy	2018–—	86
72	Logan Tom	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2016	85.9
74	Tayyiba Haneef-Park	Volleyball	🇺🇸 United States	2001–2013	85.7
78	Ekaterina Gamova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1998–2016	85.4
79	Maja Aleksić	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	2011–—	85.4
82	Inna Ryskal	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1962–1972	85.3
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
99	Camila Brait	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2006–—	84.8
100	Fernanda Venturini	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1986–2004	84.7
102	Ana Ida Alvares	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1988–2000	84.5
103	Jovana Brakočević	Volleyball	🇷🇸 Serbia	2005–2021	84.4
105	Irina Kirillova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1984–2002	84.4
115	Natalie Cook	Volleyball	🇦🇺 Australia	1993–2012	83.9
116	Lyudmila Borozna	Volleyball	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1968–1976	83.9
120	Virna Dias	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	1990–2006	83.6

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