#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
1689	Abeba Aregawi	Athletics	🇸🇪 Sweden	2009–2019	77.7
1692	Michele Timms	Basketball	🇦🇺 Australia	1984–2000	79.5
1693	Sandy Brondello	Basketball	🇦🇺 Australia	1987–2003	79.6
1694	Nia Ali	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2011–—	79.4
1707	Mikaela Mayer	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	78.1
1712	Alicia Coutts	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2008–2016	77.6
1721	Kerstin Behrendt	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1986–1992	77.9
1724	Ekaterina Makarova	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	2005–2019	81.2
1727	Naomi Girma	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2022–—	74.2
1728	Christine Ohuruogu	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2004–2016	79.0
1732	Jessica Ashwood	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2011–2018	77.8
1739	Larysa Berezhna	Athletics	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1985–1996	79.3
1741	Justine Henin	Tennis	🇧🇪 Belgium	1999–2011	79.3
1745	Christy Martin	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	1989–2012	79.6
1749	Kathleen Baker	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–2021	76.6
1751	Jane Couch	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1994–2007	79.5
1753	Nadia Battocletti	Athletics	🇮🇹 Italy	2017–—	78.4
1766	Allison Beckford	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1997–2008	79.4
1780	Geraldine Heaney	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1988–2002	83.2
1791	Alejandra Jiménez	Boxing	🇲🇽 Mexico	2014–2020	77.0
1803	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Tennis	🇦🇺 Australia	1968–1983	80.3
1812	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	Athletics	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	2006–2021	79.5
1818	Danielle Goyette	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1991–2007	82.7
1822	Cammile Adams	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2016	76.8
1828	Katia Benth	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1993–2004	79.5
1833	Natasha Jonas	Boxing	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2017–—	77.4
1856	Kaylee McKeown	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2017–—	73.9
1859	Dawn Staley	Basketball	🇺🇸 United States	1996–2006	77.6
1860	Virginia Wade	Tennis	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1962–1986	81.7
1861	Riikka Sallinen	Ice Hockey	🇫🇮 Finland	1988–2019	84.2
1875	Trinity Rodman	Football	🇺🇸 United States	2021–—	74.3
1911	Yamilé Aldama	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1993–2014	80.8
1927	Marie-Philip Poulin	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	2007–—	81.7
1930	Jenny Potter	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1997–2011	82.3
1941	Deborah Babashoff	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1974–1980	76.9
1943	Regla Bell	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1990–2004	84.3
1950	Sally Barsosio	Athletics	🇰🇪 Kenya	1993–2002	77.9
1952	Katharine Berkoff	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2019–—	75.8
1966	Maureen Connolly	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1949–1954	75.6
1968	Liz Cambage	Basketball	🇦🇺 Australia	2011–2022	75.4
1979	Yang Junxuan	Swimming	🇨🇳 China	2018–—	76.2
2000	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	2000–2022	81.7
2003	Michelle-Lee Ahye	Athletics	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	2010–—	78.4
2009	Alyssa Anderson	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2009–2014	75.9
2011	Angie Bainbridge	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2000–2008	77.1
2017	Maria Sharapova	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	2001–2020	79.6
2019	Kim St-Pierre	Ice Hockey	🇨🇦 Canada	1999–2011	80.8
2024	Nadia Petrova	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	1999–2017	80.3
2025	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	2006–—	81.0
2035	Gabriele Becker	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1993–2004	78.6

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