#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
2043	Conchita Martínez	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	1988–2006	80.3
2055	Penny Oleksiak	Swimming	🇨🇦 Canada	2016–—	76.2
2056	Mayumi Aoki	Swimming	🇯🇵 Japan	1969–1976	74.3
2065	Frédérique Bangué	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1993–2002	77.9
2073	Marlenis Costa	Volleyball	🇨🇺 Cuba	1988–2000	83.3
2074	Brigitte Becue	Swimming	🇧🇪 Belgium	1988–1998	77.2
2081	Annika Sörenstam	Golf	🇸🇪 Sweden	1992–2008	84.1
2091	Minna Atherton	Swimming	🇦🇺 Australia	2015–—	75.3
2100	Alina Astafei	Athletics	🇩🇪 Germany	1987–2003	79.5
2102	Sarah Gibson	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2013–2019	75.9
2119	Summer Sanders	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1988–1994	74.8
2121	Franchón Crews-Dezurn	Boxing	🇺🇸 United States	2016–—	76.7
2135	Annika Bruhn	Swimming	🇩🇪 Germany	2012–2021	77.3
2147	Lucia Rijker	Boxing	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1996–2004	74.1
2155	Carmen Bunaciu	Swimming	🇷🇴 Romania	1977–1986	76.5
2162	Vera Nikolić	Athletics	🇷🇸 Serbia	1964–1972	76.5
2163	Katie Hoff	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2004–2012	75.9
2164	Naoko Takahashi	Athletics	🇯🇵 Japan	1997–2008	76.3
2180	Joanna Atkins	Athletics	🇺🇸 United States	2010–2017	76.9
2186	Hana Mandlíková	Tennis	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	1978–1990	77.6
2196	Caroline Burckle	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	2005–2009	74.8
2208	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Tennis	🇪🇸 Spain	1985–2002	79.5
2222	Mary Pierce	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1989–2006	78.9
2224	Nathalie Tauziat	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1984–2001	80.4
2229	Crissy Ahmann-Leighton	Swimming	🇺🇸 United States	1989–1993	74.0
2230	Zola Budd	Athletics	🇿🇦 South Africa	1983–1993	75.8
2235	Marie-Thérèse Armentero	Swimming	🇨🇭 Switzerland	1968–1976	76.5
2237	Joan Baptiste	Athletics	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1982–1990	76.5
2239	Aryna Sabalenka	Tennis	🇧🇾 Belarus	2015–—	76.5
2244	Flavia Pennetta	Tennis	🇮🇹 Italy	2000–2015	78.9
2250	Kateřina Baďurová	Athletics	🇨🇿 Czechia	2000–2012	76.7
2259	Sophie Angus	Swimming	🇨🇦 Canada	2016–—	76.5
2260	Lindsay Davenport	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	1993–2010	79.2
2266	Amanda Anisimova	Tennis	🇺🇸 United States	2017–—	76.8
2280	Natalie Darwitz	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	1999–2011	79.5
2297	Lizelle Lee	Cricket	🇿🇦 South Africa	2013–2022	77.5
2305	Roswitha Beier	Swimming	🇩🇪 East Germany	1974–1978	74.6
2306	Lyudmila Buldakova	Volleyball	🇷🇺 Russia	1960–1972	82.5
2311	Hilary Knight	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	2007–—	81.1
2315	Meghan Duggan	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	2007–2020	80.5
2324	Yuliya Bogdanova	Swimming	🇷🇺 Russia	1978–1986	74.2
2337	Gail Amundrud	Swimming	🇨🇦 Canada	1974–1980	75.7
2338	Margaret Adeoye	Athletics	🇬🇧 Great Britain	2010–2018	77.0
2340	Kim Clijsters	Tennis	🇧🇪 Belgium	1997–2020	78.1
2342	Francesca Schiavone	Tennis	🇮🇹 Italy	1998–2018	80.0
2344	Jelena Janković	Tennis	🇷🇸 Serbia	2000–2017	78.8
2345	Elena Dementieva	Tennis	🇷🇺 Russia	1998–2010	77.8
2346	Julie Chu	Ice Hockey	🇺🇸 United States	2000–2018	81.5
2350	Britany Anderson	Athletics	🇯🇲 Jamaica	2018–—	74.9
2360	Fabiana Oliveira	Volleyball	🇧🇷 Brazil	2000–2016	83.2

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