Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Data sources
- FIVB Beach Volleyball
- Olympedia
- Beach Pro Tour records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why April Ross ranks #21 in Volleyball
April Ross ranks 21st among Volleyball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1509th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 86, Honours 88, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Volleyball reference universe of 309 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2006–2022 with 17 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2008, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 1, olympic medals 3, world championship golds 1, world tour titles 30.
Immediately ahead sits Lang Ping on 87.7, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Jaqueline Carvalho on 87.0. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
April Ross GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ross stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Volleyball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2008. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Ross comparisons
April Ross — frequently asked
- Is April Ross the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. April Ross ranks 21st in Volleyball with a GOAT Score of 87.6, behind Karch Kiraly on 95.4.
- What is April Ross's GOAT Score?
- 87.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does April Ross rank all time?
- 1509th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 21st within Volleyball.
- April Ross vs Lang Ping: who ranks higher?
- Lang Ping, on 87.7 against April Ross's 87.6 — a margin of 0.1 points.