Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 96
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | |
| 1997 | 7 | |
| 1998 | 8 | |
| 1999 | 9 | |
| 2000 | 10 | |
| 2001 | 10 | |
| 2002 | 9 | |
| 2003 | 9 | |
| 2004 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 7 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 3 |
Data sources
- FIVB
- Olympedia
- CEV
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Francesca Piccinini ranks #3 in Volleyball
Francesca Piccinini ranks 3rd among Volleyball athletes on GOAT Rank and 436th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 96, Honours 84, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Volleyball reference universe of 310 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1993–2021 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2000, which sets the Peak component at 88. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 96 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world championship golds 1, world grand prix titles 1, italian league titles 9, champions league titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Giba on 89.3, a gap of 2.8 points. Directly behind is Mireya Luis on 89.3. 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.
Francesca Piccinini GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Piccinini stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Volleyball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2000. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity96/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 28 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 96/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Piccinini comparisons
Francesca Piccinini — frequently asked
- Is Francesca Piccinini the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Francesca Piccinini ranks 3rd in Volleyball with a GOAT Score of 86.5, behind Karch Kiraly on 95.4.
- What is Francesca Piccinini's GOAT Score?
- 86.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 96 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Francesca Piccinini rank all time?
- 436th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 3rd within Volleyball.
- Francesca Piccinini vs Giba: who ranks higher?
- Giba, on 89.3 against Francesca Piccinini's 86.5 — a margin of 2.8 points.