Category profile
- Dominance
- 70
- Peak
- 80
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 66
- Statistics
- 74
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Data sources
- FIVB
- CEV
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ivan Zaytsev ranks #39 in Volleyball
Ivan Zaytsev ranks 39th among Volleyball athletes on GOAT Rank and 990th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 72.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 70, Peak 80, Longevity 74, Honours 66, Statistics 74. 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 2007–present with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2016, which sets the Peak component at 80. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 80 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic medals 2, world championship medals 2, champions league titles 1, italian league titles 3.
Immediately ahead sits Gabriela Guimarães on 73.8, a gap of 1.2 points. 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.
Ivan Zaytsev GOAT Score explained
- Dominance70/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Zaytsev stood above the field while competing. Scored 70/100 against the full Volleyball cohort.
- Peak80/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2016. Scored 80/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- Honours66/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 66/100.
- Statistics74/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 74/100.
Top Zaytsev comparisons
Ivan Zaytsev — frequently asked
- Is Ivan Zaytsev the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ivan Zaytsev ranks 39th in Volleyball with a GOAT Score of 72.6, behind Karch Kiraly on 95.4.
- What is Ivan Zaytsev's GOAT Score?
- 72.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 70 (25%), Peak 80 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 66 (20%), Statistics 74 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ivan Zaytsev rank all time?
- 990th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 39th within Volleyball.
- Ivan Zaytsev vs Gabriela Guimarães: who ranks higher?
- Gabriela Guimarães, on 73.8 against Ivan Zaytsev's 72.6 — a margin of 1.2 points.