Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 1 | |
| 1965 | 0 | |
| 1966 | 1 | |
| 1967 | 1 | |
| 1968 | 2 | |
| 1969 | 1 | |
| 1970 | 1 | |
| 1971 | 3 | |
| 1972 | 1 | |
| 1973 | 1 | |
| 1974 | 2 | |
| 1975 | 1 | |
| 1976 | 1 | |
| 1977 | 1 |
Data sources
- FIVB
- CEV
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Katsutoshi Nekoda ranks #24 in Volleyball
Katsutoshi Nekoda ranks 24th among Volleyball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1570th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 82, 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 1964–1977 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1971, 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 medals 2, olympic games contested 3.
Immediately ahead sits Mariusz Wlazły on 87.0, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Yumilka Ruiz on 86.8. 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.
Katsutoshi Nekoda GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Nekoda 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 1971. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- 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 Nekoda comparisons
Katsutoshi Nekoda — frequently asked
- Is Katsutoshi Nekoda the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Katsutoshi Nekoda ranks 24th in Volleyball with a GOAT Score of 86.8, behind Karch Kiraly on 95.4.
- What is Katsutoshi Nekoda's GOAT Score?
- 86.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Katsutoshi Nekoda rank all time?
- 1570th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 24th within Volleyball.
- Katsutoshi Nekoda vs Mariusz Wlazły: who ranks higher?
- Mariusz Wlazły, on 87.0 against Katsutoshi Nekoda's 86.8 — a margin of 0.2 points.