Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6 | |
| 2003 | 8 | |
| 2004 | 9 | |
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 9 | |
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 |
Data sources
- FIVB
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Kerri Walsh Jennings ranks #5 in Volleyball
Kerri Walsh Jennings ranks 5th among Volleyball athletes on GOAT Rank and 558th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 88, Honours 86, Statistics 84. 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 1996–2022 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2004, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 3, olympic medals 4, world championship titles 4, tournament wins 135.
Immediately ahead sits Mireya Luis on 89.3, a gap of 2.9 points. Directly behind is Laura Ludwig on 86.7. 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.
Kerri Walsh Jennings GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Walsh Jennings stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Volleyball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 26 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Walsh Jennings comparisons
Kerri Walsh Jennings — frequently asked
- Is Kerri Walsh Jennings the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kerri Walsh Jennings ranks 5th in Volleyball with a GOAT Score of 86.4, behind Karch Kiraly on 95.4.
- What is Kerri Walsh Jennings's GOAT Score?
- 86.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kerri Walsh Jennings rank all time?
- 558th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 5th within Volleyball.
- Kerri Walsh Jennings vs Mireya Luis: who ranks higher?
- Mireya Luis, on 89.3 against Kerri Walsh Jennings's 86.4 — a margin of 2.9 points.