Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 74
- Statistics
- 80
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 4 |
Data sources
- FIVB
- Olympedia
- Olympics.com
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Kim Yeon-koung ranks #28 in Volleyball
Kim Yeon-koung ranks 28th among Volleyball athletes on GOAT Rank and 839th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 86, Longevity 84, Honours 74, Statistics 80. 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 2005–present with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2010, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic mvp 1, asian championship titles 2, champions league titles 1, korean league mvp awards 7.
Immediately ahead sits Yekaterina Gamova on 80.2, a gap of 0.9 points. Directly behind is Maxim Mikhaylov on 77.3. 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.
Kim Yeon-koung GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kim stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Volleyball cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2010. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours74/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 74/100.
- Statistics80/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 80/100.
Top Kim comparisons
Kim Yeon-koung — frequently asked
- Is Kim Yeon-koung the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Kim Yeon-koung ranks 28th in Volleyball with a GOAT Score of 79.3, behind Karch Kiraly on 95.4.
- What is Kim Yeon-koung's GOAT Score?
- 79.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 74 (20%), Statistics 80 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Kim Yeon-koung rank all time?
- 839th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 28th within Volleyball.
- Kim Yeon-koung vs Yekaterina Gamova: who ranks higher?
- Yekaterina Gamova, on 80.2 against Kim Yeon-koung's 79.3 — a margin of 0.9 points.