Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 4 |
Data sources
- FIVB
- Olympedia
- CEV
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Laura Ludwig ranks #6 in Volleyball
Laura Ludwig ranks 6th among Volleyball athletes on GOAT Rank and 588th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 88, 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 2003–present with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2015, 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 golds 1, world championship golds 1, european titles 3, world tour titles 15.
Immediately ahead sits Kerri Walsh Jennings on 86.4, a gap of -0.3 points. Directly behind is Zhu Ting on 88.6. 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.
Laura Ludwig GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ludwig stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Volleyball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2015. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- 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 Ludwig comparisons
Laura Ludwig — frequently asked
- Is Laura Ludwig the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Laura Ludwig ranks 6th in Volleyball with a GOAT Score of 86.7, behind Karch Kiraly on 95.4.
- What is Laura Ludwig's GOAT Score?
- 86.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Laura Ludwig rank all time?
- 588th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 6th within Volleyball.
- Laura Ludwig vs Kerri Walsh Jennings: who ranks higher?
- Laura Ludwig, on 86.7 against Kerri Walsh Jennings's 86.4 — a margin of 0.3 points.