Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 |
Data sources
- FIVB
- CEV
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lioubov Sokolova ranks #34 in Volleyball
Lioubov Sokolova ranks 34th among Volleyball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1598th of 2289 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 309 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1995–2014 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1999, 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 world championship golds 2, european titles 3, olympic silver medals 1, champions league titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Yury Berezhko on 86.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Alison Cerutti on 86.3. 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.
Lioubov Sokolova GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sokolova 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 1999. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 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 Sokolova comparisons
Lioubov Sokolova — frequently asked
- Is Lioubov Sokolova the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lioubov Sokolova ranks 34th in Volleyball with a GOAT Score of 86.4, behind Karch Kiraly on 95.4.
- What is Lioubov Sokolova'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 Lioubov Sokolova rank all time?
- 1598th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 34th within Volleyball.
- Lioubov Sokolova vs Yury Berezhko: who ranks higher?
- Lioubov Sokolova, on 86.4 against Yury Berezhko's 86.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.