Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 94
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 60 | |
| 1961 | 66 | |
| 1962 | 72 | |
| 1963 | 78 | |
| 1964 | 84 | |
| 1965 | 90 | |
| 1966 | 96 | |
| 1967 | 89 | |
| 1968 | 82 | |
| 1969 | 76 | |
| 1970 | 69 | |
| 1971 | 62 | |
| 1972 | 55 |
Data sources
- FIVB results archive
- Olympedia
- National federation records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lyudmila Buldakova ranks #6 in Volleyball
Lyudmila Buldakova ranks 6th among Volleyball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2309th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 84, Honours 94, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Volleyball reference universe of 308 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1960–1972 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1966, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 2, olympic medals 3, world championship gold medals 2, european titles 4.
Immediately ahead sits Fabiana Alvim on 89.8, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Ricardo Santos on 89.5. 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.
Lyudmila Buldakova GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Buldakova stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Volleyball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1966. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours94/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 94/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Buldakova comparisons
Lyudmila Buldakova — frequently asked
- Is Lyudmila Buldakova the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lyudmila Buldakova ranks 6th in Volleyball with a GOAT Score of 89.6, behind Karch Kiraly on 95.4.
- What is Lyudmila Buldakova's GOAT Score?
- 89.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 94 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lyudmila Buldakova rank all time?
- 2309th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 6th within Volleyball.
- Lyudmila Buldakova vs Fabiana Alvim: who ranks higher?
- Fabiana Alvim, on 89.8 against Lyudmila Buldakova's 89.6 — a margin of 0.2 points.