Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 52 | |
| 1997 | 57 | |
| 1998 | 62 | |
| 1999 | 67 | |
| 2000 | 73 | |
| 2001 | 78 | |
| 2002 | 83 | |
| 2003 | 88 | |
| 2004 | 93 | |
| 2005 | 88 | |
| 2006 | 82 | |
| 2007 | 77 | |
| 2008 | 72 | |
| 2009 | 66 | |
| 2010 | 61 | |
| 2011 | 55 | |
| 2012 | 50 |
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 Matej Černič ranks #70 in Volleyball
Matej Černič ranks 70th among Volleyball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2817th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 86, 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 1996–2012 with 17 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 medals 1, european titles 1, world league titles 2, cev champions league titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Mateusz Bieniek on 86.2, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Daniele Lupo on 86.1. 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.
Matej Černič GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Černič stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Volleyball cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 16 years of competition and 17 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Černič comparisons
Matej Černič — frequently asked
- Is Matej Černič the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Matej Černič ranks 70th in Volleyball with a GOAT Score of 86.1, behind Karch Kiraly on 95.4.
- What is Matej Černič's GOAT Score?
- 86.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Matej Černič rank all time?
- 2817th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 70th within Volleyball.
- Matej Černič vs Mateusz Bieniek: who ranks higher?
- Mateusz Bieniek, on 86.2 against Matej Černič's 86.1 — a margin of 0.1 points.