Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 52 | |
| 1981 | 57 | |
| 1982 | 61 | |
| 1983 | 66 | |
| 1984 | 71 | |
| 1985 | 75 | |
| 1986 | 80 | |
| 1987 | 85 | |
| 1988 | 89 | |
| 1989 | 94 | |
| 1990 | 89 | |
| 1991 | 83 | |
| 1992 | 78 | |
| 1993 | 72 | |
| 1994 | 67 | |
| 1995 | 61 | |
| 1996 | 56 | |
| 1997 | 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 Mike Dodd ranks #49 in Volleyball
Mike Dodd ranks 49th among Volleyball athletes on GOAT Rank and 2710th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 88, 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 1980–1997 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1989, 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, beach tour titles 75, tour mvp awards 1, career seasons 18.
Immediately ahead sits Mariusz Wlazły on 87.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Katsutoshi Nekoda on 86.8. 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.
Mike Dodd GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Dodd 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 1989. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- 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 Dodd comparisons
Mike Dodd — frequently asked
- Is Mike Dodd the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mike Dodd ranks 49th in Volleyball with a GOAT Score of 87.0, behind Karch Kiraly on 95.4.
- What is Mike Dodd's GOAT Score?
- 87.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mike Dodd rank all time?
- 2710th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 49th within Volleyball.
- Mike Dodd vs Mariusz Wlazły: who ranks higher?
- Mike Dodd, on 87.0 against Mariusz Wlazły's 87.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.