Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 5 | |
| 1999 | 4 | |
| 2000 | 6 | |
| 2001 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 |
Data sources
- FIVB
- Volleyball Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Nikola Grbić ranks #16 in Volleyball
Nikola Grbić ranks 16th among Volleyball athletes on GOAT Rank and 719th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 84, Statistics 82. 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 1991–2013 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2000, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 1, olympic medals 2, european championship golds 2, world league titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Tijana Bošković on 86.2, a gap of 2.7 points. Directly behind is Earvin N'Gapeth on 84.8. 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.
Nikola Grbić GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Grbić stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Volleyball cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2000. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics82/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 82/100.
Top Grbić comparisons
Nikola Grbić — frequently asked
- Is Nikola Grbić the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Nikola Grbić ranks 16th in Volleyball with a GOAT Score of 83.5, behind Karch Kiraly on 95.4.
- What is Nikola Grbić's GOAT Score?
- 83.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Nikola Grbić rank all time?
- 719th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 16th within Volleyball.
- Nikola Grbić vs Tijana Bošković: who ranks higher?
- Tijana Bošković, on 86.2 against Nikola Grbić's 83.5 — a margin of 2.7 points.