Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 5 | |
| 1999 | 6 | |
| 2000 | 6 | |
| 2001 | 7 | |
| 2002 | 6 | |
| 2003 | 7 | |
| 2004 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 |
Data sources
- FIVB Beach Volleyball
- Olympedia
- Beach Pro Tour records
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ricardo Santos ranks #3 in Volleyball
Ricardo Santos ranks 3rd among Volleyball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1330th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 90, Statistics 90. 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 1995–2016 with 22 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2004, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic gold medals 1, olympic medals 3, world championship titles 3, world tour titles 78.
Immediately ahead sits Marlenis Costa on 90.7, a gap of 1.2 points. Directly behind is Giba on 89.3. 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.
Ricardo Santos GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Santos stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Volleyball cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 21 years of competition and 22 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Santos comparisons
Ricardo Santos — frequently asked
- Is Ricardo Santos the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ricardo Santos ranks 3rd in Volleyball with a GOAT Score of 89.5, behind Karch Kiraly on 95.4.
- What is Ricardo Santos's GOAT Score?
- 89.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ricardo Santos rank all time?
- 1330th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 3rd within Volleyball.
- Ricardo Santos vs Marlenis Costa: who ranks higher?
- Marlenis Costa, on 90.7 against Ricardo Santos's 89.5 — a margin of 1.2 points.