Category profile
- Dominance
- 76
- Peak
- 86
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 78
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 52 | |
| 2004 | 62 | |
| 2005 | 72 | |
| 2006 | 80 | |
| 2007 | 86 | |
| 2008 | 88 | |
| 2009 | 90 | |
| 2010 | 92 | |
| 2011 | 94 | |
| 2012 | 96 | |
| 2013 | 88 | |
| 2014 | 84 | |
| 2015 | 78 | |
| 2016 | 70 |
Data sources
- FIVB
- Olympedia
- CEV
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Saori Kimura ranks #200 in Volleyball
Saori Kimura ranks 200th among Volleyball athletes on GOAT Rank and 3239th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 76, Peak 86, Longevity 82, Honours 80, Statistics 78. 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 2003–2016 with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2012, which sets the Peak component at 86. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 86 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic medals 1, world championship medals 1, world cup medals 1, olympic games contested 3.
Immediately ahead sits Neslihan Demir on 80.6, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Keba Phipps on 80.4. 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.
Saori Kimura GOAT Score explained
- Dominance76/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kimura stood above the field while competing. Scored 76/100 against the full Volleyball cohort.
- Peak86/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2012. Scored 86/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics78/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 78/100.
Top Kimura comparisons
Saori Kimura — frequently asked
- Is Saori Kimura the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Saori Kimura ranks 200th in Volleyball with a GOAT Score of 80.3, behind Karch Kiraly on 95.4.
- What is Saori Kimura's GOAT Score?
- 80.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 76 (25%), Peak 86 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 78 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Saori Kimura rank all time?
- 3239th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 200th within Volleyball.
- Saori Kimura vs Neslihan Demir: who ranks higher?
- Neslihan Demir, on 80.6 against Saori Kimura's 80.3 — a margin of 0.3 points.