Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 82
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 82
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 1 | |
| 1989 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 0 |
Data sources
- FIVB
- CEV
- Olympedia
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Slobodan Kovač ranks #76 in Volleyball
Slobodan Kovač ranks 76th among Volleyball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1777th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 82, Honours 84, Statistics 82. 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 1988–2005 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1996, 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 gold medals 1, olympic bronze medals 1, european titles 1, italian league titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Erika Araki on 83.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Emanuel Rego on 83.0. 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.
Slobodan Kovač GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Kovač 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 1996. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity82/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 82/100.
- 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 Kovač comparisons
Slobodan Kovač — frequently asked
- Is Slobodan Kovač the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Slobodan Kovač ranks 76th in Volleyball with a GOAT Score of 83.1, behind Karch Kiraly on 95.4.
- What is Slobodan Kovač's GOAT Score?
- 83.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 82 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 82 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Slobodan Kovač rank all time?
- 1777th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 76th within Volleyball.
- Slobodan Kovač vs Erika Araki: who ranks higher?
- Slobodan Kovač, on 83.1 against Erika Araki's 83.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.