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Volleyball · Middle blocker · Ukraine

Yefim Chulak

1960–1968 · Olympic champion with the Soviet Union in Tokyo in 1964.

Retired
Ranking model

100% titles, statistics, dominance, longevity and global competition depth.

Pure sporting data
83.0
Cultural & brand footprint 38/100 · total legacy 69.0
Olympic gold medals
1
World Championship medals
1
European titles
2
Soviet league titles
3
National team years
9

Category profile

Dominance
80
Peak
90
Longevity
74
Honours
88
Statistics
84

Career timeline · Titles per season

SeasonTitles per seasonShare of career
196055
196165
196274
196384
196493
196582
196672
196761
196850

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 Yefim Chulak ranks #144 in Volleyball

Yefim Chulak ranks 144th among Volleyball athletes on GOAT Rank and 3069th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 90, Longevity 74, Honours 88, Statistics 84. 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 1960–1968 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1964, 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 gold medals 1, world championship medals 1, european titles 2, soviet league titles 3.

Immediately ahead sits Emanuel Rego on 83.0, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Misty May-Treanor on 82.8. 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.

Yefim Chulak GOAT Score explained

Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
Measures how far Chulak stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Volleyball cohort.
Peak90/100 · weight 20%
Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1964. Scored 90/100.
Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
Honours88/100 · weight 20%
Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.

Yefim Chulak — frequently asked

Is Yefim Chulak the GOAT?
Not on the current data. Yefim Chulak ranks 144th in Volleyball with a GOAT Score of 83.0, behind Karch Kiraly on 95.4.
What is Yefim Chulak's GOAT Score?
83.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
Where does Yefim Chulak rank all time?
3069th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 144th within Volleyball.
Yefim Chulak vs Emanuel Rego: who ranks higher?
Yefim Chulak, on 83.0 against Emanuel Rego's 83.0 — a margin of 0.0 points.
Compare with Kiraly