- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1960–1972
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
GOAT Rank · 25
Greatest Volleyball Players from Russia
This ranking is led by Lyudmila Buldakova, Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Yelena Chebukina. GOAT Rank currently ranks 25 eligible Volleyball players from Russia using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
Quick answer
According to GOAT Rank's current model, Lyudmila Buldakova ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 89.6.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →#AthleteGOAT Score
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2010–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1984–1996
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1990–2012
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1956–1966
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2000–2019
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1995–2014
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1995–2012
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2015–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1998–2015
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1998–2016
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1962–1972
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2000–2018
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1978–1988
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1990–2008
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1969–1980
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1984–2002
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1976–1984
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1996–2008
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1956–1964
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 84.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2006–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1998–2016
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 76.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 1993–2018
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 80.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 74.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Volleyball
- Career
- 2006–active
- Country
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Peak
- 84.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 74.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Lyudmila Buldakova | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1960–1972 | 89.6 |
| 22 | Viacheslav Krasilnikov | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2010–active | 88.4 |
| 24 | Yelena Chebukina | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1984–1996 | 88.3 |
| 30 | Evgeniya Artamonova | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1990–2012 | 88.0 |
| 35 | Yuri Chesnokov | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1956–1966 | 87.8 |
| 58 | Yury Berezhko | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2000–2019 | 86.4 |
| 59 | Lioubov Sokolova | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1995–2014 | 86.4 |
| 70 | Lyubov Sokolova | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1995–2012 | 86.0 |
| 73 | Oleg Stoyanovskiy | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2015–active | 85.8 |
| 75 | Pavel Abramov | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1998–2015 | 85.6 |
| 78 | Ekaterina Gamova | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1998–2016 | 85.4 |
| 82 | Inna Ryskal | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1962–1972 | 85.3 |
| 84 | Nikolay Apalikov | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2000–2018 | 85.2 |
| 90 | Dmitriy Muserskiy | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2008–active | 85.1 |
| 94 | Yelena Akhaminova | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1978–1988 | 85.0 |
| 95 | Stanislav Dineykin | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1990–2008 | 84.9 |
| 97 | Larisa Bergen | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1969–1980 | 84.9 |
| 105 | Irina Kirillova | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1984–2002 | 84.4 |
| 117 | Vladimir Dorokhov | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1976–1984 | 83.9 |
| 119 | Andrey Egorchev | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1996–2008 | 83.7 |
| 146 | Nelli Abramova | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1956–1964 | 82.6 |
| 164 | Aleksandr Butko | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2006–active | 81.9 |
| 197 | Yekaterina Gamova | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1998–2016 | 80.2 |
| 224 | Sergey Tetyukhin | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1993–2018 | 78.7 |
| 234 | Maxim Mikhaylov | Volleyball | 🇷🇺 Russia | 2006–active | 77.3 |
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How is this ranking calculated?
Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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