Posted by Two weeks into the new Volleyball Nations League, the question on everyone’s lips is ‘who are the best players?’. I’m glad you asked. On the FIVB website there are some rudimentary lists that don’t seem very satisfying. Using one of Ben Raymond’s tools, I have noted a couple of lists. It might help you watching next weeks matches.
| VOLLEYBALL NATIONS LEAGUE | ||||
| BEST PLAYERS – AFTER TWO ROUNDS | ||||
| TOTAL | ||||
| SO% | 68.1% | |||
| SO% JUMP | 69.0% | |||
| SO% FLOAT | 66.7% | |||
| SERVING – ACE PERCENTAGE (min 40) | ||||
| JUMP SERVE (VNL avg 6.6%) | FLOAT SERVE (VNL avg 3.6%) | |||
| WILLIAMS (AUS) | 15.9% | LEE (JPN) | 13.8% | |
| SKRIMOV (BUL) | 14.3% | PEACCOK (AUS) | 8.8% | |
| LUBURIC (SRB) | 13.3% | SZALPUK (POL) | 8.7% | |
| MUSERSKIY (RUS) | 12.8% | CESTER (ITA) | 8.1% | |
| BOHME (GER) | 11.8% | NOWAKOWSKI (POL) | 7.1% | |
| RECEPTION – EFFICIENCY (min 50) | ||||
| RECEIVERS (VNL avg 22.2%) | LIBEROS (VNL avg 25.3%) | |||
| ASANO (JPN) | 51.5% | KOGA (JPN) | 44.3% | |
| RUSSELL (USA) | 47.2% | GREBENNIKOV (FRA) | 43.1% | |
| LOPEZ (ARG) | 46.7% | MARANDI (IRI) | 42.7% | |
| EBADIPOUR (IRI) | 39.9% | PERRY (AUS) | 37.6% | |
| JUNG (KOR) | 35.6% | MOUIEL (FRA) | 34.5% | |
| ATTACK – KILL PERCENTAGE | ||||
| OPPOSITES (min 80) (VNL avg 49.3%) | OUTSIDES (min 60) (VNL avg 46.1%) | |||
| JIANG (CHN) | 57.9% | SANDER (USA) | 57.3% | |
| PATCH (USA) | 55.0% | KLIUKA (RUS) | 56.8% | |
| WALLACE (BRA) | 54.7% | SZALPUK (POL) | 56.1% | |
| LUBURIC (SRB) | 53.0% | FUKUZAWA (JPN) | 53.7% | |
| BOYER (FRA) | 51.3% | LOPEZ (ARG) | 52.7% | |
| MIDDLES (min 60) (VNL avg 55.3%) | ||||
| MUSERSKIY | 67.7% | |||
| LEE (JPN) | 65.9% | |||
| LISINAC (SRB) | 64.4% | |||
| YAMAUCHI (JPN) | 63.0% | |||
| KOCHANOWSKI (POL) | 61.7% | |||
| BLOCK (MIDDLES) – min 90 | ||||
| STUFF BLOCK PERCENTAGE | SO% OPP POSITIVE RECEPTION | |||
| YOSIFOV (BUL) | 6.8% | MUSERSKIY (RUS) | 40.0% | |
| KOCHANOWSKI (POL) | 6.8% | CHINENYEZE (FRA) | 34.4% | |
| GOTSEV (BUL) | 6.0% | SMITH (USA) | 33.0% | |
| MOUSAVI (IRI) | 5.5% | AVERILL (USA) | 33.0% | |
| MUSERSKIY (RUS) | 5.1% | VLASOV (RUS) | 32.8% | |
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