Volleyball Legends
Indoor and beach volleyball legends from around the world.
The All-Time Greatest Volleyball Players
Ranked by career honours, records and our FSP GOAT Score.
All Volleyball Athletes
Browse 48 of the greatest volleyball players of all time.
American
Andrea Drews
Outside Hitter
American professional volleyball player and outside hitter who won Olympic gold with Team USA at…
Polish
Bartosz Kurek
Outside Hitter
Polish volleyball player and one of the world's top opposite hitters, known for his powerful…
Brazilian
Bernardo Rezende
Coach
Brazilian volleyball coach known as 'Bernardinho', one of the most successful coaches in volleyball…
Brazilian
Bruno Rezende
Setter
Brazilian volleyball setter and Olympic champion, widely regarded as one of the best setters in the…
American
Destinee Hooker
Outside Hitter
American volleyball player and Olympic silver medalist known for her powerful attacking and…
Russian
Dmitry Muserskiy
Middle Blocker
Russian volleyball player and middle blocker who won Olympic gold in 2012 and is known as one of…
French
Earvin Ngapeth
Outside Hitter
French volleyball outside hitter, two-time Olympic champion and world champion, considered one of…
Turkish
Ebrar Karakurt
Outside Hitter
Turkish volleyball player and outside hitter who became one of Turkey's brightest young talents,…
Russian
Ekaterina Gamova
Outside Hitter
Russian volleyball player and one of the tallest female athletes in Olympic history at 2.02m,…
American
Gabrielle Reece
Outside Hitter (Beach)
American professional volleyball player and model who became one of the most recognizable faces in…
Brazilian
Giba
Volleyball Player
Three-time World Champion and three consecutive World League MVP awards — Giba is the greatest…
Brazilian
Gilberto Filho
Volleyball Player
Three-time World Champion and the backbone of Brazil's most dominant volleyball era — Gilberto is…
Argentine
Hugo Conte
Volleyball Player
The most celebrated volleyball player in South American history outside Brazil — Hugo Conte led…
Italian
Ivan Zaytsev
Outside Hitter
Italian-Russian volleyball player and opposite hitter who captained Italy to European Championship…
American
Jordan Thompson
Outside Hitter
Australian volleyball outside hitter whose consistent international performances and leadership of…
American
Karch Kiraly
Volleyball Player
American volleyball player widely regarded as the greatest of all time, only player to win Olympic…
American
Kerri Walsh Jennings
Beach Volleyball Player
American beach volleyball player and three-time Olympic gold medalist, widely considered one of the…
South Korean
Kim Yeon-koung
Outside Hitter
South Korean volleyball outside hitter and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest Asian…
Chinese
Lang Ping
Outside Hitter/Coach
Chinese volleyball legend who won Olympic gold as player (1984) and coach (2016), known as the…
American
Logan Tom
Outside Hitter
American volleyball player and outside hitter who won Olympic silver in 2008 and bronze in 2012,…
Argentine
Luciano De Cecco
Setter
Argentine volleyball setter and captain who led Argentina to multiple FIVB World League medals and…
American
Matt Anderson
Outside Hitter
American volleyball player and outside hitter who won Olympic bronze in 2016 and is considered one…
American
Micah Christenson
Setter
American volleyball setter who led USA to Olympic bronze in 2016 and gold in 2021, known for his…
American
Misty May-Treanor
Beach Volleyball Player
American beach volleyball player widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time, winning three…
Dutch
Nimir Abdel-Aziz
Outside Hitter
Dutch volleyball player and outside hitter who represented Netherlands internationally and played…
Italian
Paola Egonu
Opposite Hitter
Italian volleyball player and outside hitter, considered one of the world's best players, Olympic…
Cuban
Regla Torres
Volleyball Player
Three consecutive Olympic gold medals with Cuba — Regla Torres is one of the greatest middle…
Cuban
Robertlandy Simón
Opposite Spiker
Cuban volleyball player who won Olympic gold in 2020 and multiple World League titles, known as one…
Iranian
Saeid Marouf
Volleyball Player
Iranian volleyball setter widely regarded as one of the world's best, leading Iran to multiple…
Russian
Sergey Tetyukhin
Outside Hitter
Russian volleyball player and one of the greatest middle blockers in history, three-time Olympic…
Brazilian
Sérgio Santos (Escadinha)
Setter
The greatest setter in Brazilian volleyball history — Olympic gold medallist at Barcelona 1992 and…
Brazilian
Sheilla Castro
Opposite Spiker
Brazilian volleyball player and three-time Olympic gold medalist, widely regarded as one of the…
Italian
Simone Giannelli
Setter
Italian volleyball setter who captains the national team and plays professionally in Italy's…
Serbian
Tijana Bošković
Outside Hitter
Serbian volleyball outside hitter who led Serbia to Olympic silver in 2016 and bronze in 2024, plus…
Brazilian
Wallace de Souza
Opposite Hitter
Brazilian volleyball outside hitter who won Olympic gold in 2016 and multiple FIVB World League…
Polish
Wilfredo León
Volleyball Player
The most powerful server in volleyball history — the Cuban-born Polish citizen is considered the…
Brazilian
Yoandy Leal
Outside Hitter
Cuban-born Brazilian volleyball player and Olympic champion, known for his powerful attacking and…
Japanese
Yuji Nishida
Outside Hitter
Japanese volleyball player and outside hitter known for his explosive attacking power and…
Chinese
Zhang Changning
Outside Hitter
Chinese volleyball outside hitter who won Olympic gold in 2016 and helped China claim FIVB World…
Chinese
Zhu Ting
Outside Hitter
Chinese volleyball outside hitter and Olympic champion, widely regarded as one of the greatest…
American
Sinjin Smith
Beach Volleyball Player
American beach volleyball pioneer nicknamed the 'King of the Beach,' who became the first player in…
American
Randy Stoklos
Beach Volleyball Player
American beach volleyball player who became the first to earn $1 million in prize money, forming…
American
Kent Steffes
Beach Volleyball Player
American beach volleyball player who holds the sport's highest career winning percentage and won…
American
Phil Dalhausser
Beach Volleyball Player
American beach volleyball player nicknamed 'The Thin Beast,' who won Olympic gold and MVP honors at…
American
Todd Rogers
Beach Volleyball Player
American beach volleyball player nicknamed 'The Professor' for his cerebral approach, who won…
American
April Ross
Beach Volleyball Player
American beach volleyball player who completed a rare full set of Olympic medals - gold, silver,…
American
Jake Gibb
Beach Volleyball Player
American beach volleyball player and two-time cancer survivor who became the oldest Olympian in the…
Serbian
Nikola Grbić
Setter
Serbian setter widely regarded as one of the greatest in volleyball history, who captained…
Volleyball Nations
American
17
athletes
Brazilian
8
athletes
Russian
3
athletes
Italian
3
athletes
Chinese
3
athletes
Polish
2
athletes
Argentine
2
athletes
Cuban
2
athletes