With the 2017 FIVB World Tour Finals ended, new rankings and money totals have emerged. The Finals did not award any players with points towards their rankings but did have a more massive payout.
Men’s Rankings – Top 15
Despite the first place finish at the World Tour Finals, American’s Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena fell back to #4 in the World Rankings. Topping the list is Brazil’s Evandro Goncalves and Andre Loyola with 4,180 points.
Italy’s Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo came in at #2 in the rankings after finishing third at the Finals. Russia’s Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Nikita Liamin come it at #3 in the rankings while Alvaro Filho and Saymon Santos round out the top five at #5.
| Rk | Team | Country | Nb. part. |
Points | |
| 1 | Evandro/Andre | BRA |  |
*14 | 4,180 |
| 2 | Nicolai/Lupo | ITA |  |
*10 | 3,920 |
| 3 | Krasilnikov/Liamin | RUS |  |
*13 | 3,900 |
| 4 | Dalhausser/Lucena | USA |  |
8 | 3,840 |
| 5 | Álvaro Filho/Saymon | BRA | |
*20 | 3,760 |
| 6 | Losiak/Kantor | POL |  |
*12 | 3,740 |
| 7 | Alison/Bruno Schmidt | BRA | |
*17 | 3,340 |
| 8 | Doppler/Horst | AUT |  |
*10 | 3,156 |
| 9 | Pedro Solberg/Guto | BRA | |
*13 | 3,100 |
| 10 | Pedlow/Schachter | CAN |  |
8 | 2,900 |
| 11 | Herrera/Gavira | ESP |  |
*11 | 2,800 |
| 12 | Smedins/Samoilovs | LAT |  |
*13 | 2,600 |
| 13 | Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin | RUS | |
*13 | 2,572 |
| 14 | Koekelkoren/van Walle | BEL |  |
*13 | 2,496 |
| 15 | Hyden/Doherty | USA | |
6 | 2,480 |
Money Earned – Men
- Dalhausser/Lucena (USA) – $208,000, seven events, three gold medals
- Evandro/Andre (BRA) – $200,000, nine events, one gold medal
- Lupo/Nicolai (ITA) – $129,500, eight events
- Kantor/Losiak (POL) – $128,000, nine events
- Krasilnikov/Liamin (RUS) – $112,100, 11 events, two gold medals
Women’s Rankings – Top 15
Despite having a bad FIVB World Tour Finals run, Brazil’s Larissa Franca and Talita Antunes remain atop of the FIVB World Rankings with 5,560 points. Larissa/Talita finished in third place at the competition, earning $50,000 to split.
Coming in fourth at the Finals was Canada’s Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes, who remain at #2 in the World Rankings. Rounding out the top-five are Germany’s Julia Sude/Chantal Laboureur, Brazil’s Agatha Bednarczuk/Eduarda ‘Duda’ Santos Lisboa and the Czech Republics Barbora Hermannova/Marketa Slukova.
The women’s winners, Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst did not see any improvements in their rankings following the Finals, coming in at #12 with 2,556 points.
| Rk | Team | Country | Nb. part. |
Points | |
| 1 | Larissa/Talita | BRA | |
*19 | 5,560 |
| 2 | Pavan/Humana-Paredes | CAN | |
8 | 4,480 |
| 3 | Sude/Laboureur | GER |  |
*15 | 4,240 |
| 4 | Agatha/Duda | BRA | |
*14 | 4,000 |
| 5 | Hermannova/Slukova | CZE |  |
*11 | 3,460 |
| 6 | Barbara/Fernanda | BRA | |
*17 | 3,180 |
| 7 | Kolocova/Kvapilova | CZE | |
*13 | 3,032 |
| 8 | Heidrich/Vergé-Dépré A | SUI |  |
*11 | 2,940 |
| 9 | Sweat/Summer | USA | |
8 | 2,700 |
| 10 | Bawden/Clancy | AUS |  |
*10 | 2,616 |
| 11 | Bansley/Wilkerson | CAN | |
*10 | 2,600 |
| 12 | Ludwig/Walkenhorst | GER | |
*9 | 2,556 |
| 13 | Betschart/Hüberli | SUI | |
*13 | 2,412 |
| 14 | Schneider/Bieneck | GER | |
*11 | 2,060 |
| 15 | Großner/Glenzke | GER | |
*10 | 1,990 |
Money Earned – Women
- Talita/Larissa (BRA) – $208,000, nine events, three gold medals
- Agatha/Duda (BRA) – $172,000, nine events, one gold medal
- Ludwig/Walkenhorst – $170,000, five events, two gold medals
- Pavan/Humana-Paredes – $161,000, eight events, one gold medal
- Laboureur/Sude – $122,500, nine events, one gold medal
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