Inside The Numbers: A Look at the #FIVBMensWCH Stats through Round 2

  0 Wendy Mayer | September 25th, 2018 | International Volleyball, News

As the FIVB Men’s World Championship heads into the Final Six beginning on Wednesday, here’s a roundup of the statistical leaders through the first two rounds of action.

The Final Six begins at 11 a.m. ET Wednesday in Turin, Italy, as Russia takes on Brazil in Pool I. The last six teams are Brazil, Russia, the United States, Poland, Serbia and host Italy.

Canada’s John Gordon Perrin is the top scorer of the tournament so far with 149 points (127 kills, 15 blocks, 7 aces). Of the top 10 scorers, just three will still be playing in the Final Six. Italy’s Ivan Zaytsev is the top remaining scorer with 118 points entering the finals (95 kills, 9 blocks, 14 aces). Brazil’s Wallace DeSouza and Douglas Souza have scored 109 points apiece, tied for ninth overall.

Poland’s Artur Szalpuk (106) and American Matt Anderson (106) round out the top five moving forward.

Rank ShirtNumber Name Team Spikes Blocks Serves Total
1 2 John Gordon Perrin CAN 127 15 7 149
2 9 Earvin Ngapeth FRA 117 5 14 136
3 4 Nicholas Hoag CAN 106 10 13 129
4 12 Stephen Boyer FRA 102 17 5 124
5 9 Ivan Zaytsev ITA 95 9 14 118
6 17 Tine Urnaut SLO 106 8 4 118
7 3 Sam Deroo BEL 98 5 9 112
8 18 Lincoln Alexander Williams AUS 93 5 11 109
9 8 Wallace De Souza BRA 102 4 3 109
10 14 Douglas Souza BRA 94 7 8 109

Anderson is the top player in terms of offensive success with 59.21 percent efficiency including 90 kills and 30 errors. Zaytsev, Douglas Souza and Americans Taylor Sander and Aaron Russell round out the top five. Russia’s Egor Kliuka also ranks among the top 10.

Rank ShirtNumber Name Team Spikes Faults Shots Total attempts Success %
1 1 Matthew Anderson USA 90 30 32 152 59.21
2 9 Ivan Zaytsev ITA 95 18 49 162 58.64
3 14 Douglas Souza BRA 94 17 52 163 57.67
4 3 Taylor Sander USA 71 22 32 125 56.80
5 2 Aaron Russell USA 90 19 50 159 56.60
6 9 Earvin Ngapeth FRA 117 35 55 207 56.52
7 4 Thijs Ter Horst NED 84 22 43 149 56.38
8 1 Bram Van Den Dries BEL 86 24 46 156 55.13
9 18 Egor Kliuka RUS 60 10 39 109 55.05
10 18 Lincoln Alexander Williams AUS 93 30 48 171 54.39

Belgium’s Simon Van De Voorde managed 0.80 blocks per set through two rounds to lead the way in net defense. Russia’s Ilyas Kurkaev is the top remaining player (4th overall), checking in with 0.62 stuffs per set. Italy’s Simone Anzani (0.59) also ranks among the top 10.

Rank ShirtNumber Name Team Stuff Blocks Faults Rebounds Total Attempts Average Per Set
1 10 Simon Van De Voorde BEL 24 23 29 76 0.80
2 4 Jan Kozamernik SLO 22 9 38 69 0.67
3 17 Michael Parkinson NED 20 26 18 64 0.65
4 20 Ilyas Kurkaev RUS 18 19 16 53 0.62
5 17 Simone Anzani ITA 17 15 30 62 0.59
6 12 Nehemiah Mote AUS 18 48 24 90 0.57
7 6 Jasper Diefenbach NED 16 14 18 48 0.52
8 12 Stephen Boyer FRA 17 14 13 44 0.52
9 14 Nicolas Le Goff FRA 17 27 27 71 0.52
10 11 Sebastian Solé ARG 16 21 45 82 0.48

The top three servers of the World Championships are still in the competition in Russia’s Maxim Mikhailov (0.52 aces per set), Zaytsev (0.48) and Sander (0.43). Mikhailov also boasts the most overall aces with 15, followed by Zaytsev and two others with 14 apiece. Italy boasts two players among the top 10 with Osmany Juantorena adding in 0.34 aces per set.

Rank ShirtNumber Name Team Aces Faults Hits Total attempts Average per set
1 17 Maxim Mikhaylov RUS 15 23 66 104 0.52
2 9 Ivan Zaytsev ITA 14 25 54 93 0.48
3 3 Taylor Sander USA 13 30 69 112 0.43
4 9 Earvin Ngapeth FRA 14 28 79 121 0.42
5 6 Mitja Gasparini SLO 14 32 70 116 0.42
6 4 Nicholas Hoag CAN 13 22 102 137 0.41
7 8 Todor Skrimov BUL 11 20 60 91 0.39
8 18 Klemen Cebulj SLO 12 21 68 101 0.36
9 18 Lincoln Alexander Williams AUS 11 34 31 76 0.35
10 5 Osmany Juantorena ITA 10 14 91 115 0.34

Five of the top eight servers are still in the competition led by American Micah Christenson (8.07 assists per set). Also among the Top 10 are Serbia’s Nikola Jovovic (3rd, 5.97 aps), Russia’s Sergey Grankin (5th, 5.14), Brazil’s Bruno Mossa Rezende (6th, 4.67) and Italy’s Simone Giannelli (8th, 3.72).

Rank ShirtNumber Name Team Running sets Faults Still sets Total attempts Average per set
1 11 Micah Christenson USA 242 5 249 496 8.07
2 7 Harrison Peacock AUS 242 5 315 562 7.81
3 9 Nikola Jovovic SRB 191 4 363 558 5.97
4 8 Jay Blankenau CAN 177 11 514 702 5.53
5 5 Sergey Grankin RUS 149 3 85 237 5.14
6 1 Bruno Mossa Rezende BRA 140 1 329 470 4.67
7 9 Georgi Seganov BUL 117 6 500 623 4.18
8 6 Simone Giannelli ITA 108 4 380 492 3.72
9 4 Mir Saeid Marouflakrani IRI 102 7 530 639 3.40
10 1 Daan Van Haarlem NED 103 8 343 454 3.32

Bulgaria’s Teodor Salparov pulled up 2.31 digs per set to lead the field. Brazil’s Thales Hoss and Poland’s Pawel Zatorski are the top remaining players (1.77). Russia’s Alexey Verbov (1.69) and American Erik Shoji (1.63) follow.

Rank ShirtNumber Name Team Digs Faults Receptions Total attempts Average per set
1 13 Teodor Salparov BUL 65 1 24 90 2.31
2 13 Jani Kovacic SLO 68 16 29 113 2.06
3 9 Thales Hoss BRA 53 3 21 77 1.77
4 17 Pawel Zatorski POL 53 3 35 91 1.77
5 2 Jenia Grebennikov FRA 57 9 41 107 1.73
6 16 Alexey Verbov RUS 49 3 23 75 1.69
7 22 Erik Shoji USA 49 1 17 67 1.63
8 5 Dirk Sparidans NED 48 1 15 64 1.55
9 3 Steven Marshall CAN 48 12 9 69 1.50
10 4 Lauri Kerminen FIN 46 0 38 84 1.48

France’s Earvin Ngapeth did the best job on serve reception with a 37.67 percent efficiency. Poland’s Zatorski is right behind at 36.00 followed by Americans Sander and Shoji. Michal Kubiak of Poland and Russia’s Verbov also are among the top 10.

Rank ShirtNumber Name Team Excellents Faults Serve receptions Total attempts Efficiency %
1 9 Earvin Ngapeth FRA 85 4 126 215 37.67
2 17 Pawel Zatorski POL 59 5 86 150 36.00
3 3 Taylor Sander USA 52 4 79 135 35.56
4 22 Erik Shoji USA 38 5 52 95 34.74
5 3 Sam Deroo BEL 65 8 98 171 33.33
6 18 Klemen Cebulj SLO 78 12 113 203 32.51
7 13 Jani Kovacic SLO 44 8 70 122 29.51
8 7 Facundo Conte ARG 57 4 119 180 29.44
9 13 Michal Kubiak POL 51 11 80 142 28.17
10 16 Alexey Verbov RUS 35 9 49 93 27.96

 

 

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Wendy Mayer has worked in athletics media relations for the last 20 years. The Northwest Missouri State alumna is currently senior writer for Volleymob.com after spending the last 15 years with Purdue athletics.

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