MaristNatick

There is a huge problem with this "list." Once they changed the rules in 1996, it became a totally different game. Kiraly was hands down the best indoor all-around player in the Side-Out era. However, he would be very undersized today, and with hand passing & digging, plus the expansion of the jump serve (in the 80's there would be one or two jump servers per team, tops), his all around skills just wouldn't be as much of a factor...more players are able to control the ball than in Karch's era. There is a reason Outside hitters now are routinely 6'8" - 6 10" at the international level...a lot of those guys wouldn't be able to primary pass if they had to use their platforms, and had to cover half the court (instead of the standard 3 man system now). Jump serving would not be as dominate in Side-Out scoring either. While there wasn't a penalty for a missed serve like today, the fact that your team could only score when serving, made tactics much different. Plus, matches were often 3 hours or more...those jumps would not be as explosive by the end of the match. This list doesn't take this into account...volleyball is simply too difficult to quantify with stats, when comparing players from other eras.