Statistics reports in Pro Volleyball Federation mirror much of what is seen in the International game. This may be slightly different than what fans in the United States are used to at the collegiate level. Take a look at these explanations of the abbreviations below so you are fully knowledgeable when looking at the statistics that show the top performances in professional volleyball!
Points |
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| Sum | Total Points Scored (Aces + Kills + Blocks) |
| BP | Break Points. This is total points scored when your team is serving |
| Bal | Balance (Total Points minus Total Errors) |
Serving |
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| Sum | Serve Attempts |
| Error | Serve Errors |
| Ace | Service Ace |
| Eff | Efficiency (Total Good Serves [Aces + Overpasses + Bad Passes] – Serve |
| Errors divided by Total Serve Attempts | |
| Eff% | Efficiency Percentage |
Reception |
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| Receptions are judged on a four-point scale: | |
| 4 = Perfect. Setter doesn’t move | 3 = Good. Setter can set all front row players | |
| 2 = Medium. Setter can’t set middle | 1 = Bad. Can only set a high ball somewhere | |
| 0 = Error | |
| Sum | Reception Attempts |
| Err | Reception Errors |
| Perf% | Total 4 passes divided by Total Receptions |
| (Percentage of receptions considered perfect quality | |
| Pos% | Percentage of receptions that are considered perfect or positive |
| Total 4 passes + Total 3 passes divided by Total Receptions | |
| (*When a team passes 4s and 3s they are considered in system i.e., they can do what they | |
| want to do, specifically set the middle. When they pass 2s they are in the medium system, | |
| 1s is out of system) | |
Spike |
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| Spike | An attack (When a player attempts to attack the ball towards the opponent side of the court) |
| Sum | Total Attack Attempts |
| Err | Total Attack Errors |
| Block | Total Attacks That Were Blocked |
| Kill% | Total Kills divided by Total Attempts |
| Eff | Efficiency (Kills minus errors minus blocks) divided by attempts |
Blocks |
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| Blk | Blocked attacks that result in a point |
| (Blocks are assigned to one person – not multiple, not half blocks) | |
Other |
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| Assists | Sets followed by a kill |
| Set | Total Sets Played |