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Stats glossary
Every abbreviation you'll see on a box score, standings page or player card — explained in plain English.
Attacking
- KKills
- An attack that immediately wins the rally for the hitting team.
- EAttack errors
- An attack that ends the rally for the other team — hit out, into the net or blocked back down.
- TATotal attempts
- Every attack swing taken, kills and errors included.
- Hitting %Hitting percentage
- (Kills − Errors) ÷ Total Attempts. Volleyball's version of a shooting percentage; .300+ is excellent.
- AcesService aces
- A serve that lands for a point without the opponent making a playable pass.
- PtsScoring points
- Kills, aces and blocks combined — a hitter's total direct point production.
Defense & setting
- DigsDigs
- A successful defensive play that keeps an opponent's attack alive.
- BlocksTotal blocks
- Touches at the net that help stop an opposing attack, solo or shared.
- Solo blocksSolo blocks
- A block credited to one player alone, without a teammate's help.
- AssistsSet assists
- A set that leads directly to a teammate's kill.
- Reception %Reception percentage
- How often a passer's serve-receive leads to a playable, in-system set. Higher means a cleaner passing platform.
League & leaderboard
- PointsLeaderboard points
- The individual AU total: set wins, match wins, plus/minus play points and MVP votes combined.
- SetsSets played
- How many individual sets a player has appeared in this season.
- PCTWinning percentage
- Sets won divided by sets played for a team, shown as .625 rather than 62.5%.
- StreakWinning or losing streak
- W3 means three straight set wins; L2 means two straight set losses.