Volleyball recruiting benchmarks

Volleyball setter benchmarks: what each level actually looks like

These are the numbers Athlete Quotient scores every volleyball setter against - not a coach's opinion, and not a chart copied from a message board.

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Setter benchmarks by level

Athlete Quotient benchmarks for S.
Metric	D1 elite	D1	D1 floor	D2	D3	HS varsity
Aces Per Set	0.346	0.208	0.144	0.080	0.048	0.029
Assists Per Set	9.849	5.026	-	4.940	4.414	3.888
Digs Per Set	2.578	1.821	1.395	0.900	0.540	0.324
Hitting %	.332	.215	-	.173	.130	.088
Kills Per Set	0.819	0.169	-	-	-	0.101

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The bar for a setter is not the bar for a volleyball player in general. Against the sport-wide D1 rung, this position asks for aces per set: 0.208 (0.029 higher than the sport-wide volleyball D1 rung), digs per set: 1.821 (0.730 higher than the sport-wide volleyball D1 rung), hitting %: .215 (.008 higher than the sport-wide volleyball D1 rung), kills per set: 0.169 (1.364 lower than the sport-wide volleyball D1 rung).

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Other volleyball benchmarks

These are measured sport-wide rather than by position, so they apply to a setter the same way they apply to anyone else on the roster.

Sport-wide volleyball benchmarks.
Metric	D1 elite	D1	D1 floor	D2	D3	HS varsity
Approach Vertical (in)	30	25	22	21	19	17
Blocks Per Set	0.577	0.280	-	0.250	0.192	0.134

Common questions

What is a good aces per set for a setter?

Athlete Quotient's D1 benchmark for a setter is 0.208. The D2 rung is 0.080, D3 is 0.048, and high school varsity is 0.029. The elite D1 rung is 0.346.

What is a good assists per set for a setter?

Athlete Quotient's D1 benchmark for a setter is 5.026. The D2 rung is 4.940, D3 is 4.414, and high school varsity is 3.888. The elite D1 rung is 9.849.

How to read these

Each column is a rung on the Athlete Quotient benchmark ladder - the bar the engine scores every athlete against - not a cutoff and not an entry price. Being under a rung does not close a door. It tells you the size of the gap, which is the only number you can actually train against.

These are Athlete Quotient's own benchmarks. Where a published college figure exists we use it; where none exists, the rung is ours. We would rather say that than claim a source we do not have.

These tables are the same ones the scoring engine uses, exported from it rather than retyped, so a page can never quietly disagree with a score. More: how AQ builds benchmarks.