Vietnam surprisingly has 4 girls in 'top 100 best volleyball players in the world'

The impressive series of achievements of the Vietnamese women's volleyball team in recent times has made the top volleyball community highly appreciate the students of coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet.

Bich Tuyen is one of 4 names in the top 100 - Photo: VAT

Thanh Thuy leads

On the morning of August 11, Volleybox updated the rankings of the best female volleyball players in the world . And a series of Vietnamese names appeared in proud positions.

Volleybox is a prestigious volleyball website for the world's fan community. This website is similar to Transfermarkt for football and is highly regarded in the volleyball community.

In addition to tournament information, transfers, and player data, Volleybox also regularly ranks top volleyball players based on performance.

And most recently, Volleybox unexpectedly ranked Tran Thi Thanh Thuy 14th in the rankings of the best female volleyball athletes in 2025.

This position is not a subjective assessment of the website, but is based on the achievements of the athletes during the year.

Accordingly, Thanh Thuy has participated in 10 tournaments scored according to Volleybox, from major tournaments such as AVC Nations Cup to Vietnam Hung Vuong Cup, or club-level volleyball tournaments in Türkiye...

The 2025 SEA V.League championship brought Thanh Thuy an additional 10 points, helping her reach a total of 327.85 points in 2025.

This score made Thanh Thuy jump up the rankings, surpassing famous stars like Karakurt (Türkiye), or Kudiess (Brazil)...

Not only that, if only counting the OH position (main attacker), Thanh Thuy is ranked 4th in the world. This is a completely surprising ranking for the girl from Binh Duong .

The Vietnamese name right after Thanh Thuy is surprisingly Nguyen Khanh Dang, who plays the libero position.

Compared to Thanh Thuy, Khanh Dang has made an even bigger leap because in addition to winning the SEA V.League 2025 collective championship (+10 points), she also won the title of "best libero of the tournament", with an additional 15 points.

In total, Khanh Dang currently has 235.25 points in 2025, rising to 27th place in the world. Surprisingly, Khanh Dang is also the 3rd best libero in the world at present.

Why is Bich Tuyen not as good as Khanh Dang and Thanh Thuy?

The remaining two names in Vietnam's top 100 list are Nguyen Thi Bich Tuyen (ranked 85th in the world, 169.25 points) and Vu Thi Nhu Quynh (ranked 86th, 169 points).

The reason Bich Tuyen is far behind Khanh Dang is because Khanh Dang is the runner-up of AVC Champions League with VTV Binh Dien Long An Club, she is even the best libero of the tournament.

Khanh Dang has an extremely high position thanks to his impressive achievements in the AVC Champions League - Photo: VAT

Thanks to AVC Champions League, Khanh Dang got 115 points, leaving his two excellent teammates far behind.

Compared to Thanh Thuy - who competed abroad, Bich Tuyen was obviously at a disadvantage in terms of score.

Of course, this ranking is based largely on competition performance. The fact that the Vietnamese team has not yet reached the top level of the VNL (FIVB Nations League) has helped Mr. Nguyen Tuan Kiet and his team win easily in lower level competitions.

A typical example is Thailand is completely absent from the world's top teams, because they cannot win any titles when playing in VNL.

However, having 4 names in the world's top 100 shows that Vietnamese women's volleyball is increasingly recognized by the top world, will attract more attention, creating favorable momentum for the athletes' careers in the future.

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