2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship statistics

Best scorers determined by scored points from spike, block and serve.

Best Scorers
	Player	Spikes	Blocks	Serves	Total
1	Bartosz Kurek	113	20	14	147
2	Wallace de Souza	131	6	6	143
3	Ivan Zaytsev	114	12	17	143
4	Douglas Souza	118	10	11	139
5	Aleksandar Atanasijević	123	6	9	138

Best spikers determined by successful spikes in percentage.

Best Spikers
	Player	Spikes	Faults	Shots	Total	%
1	Matthew Anderson	115	42	47	204	56.37
2	Douglas Souza	118	25	67	210	56.19
3	Taylor Sander	99	33	46	178	55.62
4	Aleksandar Atanasijević	123	42	60	225	54.67
5	Uroš Kovačević	103	30	57	190	54.21

Best blockers determined by the average of stuff blocks per set.

Best Blockers
	Player	Blocks	Faults	Rebounds	Total	Avg
1	Ilyas Kurkaev	20	19	21	60	0.54
2	Simone Anzani	19	15	51	85	0.51
3	Dmitry Muserskiy	19	21	29	69	0.51
4	Bartosz Kurek	20	16	18	54	0.47
5	Piotr Nowakowski	19	15	40	74	0.44

Best servers determined by the average of aces per set.

Best Servers
	Player	Aces	Faults	Hits	Total	Avg
1	Maxim Mikhaylov	19	30	92	141	0.51
2	Ivan Zaytsev	17	31	71	119	0.46
3	Taylor Sander	15	36	82	133	0.37
4	Marko Ivović	14	33	76	123	0.34
5	Bartosz Kurek	14	31	52	97	0.33

Best setters determined by the average of running sets per set.

Best Setters
	Player	Running	Faults	Still	Total	Avg
1	Micah Christenson	280	5	387	672	6.83
2	Nikola Jovović	230	4	499	733	5.61
3	Sergey Grankin	166	3	139	308	4.49
4	Bruno Mossa Rezende	171	2	394	567	4.17
5	Simone Giannelli	139	4	494	637	3.76

Best diggers determined by the average of successful digs per set.

Best Diggers
	Player	Digs	Faults	Receptions	Total	Avg
1	Aleksey Verbov	66	8	28	102	1.78
2	Paweł Zatorski	65	9	38	112	1.51
3	Erik Shoji	61	3	30	94	1.49
4	Thales Hoss	60	7	26	93	1.46
5	Massimo Colaci	53	15	18	86	1.43

Best receivers determined by efficient receptions in percentage.

Best Receivers
	Player	Excellents	Faults	Serve	Total	%
1	Taylor Sander	71	8	107	186	33.86
2	Paweł Zatorski	73	10	120	203	31.03
3	Egor Kliuka	63	15	105	183	26.23
4	Marko Ivović	68	14	124	206	26.21
5	Douglas Souza	87	18	160	265	26.04

• Oldest coach: Antonio Giacobbe  Tunisia - 71 years and 212 days in the first game against Brazil.
• Youngest coach: Tuomas Sammelvuo  Finland - 42 years and 206 days in the first game against Bulgaria.
• Teams with foreign coaches: 7 teams are trained by foreign coaches, including two teams (Dominican Republic and Iran) of coaches whose home countries (Venezuela and Montenegro) did not qualify for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

• Appearance record: Luciano de Cecco  Argentina, Nathan Roberts, Paul Carroll  Australia, Teodor Salparov  Bulgaria, Ahmed Abdelhay  Egypt and Marko Podraščanin  Serbia participated in the World Championship for the fourth time.
• Oldest player: At 39 years and 130 days, Jean Patrice Ndaki Mboulet  Cameroon is the oldest player ever to be nominated for a 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship finals.
• Youngest player: Marlon Yang  Cuba is the youngest player at the age of 17 years and 111 days.
• Tallest player: At 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in), Dmitry Muserskiy  Russia is the tallest player ever to be nominated for a 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship finals.
• Shortest player: At 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in), Taichiro Koga  Japan is the shortest player ever to be nominated for a 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship finals.
• 21 teams nominated at least one player from the domestic league, Cameroon, Bulgaria, Japan and Puerto Rico nominated at least one player who is free agent, but only China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Italy, Japan, Puerto Rico and Russia exclusively fielded players of its own domestic league. By contrast, Australia, Canada and Netherlands nominated only players from foreign leagues.
• The most players (51) are active in clubs based in Italy, the majority of them in the SuperLega. In total 15 of the 24 team squads have players who play in England.
• From the leagues of countries that did not qualify for the World Cup, the Germany Bundesliga have the strongest representation with 12 players.