Moni Nikolov is number one on serve after the first week of the VNL

After the first week of the VNL, Moni Nikolov is at the top of the serving table, sharing first place with four other players. Moni is second among them in terms of success rate. Alex Nikolov has the best overall performance, being in the top five in three of the rankings (scorers, attacks, serves), and also in the top 20 among defenders and receivers. The best among our blockers is captain Iliya Petkov, and Asparuh Asparuhov has the highest ranking among Bulgarians in reception. Of all 14 players, only Borko Nachev has no playing minutes.

Best Scorers:

Rank	Name	Points	Attack	Block	Serve
4	Nikolov (Alex)	68	58	5	5
17	Antov	49	46	1	2
34	Asparuhov	30	29	1	0
36	Nikolov (Simeon)	28	15	5	8
38	Petkov (Iliya)	26	19	6	1
45	Preslav Petkov	19	7	11	1
58	Georgiev	6	4	2	0
59	Atanasov	5	5	0	0
61	Tatarov	3	1	1	1
63	Karyagin	1	1	0	0
63	Palev	1	0	0	1

Best in Attack:

Rank	Name	Points	Errors	Attempts	Avg. per match	Success rate %	Total
4	Alex Nikolov	58	15	43	14.50	50.00	116
11	Antov	46	15	34	11.50	48.42	95
26	Asparuhov	29	9	29	7.25	43.28	67
35	Iliya Petkov	19	3	10	4.75	59.38	32
39	Simeon Nikolov	15	2	16	3.75	45.45	33
46	Preslav Petkov	7	1	8	1.75	43.75	16
48	Atanasov	5	6	6	1.25	29.41	17
49	Georgiev	4	0	1	1.00	80.00	5
52	Karyagin	1	1	4	0.25	16.67	6
52	Tatarov	1	1	0	0.25	50.00	2

Best blockers:

Rank	Name	Blocks	Errors	Rebounds	Avg. per match	Efficiency %	Total
4	Iliya Petkov	11	12	13	2.75	-2.78	36
9	Preslav Petkov	6	14	19	1.50	-20.51	39
10	Simeon Nikolov	5	8	13	1.25	-11.54	26
10	Alex Nikolov	5	7	9	1.25	-9.52	21
13	Georgiev	2	1	3	0.50	16.67	6
14	Asparuhov	1	8	10	0.25	-36.84	19
14	Tatarov	1	5	0	0.25	-66.67	6
14	Antov	1	10	7	0.25	-50.00	18

Best on serve:

Rank	Name	Service points	Errors	Attempts	Avg. per match	Success rate %	Total
1	Simeon Nikolov	8	19	35	2.00	12.90	62
4	Alex Nikolov	5	14	30	1.25	10.20	49
7	Antov	2	21	35	0.50	3.45	58
8	Iliya Petkov	1	10	39	0.25	2.00	50
8	Preslav Petkov	1	4	37	0.25	2.38	42
8	Tatarov	1	2	8	0.25	9.09	11
8	Palev	1	1	14	0.25	6.25	16

Among setters, Moni Nikolov is 11th in pass success percentage:

Rank	Name	Successful passes	Errors	Attempts	Avg. per match	Success rate %	Total
11	Simeon Nikolov	81	0	220	20.25	26.91	301

Best in defense:

Rank	Name	Saves	Errors	Receptions	Average per match	Success rate %	Total
19	Alex Nikolov	16	6	11	4.00	48.48	33
21	Simeon Nikolov	14	11	18	3.50	32.56	43
22	Antov	13	12	12	3.25	35.14	37
23	Asparuhov	12	6	13	3.00	38.71	31
24	Bozhilov	11	7	16	2.75	32.35	34
25	Zhelev	10	5	2	2.50	58.82	17
31	Iliya Petkov	4	1	3	1.00	50.00	8
33	Georgiev	2	2	2	0.50	33.33	6
34	Preslav Petkov	1	1	3	0.25	20.00	5
34	Karyagin	1	0	1	0.25	50.00	2
34	Tatarov	1	1	0	0.25	50.00	2

Best receivers:

Rank	Name	Successful receptions	Errors	Attempts	Average per match	Success rate %	Total
11	Asparuhov	19	5	56	4.75	23.75	80
12	Bozhilov	18	6	47	4.50	25.35	71
18	Alex Nikolov	12	10	66	3.00	13.64	88
26	Atanasov	4	0	5	1.00	44.44	9
28	Tatarov	2	1	8	0.50	18.18	11

photos:volleyballworld.com

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Moni Nikolov is number one on serve after the first week of the VNL

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