Anders Mol is the 2025 Beach Pro Tour Blocker of the Year.
Honorable Mention
- Stefan Boermans, Netherlands
- Jacob Holting-Nilsson, Sweden
- Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden
- Remi Bassereau, France
When Anders Mol and Christian Sorum won another gold medal at the Hamburg Elite, Kyle Friend and I discussed on Beach Access that Norway, now five wins behind Ricardo and Emanuel for tops all-time, had gone “GOAT Hunting.”
But Mol, at 28, continues to make a stronger and stronger case that he is no longer GOAT Hunting for the title of best blocker of all time — he might already have it.
For the fifth time in his career, Mol has been voted by his peers as the Blocker of the Year. The men he is chasing — Alison Cerutti, Ricardo Santos, Phil Dalhausser — combined to win it nine times, and seven of those are coming from Dalhausser. When Dalhausser was 28, he had been named Blocker of the Year three times (2006, 2007, 2008).
Even Dalhausser already tips his cap to Mol as the greatest blocker to ever live, and Mol is still seven years from what Dalhausser describes as a beach volleyball player’s prime age: 35. The Thin Beast wouldn’t win his final Blocker of the Year award until 2017, when he was 37 years old and winning three gold medals with Nick Lucena.
What a frightening prospect that is, that Mol, already owner of five Blocker of the Year awards, two Olympic medals, a World Championship gold, and five European Championships, doesn’t just have seven years left — he’s seven years away from peaking.
Let that sink in.
2023 Best Blocker: Anders Mol
2024 Best Blocker: Anders Mol
