Volleyball Lineup Maker

Type your players and get a starting six for every set, in serving order, with sitting turns shared evenly.

Sample team of 9 made-up players. Type or paste your own: the chart takes 6 to 15.

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Optional: the team and the date, as they should read at the top of the sheet.

9 players, 3 sets, 3 on the bench each set

PlayerSet 1Set 2Set 3On court
MayaBenchBack leftFront left2
PriyaBenchBack centerFront center2
GabbyFront centerBenchBack right2
NoraBack leftFront leftBench2
LeahBenchFront centerBack center2
TessaBack rightBenchFront right2
InesFront leftBenchBack left2
CallieBack centerFront rightBench2
JoyFront rightBack rightBench2
PositionSet 1Set 2Set 3
Back rightTessaJoyGabby
Front rightJoyCallieTessa
Front centerGabbyLeahPriya
Front leftInesNoraMaya
Back leftNoraMayaInes
Back centerCalliePriyaLeah
BenchMaya, Priya, LeahGabby, Tessa, InesNora, Callie, Joy

Next game keeps count of who sat: whoever was on the bench most in this chart sits least in the next one.

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How it works

This volleyball lineup maker, a lineup generator for rec, school and club coaches, picks six starters for every set and writes each one into a court position from 1 to 6, the order they serve in.

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Make the lineup

Replace the sample names with your team, one per line. Set the number of sets, then read each column top to bottom as that set's lineup sheet: position 1 serves first, then 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Print it for the bench or copy it as text.

How the bench is shared

Six start and the rest sit. Nine players over three sets make nine bench turns, so everyone sits out one set. With eight there are six turns: six players sit once and two start every set. Press Next game and those two sit first.

Questions and answers

Does it show the rotation during a set?

No, it gives the starting spots. Under the rules, when your team wins back the serve everyone moves one place clockwise: position 2 goes to 1 and serves, 1 goes to 6. The order on the sheet stays fixed for the whole set.

Can a bench player come in during a set?

Yes, within your rules. International rules allow six substitutions a team per set, and a starter who comes off may return once, only to the same place in the order. Rec leagues often allow more. The chart only changes players between sets.

Where does the libero go?

The chart has no libero spot. Leave your libero off the list and write them in by hand: a libero replaces a back-row player without using a substitution, and cannot attack the ball from above net height.

All 7 lineup spots

Front row 3

  • Front center Position 3. Middle of the net.
  • Front left Position 4. Left end of the net.
  • Front right Position 2. At the net; moves to position 1 and serves at the first side-out.

Back row 3

  • Back center Position 6. Middle of the back row; serves last in the order.
  • Back left Position 5. Behind the front left player.
  • Back right Position 1. Serves first in the set.

Off the court 1

  • Bench Does not start this set.
How this list was compiled

Six players a team in play; the starting line-up gives the rotational order and is kept for the whole set; positions 4 (front-left), 3 (front-centre) and 2 (front-right) in the front row and 5 (back-left), 6 (back-centre) and 1 (back-right) in the back row; the player in position 1 serves; on winning the serve the team rotates one position clockwise, 2 to 1 and 1 to 6; a starter may leave and re-enter once a set, only to the same place in the line-up: FIVB Official Volleyball Rules 2017-2020, rules 7.3, 7.4.1, 7.6.2, 12 and 15.6, read 2026-09-24 at https://web.archive.org/web/20170205014730/http://www.fivb.org/EN/Refereeing-Rules/documents/FIVB-Volleyball_Rules_2017-2020-EN-v06.pdf (the copy Wikipedia cites). The libero replacing back-row players outside the substitution count: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball, section Libero (read 2026-09-24). The one-line notes are this site's own summary. Licence: own work

All 9 sample players

C 1

  • Callie

G 1

  • Gabby

I 1

  • Ines

J 1

  • Joy

L 1

  • Leah

M 1

  • Maya

N 1

  • Nora

P 1

  • Priya

T 1

  • Tessa
How this list was compiled

Nine made-up first names written for this site on 2026-09-24 so the page shows a finished lineup before you type your own team. They describe nobody real. Licence: own work