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Background: The dietary inflammatory index is a new tool that evaluates the overall inflammatory potential of the diet by creating an experimental score based on food groups. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the inflammatory index of diet and the physical fitness status of volleyballist girls. Methodology: 80 female volleyball players with mean of age 22.2±1.71year, height 170.5± 2. 5 cm, weight 64.5±3.5 kg, participated in this research.FFQ food frequency questionnaire, body mass index, ratio of waist circumference to hip circumference, Rast test, Cooper test, 9 x 4 meter running test and balance subtest of Broninks-Ozertsky test were used to measure the research variablesPearson correlation test was used to identify the relationship between variables through SPSS software. Findings: The results of the correlation test showed that there was a significant relationship between the inflammatory index of the diet, cardiovascular endurance and body mass index (BMI) in female volleyball players (P≤0.05). However, there was no significant relationship between the inflammatory index of the diet with anaerobic power, agility, static and dynamic balance, and the ratio of waist circumference to hip circumference in female volleyball players (P>0.05). Conclusion: There is a direct relationship between anti-inflammatory diets and cardiovascular endurance and BMI of volleyballist girls.