Who carried the decade. Every season is scored against its own league with VAL, so a player is measured against the peers he actually faced, never against a different era's scoring environment.
Player of the decade
Fran TarkentonBest single season
Sonny Jurgensen · 1970Evidence
1,777 player-seasons
QB · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1975 (38.4)
QB · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1973 (34.7)
QB · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1974 (37.3)
QB · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1971 (29.2)
QB · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1975 (25.6)
WR · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (24.6)
WR · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1973 (23.7)
WR · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1976 (19)
QB · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1976 (37.7)
WR · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1974 (23.2)
RB · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1975 (28)
WR · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1974 (18.2)
RB · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1974 (22)
WR · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1971 (23.6)
WR · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (21.9)
QB · 6 seasons in the decade · best 1971 (29.2)
WR · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1973 (16.2)
QB · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (31.9)
QB · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1975 (26.8)
QB · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1978 (26.1)
RB · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (21.3)
QB · 5 seasons in the decade · best 1970 (40.8)
RB · 5 seasons in the decade · best 1977 (26.4)
QB · 6 seasons in the decade · best 1978 (26.7)
RB · 6 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (19.2)
Decade VAL is the sum of a player's VAL across the decade's seasons. How VAL works.
| # | Player | Season | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonny Jurgensen | 1970 | 40.8 |
| 2 | Fran Tarkenton | 1975 | 38.4 |
| 3 | Bert Jones | 1976 | 37.7 |
| 4 | Ken Stabler | 1974 | 37.3 |
| 5 | Roger Staubach | 1973 | 34.7 |
| 6 | Ken Stabler | 1976 | 34 |
| 7 | Roger Staubach | 1971 | 32.3 |
| 8 | Joe Namath | 1972 | 31.9 |
| 9 | Bert Jones | 1977 | 29.7 |
| 10 | Bob Griese | 1971 | 29.2 |
VAL player-seasons in the corpus for each year of the decade.