NFL2000s

The 2000s in the NFL

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

Tony Gonzalez

Best single season

Michael Strahan · 2001

Evidence

10,723 player-seasons

The decade's most valuable players

1
Tony Gonzalez
TE · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2003 (26.4)
220.1
2
LaDainian Tomlinson
RB · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2006 (29.9)
200.9
3
Randy Moss
WR · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2003 (30.8)
198
4
Terrell Owens
WR · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2001 (26.7)
196.7
5
Peyton Manning
QB · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2004 (25.4)
190.1
6
Marvin Harrison
WR · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2002 (27.1)
173.3
7
Torry Holt
WR · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2003 (28.8)
173.1
8
Hines Ward
WR · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2002 (21.5)
154.5
9
Donovan McNabb
QB · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2004 (19.9)
149.5
10
Derrick Mason
WR · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2003 (18.5)
143.9
11
Shaun Alexander
RB · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2001 (25.3)
142.9
12
Chad Johnson
WR · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2005 (20.6)
142.5
13
Antonio Gates
TE · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2004 (24.8)
140.3
14
Edgerrin James
RB · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2000 (28.6)
139.8
15
Reggie Wayne
WR · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2007 (23.9)
139.5
16
Leonard Little
DE · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2006 (20.3)
139.3
17
Brett Favre
QB · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2001 (17.8)
138.7
18
Patrick Kerney
DE · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2007 (21.8)
137.4
19
Aaron Schobel
DE · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2009 (23.7)
136.9
20
Tom Brady
QB · 8 seasons in the decade · best 2007 (29)
136.1
21
Jason Taylor
OLB · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2002 (18.4)
135.7
22
Julius Peppers
DE · 8 seasons in the decade · best 2008 (22.6)
134.7
23
Michael Strahan
DE · 8 seasons in the decade · best 2001 (31.4)
132.7
24
Ahman Green
RB · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2003 (25.9)
131
25
Greg Ellis
DE · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2007 (15.7)
131

Decade VAL is the sum of a player's VAL across the decade's seasons. How VAL works.

The decade's greatest single seasons

#	Player	Season	VAL
1	Michael Strahan	2001	31.4
2	Randy Moss	2003	30.8
3	LaDainian Tomlinson	2006	29.9
4	Tom Brady	2007	29
5	Torry Holt	2003	28.8
6	Edgerrin James	2000	28.6
7	Bruce Smith	2000	28.1
8	Randy Moss	2007	27.9
9	Marshall Faulk	2000	27.7
10	Steve Smith	2005	27.6