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Comebacks & leaps
Home / Leaders / Career Resurrection IndexNFL Career Resurrection Index Players who fell from their peak, hit rock bottom, then came back. Derived from StatVault's proprietary KV-H (Historical Knox Value) metric — a comeback pattern box scores can't capture.
■ Peak■ Trough■ Recovery700 careers identified · showing top 100
Elite Comebacks (Score ≥ 80) 1 Peak: 99 (2012) → Trough: 22 (2023) → Recovery: 85 (2025)
↓ 77pt drop ↑ 63pt recovery
2 Peak: 99 (2012) → Trough: 23 (2017) → Recovery: 99 (2018)
↓ 76pt drop ↑ 76pt recovery
3 Peak: 76 (1996) → Trough: 12 (2002) → Recovery: 64 (2004)
↓ 64pt drop ↑ 52pt recovery
4 Peak: 89 (2010) → Trough: 20 (2015) → Recovery: 82 (2019)
↓ 69pt drop ↑ 62pt recovery
5 Peak: 99 (2017) → Trough: 30 (2020) → Recovery: 88 (2021)
↓ 69pt drop ↑ 58pt recovery
6 Peak: 82 (1997) → Trough: 17 (1998) → Recovery: 71 (1999)
↓ 65pt drop ↑ 54pt recovery
7 Peak: 75 (2012) → Trough: 15 (2015) → Recovery: 68 (2017)
↓ 60pt drop ↑ 53pt recovery
8 Peak: 70 (2007) → Trough: 3 (2014) → Recovery: 41 (2015)
↓ 67pt drop ↑ 38pt recovery
Notable Comebacks (50–79) 9 Peak: 73 (2007) → Trough: 20 (2008) → Recovery: 73 (2015)
↓ 53pt drop ↑ 53pt recovery
Additional Comebacks (< 50) 42 Peak: 90 (1996) → Trough: 26 (2000) → Recovery: 65 (2001)
↓ 64pt drop ↑ 39pt recovery
U-shaped: drop ≥15pts from peak then recovery ≥15pts above trough, min 6 seasons. FS
78.5
Peak: 99 (2009) → Trough: 44 (2012) → Recovery: 86 (2015)
↓ 55pt drop ↑ 42pt recovery
11 Peak: 98 (2006) → Trough: 29 (2008) → Recovery: 90 (2009)
↓ 69pt drop ↑ 61pt recovery
12 Peak: 94 (2002) → Trough: 38 (2004) → Recovery: 90 (2009)
↓ 56pt drop ↑ 52pt recovery
13 Peak: 99 (2014) → Trough: 42 (2016) → Recovery: 92 (2022)
↓ 57pt drop ↑ 50pt recovery
14 Peak: 93 (1967) → Trough: 19 (1971) → Recovery: 52 (1974)
↓ 74pt drop ↑ 33pt recovery
15 Peak: 66 (1996) → Trough: 5 (2001) → Recovery: 56 (2005)
↓ 61pt drop ↑ 51pt recovery
16 Peak: 58 (1996) → Trough: 4 (2003) → Recovery: 56 (2005)
↓ 54pt drop ↑ 52pt recovery
17 Peak: 85 (1984) → Trough: 36 (1993) → Recovery: 76 (1994)
↓ 49pt drop ↑ 40pt recovery
18 Peak: 72 (2010) → Trough: 17 (2018) → Recovery: 50 (2021)
↓ 55pt drop ↑ 33pt recovery
19 Peak: 99 (2011) → Trough: 47 (2015) → Recovery: 95 (2018)
↓ 52pt drop ↑ 48pt recovery
20 Peak: 98 (2001) → Trough: 38 (2003) → Recovery: 98 (2005)
↓ 60pt drop ↑ 60pt recovery
21 Peak: 75 (2004) → Trough: 17 (2006) → Recovery: 60 (2007)
↓ 58pt drop ↑ 43pt recovery
22 Peak: 91 (2018) → Trough: 24 (2019) → Recovery: 90 (2023)
↓ 67pt drop ↑ 66pt recovery
23 Peak: 89 (1995) → Trough: 42 (1998) → Recovery: 83 (2000)
↓ 47pt drop ↑ 41pt recovery
24 Peak: 68 (2000) → Trough: 5 (2006) → Recovery: 54 (2007)
↓ 63pt drop ↑ 49pt recovery
25 Peak: 79 (2005) → Trough: 23 (2010) → Recovery: 73 (2011)
↓ 56pt drop ↑ 50pt recovery
26 Peak: 97 (2011) → Trough: 42 (2015) → Recovery: 85 (2017)
↓ 55pt drop ↑ 43pt recovery
27 Peak: 67 (1982) → Trough: 14 (1990) → Recovery: 58 (1991)
↓ 53pt drop ↑ 44pt recovery
28 Peak: 99 (1985) → Trough: 42 (1989) → Recovery: 82 (1993)
↓ 57pt drop ↑ 40pt recovery
29 Peak: 94 (2018) → Trough: 18 (2020) → Recovery: 66 (2022)
↓ 76pt drop ↑ 48pt recovery
30 Peak: 78 (1998) → Trough: 34 (2004) → Recovery: 78 (2006)
↓ 44pt drop ↑ 44pt recovery
31 Peak: 72 (2002) → Trough: 16 (2007) → Recovery: 51 (2008)
↓ 56pt drop ↑ 35pt recovery
32 Peak: 98 (2011) → Trough: 53 (2012) → Recovery: 91 (2014)
↓ 45pt drop ↑ 38pt recovery
33 Peak: 99 (1994) → Trough: 38 (2002) → Recovery: 70 (2003)
↓ 61pt drop ↑ 32pt recovery
34 Peak: 79 (2006) → Trough: 17 (2011) → Recovery: 57 (2012)
↓ 62pt drop ↑ 40pt recovery
35 Peak: 95 (2001) → Trough: 35 (2007) → Recovery: 75 (2008)
↓ 60pt drop ↑ 40pt recovery
36 Peak: 88 (2014) → Trough: 32 (2017) → Recovery: 79 (2018)
↓ 56pt drop ↑ 47pt recovery
37 Peak: 66 (2016) → Trough: 18 (2020) → Recovery: 50 (2024)
↓ 48pt drop ↑ 32pt recovery
38 Peak: 82 (1999) → Trough: 17 (2003) → Recovery: 53 (2005)
↓ 65pt drop ↑ 36pt recovery
39 Peak: 99 (1994) → Trough: 32 (1995) → Recovery: 74 (1996)
↓ 67pt drop ↑ 42pt recovery
40 Peak: 90 (2009) → Trough: 37 (2014) → Recovery: 90 (2016)
↓ 53pt drop ↑ 53pt recovery
41 Peak: 74 (1997) → Trough: 17 (1999) → Recovery: 72 (2001)
↓ 57pt drop ↑ 55pt recovery
(2016)
→
Trough: 41 (2022)
→
Recovery: 88 (2023)
↓ 53pt drop ↑ 47pt recovery
44 Peak: 83 (2017) → Trough: 39 (2020) → Recovery: 86 (2025)
↓ 44pt drop ↑ 47pt recovery
45 Peak: 67 (2005) → Trough: 16 (2007) → Recovery: 60 (2013)
↓ 51pt drop ↑ 44pt recovery
46 Peak: 91 (2006) → Trough: 37 (2007) → Recovery: 72 (2009)
↓ 54pt drop ↑ 35pt recovery
47 Peak: 62 (2015) → Trough: 23 (2019) → Recovery: 86 (2025)
↓ 39pt drop ↑ 63pt recovery
48 Peak: 74 (1999) → Trough: 18 (2004) → Recovery: 54 (2006)
↓ 56pt drop ↑ 36pt recovery
49 Peak: 82 (2017) → Trough: 17 (2023) → Recovery: 70 (2024)
↓ 65pt drop ↑ 53pt recovery
50 Peak: 74 (2006) → Trough: 20 (2008) → Recovery: 57 (2010)
↓ 54pt drop ↑ 37pt recovery
51 Peak: 85 (2018) → Trough: 25 (2021) → Recovery: 69 (2022)
↓ 60pt drop ↑ 44pt recovery
52 Peak: 89 (2003) → Trough: 33 (2005) → Recovery: 71 (2006)
↓ 56pt drop ↑ 38pt recovery
53 Peak: 81 (2019) → Trough: 6 (2023) → Recovery: 45 (2024)
↓ 75pt drop ↑ 39pt recovery
54 Peak: 99 (2007) → Trough: 53 (2011) → Recovery: 99 (2014)
↓ 46pt drop ↑ 46pt recovery
55 Peak: 97 (2005) → Trough: 53 (2008) → Recovery: 97 (2009)
↓ 44pt drop ↑ 44pt recovery
56 Peak: 91 (2009) → Trough: 42 (2011) → Recovery: 85 (2016)
↓ 49pt drop ↑ 43pt recovery
57 Peak: 85 (1993) → Trough: 21 (2002) → Recovery: 51 (2003)
↓ 64pt drop ↑ 30pt recovery
58 Peak: 63 (2009) → Trough: 4 (2012) → Recovery: 47 (2013)
↓ 59pt drop ↑ 43pt recovery
59 Peak: 84 (2019) → Trough: 26 (2024) → Recovery: 75 (2025)
↓ 58pt drop ↑ 49pt recovery
60 Peak: 98 (2001) → Trough: 45 (2009) → Recovery: 75 (2012)
↓ 53pt drop ↑ 30pt recovery
61 Peak: 85 (1964) → Trough: 34 (1974) → Recovery: 61 (1975)
↓ 51pt drop ↑ 27pt recovery
62 Peak: 72 (1993) → Trough: 18 (1997) → Recovery: 63 (2000)
↓ 54pt drop ↑ 45pt recovery
63 Peak: 79 (2014) → Trough: 17 (2015) → Recovery: 61 (2016)
↓ 62pt drop ↑ 44pt recovery
64 Peak: 94 (2002) → Trough: 32 (2007) → Recovery: 59 (2008)
↓ 62pt drop ↑ 27pt recovery
65 Peak: 76 (2008) → Trough: 28 (2012) → Recovery: 78 (2014)
↓ 48pt drop ↑ 50pt recovery
66 Peak: 75 (2011) → Trough: 18 (2019) → Recovery: 60 (2020)
↓ 57pt drop ↑ 42pt recovery
67 Peak: 86 (2013) → Trough: 35 (2015) → Recovery: 67 (2016)
↓ 51pt drop ↑ 32pt recovery
68 Peak: 70 (2003) → Trough: 16 (2006) → Recovery: 65 (2009)
↓ 54pt drop ↑ 49pt recovery
69 Peak: 70 (2005) → Trough: 22 (2006) → Recovery: 53 (2007)
↓ 48pt drop ↑ 31pt recovery
70 Peak: 75 (1992) → Trough: 24 (1993) → Recovery: 75 (1994)
↓ 51pt drop ↑ 51pt recovery
71 Peak: 99 (1998) → Trough: 29 (1999) → Recovery: 71 (2001)
↓ 70pt drop ↑ 42pt recovery
72 Peak: 74 (2000) → Trough: 23 (2001) → Recovery: 73 (2002)
↓ 51pt drop ↑ 50pt recovery
73 Peak: 73 (2006) → Trough: 25 (2008) → Recovery: 72 (2011)
↓ 48pt drop ↑ 47pt recovery
74 Peak: 92 (2002) → Trough: 33 (2003) → Recovery: 71 (2005)
↓ 59pt drop ↑ 38pt recovery
75 Peak: 91 (1999) → Trough: 43 (2004) → Recovery: 71 (2005)
↓ 48pt drop ↑ 28pt recovery
76 Peak: 86 (2004) → Trough: 26 (2008) → Recovery: 56 (2009)
↓ 60pt drop ↑ 30pt recovery
77 Peak: 82 (1989) → Trough: 41 (1995) → Recovery: 71 (1996)
↓ 41pt drop ↑ 30pt recovery
78 Peak: 77 (1985) → Trough: 25 (1987) → Recovery: 72 (1988)
↓ 52pt drop ↑ 47pt recovery
79 Peak: 91 (2012) → Trough: 46 (2015) → Recovery: 89 (2016)
↓ 45pt drop ↑ 43pt recovery
80 Peak: 99 (2018) → Trough: 44 (2023) → Recovery: 71 (2024)
↓ 55pt drop ↑ 27pt recovery
81 Peak: 92 (2016) → Trough: 45 (2017) → Recovery: 74 (2019)
↓ 47pt drop ↑ 29pt recovery
82 Peak: 75 (1998) → Trough: 21 (2003) → Recovery: 53 (2004)
↓ 54pt drop ↑ 32pt recovery
83 Peak: 95 (2004) → Trough: 47 (2007) → Recovery: 86 (2008)
↓ 48pt drop ↑ 39pt recovery
84 Peak: 80 (2011) → Trough: 41 (2017) → Recovery: 69 (2018)
↓ 39pt drop ↑ 28pt recovery
85 Peak: 82 (2020) → Trough: 34 (2024) → Recovery: 89 (2025)
↓ 48pt drop ↑ 55pt recovery
86 Peak: 68 (2020) → Trough: 19 (2021) → Recovery: 61 (2022)
↓ 49pt drop ↑ 42pt recovery
87 Peak: 79 (2017) → Trough: 30 (2019) → Recovery: 64 (2021)
↓ 49pt drop ↑ 34pt recovery
88 Peak: 63 (2020) → Trough: 17 (2024) → Recovery: 61 (2025)
↓ 46pt drop ↑ 44pt recovery
89 Peak: 70 (1989) → Trough: 17 (1994) → Recovery: 55 (1995)
↓ 53pt drop ↑ 38pt recovery
90 Peak: 72 (2006) → Trough: 34 (2011) → Recovery: 68 (2012)
↓ 38pt drop ↑ 34pt recovery
91 Peak: 93 (2001) → Trough: 29 (2002) → Recovery: 64 (2003)
↓ 64pt drop ↑ 35pt recovery
92 Peak: 99 (2017) → Trough: 52 (2021) → Recovery: 73 (2023)
↓ 47pt drop ↑ 21pt recovery
93 Peak: 79 (2007) → Trough: 30 (2011) → Recovery: 75 (2012)
↓ 49pt drop ↑ 45pt recovery
94 Peak: 78 (2006) → Trough: 15 (2009) → Recovery: 50 (2010)
↓ 63pt drop ↑ 35pt recovery
95 Peak: 63 (2001) → Trough: 20 (2003) → Recovery: 61 (2005)
↓ 43pt drop ↑ 41pt recovery
96 Peak: 55 (1998) → Trough: 19 (1999) → Recovery: 54 (2003)
↓ 36pt drop ↑ 35pt recovery
97 Peak: 97 (2010) → Trough: 52 (2013) → Recovery: 82 (2019)
↓ 45pt drop ↑ 30pt recovery
98 Peak: 80 (1956) → Trough: 30 (1959) → Recovery: 57 (1961)
↓ 50pt drop ↑ 27pt recovery
99 Peak: 81 (2003) → Trough: 22 (2004) → Recovery: 59 (2007)
↓ 59pt drop ↑ 37pt recovery
100 Peak: 87 (2001) → Trough: 40 (2006) → Recovery: 77 (2008)
↓ 47pt drop ↑ 37pt recovery