Great seasons
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The 50 greatest individual seasons across all positions — ranked by within-position-group percentile using era-adjusted stats. A 100% score means the best adjusted season ever recorded at that position. Compare Brady 2007 to Ed Reed 2010 to Barry Sanders 1999 on the same canvas.
1 Interceptions: 12 era-adj · #1 of 3,984 DB seasons
2 Sacks: 24 era-adj · #1 of 6,444 EDGE seasons
3 Tackles: 195 era-adj · #1 of 2,601 LB seasons
4 Passing Yards: 6,570 era-adj · #1 of 1,320 QB seasons
5 Rushing Yards: 2,626 era-adj · #1 of 3,741 RB seasons
6 Receiving Yards (TE): 1,841 era-adj · #1 of 2,115 TE seasons
7 Receiving Yards: 2,001 era-adj · #1 of 4,360 WR seasons
8 Sacks: 22 era-adj · #2 of 6,444 EDGE seasons
9 Receiving Yards: 1,919 era-adj · #2 of 4,360 WR seasons
10 Interceptions: 10 era-adj · #2 of 3,984 DB seasons
11 Sacks: 21 era-adj · #3 of 6,444 EDGE seasons
12 Rushing Yards: 2,556 era-adj · #2 of 3,741 RB seasons
13 Tackles: 194 era-adj · #2 of 2,601 LB seasons
14 Interceptions: 10 era-adj · #3 of 3,984 DB seasons
15 Sacks: 21 era-adj · #4 of 6,444 EDGE seasons
16 Rushing Yards: 2,547 era-adj · #3 of 3,741 RB seasons
17 Receiving Yards (TE): 1,826 era-adj · #2 of 2,115 TE seasons
18 Receiving Yards: 1,911 era-adj · #3 of 4,360 WR seasons
19 Sacks: 21 era-adj · #5 of 6,444 EDGE seasons
20 Receiving Yards: 1,887 era-adj · #4 of 4,360 WR seasons
21 Interceptions: 10 era-adj · #4 of 3,984 DB seasons
22 Sacks: 20 era-adj · #6 of 6,444 EDGE seasons
23 Tackles: 187 era-adj · #3 of 2,601 LB seasons
24 Passing Yards: 5,540 era-adj · #2 of 1,320 QB seasons
25 Rushing Yards: 2,508 era-adj · #4 of 3,741 RB seasons
26 Sacks: 20 era-adj · #7 of 6,444 EDGE seasons
27 Receiving Yards (TE): 1,821 era-adj · #3 of 2,115 TE seasons
28 Receiving Yards: 1,880 era-adj · #5 of 4,360 WR seasons
29 Interceptions: 10 era-adj · #5 of 3,984 DB seasons
30 Sacks: 20 era-adj · #8 of 6,444 EDGE seasons
31 Rushing Yards: 2,490 era-adj · #5 of 3,741 RB seasons
32 Receiving Yards: 1,871 era-adj · #6 of 4,360 WR seasons
33 Sacks: 20 era-adj · #9 of 6,444 EDGE seasons
34 Tackles: 181 era-adj · #4 of 2,601 LB seasons
35 Interceptions: 9 era-adj · #6 of 3,984 DB seasons
36 Rushing Yards: 2,477 era-adj · #6 of 3,741 RB seasons
37 Sacks: 20 era-adj · #10 of 6,444 EDGE seasons
38 Receiving Yards (TE): 1,714 era-adj · #4 of 2,115 TE seasons
39 Receiving Yards: 1,826 era-adj · #7 of 4,360 WR seasons
40 Interceptions: 9 era-adj · #7 of 3,984 DB seasons
41 Tackles: 180 era-adj · #5 of 2,601 LB seasons
42 Passing Yards: 5,314 era-adj · #3 of 1,320 QB seasons
43 Sacks: 19 era-adj · #11 of 6,444 EDGE seasons
44 Rushing Yards: 2,469 era-adj · #7 of 3,741 RB seasons
45 Receiving Yards: 1,824 era-adj · #8 of 4,360 WR seasons
46 Sacks: 19 era-adj · #12 of 6,444 EDGE seasons
47 Interceptions: 9 era-adj · #8 of 3,984 DB seasons
48 Receiving Yards: 1,822 era-adj · #9 of 4,360 WR seasons
49 Sacks: 19 era-adj · #13 of 6,444 EDGE seasons
50 Tackles: 178 era-adj · #6 of 2,601 LB seasons
50 seasons shown · StatVault era-adjusted encyclopedia
Rankings as of 2026-10-15 , as declared by the corpus that produced them.