Aaron Donald is one of the most decorated pass rushers in NFL history — a near-certain Hall of Famer with a 95% enshrinement probability. one of the highest career value scores of 97 places Donald in the top 1% of all pass rushers who ever played.

On the boards· Appears on 9 boards

Streaks5 straight · 10 sacks · 2017–21

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Aaron Donald

10× Pro Bowl8× All-ProTop 0% all-time pass rushersFranchise Cornerstone🌅 Early Bloomer · 2018 Team Carrier · #439

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Career Value · VORP

292 career value over replacement — #149 all-time of 4,695. 36.5/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

Led league 1×4 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #13 (Rd 1) · LA · 2014 · +35.5 vs expected KV-H

97actual

61.5 expected · Δ+35.5

💔+52.2 stolen VORP·1.43 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

3 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2014	23	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	707	67.0%	81	17.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	24	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	915	79.3%	76	16.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	25	LAR	16	—	44	33	11	17	31	8.0	56.0	0	5	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	829	76.6%	63	14.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	26	LAR	14	—	39	30	9	15	27	11.0	53.0	0	1	5	1	0	0	—	0.0%	790	82.0%	72	16.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	27	LAR	16	—	53	35	18	25	41	20.5	86.5	0	1	4	2	0	0	—	0.0%	914	90.0%	81	16.8%	1	0	0.0	39.6	-2.0	70	30	19	0	6	0.1
2019	28	LAR	16	—	44	25	19	20	24	12.5	56.5	0	2	2	1	0	1	—	0.0%	926	83.3%	76	16.1%	0	0	—	—	—	55	32	9	0	6	0.1
2020	29	LAR	16	—	44	26	18	14	28	13.5	55.5	0	1	4	1	0	0	—	0.0%	865	84.5%	36	8.3%	2	2	1.0	97.9	-5.5	45	14	15	0	2	0.0
2021	30	LAR	17	—	76	30	46	19	25	12.5	56.5	0	4	4	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,041	89.5%	—	0.0%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-6.0	41	16	10	0	6	0.1
2022	31	LAR	11	—	41	19	22	10	11	5.0	26.0	0	2	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	616	89.0%	5	1.9%	2	1	0.5	56.2	-2.5	16	5	6	0	2	0.0
2023	32	LAR	16	—	48	23	25	16	23	8.0	47.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	867	80.9%	7	1.5%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-6.0	31	8	14	0	5	0.1
2026	35	LAR	3	—	6	2	4	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	111	58.7%	2	2.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	157	—	395	223	172	137	211	91.0	439.0	0	19	22	7	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	5	—	—	—	258	105	73	0	27	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

53rdSacks·91

Postseason all-time ranks

27thPlayoff Sacks·6

10x

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2018·Sacks20.5

Archetype Intelligence

Franchise CornerstoneExplore archetypes →

A top 1% all-time edge rusher with excellent availability over their career and excellent per-snap efficiency. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Record Chase →

#53 all-time in Sacks (91). 2 behind Cameron Heyward for #52 — on pace in ~1 season

Career Value · VORP

VORP 292 · #149 · All-Time

Worth 292 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 4% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 8 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +36.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+36.5

Avg surplus

peak +48

8 seasons × ~36.5 surplus ≈ VORP 292