Not to be confused withAaron Smith (LB · 1984) or Aaron Smith (LB · 2026).

Aaron Smith is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Smith in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Smith's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Aaron Smith

1× Pro BowlTop 14% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2001

Height6'5"

Weight298 lb

BornApr 19, 1976

Combined Season Grid

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

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

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1999	23	PIT	2	—	—	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	24	PIT	13	—	2.3	36	21	15	9	4	4.0	17.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2001	25	PIT	13	—	5.5	22	17	5	12	7	8.0	27.0	0	1	1	—	0	0
2002	26	PIT	16	—	2.0	55	38	17	14	6	5.5	25.5	0	2	0	3	0	0
2003	27	PIT	16	—	0.6	39	30	9	0	0	2.0	2.0	0	7	1	—	0	0
2004	28	PIT	15	—	4.6	38	25	13	0	0	7.0	7.0	0	1	2	2	0	0
2005	29	PIT	14	—	2.4	31	21	10	0	0	2.0	2.0	1	3	1	1	0	0
2006	30	PIT	15	—	1.3	48	31	17	0	6	4.0	10.0	0	2	1	1	0	0
2007	31	PIT	11	—	1.8	20	12	8	0	6	3.0	9.0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2008	32	PIT	16	—	3.4	42	26	16	8	9	5.5	22.5	0	4	0	—	0	0
2009	33	PIT	4	—	1.1	7	4	3	4	2	2.0	8.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	34	PIT	6	—	0.0	12	4	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2011	35	PIT	4	—	0.1	8	3	5	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	145	—	25.1	360	233	127	48	41	43.0	132.0	1	21	6	9	0	0

Career Value · VORP

123 career value over replacement — #858 all-time of 4,695. 10.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #109 (Rd 4) · PIT · 1999 · +32.3 vs expected KV-H

68actual

35.7 expected · Δ+32.3

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Career arc · VAL by season

12 seasons · peak 5.5 in 2001

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

1.9 career wins over 12 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2001 · +0.4 wins

0.4 of PIT's 13 wins (3%)

Defence+0.4
Team defence (share)+0.1

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia. Team wins are the club's actual regular-season wins; a traded season, or one whose club record is missing, shows no share.

Position percentile · EDGE

#217 of 1,594 all-time pass rushers by KV-H

086th percentile100

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Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
1999	23	PIT	2	—	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	—
2000	24	PIT	13	—	36	21	15	9	4	4.0	17.0	0	1	0	—	2.3
2001	25	PIT	13	—	22	17	5	12	7	8.0	27.0	0	1	1	—	5.5
2002	26	PIT	16	—	55	38	17	14	6	5.5	25.5	0	2	0	3	2
2003	27	PIT	16	—	39	30	9	0	0	2.0	2.0	0	7	1	—	0.6
2004	28	PIT	15	—	38	25	13	0	0	7.0	7.0	0	1	2	2	4.6
2005	29	PIT	14	—	31	21	10	0	0	2.0	2.0	1	3	1	1	2.4
2006	30	PIT	15	—	48	31	17	0	6	4.0	10.0	0	2	1	1	1.3
2007	31	PIT	11	—	20	12	8	0	6	3.0	9.0	0	0	0	2	1.8
2008	32	PIT	16	—	42	26	16	8	9	5.5	22.5	0	4	0	—	3.4
2009	33	PIT	4	—	7	4	3	4	2	2.0	8.0	0	0	0	—	1.1
2010	34	PIT	6	—	12	4	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0
2011	35	PIT	4	—	8	3	5	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0.1
Career			145		360	233	127	48	41	43.0	132.0	1	21	6	9	25.1