Aldon Smith ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Smith in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Smith a career score of 84, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

DEDAL#58ACT

Aldon Smith

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 4% all-time pass rushersIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 2012

Height6'4"

Weight280 lb

BornSep 25, 1989

Age36

CollegeMissouri See College Stats

ConferenceBig Twelve

Rookie yr2011

Draft2011 · Rd 1, Pick 7 · SF

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

36thPlayoff Sacks·5.5

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

14thsingle season·Sacks2012

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber edge rusher (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with reliable availability. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 161 · #558 · High-Value

Worth 161 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 13% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +32.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+32.2

Avg surplus

peak +48

5 seasons × ~32.2 surplus ≈ VORP 161

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

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%
2011	—	SF	15	—	36	30	6	13	27	14.0	54.0	0	4	2	1	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	SF	16	—	63	47	16	18	29	19.5	66.5	1	1	3	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	SF	10	—	29	24	5	11	18	8.5	37.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	574	79.3%	44	15.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	SF	7	—	15	10	5	4	7	2.0	13.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	418	89.0%	27	15.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	LV	9	—	27	20	7	5	8	3.5	16.5	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	OAK	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	518	77.7%	26	13.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	DAL	15	—	47	30	17	5	14	5.0	24.0	0	2	0	2	1	0	—	0.0%	809	73.0%	18	19.0%	1	1	1.0	118.7	3.0	20	6	9	24	14	0.2
Career		—	81	—	217	161	56	56	103	52.5	211.5	1	10	5	3	1	1	—	0.0%	2,319	79.7%	115	15.9%	1	1	—	—	—	20	6	9	24	14	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2011	22	SF	15	—	36	30	6	13	27	14.0	54.0	0	4	2	1	0	1	22.2
2012	23	SF	16	—	63	47	16	18	29	19.5	66.5	1	1	3	—	0	0	25.7
2013	24	SF	10	9*	29	24	5	11	18	8.5	37.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	13.3
2014	25	SF	7	6*	15	10	5	4	7	2.0	13.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	5.5
2015	26	LV	9	7*	27	20	7	5	8	3.5	16.5	0	3	0	—	0	0	7.6
2020	31	DAL	15	12*	47	30	17	5	14	5.0	24.0	0	2	0	2	1	0	13
Career			72	34*	217	161	56	56	103	—	—	1	10	5	3	1	1	87.3

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	24	SF	11	9*	—	0.0%	574	79.3%	44	15.7%
2014	25	SF	7	6*	—	0.0%	418	89.0%	27	15.6%
2015	26	OAK	9	7*	—	0.0%	518	77.7%	26	13.5%
2020	31	DAL	16	12*	—	0.0%	809	73.0%	18	19.0%
Career			43	34*	—	—	2,319	—	115	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2020	31	DAL	16	12*	1	1	1.0	118.7	3.0	20	6	9	24	14	0.2
Career			16	12*	1	1	—	—	—	20	6	9	24	14	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 84 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 84 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 83.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 84· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 81

On-field 64.9

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)

2011bestavg 77elite 702020

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 27% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

27% of the all-time Sacks leader27

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 96%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.14See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.14Snap share79.7%Def snaps2,319ReliableCV 0.34

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2011

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

EDGE · 2011 class

4.74s

40-Yard

Above avg · 57th pct

Pos 57thAll 40thClass Pos 58thClass All 40th

34"

Vertical

Above avg · 58th pct

Pos 58thAll 54thClass Pos 68thClass All 60th

118"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 55thClass Pos 64thClass All 63th

20 reps

Bench

Low · 18th pct

Pos 18thAll 44thClass Pos 11thClass All 41th

7.19s

3-Cone

Above avg · 60th pct

Pos 60thAll 46thClass Pos 50thClass All 34th

4.50s

Shuttle

Below avg · 26th pct

Pos 26thAll 29thClass Pos 24thClass All 24th

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Defense

Tkl20Solo13Ast7TFL5QBHits15Sk5.5Dis25.5FF2FR2

College Stats

MissouriCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Missouri), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2011 Draft Class· this player went #7

#1Cam NewtonQB #1Terrelle PryorWR #2Von MillerOLB #3Marcell DareusDT #4A.J. GreenWR #5Patrick PetersonCB #6Julio JonesWR #8Jake LockerQB #9Tyron SmithOT #10Blaine GabbertQB #11J.J. WattDE #12Christian PonderQB #13Nick FairleyDT #14Robert QuinnDE #15Mike PounceyC #16Ryan KerriganDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Aldon inherited the San Francisco 49ers DL room from Justin Smith (2008–2014), and handed it to Quinton Dial (2013–2016).

Charles Haley 1986–1999Ted Washington 1991–1993Troy Wilson 1993–2001Dana Stubblefield 1993–2002Bryant Young 1994–2007Junior Bryant

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2020team change
Joined DAL (from LV)
2020final season
Last recorded season with DAL
2015team change
Joined LV (from SF)
2011draft
Drafted by SF — Round 1, Pick 7

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 280 lb

Frame

263 lb at 4.74s

Size-speed

34" vert / 118" broad

Explosion

20 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	DAL	0	W9Questionable· KneeW13Questionable· Illness
2013	SF	0	W13Questionable· Shoulder

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 6-season peers. See all →

peak 88

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

A+2011

A+2012

A+2013

C2014

B2015

B2020

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

77%

Era Translator

Sacks translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2011	14	0.9	16+2	0.9
2012	19.5	1.2	21+1.5	1.2
2013	8.5	0.9	14+5.5	0.8
2014	2	0.3	5+3	0.3
2015	3.5	0.4	7+3.5	0.4
2020	5	0.3	6+1	0.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

161 career value over replacement — #558 all-time of 4,642. 26.8/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #7 (Rd 1) · SF · 2011 · +22.2 vs expected KV-H

84actual

61.8 expected · Δ+22.2

💔+37 stolen VORP·1.38 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2011

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2011 Draft Class· this player went #7

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography