Andy Dalton is one of the most consistent quarterbacks of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Dalton delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.

On the boards· Appears on 3 boards

QBPHI#14CUT

Andy Dalton

3× Pro BowlTop 15% all-time QBsElite Playmaker📉 Fades · -34% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2013Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #125

Career Value · VORP

221 career value over replacement — #313 all-time of 4,695. 15.8/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

4 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Compiler31% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way Mr. ReliableCV 0.24

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #35 (Rd 2) · CIN · 2011 · +6.2 vs expected KV-H

61actual

54.8 expected · Δ+6.2

💔+78.4 stolen VORP·4.96 szns lost

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Height6'2"

Weight220 lb

BornOct 29, 1987

Age38

CollegeTCU See College Stats

ConferenceMountain West

Rookie yr2011

Draft2011 · Rd 2, Pick 35 · CIN

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #125 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

6 qualifying seasons

2019 CIN·2 team wins#18

Passing Yards · 3,494 · score 40

2016 CIN·6 team wins#11

Passing Yards · 4,206 · score 15

2018 CIN·6 team wins#17

Passing Touchdowns · 21 · score 9

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 45% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

45% of the all-time Passing Yards leader45

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 90%.

Encyclopedia Coverage7/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Combine · 2011

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

QB · 2011 class

4.83s

40-Yard

Below avg · 44th pct

Pos 44thAll 34thClass Pos 41thClass All 36th

29.5"

Vertical

Below avg · 28th pct

Pos 28thAll 20thClass Pos 22thClass All 23th

106"

Broad Jump

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Passer Rating: 87.4 regular season → 57.8 playoffs (4 playoff seasons)

-34%

vs reg season

Career Milestones12

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

20111K career passing yards
20125K career passing yards
201225 career passing TDs
201310K career passing yards
201350 career passing TDs
2015100 career passing TDs
2016

Understanding These Stats

Passing

Cmp / Att — Completions and pass attempts.

Cmp% — Completion percentage — completions ÷ attempts × 100.

Yds — Passing yards — total air + yards after catch on completions.

TD / TD% — Passing touchdowns. TD% = TDs per 100 attempts, measuring scoring efficiency.

Int / Int% — Interceptions thrown. Int% = INTs per 100 attempts — the primary ball-security metric.

Y/A — Yards per attempt — passing yards ÷ attempts. The core passing efficiency rate.

AdjY/A — Adjusted yards per attempt: (Pass Yds + 20×TD − 45×INT) ÷ Att. Penalizes turnovers and rewards touchdowns — widely considered the most predictive single-season QB metric.

TD:INT — TD-to-interception ratio — passing touchdowns ÷ interceptions thrown. Elite QBs sustain career ratios above 3.0; HOF greats often exceed 4.0. Not shown when no interceptions.

Rate — NFL passer rating — the official formula combining Cmp%, Y/A, TD%, and INT% on a 0–158.3 scale. Good QB performance ≈ 90+; elite ≈ 110+.

Sk — Times sacked — how many times the QB was brought down behind the line of scrimmage.

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Passing

Cmp88Att158Cmp%55.7%Yds873TD1Int6TD%0.6Int%3.8Y/A5.5

College Stats

TCUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (TCU), 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.

Top Teammates

Carlos DunlapDE9y Kevin HuberP9y Geno AtkinsDT9y A.J. GreenWR8y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Andy inherited the Cincinnati Bengals QB room from Carson Palmer (2004–2010), and handed it to Joe Burrow (2020–2026).

Boomer Esiason 1984–1997Jeff Blake 1994–1999Jon Kitna 2001–2005Carson Palmer 2004–2010Andy Dalton 2011–2019Joe Burrow

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2026team change
Joined PHI (from CAR)
2026final season
Last recorded season with PHI
2023team change
Joined CAR (from NO)
2022team change
Joined NO (from CHI)
2021team change
Joined CHI (from DAL)
2020team change
Joined DAL (from CIN)
2011draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 2, Pick 35

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 220 lb

Frame

215 lb at 4.83s

Size-speed

29.5" vert / 106" broad

Explosion

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 14-season peers. See all →

peak 66

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

C+2011

B2012

B2013

C+2014

C+2015

B2016

C2017

C+2018

B2019

C2020

D2021

C+2022

F2024

F2025

Era Translator

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

Season	Actual Pass Yds	Pass Yds/G	→ 2025 Pass Yds	→ 2025 /G
2011	3,398	212.4	3,549+151	208.7
2012	3,669	229.3	3,732+63	219.5
2013	4,293	268.3	4,164-129	244.9
2014	3,398	212.4	3,276-122	192.7
2015	3,250	250	3,826+576	225.1
2016	4,206	262.9	3,962-244	233
2017	3,320	207.5	3,095-225	182
2018	2,566	233.3	3,571+1,005	210.1
2019	3,494	268.8	4,140+646	243.5
2020	2,170	197.3	3,126+956	183.9
2021	1,515	189.4	3,054+1,539	179.7
2022	2,871	205.1	3,416+545	200.9
2024	989	164.8	2,872+1,883	169
2025	293	73.3	1,245+952	73.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 10/15/2026

Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro Day40-yard dash, vertical, broad jump, 3-cone, shuttle, bench press. Source: nflverse combine.csv.

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average QBs aging curve. Group peak age: 24. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Pos 22thAll 17thClass Pos 22thClass All 22th

6.93s

3-Cone

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 80thClass Pos 43thClass All 67th

4.27s

Shuttle

Above avg · 63th pct

Pos 63thAll 64thClass Pos 37thClass All 56th

20K career passing yards

2017150 career passing TDs

20171K career rushing yards

201930K career passing yards

2019200 career passing TDs

2024250 career passing TDs

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Snap Counts (2012–present)

Off / Off% — Offensive snaps played and share of team total. The most reliable usage metric for skill positions and OL.

Def / Def% — Defensive snaps played and share of team total.

ST / ST% — Special-teams snaps played and share of team total.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Rushing

Att16Yds92Y/A5.81D51D%31.3Fmb1

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 16 seasons.

69%

20112026

2018 · cause not documented · 69%2020 · cause not documented · 69%2021 · cause not documented · 47%2023 · cause not documented · 18%2024 · cause not documented · 35%2025 · cause not documented · 24%2026 · cause not documented · 6%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Typical

Canton Monitor · HOF

Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →

11%

Active · Longshot

What carries the case

Longevity 51.1%Pro Bowls 27.9%Era Quality (KV-H) 14.9%All-Time Ranks 6.2%

Monitor score 32.3 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity78

Peak66

Accolades8

Consistency76

Per-Snap50

Wasted Talent#40 most affected

This player carries the statistical signature of a Hall-of-Fame candidate whose career was cut short by injury or circumstance. The gap between their ceiling and actual production is quantified below.

HOF Probability

1090%

active-longshot

Durability IQ

Typical

Availability Rate

6900%

of games played vs eligible

IR / Lost Seasons

seasons lost to injury

Career Geography

Journeyman · 6 crestsLeague board →

Wore 6 distinct franchise crests across 16 seasons (2011–2026) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

CIN 2011–2019 DAL 2020 CHI 2021 NO 2022 CAR 2023–2025 PHI 2026

On the boards· Appears on 3 boards

Andy Dalton

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2011

Postseason Career

Passing

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Rushing

2011 Draft Class· this player went #35

Career Geography