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Anthony Carter ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Carter in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Carter a career score of 73, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

Streaks3 straight · 1,000 receiving yards · 1988–90

WRDET#0CUT

Anthony Carter

3× Pro BowlTop 6% all-time WRsIron Man🌅 Early Bloomer · 1988

Height5'11"

Weight181 lb

Born

Career Value · VORP

196 career value over replacement — #402 all-time of 4,695. 19.6/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #334 (Rd 12) · MIA · 1983 · +73 vs expected KV-H

73actual

0 expected · Δ+73

💔+27.4 stolen VORP·1.4 szns lost

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All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 34% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

34% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader34

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

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: 94%.

Encyclopedia Coverage4/8 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)Not available for this player

Defensive StatsNot available for this player

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

NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player

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.

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

Career Milestones7

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

19861K career receiving yards
1987100 career receptions
19883K career receiving yards
198825 career receiving TDs
1989250 career receptions
19905K career receiving yards

Understanding These Stats

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.

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.

College Stats

MichiganCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Michigan), 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

Chris DolemanDE9y Steve JordanTE9y Henry ThomasNT7y Wade WilsonQB7y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Anthony inherited the Minnesota Vikings WR room from Leo Lewis (1981–1991), and handed it to Hassan Jones (1986–1992).

Jim Lash 1973–1976Leo Lewis 1981–1991Anthony Carter 1985–1993Hassan Jones 1986–1992Cris Carter 1990–2001Jake Reed

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

1994team change
Joined DET (from MIN)
1994final season
Last recorded season with DET
1985team change
Joined MIN (from MIA)
1983draft
Drafted by MIA — Round 12, Pick 334

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 181 lb

Frame

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 77

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

B1985

B1986

B+1987

B+1988

B+1989

B+1990

B1991

B1992

B1993

F1994

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

86%

Era Translator

Rec 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 Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
1985	821	51.3	860+39	50.6
1986	686	57.2	928+242	54.6
1987	922	76.8	1,221+299	71.9
1988	1,225	76.6	1,234+9	72.6
1989	1,066	66.6	1,095+29	64.4
1990	1,008	67.2	1,121+113	65.9
1991	553	36.9	618+65	36.4
1992	580	36.3	595+15	35
1993	775	51.7	825+50	48.5
1994	97	24.3	399+302	23.5

Data: nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:players, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

Anthony Carter

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Career Aging Trajectory

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

1983 Draft Class· this player went #334