Aqib Talib ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Talib in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Talib a career score of 78, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Aqib Talib

5× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 3% all-time defensive backsIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 2010 Team Carrier · #211

Height6'1"

Weight209 lb

BornFeb 13, 1986

Age40

CollegeKansas See College Stats

Rookie yr2008

Draft2008 · Rd 1, Pick 20 · TB

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

68thInterceptions·35

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber defensive back (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 225 · #295 · Elite

Worth 225 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 7% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +22.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+22.5

Avg surplus

peak +44

10 seasons × ~22.5 surplus ≈ VORP 225

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%
2008	—	TB	15	—	18	12	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	9	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	TB	15	—	62	54	8	2	0	0.0	2.0	5	14	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	TB	11	—	36	35	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	6	11	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	TB	12	—	32	29	3	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	11	1	—	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	NE	9	—	40	33	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	10	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	NE	13	—	41	35	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	14	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	844	93.4%	18	9.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	DEN	15	—	62	53	9	3	1	1.0	5.0	4	16	1	—	2	0	—	0.0%	916	87.5%	2	4.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	DEN	15	—	44	38	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	13	0	—	2	0	—	0.0%	977	95.2%	52	11.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	DEN	13	—	42	31	11	1	1	0.0	2.0	3	12	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	871	94.0%	48	13.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	DEN	12	—	29	21	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	7	1	—	1	0	—	0.0%	750	82.6%	28	13.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	LA	7	—	22	17	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	5	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	388	79.0%	—	0.0%	31	20	0.6	78.0	10.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
2019	—	LA	5	—	14	7	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	334	96.8%	—	0.0%	31	18	0.6	113.8	10.9	0	0	0	0	2	0.1
Career		—	142	—	442	365	77	12	2	1.0	15.0	35	124	5	3	10	0	—	0.0%	5,080	89.8%	148	10.4%	62	38	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	3	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2008	22	TB	15	—	18	12	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	9	0	—	0	8.4
2009	23	TB	15	—	62	54	8	2	0	0.0	2.0	5	14	0	1	0	11.1
2010	24	TB	11	—	36	35	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	6	11	0	—	1	10.4
2011	25	TB	12	—	32	29	3	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	11	1	—	2	8.8
2012	26	NE	9	—	40	33	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	10	0	1	1	7.2
2013	27	NE	13	12*	41	35	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	14	1	—	0	10.2
2014	28	DEN	15	13*	62	53	9	3	1	1.0	5.0	4	16	1	—	2	13.8
2015	29	DEN	15	14*	44	38	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	13	0	—	2	11.5
2016	30	DEN	13	12*	42	31	11	1	1	0.0	2.0	3	12	0	—	1	9.9
2017	31	DEN	12	12*	29	21	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	7	1	—	1	7.4
2018	32	LA	7	6*	22	17	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	5	1	1	0	4.9
2019	33	LA	5	5*	14	7	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	1.7
Career			142	74*	442	365	77	12	2	—	—	35	124	5	3	10	105.3

* 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	27	NE	13	12*	—	0.0%	844	93.4%	18	9.2%
2014	28	DEN	15	13*	—	0.0%	916	87.5%	2	4.0%
2015	29	DEN	15	14*	—	0.0%	977	95.2%	52	11.7%
2016	30	DEN	13	12*	—	0.0%	871	94.0%	48	13.8%
2017	31	DEN	15	12*	—	0.0%	750	82.6%	28	13.3%
2018	32	LA	8	6*	—	0.0%	388	79.0%	—	0.0%
2019	33	LA	5	5*	—	0.0%	334	96.8%	—	0.0%
Career			84	74*	—	—	5,080	—	148	—

* 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	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	32	LA	8	6*	31	20	0.6	78.0	10.0	1	0.0
2019	33	LA	5	5*	31	18	0.6	113.8	10.9	2	0.1
Career			13	11*	62	38	—	—	—	3	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 78 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 78 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 73.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 78· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 69

On-field 53.3

Availability 15.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2008bestavg 65elite 702019

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #211 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2009 TB·3 team wins#14

Interceptions · 5 · score 48

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 16% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

16% of the all-time Interceptions leader16

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.929See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.929Snap share89.8%Def snaps5,080ReliableCV 0.38

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within defensive backs, 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 defensive backs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2008

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

DB · 2008 class

4.44s

40-Yard

Above avg · 72th pct

Pos 72thAll 87thClass Pos 50thClass All 84th

38"

Vertical

Above avg · 74th pct

Pos 74thAll 87thClass Pos 94thClass All 98th

131"

Broad Jump

Elite · 91th pct

Pos 91thAll 97thClass Pos 97thClass All 99th

10 reps

Bench

Low · 9th pct

Pos 9thAll 3thClass Pos 2thClass All 1th

6.82s

3-Cone

Above avg · 71th pct

Pos 71thAll 89thClass Pos 90thClass All 91th

4.22s

Shuttle

Below avg · 38th pct

Pos 38thAll 69thClass Pos 65thClass All 83th

Postseason Career

11 playoff games

Defense

Tkl45Solo39Ast6QBHits1Dis1.0PD8FF1

College Stats

KansasCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Kansas), 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.

2008 Draft Class· this player went #20

#11Leodis McKelvinCB #12Ryan CladyOT #13Jonathan StewartRB #15Branden AlbertOT #16Dominique Rodgers-CromartieCB #17Gosder CherilusOT #18Joe FlaccoQB #19Jeff OtahOT #21Sam BakerOT #22Felix JonesRB #23Rashard MendenhallRB #24Chris JohnsonRB #25Mike JenkinsDB #26Duane BrownOT #27Antoine CasonCB #28Lawrence JacksonDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Aqib inherited the Denver Broncos DB room from T.J. Ward (2014–2016), and handed it to Bradley Roby (2014–2018).

Tyrone Braxton 1988–1999Charles Dimry 1991–1993Ray Crockett 1994–2000Darrien Gordon 1997–1998Eric Brown 1998–2001Deltha O'Neal

Similar Players

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

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Movementderived from season history

2019final season
Last recorded season with LA
2018team change
Joined LA (from DEN)
2014team change
Joined DEN (from NE)
2012team change
Joined NE (from TB)
2008draft
Drafted by TB — Round 1, Pick 20

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 209 lb

Frame

202 lb at 4.44s

Size-speed

38" vert / 131" broad

Explosion

10 reps

Bench power

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2019	LA	1	W6Out· Ribs
2016	DEN	2	W8Questionable· Low BackW9Out· BackW10Out· Back
2015	DEN	0	W6Questionable· Ankle
2014	DEN	0	W13Questionable· Hamstring
2013	NE	0	W7Doubtful· HipW8Questionable· HipW9Questionable· HipW11Questionable· HipW12Questionable· HipW13Questionable· HipW14Questionable· Hip
2012	NE	0	W15Questionable· HipW16Questionable· HipW17Questionable· Hip
2011	TB	1	W14Out· Hamstring
2009	TB	0	W13Questionable· Hamstring

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 12-season peers. See all →

peak 80

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

B+2008

A2009

A+2010

B2011

B2012

B+2013

B+2014

B+2015

B2016

C+2017

C2018

F2019

Availability

Era Translator

INT 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 INT	INT/G	→ 2025 INT	→ 2025 /G
2008	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2009	5	0.3	5	0.3
2010	6	0.5	8+2	0.5
2011	2	0.2	2	0.1
2012	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2013	4	0.3	4	0.2
2014	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2015	3	0.2	3	0.2
2016	3	0.2	3	0.2
2017	1	0.1	1	0.1
2018	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2019	0	0	0	0

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

225 career value over replacement — #295 all-time of 4,642. 18.8/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #20 (Rd 1) · TB · 2008 · +21.5 vs expected KV-H

78actual

56.5 expected · Δ+21.5

💔+54.1 stolen VORP·2.88 szns lost

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2008

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2008 Draft Class· this player went #20

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography