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 2% all-time defensive backsIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 2010 Team Carrier · #190

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Career Value · VORP

230 career value over replacement — #280 all-time of 4,695. 19.2/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #20 (Rd 1) · TB · 2008 · +21.3 vs expected KV-H

78actual

56.7 expected · Δ+21.3

💔+55.3 stolen VORP·2.88 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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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	22–23	TB	15	—	18	12	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	9	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	23–24	TB	15	—	62	54	8	2	0	0.0	2.0	5	14	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	24–25	TB	11	—	36	35	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	6	11	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	25–26	TB	12	—	32	29	3	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	11	1	—	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	26–27	NE / TB	9	—	40	33	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	10	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	27–28	NE	13	—	41	35	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	14	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	844	93.4%	18	4.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	28–29	DEN	15	—	62	53	9	3	1	1.0	5.0	4	16	1	—	2	0	—	0.0%	916	87.5%	2	0.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	29–30	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	30–31	DEN	13	—	42	31	11	1	1	0.0	2.0	3	12	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	871	94.0%	48	12.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	31–32	DEN	15	—	29	21	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	7	1	—	1	0	—	0.0%	750	82.6%	28	6.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	32–33	LAR	8	—	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	33–34	LAR	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		—	146	—	442	365	77	12	2	1.0	15.0	35	124	5	3	10	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	62	38	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	3	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

78thInterceptions·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 230 · #280 · Elite

Worth 230 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 7% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 10 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +23 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

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+23

Avg surplus

peak +44

10 seasons × ~23 surplus ≈