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

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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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	—

Career arc · VAL by season

12 seasons · peak 7.7 in 2010

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

3.4 career wins over 12 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2010 · +0.6 wins

Defence+0.6

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2008	22–23	TB	15	—	18	12	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	9	0	—	0	3.9
2009	23–24	TB	15	—	62	54	8	2	0	0.0	2.0	5	14	0	1	0	5.1
2010	24–25	TB	11	—	36	35	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	6	11	0	—	1	7.7
2011	25–26	TB	12	—	32	29	3	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	11	1	—	2	1.1
2012	26–27	All teams	9	—	40	33	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	10	0	1	1	2.6
2013	27–28	NE	13	12*	41	35	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	14	1	—	0	5.7
2014	28–29	DEN	15	13*	62	53	9	3	1	1.0	5.0	4	16	1	—	2	6.3
2015	29–30	DEN	15	14*	44	38	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	13	0	—	2	5.1
2016	30–31	DEN	13	12*	42	31	11	1	1	0.0	2.0	3	12	0	—	1	5
2017	31–32	DEN	12	12*	29	21	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	7	1	—	1	1
2018	32–33	LAR	7	6*	22	17	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	5	1	1	0	1
2019	33–34	LAR	5	5*	14	7	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	0
Career			142		442	365	77	12	2	1.0	15.0	35	124	5	3	10	44.5

* 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	27–28	NE	13	12*	—	0.0%	844	93.4%	18	4.2%
2014	28–29	DEN	15	13*	—	0.0%	916	87.5%	2	0.5%
2015	29–30	DEN	15	14*	—	0.0%	977	95.2%	52	11.7%
2016	30–31	DEN	13	12*	—	0.0%	871	94.0%	48	12.7%
2017	31–32	DEN	15	12*	—	0.0%	750	82.6%	28	6.2%
2018	32–33	LAR	8	6*	—	0.0%	388	79.0%	—	0.0%
2019	33–34	LAR	5	5*	—	0.0%	334	96.8%	—	0.0%
Career			—		—	—	—	—	—	—

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.

* 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	32–33	LAR	8	6*	31	20	0.6	78.0	10.0	1	0.0
2019	33–34	LAR	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 73.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 78· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 69

On-field 53.4

Availability 15.6

On-field production

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Aqib Talib

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · DB