Asante Samuel ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Samuel in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Samuel a career score of 85, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Asante Samuel

4× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 1% all-time defensive backsIron Legend👑 #1 Defensive Back · 2009 📈 Late Developer · 2009

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Career Value · VORP

289 career value over replacement — #153 all-time of 4,695. 26.3/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

Led league 2×5 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #120 (Rd 4) · NE · 2003 · +52 vs expected KV-H

85actual

33 expected · Δ+52

💔+37.6 stolen VORP·1.43 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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

2 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2003	22–23	NE	16	—	1.8	25	20	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	9	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	23–24	NE	12	—	1.7	34	32	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	12	2	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	24–25	NE	14	—	4.2	47	37	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	16	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	25–26	NE	15	—	13.9	54	49	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	10	24	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	26–27	NE	16	—	7.8	39	36	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	6	18	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	27–28	PHI	15	—	5.4	33	29	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	22	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	28–29	PHI	16	—	9.8	39	38	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	9	16	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	29–30	PHI	11	—	8.0	25	21	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	7	14	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	30–31	PHI	13	—	2.8	34	30	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	10	1	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	31–32	ATL	14	—	7.0	34	32	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	5	17	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	32–33	ATL	11	—	0.4	29	28	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	498	71.3%	—	0.0%
Career		—	153	—	62.8	393	352	41	1	0	0.0	1.0	51	162	6	3	6	0	—	0.0%	498	71.3%	—	0.0%

Career arc · VAL by season

11 seasons · peak 13.9 in 2006

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

4.8 career wins over 11 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2006 · +1.1 wins

Defence+1.0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2003	22–23	NE	16	—	25	20	5	0	0.0	2	9	0	—	1	1.8
2004	23–24	NE	12	—	34	32	2	0	0.0	1	12	2	—	1	1.7
2005	24–25	NE	14	—	47	37	10	0	0.0	3	16	0	—	0	4.2
2006	25–26	NE	15	—	54	49	5	0	0.0	10	24	1	—	0	13.9
2007	26–27	NE	16	—	39	36	3	0	0.0	6	18	0	—	1	7.8
2008	27–28	PHI	15	—	33	29	4	0	0.0	4	22	0	—	1	5.4
2009	28–29	PHI	16	—	39	38	1	1	1.0	9	16	1	1	0	9.8
2010	29–30	PHI	11	—	25	21	4	0	0.0	7	14	0	1	0	8
2011	30–31	PHI	13	—	34	30	4	0	0.0	3	10	1	1	1	2.8
2012	31–32	ATL	14	—	34	32	2	0	0.0	5	17	0	—	1	7
2013	32–33	ATL	9	8*	29	28	1	0	0.0	1	4	1	—	0	0.4
Career			151		393	352	41	1	1.0	51	162	6	3	6	62.8

* 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	32–33	ATL	11	8*	—	0.0%	498	71.3%	—	0.0%
Career			11	8*	—	0.0%	498	71.3%	—	0.0%

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 85 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 85 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 83.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 85· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 76

On-field 58.5

Availability 17.5