Barry Sanders NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL

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	Rushing								Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1989	21	DET	15	—	280	1,470	14	5.3	5.0	—	—	—	—	24	282	0	—	11.8	—	—	—
1990	22	DET	16	—	255	1,304	13	5.1	5.1	—	—	—	—	36	480	3	—	13.3	—	—	—
1991	23	DET	15	—	342	1,548	16	4.5	4.7	—	—	—	—	41	307	1	—	7.5	—	—	—
1992	24	DET	16	—	312	1,352	9	4.3	2.9	—	—	—	—	29	225	1	—	7.8	—	—	—
1993	25	DET	11	—	243	1,115	3	4.6	1.2	—	—	—	—	36	205	0	—	5.7	—	—	—
1994	26	DET	16	—	331	1,883	7	5.7	2.1	—	—	—	—	44	283	1	—	6.4	—	—	—
1995	27	DET	16	—	314	1,500	11	4.8	3.5	—	—	—	—	48	398	1	—	8.3	—	—	—
1996	28	DET	16	—	307	1,553	11	5.1	3.6	—	—	—	—	24	147	0	—	6.1	—	—	—
1997	29	DET	16	—	335	2,053	11	6.1	3.3	—	—	—	—	33	305	3	—	9.2	—	—	—
1998	30	DET	16	—	343	1,491	4	4.3	1.2	—	—	—	—	37	289	0	—	7.8	—	—	—
Career		—	153	—	3,062	15,269	99	5.0	3.2	—	—	—	—	352	2,921	10	—	8.3	—	—	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

4thRushing Yards·15,269 yds 11thRushing Touchdowns·99

Postseason all-time ranks

71stPlayoff Rushing Yards·388 yds

10x

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

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An all-time caliber running back (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 456 · #30 · All-Time

Worth 456 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 2% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 10 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +45.6 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

+45.6

Avg surplus

peak +49

10 seasons × ~45.6 surplus ≈ VORP 456

On the boards· Appears on 6 boards

Barry Sanders

Combined Season Grid

All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP