Brad Johnson is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Johnson in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Johnson's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

QBDAL#14ACT

Brad Johnson

2× Pro Bowl👑 Dynasty DNA · 5 seasons · 3 titles Top 11% all-time QBsElite Playmaker⚡ Breakout · 1999 📉 Fades · -21% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 1999Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #501

Height6'5"

Weight235 lb

BornSep 13, 1968

Age57

CollegeFlorida State See College Stats

Rookie yr1992

Draft1992 · Rd 9, Pick 227 · MIN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

50thPassing Yards·29,031 yds 62ndPassing Touchdowns·167

Postseason all-time ranks

45thPlayoff Passing Yards·1,387 yds 49thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·7

Pro Bowls

Title Seasons

Dynasty Seasons

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time quarterback who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 224 · #298 · Elite

Worth 224 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 7% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +24.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+24.9

Avg surplus

peak +37

9 seasons × ~24.9 surplus ≈ VORP 224

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Defense													Advanced (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1994	—	MIN	4	—	22	37	59.5%	150	0	0	0.0	0.0	4.1	4.1	—	68.5	—	2	2	0	1.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	MIN	5	—	25	36	69.4%	272	0	2	0.0	5.6	7.6	5.1	0.0	68.3	—	9	9	0	1.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	MIN	12	—	195	311	62.7%	2,258	17	10	5.5	3.2	7.3	6.9	1.7	89.4	—	34	90	1	2.6	2.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	MIN	13	—	275	452	60.8%	3,036	20	12	4.4	2.7	6.7	6.4	1.7	84.5	—	35	139	0	4.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	MIN	—	—	65	101	64.4%	747	7	5	6.9	5.0	7.4	6.6	1.4	89.0	—	12	15	0	1.3	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	WAS	16	—	313	515	60.8%	3,988	24	13	4.7	2.5	7.7	7.5	1.8	90.0	28	26	31	2	1.2	7.7	3	11.5	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	PHI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	63.2	-7.0	—	0	0
2000	—	WAS	12	—	226	359	63.0%	2,489	11	15	3.1	4.2	6.9	5.7	0.7	76.2	20	22	58	1	2.6	4.5	6	27.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	TB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.5	-3.7	—	0	0
2001	—	TB	16	—	340	559	60.8%	3,406	13	11	2.3	2.0	6.1	5.7	1.2	77.7	44	39	120	3	3.1	7.7	19	48.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.7	13.3	—	0	0
2002	—	TB	13	—	281	451	62.3%	3,049	22	6	4.9	1.3	6.8	7.1	3.7	92.9	21	13	30	0	2.3	0.0	4	30.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.9	-1.5	—	0	0
2003	—	TB	16	—	354	570	62.1%	3,821	26	21	4.6	3.7	6.7	6.0	1.2	81.6	20	25	33	0	1.3	0.0	4	16.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	TEN	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	42.3	-7.2	—	0	0
2004	—	TB	4	—	65	103	63.1%	674	3	3	2.9	2.9	6.5	5.8	1.0	79.5	8	5	23	0	4.6	0.0	1	20.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-13.3	2.2	—	0	0
2005	—	MIN	11	—	183	293	62.5%	1,885	12	4	4.1	1.4	6.4	6.6	3.0	88.9	23	18	53	0	2.9	0.0	2	11.1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	GB	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0	-3.6	—	0	0
2006	—	MIN	15	—	270	439	61.5%	2,750	10	15	2.3	3.4	6.3	5.2	0.7	72.8	28	30	82	1	2.7	3.3	7	23.3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-72.7	0.1	—	3,414	0
2007	—	DAL	3	—	7	11	63.6%	79	0	0	0.0	0.0	7.2	7.2	—	85.0	1	5	-5	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.7	-5.0	—	73	0
2008	—	DAL	3	—	41	78	52.6%	427	2	5	2.6	6.4	5.5	3.1	0.4	50.5	8	2	-1	0	-0.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-22.2	-2.5	—	701	0
Career		—	150	—	2,662	4,315	61.7%	29,031	167	122	3.9	2.8	6.7	6.2	1.4	82.6	201	277	679	8	2.5	2.9	46	16.6	3	7	7	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	67.6	-14.9	—	4,188	0

Career EPA52.6·68 passing · -15 rushing·5.3/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1994	26	MIN	4	—	22	37	59.5%	150	0	0	0.0	0.0	4.1	4.1	—	68.5	—	1.8
1995	27	MIN	5	—	25	36	69.4%	272	0	2	0.0	5.6	7.6	5.1	0.0	68.3	—	2.4
1996	28	MIN	12	—	195	311	62.7%	2,258	17	10	5.5	3.2	7.3	6.9	1.7	89.4	—	11.2
1997	29	MIN	13	—	275	452	60.8%	3,036	20	12	4.4	2.7	6.7	6.4	1.7	84.5	—	11.8
1998	30	MIN	—	—	65	101	64.4%	747	7	5	6.9	5.0	7.4	6.6	1.4	89.0	—	—
1999	31	WAS	16	—	313	515	60.8%	3,988	24	13	4.7	2.5	7.7	7.5	1.8	90.0	28	15.7
2000	32	WAS	12	—	226	359	63.0%	2,489	11	15	3.1	4.2	6.9	5.7	0.7	76.2	20	7.8
2001	33	TB	16	—	340	559	60.8%	3,406	13	11	2.3	2.0	6.1	5.7	1.2	77.7	44	12
2002	34	TB	13	—	281	451	62.3%	3,049	22	6	4.9	1.3	6.8	7.1	3.7	92.9	21	13.3
2003	35	TB	16	—	354	570	62.1%	3,821	26	21	4.6	3.7	6.7	6.0	1.2	81.6	20	13.7
2004	36	TB	4	—	65	103	63.1%	674	3	3	2.9	2.9	6.5	5.8	1.0	79.5	8	2.5
2005	37	MIN	11	—	183	293	62.5%	1,885	12	4	4.1	1.4	6.4	6.6	3.0	88.9	23	9.2
2006	38	MIN	15	—	270	439	61.5%	2,750	10	15	2.3	3.4	6.3	5.2	0.7	72.8	28	7.7
2007	39	DAL	3	—	7	11	63.6%	79	0	0	0.0	0.0	7.2	7.2	—	85.0	1	—
2008	40	DAL	3	—	41	78	52.6%	427	2	5	2.6	6.4	5.5	3.1	0.4	50.5	8	—
Career			143		2,662	4,315	61.7%	29,031	167	122	3.9	2.8	6.7	—	—	82.6	201	109.1

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1994	26	MIN	4	—	2	2	0	1.0	0.0	—	—	—
1995	27	MIN	5	—	9	9	0	1.0	0.0	—	—	—
1996	28	MIN	12	—	34	90	1	2.6	2.9	—	—	—
1997	29	MIN	13	—	35	139	0	4.0	0.0	—	—	—
1998	30	MIN	—	—	12	15	0	1.3	0.0	—	—	—
1999	31	WAS	16	—	26	31	2	1.2	7.7	3	11.5	1
2000	32	WAS	12	—	22	58	1	2.6	4.5	6	27.3	0
2001	33	TB	16	—	39	120	3	3.1	7.7	19	48.7	0
2002	34	TB	13	—	13	30	0	2.3	0.0	4	30.8	0
2003	35	TB	16	—	25	33	0	1.3	0.0	4	16.0	1
2004	36	TB	4	—	5	23	0	4.6	0.0	1	20.0	0
2005	37	MIN	11	—	18	53	0	2.9	0.0	2	11.1	0
2006	38	MIN	15	—	30	82	1	2.7	3.3	7	23.3	1
2007	39	DAL	3	—	5	-5	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2008	40	DAL	3	—	2	-1	0	-0.5	0.0	0	0.0	0
Career			143		277	679	8	2.5	—	46	—	3

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
1999	31	PHI	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2000	32	TB	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2003	35	TEN	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
2005	37	GB	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Career			7		7	7	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd
1999	31	—	—	—	63.2	-7.0	—	0
2000	32	—	—	—	9.5	-3.7	—	0
2001	33	—	—	—	9.7	13.3	—	0
2002	34	—	—	—	50.9	-1.5	—	0
2003	35	—	—	—	42.3	-7.2	—	0
2004	36	—	—	—	-13.3	2.2	—	0
2005	37	—	—	—	2.0	-3.6	—	0
2006	38	—	—	—	-72.7	0.1	—	3,414
2007	39	—	—	—	-1.7	-5.0	—	73
2008	40	—	—	—	-22.2	-2.5	—	701
Career					—	—	—	4,188

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1997	29	MIN	13	—	—	1	3	1	—	3.0	—	—	—
2003	35	TB	—	—	—	0	-2	0	—	—	—	—	—
Career			13		0	1	1	1	—	1.0	—	—	0

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 65 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 65 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 62.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 65· confidence 89%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 40.8

Availability 16.2

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative pass yds/g)

1994bestavg 49elite 702006

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #501 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

2006 MIN·6 team wins#18

Passing Yards · 2,750 · score 8

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 33% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

33% of the all-time Passing Yards leader33

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

5.26 EPA/season over 10 seasons52

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%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average QBs aging curve. Group peak age: 29. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Passer Rating: 82.6 regular season → 65.5 playoffs (4 playoff seasons)

-21%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Passing

Cmp123Att221Cmp%55.7%Yds1,387TD7Int11TD%3.2Int%5.0Y/A6.3AdjY/A4.7TD:INT0.6Rate64.4Sk6

Rushing

Att13Yds29TD1Y/A2.2TD%7.71D21D%15.4

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA-1.6Rush EPA-0.9

College Stats

Florida StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida State), 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.

1992 Draft Class· this player went #227

#203Darren PerryFS #205Sam GashFB #211Kent GrahamQB #212Ronald HumphreyRB #216Derrick MooreRB #220Bucky RichardsonQB #221Willie ClayFS #226Ostell MilesRB #228T.J. RubleyQB #230Ty DetmerQB #231Johnnie BarnesWR #232David DixonG #244Jay LeeuwenburgG #251Chris WalshWR #254Elijah AlexanderOLB #255Tim LesterRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Brad inherited the Minnesota Vikings QB room from Warren Moon (1994–1996), and handed it to Randall Cunningham (1997–1999).

Wade Wilson 1981–1991Rich Gannon 1987–1992Warren Moon 1994–1996Brad Johnson 1994–2006Randall Cunningham 1997–1999Daunte Culpepper

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2008final season
Last recorded season with DAL
2007team change
Joined DAL (from MIN)
2005team change
Joined MIN (from TB)
2001team change
Joined TB (from WAS)
1999team change
Joined WAS (from MIN)
1992draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 9, Pick 227

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 235 lb

Frame

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 70

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

F1994

F1995

C+1996

B1997

B+1999

C+2000

B2001

B2002

B2003

F2004

C2005

C+2006

Availability

Era Translator

Pass Yds 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 Pass Yds	Pass Yds/G	→ 2025 Pass Yds	→ 2025 /G
1994	150	37.5	2,394+2,244	140.8
1995	272	54.4	2,250+1,978	132.3
1996	2,258	188.2	3,720+1,462	218.8
1997	3,036	233.5	4,296+1,260	252.7
1999	3,988	249.3	4,460+472	262.3
2000	2,489	207.4	3,850+1,361	226.5
2001	3,406	212.9	3,881+475	228.3
2002	3,049	234.5	4,124+1,075	242.6
2003	3,821	238.8	4,196+375	246.8
2004	674	168.5	3,203+2,529	188.4
2005	1,885	171.4	3,303+1,418	194.3
2006	2,750	183.3	3,444+694	202.6

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

224 career value over replacement — #298 all-time of 4,642. 18.7/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

5 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #227 (Rd 9) · MIN · 1992 · +42.2 vs expected KV-H

65actual

22.8 expected · Δ+42.2

💔+63 stolen VORP·3.64 szns lost

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Rushing

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

Receiving

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

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1992 Draft Class· this player went #227

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