Brandin Cooks ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Cooks in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Cooks a career score of 74, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 1 board

#76Career startsof 200

Streaks4 straight · 1,000 receiving yards · 2015–18

WRSFACT

Brandin Cooks

Top 5% all-time WRsIron Legend🏆 Clutch · +7% playoffs ⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2018 Team Carrier · #79

Height5'10"

Career Value · VORP

225 career value over replacement — #299 all-time of 4,695. 18.8/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

3 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Compiler36% in top 3 yrs

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #20 (Rd 1) · NO · 2014 · +17.3 vs expected KV-H

74actual

56.7 expected · Δ+17.3

💔+44 stolen VORP·2.34 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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

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

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Receiving									Rushing								Snap Counts						Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2014	20–21	NO	10	—	6.6	69	53	550	3	76.8%	10.4	8.0	—	25	7	73	1	10.4	14.3	4	57.1	0	533	72.6%	—	0.0%	37	13.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	21–22	NO	16	—	11.2	129	84	1,138	9	65.1%	13.5	8.8	—	45	8	18	0	2.3	0.0	2	25.0	0	958	83.1%	—	0.0%	4	0.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	22–23	NO	16	—	12.3	117	78	1,173	8	66.7%	15.0	10.0	—	45	6	30	0	5.0	0.0	1	16.7	0	883	76.8%	—	0.0%	4	0.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	23–24	NE	16	—	10.5	114	65	1,082	7	57.0%	16.6	9.5	—	42	9	40	0	4.4	0.0	2	22.2	0	1,056	92.9%	—	0.0%	2	0.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	24–25	LAR	16	—	11.8	117	80	1,204	5	68.4%	15.1	10.3	—	56	10	68	1	6.8	10.0	5	50.0	0	989	89.9%	—	0.0%	3	0.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	25–26	LAR	14	—	4.9	72	42	583	2	58.3%	13.9	8.1	—	32	6	52	0	8.7	0.0	3	50.0	0	701	71.3%	—	0.0%	1	0.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	26–27	HOU	15	—	11.5	119	81	1,150	6	68.1%	14.2	9.7	—	51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	801	87.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	27–28	HOU	16	—	10.2	134	90	1,037	6	67.2%	11.5	7.7	—	45	2	21	0	10.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	831	83.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	28–29	HOU	13	—	6.3	93	57	699	3	61.3%	12.3	7.5	—	29	2	7	0	3.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	658	81.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	29–30	DAL	16	—	7.6	81	54	657	8	66.7%	12.2	8.1	—	38	5	35	0	7.0	0.0	1	20.0	0	809	73.3%	—	0.0%	1	0.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	30–31	DAL	10	—	1.6	54	26	259	3	48.1%	10.0	4.8	—	19	3	-3	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	471	69.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	31–32	BUF / NO	15	—	0.5	36	24	279	0	66.7%	11.6	7.8	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	537	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2026	32–33	SF	2	—	—	3	1	7	1	33.3%	7.0	2.3	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	32	26.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	175	—	95.0	1,138	735	9,818	61	64.6%	13.4	8.6	—	442	58	341	2	5.9	3.4	19	32.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

52ndReceptions·735 57thReceiving Yards·9,818 yds 83rdReceiving Touchdowns·61

Postseason all-time ranks

66thPlayoff Receiving Yards·572 yds

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber wide receiver (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Record Chase →

#52 all-time in Rec (735). 6 behind Andre Rison for #51 — on pace in ~1 season

Career Value · VORP

VORP 225 · #299 · Elite

Worth 225 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 7% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 11 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

11 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

+20.5

Avg surplus

peak +31

11 seasons × ~20.5 surplus ≈