Brandon Marshall ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Marshall in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Marshall a career score of 87, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

WRNO#15CUT

Brandon Marshall

6× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 1% all-time WRsIron Legend⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2012Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #208

Height6'5"

Weight232 lb

BornMar 23, 1984

Age42

CollegeUCF See College Stats

Rookie yr2006

Draft2006 · Rd 4, Pick 119 · DEN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

23rdReceptions·970 28thReceiving Yards·12,351 yds 28thReceiving Touchdowns·83

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber wide receiver (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with reliable availability. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 301 · #131 · All-Time

Worth 301 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 4% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +30.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 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

+30.1

Avg surplus

peak +39

10 seasons × ~30.1 surplus ≈ VORP 301

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	Receiving									Rushing								Passing													Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2006	—	DEN	8	—	20	20	309	2	100.0%	15.4	15.4	—	14	2	12	0	6.0	0.0	1	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2007	—	DEN	16	—	102	102	1,325	7	100.0%	13.0	13.0	—	69	5	57	0	11.4	0.0	4	80.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	LAC	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2008	—	DEN	15	—	104	104	1,265	6	100.0%	12.2	12.2	—	64	2	-4	0	-2.0	0.0	0	0.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	BUF	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	—	DEN	15	—	154	101	1,120	10	65.6%	11.1	7.3	—	56	7	39	0	5.6	0.0	1	14.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	PIT	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	—	MIA	14	—	146	86	1,014	3	58.9%	11.8	6.9	—	57	2	3	0	1.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	TEN	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2011	—	MIA	16	—	142	81	1,214	6	57.0%	15.0	8.5	—	53	1	13	0	13.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	BUF	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2012	—	CHI	16	—	194	118	1,508	11	60.8%	12.8	7.8	—	75	1	-2	0	-2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	HOU	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2013	—	CHI	16	—	163	100	1,295	12	61.3%	12.9	7.9	—	70	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	CHI	13	—	106	61	721	8	57.5%	11.8	6.8	—	41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	NE	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
2015	—	NYJ	16	—	173	109	1,502	14	63.0%	13.8	8.7	—	76	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	1	0	0
2016	—	NYJ	15	—	128	59	788	3	46.1%	13.4	6.2	—	43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	IND	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	1	0	0
2017	—	NYG	5	—	33	18	154	0	54.5%	8.6	4.7	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	PHI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2018	—	SEA	6	—	23	11	136	1	47.8%	12.4	5.9	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	DEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	199	—	1,488	970	12,351	83	65.2%	12.7	8.3	—	636	20	118	0	5.9	0.0	7	35.0	1	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	29	29	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	3	2	0	0

Career EPA479.2·-4 passing · -4 rushing · 486 receiving·36.9/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2010	26	MIA	14	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	12.5
Career			14		0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	39.6	0	184

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2006	22	DEN	8	—	2	12	6.0	0.0	1	50.0	0
2007	23	DEN	16	—	5	57	11.4	0.0	4	80.0	0
2008	24	DEN	15	—	2	-4	-2.0	0.0	0	0.0	1
2009	25	DEN	15	—	7	39	5.6	0.0	1	14.3	0
2010	26	MIA	14	—	2	3	1.5	0.0	0	0.0	0
2011	27	MIA	16	—	1	13	13.0	0.0	1	100.0	0
2012	28	CHI	16	—	1	-2	-2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
Career			100		20	118	5.9	—	7	—	1

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2006	22	DEN	8	—	20	20	309	2	100.0%	15.4	15.4	—	14
2007	23	DEN	16	—	102	102	1,325	7	100.0%	13.0	13.0	—	69
2008	24	DEN	15	—	104	104	1,265	6	100.0%	12.2	12.2	—	64
2009	25	DEN	15	—	154	101	1,120	10	65.6%	11.1	7.3	—	56
2010	26	MIA	14	—	146	86	1,014	3	58.9%	11.8	6.9	—	57
2011	27	MIA	16	—	142	81	1,214	6	57.0%	15.0	8.5	—	53
2012	28	CHI	16	—	194	118	1,508	11	60.8%	12.8	7.8	—	75
2013	29	CHI	16	15*	163	100	1,295	12	61.3%	12.9	7.9	—	70
2014	30	CHI	13	11*	106	61	721	8	57.5%	11.8	6.8	—	41
2015	31	NYJ	16	15*	173	109	1,502	14	63.0%	13.8	8.7	—	76
2016	32	NYJ	15	14*	128	59	788	3	46.1%	13.4	6.2	—	43
2017	33	NYG	5	4*	33	18	154	0	54.5%	8.6	4.7	—	11
2018	34	SEA	6	0*	23	11	136	1	47.8%	12.4	5.9	—	7
Career			171	59*	1,488	970	12,351	83	65.2%	12.7	8.3	—	636

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FF	FR
2006	22	DEN	1	—	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	—
2007	23	LAC	6	—	6	6	0.0	0.0	0	—
2008	24	BUF	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	—
2009	25	PIT	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	—
2010	26	TEN	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	0	—
2011	27	BUF	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2012	28	HOU	3	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	0	—
2014	30	NE	4	4*	4	4	0.0	0.0	1	—
2015	31	NYJ	2	2*	1	1	0.0	0.0	1	1
2016	32	IND	5	5*	4	4	0.0	0.0	1	1
2017	33	PHI	1	1*	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2018	34	DEN	1	0*	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
Career			31	12*	29	29	—	—	3	2

* 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	29	CHI	16	15*	988	93.6%	—	0.0%	3	5.0%
2014	30	CHI	13	11*	753	86.5%	—	0.0%	1	4.0%
2015	31	NYJ	16	15*	1,058	95.3%	—	0.0%	8	3.6%
2016	32	NYJ	15	14*	899	91.6%	—	0.0%	2	3.0%
2017	33	NYG	5	4*	256	77.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	34	SEA	7	0*	191	42.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			72	59*	4,145	—	—	—	14	—

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

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2006	22	—	—	—	—	0.5	27.4	0	201
2007	23	—	—	—	-2.8	4.0	113.4	0	766
2008	24	—	—	—	—	-7.8	98.3	0	866
2009	25	—	—	—	—	0.9	42.4	0	1,371
2010	26	—	—	—	-0.9	-1.0	15.5	45	1,553
2011	27	—	—	—	—	0.8	34.0	0	1,779
2012	28	—	—	—	—	-0.9	34.7	0	2,411
2013	29	—	—	15*	—	—	55.0	0	1,986
2014	30	—	—	11*	—	—	11.1	0	1,241
2015	31	—	—	15*	—	—	56.9	0	2,102
2016	32	—	—	14*	—	—	-0.4	0	1,602
2017	33	—	—	4*	—	—	0.7	0	341
2018	34	—	—	0*	—	—	-2.5	0	257
Career				59*	—	—	—	45	16,476

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

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2018	34	SEA	7	0*	11.2	10.3	2.1	0	3	0.1	7	63.0
Career			7		—	—	—	0	3	—	7	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 87 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 87 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 13 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 79.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 87· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 74

On-field 56.2

Availability 17.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2006bestavg 68elite 702018

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #208 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

3 qualifying seasons

2011 MIA·6 team wins#9

Receiving Yards · 1,214 · score 17

2014 CHI·5 team wins#18

Receiving Touchdowns · 8 · score 16

2011 MIA·6 team wins#11

Receptions · 81 · score 15

All-Time Standing

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

Strong

of 100

Reached 63% of the all-time Receptions leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.

63% of the all-time Receptions leader63

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

36.86 EPA/season over 13 seasons62

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:1.109 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.109Touch rate0.151EPA/snap0.029Snap share81.2%Off snaps4,145ReliableCV 0.30

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within wide receivers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2006

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

WR · 2006 class

4.52s

40-Yard

Below avg · 36th pct

Pos 36thAll 73thClass Pos 29thClass All 70th

37"

Vertical

Above avg · 65th pct

Pos 65thAll 81thClass Pos 58thClass All 68th

120"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 37th pct

Pos 37thAll 64thClass Pos 56thClass All 67th

College Stats

UCFCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (UCF), 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.

2006 Draft Class· this player went #119

#109Jason AvantWR #110Leon WilliamsLB #111Demetrius WilliamsWR #113Victor AdeyanjuDE #115Will BlackmonFS #116Stephen TullochOLB #117Leon WashingtonRB #118Stephen GostkowskiK #120Jamar WilliamsLB #121Nate SalleyDB #123Domata Peko Sr.NT #124Barry CofieldNT #125Skyler GreenWR #126Elvis DumervilDE #127Ray EdwardsDE #128Rob SimsG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Brandon inherited the Denver Broncos WR room from Javon Walker (2006–2007), and handed it to Brandon Stokley (2007–2012).

Clint Sampson 1983–1986Vance Johnson 1985–1995Mark Jackson 1986–1992Ricky Nattiel 1987–1992Mike Young 1989–1992Derek Russell

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2018team change
Joined SEA (from NYG)
2018final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2017team change
Joined NYG (from NYJ)
2015team change
Joined NYJ (from CHI)
2012team change
Joined CHI (from MIA)
2010team change
Joined MIA (from DEN)
2006draft
Drafted by DEN — Round 4, Pick 119

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 232 lb

Frame

229 lb at 4.52s

Size-speed

37" vert / 120" broad

Explosion

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2016	NYJ	0	W3Questionable· Foot / KneeW15Questionable· Knee / Foot BackW16Questionable· Shoulder / BackW17Questionable· Hip / Shoulder
2015	NYJ	0	W9Questionable· Ankle / Toe
2014	CHI	0	W2Questionable· AnkleW3Questionable· AnkleW4Questionable· Ankle
2010	MIA	0	W12Doubtful· HamstringW13Questionable· HamstringW14Questionable· Hamstring
2009	DEN	1	W17Out· Hamstring

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 13-season peers. See all →

peak 87

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

C2006

A2007

A2008

B+2009

B+2010

B+2011

A2012

A2013

B2014

A2015

B2016

F2017

F2018

Era Translator

Rec 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 Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
2006	309	38.6	465+156	27.4
2007	1,325	82.8	1,390+65	81.8
2008	1,265	84.3	1,377+112	81
2009	1,120	74.7	1,210+90	71.2
2010	1,014	72.4	1,161+147	68.3
2011	1,214	75.9	1,219+5	71.7
2012	1,508	94.3	1,522+14	89.5
2013	1,295	80.9	1,298+3	76.4
2014	721	55.5	823+102	48.4
2015	1,502	93.9	1,524+22	89.6
2016	788	52.5	802+14	47.2
2017	154	30.8	417+263	24.5
2018	136	22.7	249+113	14.6

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

301 career value over replacement — #131 all-time of 4,642. 23.2/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

16 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Compiler35% in top 3 yrs

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #119 (Rd 4) · DEN · 2006 · +52.6 vs expected KV-H

87actual

34.4 expected · Δ+52.6

💔+51.3 stolen VORP·2.21 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2006

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2006 Draft Class· this player went #119

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography