Brian Orakpo ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Orakpo in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Orakpo a career score of 84, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

OLBTEN#98ACT

Brian Orakpo

4× Pro BowlTop 4% all-time pass rushersIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 2009 Team Carrier · #87

Height6'4"

Weight257 lb

BornJul 31, 1986

Age39

CollegeTexas See College Stats

ConferenceBig Twelve

Rookie yr2009

Draft2009 · Rd 1, Pick 13 · WAS

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber edge rusher (top 5% 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 255 · #219 · Elite

Worth 255 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 6% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +31.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+31.9

Avg surplus

peak +44

8 seasons × ~31.9 surplus ≈ VORP 255

Combined Season Grid

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

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2009	—	WAS	16	—	47	34	13	14	14	11.0	39.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	WAS	15	—	47	27	20	9	17	8.5	34.5	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	WAS	16	—	56	31	25	6	13	9.0	28.0	0	5	3	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	WAS	2	—	5	5	0	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	WAS	14	—	53	36	17	16	18	10.0	44.0	1	4	0	2	1	0	—	0.0%	814	85.1%	12	5.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	WAS	7	—	23	13	10	1	7	0.5	8.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	388	84.0%	16	9.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	TEN	16	—	51	38	13	12	10	7.0	29.0	0	5	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	957	90.9%	46	13.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	TEN	14	—	46	38	8	13	19	10.5	42.5	0	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	867	79.2%	12	11.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	TEN	16	—	43	29	14	4	18	7.0	29.0	0	2	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	837	77.2%	1	3.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	TEN	12	—	26	16	10	3	7	1.5	11.5	0	3	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	573	68.4%	11	4.3%	9	7	0.8	89.4	4.2	15	11	2	21	6	0.2
Career		—	128	—	397	267	130	78	124	66.0	268.0	1	31	12	4	1	0	—	0.0%	4,436	80.8%	98	7.8%	9	7	—	—	—	15	11	2	21	6	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2009	23	WAS	16	—	47	34	13	14	14	11.0	39.0	0	2	1	—	0	12.4
2010	24	WAS	15	—	47	27	20	9	17	8.5	34.5	0	2	1	—	0	10.7
2011	25	WAS	16	—	56	31	25	6	13	9.0	28.0	0	5	3	1	0	12.5
2012	26	WAS	2	—	5	5	0	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	3	1	—	0	—
2013	27	WAS	14	13*	53	36	17	16	18	10.0	44.0	1	4	0	2	1	12.8
2014	28	WAS	7	6*	23	13	10	1	7	0.5	8.5	0	1	0	—	0	3.3
2015	29	TEN	16	15*	51	38	13	12	10	7.0	29.0	0	5	1	—	0	11.1
2016	30	TEN	14	13*	46	38	8	13	19	10.5	42.5	0	4	1	—	0	12.2
2017	31	TEN	16	12*	43	29	14	4	18	7.0	29.0	0	2	3	—	0	11.6
2018	32	TEN	12	9*	26	16	10	3	7	1.5	11.5	0	3	1	1	0	6.2
Career			128	68*	397	267	130	78	124	—	—	1	31	12	4	1	92.8

* 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	27	WAS	15	13*	—	0.0%	814	85.1%	12	5.4%
2014	28	WAS	7	6*	—	0.0%	388	84.0%	16	9.2%
2015	29	TEN	16	15*	—	0.0%	957	90.9%	46	13.3%
2016	30	TEN	16	13*	—	0.0%	867	79.2%	12	11.3%
2017	31	TEN	16	12*	—	0.0%	837	77.2%	1	3.0%
2018	32	TEN	13	9*	—	0.0%	573	68.4%	11	4.3%
Career			83	68*	—	—	4,436	—	98	—

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

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	32	TEN	13	9*	9	7	0.8	89.4	4.2	15	11	2	21	6	0.2
Career			13	9*	9	7	—	—	—	15	11	2	21	6	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 84 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 84 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 81.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 84· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 77

On-field 58.9

Availability 18.1

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)

2009bestavg 74elite 702018

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #87 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

4 qualifying seasons

2009 WAS·4 team wins#9

Sacks · 11 · score 51

2013 WAS·3 team wins#19

Sacks · 10 · score 28

2011 WAS·5 team wins#20

Sacks · 9 · score 12

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

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

33% of the all-time Sacks leader33

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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: 95%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.294See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.294Snap share80.8%Def snaps4,436ReliableCV 0.33

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, 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 linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2009

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

EDGE · 2009 class

4.63s

40-Yard

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 53thClass Pos 78thClass All 48th

39.5"

Vertical

Elite · 95th pct

Pos 95thAll 93thClass Pos 97thClass All 92th

31 reps

Bench

Elite · 91th pct

Pos 91thAll 94thClass Pos 97thClass All 93th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl3Solo1Ast2QBHits4Sk1.5Dis5.5

College Stats

TexasCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Texas), 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.

2009 Draft Class· this player went #13

#5Mark SanchezQB #6Andre SmithOT #7Darrius Heyward-BeyWR #8Eugene MonroeOT #9B.J. RajiNT #10Michael CrabtreeWR #11Aaron MaybinLB #12Knowshon MorenoRB #14Malcolm JenkinsS #15Brian CushingILB #16Larry EnglishDE #17Josh FreemanQB #18Robert AyersDE #19Jeremy MaclinWR #20Brandon PettigrewTE #21Alex MackC

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Brian inherited the Washington Commanders LB room from Rob Jackson (2008–2013), and handed it to Perry Riley (2010–2015).

Kurt Gouveia 1987–1999Wilber Marshall 1988–1992Andre Collins 1990–1994Marvcus Patton 1995–1998Derek M. Smith 1997–2000Shawn Barber

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2018final season
Last recorded season with TEN
2015team change
Joined TEN (from WAS)
2009draft
Drafted by WAS — Round 1, Pick 13

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 257 lb

Frame

263 lb at 4.63s

Size-speed

31 reps

Bench power

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2018	TEN	3	W15Out· ElbowW16Out· ElbowW17Out· Elbow
2014	WAS	0	W1Questionable· AnkleW2Questionable· AnkleW6Questionable· Ankle
2013	WAS	0	W17Questionable· Groin
2011	WAS	0	W2Questionable· Ankle
2010	WAS	1	W8Questionable· AnkleW10Questionable· BackW13Questionable· AnkleW14Questionable· AnkleW16Out· Groin / HamstringW17Questionable· Groin

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 89

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

A+2009

A2010

A2011

A2013

D2014

B+2015

A2016

B+2017

C+2018

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

83%

Era Translator

Sacks 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 Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2009	11	0.7	12+1	0.7
2010	8.5	0.6	10+1.5	0.6
2011	9	0.6	10+1	0.6
2013	10	0.7	12+2	0.7
2014	0.5	0.1	1+0.5	0.1
2015	7	0.4	7	0.4
2016	10.5	0.8	13+2.5	0.7
2017	7	0.4	7	0.4
2018	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

255 career value over replacement — #219 all-time of 4,642. 28.3/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #13 (Rd 1) · WAS · 2009 · +23.7 vs expected KV-H

84actual

60.3 expected · Δ+23.7

💔+48.1 stolen VORP·1.7 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2009

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2009 Draft Class· this player went #13

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator