Bronko Nagurski is a Hall of Fame running back whose career earned a modest career value score of 55 in the Knox value model. Nagurski's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.
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Bronko Nagurski
All-Time Rank & Honors
career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context3
Title Seasons
5
Dynasty Seasons
Yes
Hall of Fame
Season honors and record seasons
A quality running back with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 29 · #2701 · Role PlayerWorth 29 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 59% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9.7 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
3 cleared
2 replaced
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
50
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
3
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+9.7
Avg surplus
peak +15
3 seasons × ~9.7 surplus ≈ VORP 29
Combined Season Grid
The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.
2 grids split in one view
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 1930 | — | CHI | 13 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1931 | — | CHI | 8 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1932 | — | CHI | 14 | — | 121 | 533 | 4 | 4.4 | 3.3 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 67 | 0 | — | 11.2 | — | — | — |
| 1933 | — | CHI | 10 | — | 128 | 533 | 1 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 23 | 0 | — | 23.0 | — | — | — |
| 1934 | — | CHI | 11 | — | 123 | 586 | 7 | 4.8 | 5.7 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 32 | 0 | — | 10.7 | — | — | — |
| 1935 | — | CHI | 3 | — | 50 | 170 | 1 | 3.4 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1936 | — | CHI | 8 | — | 122 | 529 | 3 | 4.3 | 2.5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | 0 | — | 12.0 | — | — | — |
| 1937 | — | CHI | 8 | — | 73 | 343 | 1 | 4.7 | 1.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1943 | — | CHI | — | — | 16 | 84 | 1 | 5.3 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 75 | — | 633 | 2,778 | 25 | 4.4 | 3.9 | — | — | — | 0 | 11 | 134 | 0 | — | 12.2 | — | — | — | |
Rushing
Receiving
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 55 · Strong StarterA strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 55 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.
52
Sustained
career value
×.6
60
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×1
Longevity
career length
Blend 55.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 55· confidence 100%
What builds the career mark of 52
On-field 35.1
Availability 16.9
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rush yds/g)
1932bestavg 531937
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position14
Depth
of 100
Reached 15% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
15% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader15
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
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: 93%.
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average · KV-H basisAmber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Minnesota), 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.
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 1943final season
Last recorded season with CHI
- 1930signing
Entered the NFL with CHI
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 5-season peers. See all →
55
peak 60
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
C1932
C+1933
C+1934
B1936
D1937
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.
75%
Era Translator
Rush 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 Rush Yds | Rush Yds/G | → 2025 Rush Yds | → 2025 /G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 533 | 38.1 | 0-533 | 0 |
| 1933 | 533 | 53.3 | 528-5 | 31 |
| 1934 | 586 | 53.3 | 460-126 | 27.1 |
| 1936 | 529 | 66.1 | 1,020+491 | 60 |
| 1937 | 343 | 42.9 | 0-343 | 0 |
Data: wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), wikipedia:pfhof-inductee-list · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/10/2026
Career Value · VORP
29 career value over replacement — #2701 all-time of 4,642. 5.8/season above a replacement-level RB.
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