Calvin Johnson is a Hall of Fame receiver whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 93 in the Knox value model. Johnson led his position in a major category 4 times — the definition of era-defining dominance.
Career Value · VORP
303 career value over replacement — #127 all-time of 4,695. 33.7/season above a replacement-level WR.
Career Profile
Pick #2 (Rd 1) · DET · 2007 · +29.7 vs expected KV-H
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Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | VAL | Receiving | Rushing | Snap Counts | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | ||||||
| 2007 | 21–22 | DET | 15 | — | 7.0 | 48 | 48 | 756 | 4 | 100.0% | 15.8 | 15.8 | — | 38 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 13.0 | 25.0 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 22–23 | DET | 16 | — | 13.9 | 78 | 78 | 1,331 | 12 | 100.0% | 17.1 | 17.1 | — | 52 | 3 | -1 | 0 | -0.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 23–24 | DET | 14 | — | 10.5 | 136 | 67 | 984 | 5 | 49.3% | 14.7 | 7.2 | — | 46 | 7 | 73 | 0 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 5 | 71.4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 24–25 | DET | 15 | — | 12.6 | 137 | 77 | 1,120 | 12 | 56.2% | 14.5 | 8.2 | — | 57 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 25–26 | DET | 16 | — | 19.7 | 161 | 96 | 1,681 | 16 | 59.6% | 17.5 | 10.4 | — | 76 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 26–27 | DET | 16 | — | 19.6 | 204 | 122 | 1,964 | 5 | 59.8% | 16.1 | 9.6 | — | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 27–28 | DET | 14 | — | 16.3 | 157 | 84 | 1,492 | 12 | 53.5% | 17.8 | 9.5 | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 892 | 89.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.9% |
| 2014 | 28–29 | DET | 13 | — | 11.7 | 128 | 71 | 1,077 | 8 | 55.5% | 15.2 | 8.4 | — | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 695 | 79.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.2% |
| 2015 | 29–30 | DET | 16 | — | 12.4 | 149 | 88 | 1,214 | 9 | 59.1% | 13.8 | 8.1 | — | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,002 | 93.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% |
| Career | — | 135 | — | 123.7 | 1,198 | 731 | 11,619 | 83 | 61.0% | 15.9 | 9.7 | — | 554 | 19 | 167 | 1 | 8.8 | 5.3 | 11 | 57.9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Regular-season all-time ranks
A top 1% all-time wide receiver with exceptional availability — almost never missed time and above-average snap-level impact. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.
Worth 303 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 4% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 9 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +33.7 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
9 seasons × ~33.7 surplus ≈ VORP 303
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92% match
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