Cameron Jordan ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Jordan in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Jordan a career score of 96, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

DENO#94ACT

Cameron Jordan

8× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 1% all-time pass rushersFranchise CornerstoneTeam Carrier · #455

Height6'4"

Weight287 lb

BornJul 10, 1989

Age37

CollegeCalifornia See College Stats

ConferencePacific Twelve

Rookie yr2011

Draft2011 · Rd 1, Pick 24 · NO

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

17thSacks·132

Postseason all-time ranks

38thPlayoff Sacks·5.5

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Franchise CornerstoneExplore archetypes →

A top 1% all-time edge rusher 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.

Record Chase →

#17 all-time in Sacks (132). 0.5 behind Leslie O'Neal for #16 — on pace in ~1 season

Career Value · VORP

VORP 431 · #32 · All-Time

Worth 431 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 2% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 15 of 15 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +28.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

15 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+28.7

Avg surplus

peak +48

15 seasons × ~28.7 surplus ≈ VORP 431

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%
2011	—	NO	15	—	30	17	13	2	4	1.0	7.0	0	4	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	NO	16	—	65	39	26	8	13	8.0	29.0	0	3	3	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	NO	16	—	47	29	18	13	23	12.5	48.5	0	4	2	2	0	0	—	0.0%	898	92.3%	59	13.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	NO	15	—	49	30	19	8	10	7.5	25.5	1	5	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	999	93.3%	78	17.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	NO	16	—	43	30	13	15	20	10.0	45.0	0	5	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	982	92.5%	82	17.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	NO	16	—	52	34	18	17	24	7.5	48.5	0	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	963	92.0%	92	19.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	NO	15	—	62	48	14	17	28	13.0	58.0	1	11	2	—	1	0	—	0.0%	987	92.5%	71	15.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	NO	16	—	49	35	14	18	21	12.0	51.0	0	6	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	883	84.8%	56	13.6%	3	2	0.7	85.4	5.0	43	24	7	2	6	0.1
2019	—	NO	16	—	53	37	16	15	25	15.5	55.5	0	3	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	876	82.6%	64	13.9%	3	1	0.3	45.1	1.0	49	27	6	11	5	0.1
2020	—	NO	16	—	49	32	17	11	16	7.5	34.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	816	77.7%	66	14.3%	3	3	1.0	87.5	-1.0	26	9	8	3	7	0.1
2021	—	NO	16	—	56	35	21	13	22	12.5	47.5	0	6	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	830	78.7%	73	16.7%	2	2	1.0	79.2	-2.5	34	10	11	2	3	0.0
2022	—	NO	16	—	58	32	26	13	13	8.5	34.5	0	2	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	790	74.1%	3	4.7%	2	1	0.5	56.2	-3.0	17	4	3	3	3	0.0
2023	—	NO	14	—	38	15	23	3	6	2.0	11.0	0	3	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	771	69.3%	11	6.1%	5	4	0.8	101.7	-2.0	18	12	3	2	4	0.1
2024	—	NO	15	—	32	16	16	7	8	4.0	19.0	1	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	565	47.3%	10	13.3%	2	2	1.0	39.6	-2.0	12	4	4	0	0	0.0
2025	—	NO	17	—	44	29	15	15	15	10.5	40.5	0	2	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	590	53.2%	40	17.4%	3	2	0.7	70.1	-1.3	22	6	5	7	1	0.0
Career		—	235	—	727	458	269	175	248	132.0	555.0	3	67	17	12	1	0	—	0.0%	10,950	79.3%	705	14.1%	23	17	—	—	—	221	96	47	30	29	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2011	22	NO	15	—	30	17	13	2	4	1.0	7.0	0	4	0	1	0	6.7
2012	23	NO	16	—	65	39	26	8	13	8.0	29.0	0	3	3	2	0	16.8
2013	24	NO	16	15*	47	29	18	13	23	12.5	48.5	0	4	2	2	0	20.3
2014	25	NO	15	15*	49	30	19	8	10	7.5	25.5	1	5	0	1	0	13.4
2015	26	NO	16	15*	43	30	13	15	20	10.0	45.0	0	5	1	2	0	18.7
2016	27	NO	16	15*	52	34	18	17	24	7.5	48.5	0	6	1	—	0	18.5
2017	28	NO	15	15*	62	48	14	17	28	13.0	58.0	1	11	2	—	1	25
2018	29	NO	16	14*	49	35	14	18	21	12.0	51.0	0	6	1	1	0	20.7
2019	30	NO	16	13*	53	37	16	15	25	15.5	55.5	0	3	0	1	0	21.8
2020	31	NO	16	12*	49	32	17	11	16	7.5	34.5	0	3	1	—	0	16.2
2021	32	NO	16	13*	56	35	21	13	22	12.5	47.5	0	6	2	—	0	20.9
2022	33	NO	16	12*	58	32	26	13	13	8.5	34.5	0	2	2	—	0	16.5
2023	34	NO	14	12*	38	15	23	3	6	2.0	11.0	0	3	0	1	0	7.8
2024	35	NO	15	0*	32	16	16	7	8	4.0	19.0	1	4	0	—	0	9.9
2025	36	NO	17	9*	44	29	15	15	15	10.5	40.5	0	2	2	1	0	18.5
Career			235	160*	727	458	269	175	248	—	—	3	67	17	12	1	251.7

* 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	24	NO	16	15*	—	0.0%	898	92.3%	59	13.2%
2014	25	NO	16	15*	—	0.0%	999	93.3%	78	17.6%
2015	26	NO	16	15*	—	0.0%	982	92.5%	82	17.7%
2016	27	NO	16	15*	—	0.0%	963	92.0%	92	19.5%
2017	28	NO	16	15*	—	0.0%	987	92.5%	71	15.9%
2018	29	NO	16	14*	—	0.0%	883	84.8%	56	13.6%
2019	30	NO	16	13*	—	0.0%	876	82.6%	64	13.9%
2020	31	NO	16	12*	—	0.0%	816	77.7%	66	14.3%
2021	32	NO	16	13*	—	0.0%	830	78.7%	73	16.7%
2022	33	NO	16	12*	—	0.0%	790	74.1%	3	4.7%
2023	34	NO	17	12*	—	0.0%	771	69.3%	11	6.1%
2024	35	NO	17	0*	—	0.0%	565	47.3%	10	13.3%
2025	36	NO	17	9*	—	0.0%	590	53.2%	40	17.4%
Career			211	160*	—	—	10,950	—	705	—

* 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	29	NO	16	14*	3	2	0.7	85.4	5.0	43	24	7	2	6	0.1
2019	30	NO	16	13*	3	1	0.3	45.1	1.0	49	27	6	11	5	0.1
2020	31	NO	16	12*	3	3	1.0	87.5	-1.0	26	9	8	3	7	0.1
2021	32	NO	16	13*	2	2	1.0	79.2	-2.5	34	10	11	2	3	0.0
2022	33	NO	16	12*	2	1	0.5	56.2	-3.0	17	4	3	3	3	0.0
2023	34	NO	17	12*	5	4	0.8	101.7	-2.0	18	12	3	2	4	0.1
2024	35	NO	17	0*	2	2	1.0	39.6	-2.0	12	4	4	0	0	0.0
2025	36	NO	17	9*	3	2	0.7	70.1	-1.3	22	6	5	7	1	0.0
Career			131	85*	23	17	—	—	—	221	96	47	30	29	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 96 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 96 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 15 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 86.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 96· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 80

On-field 60.8

Availability 19.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 80elite 702025

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #455 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2025 NO·6 team wins#13

Sacks · 11 · score 13

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 67% of the all-time Sacks leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

67% of the all-time Sacks leader67

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+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:5.443See leaderboard →

Disruption/1005.443Snap share79.3%Def snaps10,950ReliableCV 0.29

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 edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2011

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

EDGE · 2011 class

4.74s

40-Yard

Above avg · 57th pct

Pos 57thAll 40thClass Pos 58thClass All 40th

31"

Vertical

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 28thClass Pos 25thClass All 32th

117"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 50thClass Pos 57thClass All 57th

25 reps

Bench

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 74thClass Pos 50thClass All 71th

7.07s

3-Cone

Strong · 75th pct

Pos 75thAll 61thClass Pos 68thClass All 46th

4.37s

Shuttle

Above avg · 54th pct

Pos 54thAll 45thClass Pos 61thClass All 39th

Postseason Career

11 playoff games

Defense

Tkl38Solo29Ast9TFL8QBHits9Sk5.5Dis22.5PD4

College Stats

CaliforniaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (California), 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.

2011 Draft Class· this player went #24

#16Ryan KerriganDE #17Nate SolderOT #18Corey LiugetDT #19Prince AmukamaraCB #20Adrian ClaybornDE #21Phillip TaylorDT #22Anthony CastonzoOT #23Danny WatkinsG #25James CarpenterG #26Jon BaldwinWR #28Mark IngramRB #29Gabe CarimiOT #30Muhammad WilkersonDE #31Cameron HeywardDE #32Derek SherrodOT #33Ras-I DowlingDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Cameron inherited the New Orleans Saints DL room from Sedrick Ellis (2008–2012), and handed it to Sheldon Rankins (2016–2020).

Wayne Martin 1989–1999Joe Johnson 1994–2001Brady Smith 1996–1999La'Roi Glover 1997–2001Willie Whitehead 1999–2006Norman Hand

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with NO
2011draft
Drafted by NO — Round 1, Pick 24

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 287 lb

Frame

287 lb at 4.74s

Size-speed

31" vert / 117" broad

Explosion

25 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	NO	0	W13Questionable· AnkleW14Questionable· Ankle
2022	NO	1	W11Out· EyeW12Questionable· Eye
2016	NO	0	W3Questionable· Knee
2013	NO	0	W8Questionable· AnkleW9Questionable· AnkleW10Questionable· Ankle

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 15-season peers. See all →

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
2011	1	0.1	1	0.1
2012	8	0.5	9+1	0.5
2013	12.5	0.8	13+0.5	0.8
2014	7.5	0.5	8+0.5	0.5
2015	10	0.6	10	0.6
2016	7.5	0.5	8+0.5	0.5
2017	13	0.9	14+1	0.8
2018	12	0.8	12	0.7
2019	15.5	1	16+0.5	0.9
2020	7.5	0.5	8+0.5	0.5
2021	12.5	0.8	13+0.5	0.8
2022	8.5	0.5	9+0.5	0.6
2023	2	0.1	3+1	0.2
2024	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2025	10.5	0.6	11+0.5	0.6

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

431 career value over replacement — #32 all-time of 4,642. 28.7/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

4 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #24 (Rd 1) · NO · 2011 · +39.5 vs expected KV-H

96actual

56.5 expected · Δ+39.5

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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 · 2011

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2011 Draft Class· this player went #24

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography