Chandler Jones ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Jones in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Jones a career score of 95, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

DELV#55CUT

Chandler Jones

4× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 1% all-time pass rushersFranchise Cornerstone👑 #1 Edge Rusher · 2017 ⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2017 Team Carrier · #58

Height6'5"

Weight265 lb

BornFeb 27, 1990

Age36

CollegeSyracuse See College Stats

ConferenceBig East

Rookie yr2012

Draft2012 · Rd 1, Pick 21 · NE

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

29thSacks·112

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2017·Sacks17 18thsingle season·Sacks2019

Archetype Intelligence

Franchise CornerstoneExplore archetypes →

A top 1% all-time edge rusher with excellent availability over their career and above-average snap-level impact. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 358 · #67 · All-Time

Worth 358 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 2% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +35.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+35.8

Avg surplus

peak +48

10 seasons × ~35.8 surplus ≈ VORP 358

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	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced (EPA)					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%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2012	—	NE	13	—	44	23	21	8	12	6.0	26.0	0	4	3	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	NE	16	—	77	38	39	14	23	11.5	48.5	0	0	1	1	1	0	—	0.0%	1,124	98.0%	159	32.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	NE	9	—	40	27	13	5	11	6.0	22.0	0	2	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	569	83.3%	66	25.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	NE	15	—	39	26	13	11	18	12.5	41.5	1	2	4	—	0	0	—	0.0%	861	84.0%	144	31.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	ARI	16	—	49	38	11	15	21	11.0	47.0	0	3	4	2	0	0	—	0.0%	938	86.9%	83	17.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	ARI	16	—	57	50	7	28	33	17.0	78.0	0	3	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,043	98.6%	64	13.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	ARI	16	—	47	36	11	13	18	13.0	44.0	0	4	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	968	86.9%	76	17.3%	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	1.0	79.2	1.3	39	19	6	6	8	0.1
2019	—	ARI	16	—	48	37	11	11	26	19.0	56.0	0	5	8	3	0	0	—	0.0%	1,069	94.2%	7	12.0%	—	—	—	—	—	10	9	0.9	136.2	0.8	40	15	5	143	5	0.1
2020	—	ARI	5	—	10	4	6	1	7	1.0	9.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	286	84.4%	2	4.0%	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1.0	87.5	2.0	10	3	6	20	3	0.2
2021	—	ARI	15	—	38	28	10	12	26	10.5	48.5	0	4	6	1	0	0	—	0.0%	824	85.0%	31	13.7%	—	—	—	—	—	6	3	0.5	69.4	0.5	36	8	17	58	7	0.1
2022	—	LV	15	—	36	19	17	3	15	4.5	22.5	0	3	1	3	1	0	—	0.0%	784	78.3%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	5	3	0.6	66.2	0.4	19	4	9	24	4	0.1
Career		—	152	—	485	326	159	121	210	112.0	443.0	1	30	34	13	2	0	—	0.0%	8,466	88.0%	632	18.6%	—	—	—	0	0	26	20	—	—	—	144	49	43	251	27	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2012	22	NE	13	—	44	23	21	8	12	6.0	26.0	0	4	3	—	0	13.8
2013	23	NE	16	16*	77	38	39	14	23	11.5	48.5	0	0	1	1	1	21.6
2014	24	NE	9	8*	40	27	13	5	11	6.0	22.0	0	2	2	1	0	11.2
2015	25	NE	15	13*	39	26	13	11	18	12.5	41.5	1	2	4	—	0	19.5
2016	26	ARI	16	14*	49	38	11	15	21	11.0	47.0	0	3	4	2	0	20.7
2017	27	ARI	16	16*	57	50	7	28	33	17.0	78.0	0	3	2	—	0	28.8
2018	28	ARI	16	14*	47	36	11	13	18	13.0	44.0	0	4	3	1	0	20.6
2019	29	ARI	16	15*	48	37	11	11	26	19.0	56.0	0	5	8	3	0	22.3
2020	30	ARI	5	4*	10	4	6	1	7	1.0	9.0	0	0	0	1	0	3.7
2021	31	ARI	15	13*	38	28	10	12	26	10.5	48.5	0	4	6	1	0	20
2022	32	LV	15	12*	36	19	17	3	15	4.5	22.5	0	3	1	3	1	12.5
Career			152	125*	485	326	159	121	210	—	—	1	30	34	13	2	194.7

* 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	23	NE	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,124	98.0%	159	32.8%
2014	24	NE	10	8*	—	0.0%	569	83.3%	66	25.3%
2015	25	NE	15	13*	—	0.0%	861	84.0%	144	31.3%
2016	26	ARI	16	14*	—	0.0%	938	86.9%	83	17.3%
2017	27	ARI	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,043	98.6%	64	13.3%
2018	28	ARI	16	14*	—	0.0%	968	86.9%	76	17.3%
2019	29	ARI	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,069	94.2%	7	12.0%
2020	30	ARI	5	4*	—	0.0%	286	84.4%	2	4.0%
2021	31	ARI	15	13*	—	0.0%	824	85.0%	31	13.7%
2022	32	LV	15	12*	—	0.0%	784	78.3%	—	0.0%
Career			140	125*	—	—	8,466	—	632	—

* 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
2014	24	—	—	8*	—	—	—	0	0
Career				8*	—	—	—	0	0

* 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	28	ARI	16	14*	4	4	1.0	79.2	1.3	39	19	6	6	8	0.1
2019	29	ARI	16	15*	10	9	0.9	136.2	0.8	40	15	5	143	5	0.1
2020	30	ARI	5	4*	1	1	1.0	87.5	2.0	10	3	6	20	3	0.2
2021	31	ARI	15	13*	6	3	0.5	69.4	0.5	36	8	17	58	7	0.1
2022	32	LV	15	12*	5	3	0.6	66.2	0.4	19	4	9	24	4	0.1
Career			67	58*	26	20	—	—	—	144	49	43	251	27	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 95 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 95 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 90.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 95· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 86

On-field 67.9

Availability 18.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2012bestavg 82elite 702022

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #58 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

128

2 qualifying seasons

2018 ARI·3 team wins#6

Sacks · 13 · score 80

2019 ARI·5 team wins#2

Sacks · 19 · score 48

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 57% of the all-time Sacks leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

57% of the all-time Sacks leader57

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: 97%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:5.611See leaderboard →

Disruption/1005.611Snap share87.9%Def snaps8,466ReliableCV 0.27

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 · 2012

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

EDGE · 2012 class

4.77s

40-Yard

Below avg · 48th pct

Pos 48thAll 37thClass Pos 44thClass All 36th

35"

Vertical

Above avg · 68th pct

Pos 68thAll 64thClass Pos 67thClass All 67th

120"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 71th pct

Pos 71thAll 64thClass Pos 69thClass All 68th

22 reps

Bench

Below avg · 32th pct

Pos 32thAll 56thClass Pos 36thClass All 56th

7.07s

3-Cone

Strong · 75th pct

Pos 75thAll 61thClass Pos 82thClass All 57th

4.38s

Shuttle

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 43thClass Pos 55thClass All 43th

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Defense

Tkl26Solo18Ast8TFL4QBHits8Sk2.0Dis14.0FF1

College Stats

SyracuseCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Syracuse), 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.

2012 Draft Class· this player went #21

#13Michael FloydWR #14Michael BrockersDT #15Bruce IrvinLB #16Quinton CoplesOLB #17Dre KirkpatrickCB #18Melvin IngramLB #19Shea McClellinOLB #20Kendall WrightWR #22Brandon WeedenQB #23Riley ReiffOT #24David DeCastroG #25Dont'a HightowerOLB #26Whitney MercilusDE #27Kevin ZeitlerG #28Nick PerryOLB #29Harrison SmithFS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Chandler inherited the Arizona Cardinals DL room from Rodney Gunter (2015–2019), and handed it to Corey Peters (2016–2021).

Eric Swann 1991–1999Michael Bankston 1992–1997Clyde Simmons 1994–1995Simeon Rice 1996–2000Mark Smith 1997–2000Russell Davis

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2022team change
Joined LV (from ARI)
2022final season
Last recorded season with LV
2016team change
Joined ARI (from NE)
2012draft
Drafted by NE — Round 1, Pick 21

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 265 lb

Frame

266 lb at 4.77s

Size-speed

35" vert / 120" broad

Explosion

22 reps

Bench power

Injury History

9 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	LV	2	W1Out· Not injury related - personal matterW2Out· Not injury related - personal matter
2015	NE	1	W17Out· Abdomen / ToeW19Questionable· Abdomen / ToeW20Questionable· Abdomen / Toe
2014	NE	4	W5Questionable· ShoulderW8Out· HipW9Out· HipW11Out· HipW12Out· HipW13Questionable· HipW14Questionable· HipW15Questionable· HipW16Questionable· HipW17Questionable· Hip
2012	NE	2	W12Out· AnkleW13Out· AnkleW14Questionable· AnkleW15Questionable· AnkleW16Questionable· AnkleW17Questionable· 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 11-season peers. See all →

peak 97

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

B+2012

A+2013

B+2014

A+2015

A2016

A+2017

A+2018

A+2019

D2020

A2021

B2022

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

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
2012	6	0.5	8+2	0.5
2013	11.5	0.7	12+0.5	0.7
2014	6	0.7	11+5	0.7
2015	12.5	0.8	14+1.5	0.8
2016	11	0.7	12+1	0.7
2017	17	1.1	17	1
2018	13	0.8	13	0.8
2019	19	1.2	20+1	1.2
2020	1	0.2	4+3	0.2
2021	10.5	0.7	12+1.5	0.7
2022	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3

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

358 career value over replacement — #67 all-time of 4,642. 32.5/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

Led league 1×6 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #21 (Rd 1) · NE · 2012 · +38.5 vs expected KV-H

95actual

56.5 expected · Δ+38.5

💔+50.1 stolen VORP·1.54 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2012

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2012 Draft Class· this player went #21

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography