Chris Claiborne is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Claiborne in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Claiborne's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Chris Claiborne
Combined Season Grid
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
1 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1999 | 21 | DET | 15 | — | 55 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1.5 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 22 | DET | 16 | — | 90 | 51 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 8.5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 23 | DET | 16 | — | 107 | 64 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 24 | DET | 16 | — | 87 | 58 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 4.5 | 17.5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 25 | MIN | 12 | — | 68 | 49 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 26 | MIN | 10 | — | 53 | 35 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 27 | STL | 11 | — | 32 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 96 | — | 492 | 324 | 168 | 29 | 10 | 15.0 | 54.0 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
108 career value over replacement — #1042 all-time of 4,695. 15.4/season above a replacement-level LB.
Draft OutcomeValue ↑
Pick #9 (Rd 1) · DET · 1999 · +4.5 vs expected KV-H
66actual
61.5 expected · Δ+4.5
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