Not to be confused withClay Matthews (DE · 1978–1996).

Clay Matthews ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Matthews in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Matthews a career score of 90, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Clay Matthews

6× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 2% all-time pass rushersIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 2010

Height6'3"

Weight255 lb

Career Value · VORP

364 career value over replacement — #61 all-time of 4,695. 33.1/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #26 (Rd 1) · GB · 2009 · +35.2 vs expected KV-H

90actual

54.8 expected · Δ+35.2

💔+40.1 stolen VORP·1.21 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

3 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	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%
2009	23	GB	16	—	6.4	42	29	13	17	21	10.0	48.0	0	7	1	3	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	24	GB	15	—	10.7	52	46	6	18	24	12.5	54.5	1	4	2	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	25	GB	15	—	7.9	49	36	13	8	25	6.0	39.0	3	9	3	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	26	GB	12	—	9.3	43	32	11	15	24	13.0	52.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	27	GB	11	—	5.1	39	24	15	9	11	7.5	27.5	0	1	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	559	74.5%	24	7.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	28	GB	16	—	9.7	54	38	16	16	22	11.0	49.0	1	9	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	899	83.1%	67	14.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	29	GB	16	—	6.2	63	46	17	13	19	6.5	38.5	1	3	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,017	97.2%	63	13.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	30	GB	12	—	2.9	23	19	4	7	9	5.0	21.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	476	61.8%	28	8.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	31	GB	14	—	5.2	39	23	16	8	21	7.5	36.5	0	2	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	656	71.7%	34	9.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	32	GB	16	—	1.2	42	28	14	7	12	3.5	22.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	756	70.7%	5	1.2%	6	4	0.7	109.7	2.3	21	10	7	63	7	0.1
2019	33	LAR	13	—	5.5	33	23	10	9	11	8.0	28.0	0	3	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	614	68.6%	3	0.8%	10	9	0.9	117.5	5.7	28	16	4	61	10	0.2
Career		—	156	—	70.1	479	344	135	127	199	90.5	416.5	6	44	17	6	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	13	—	—	—	49	26	11	124	17	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

57thSacks·90.5

Postseason all-time ranks

3rdPlayoff Sacks·11

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

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An all-time caliber edge rusher (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 364 · #61 · All-Time

Worth 364 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 2% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 11 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +33.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

11 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+33.1

Avg surplus

peak +51

11 seasons × ~33.1 surplus ≈ VORP 364