Cliff Battles is a Hall of Fame running back whose career earned a strong career value score of 74 in the Knox value model. Battles's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.
Career Value · VORP
109 career value over replacement — #1024 all-time of 4,695. 21.8/season above a replacement-level RB.
💔+22.2 stolen VORP·1.02 szns lostFan Rating
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Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
Career games unavailable for incomplete season coverage. Verified career totals remain shown; career per-game figures require complete coverage.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Rushing | Receiving | Passing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | |||||
| 1932 | 22 | WAS | 8 | — | 148 | 576 | 3 | 3.9 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 60 | 1 | — | 15.0 | — | — | — | 2 | 20 | 10.0% | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 2.1 | -2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 1933 | 23 | WAS | 12 | — | 136 | 737 | 3 | 5.4 | 2.2 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 185 | 0 | — | 16.8 | — | — | — | 5 | 21 | 23.8% | 65 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 3.1 | -3.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | — |
| 1934 | 24 | WAS | 12 | — | 96 | 480 | 6 | 5.0 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 95 | 1 | — | 19.0 | — | — | — | 1 | 9 | 11.1% | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | — | 39.6 | — |
| 1935 | 25 | WAS | 7 | — | 67 | 230 | 1 | 3.4 | 1.5 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 22 | 0 | — | 7.3 | — | — | — | 5 | 22 | 22.7% | 92 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 25.6 | — |
| 1936 | 26 | WAS | 11 | — | 176 | 614 | 5 | 3.5 | 2.8 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 103 | 1 | — | 17.2 | — | — | — | 18 | 52 | 34.6% | 242 | 1 | 6 | 1.9 | 11.5 | 4.7 | -0.2 | 0.2 | 17.1 | — |
| 1937 | 27 | WAS | 10 | — | 216 | 874 | 5 | 4.0 | 2.3 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 81 | 1 | — | 9.0 | — | — | — | 13 | 33 | 39.4% | 142 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 15.0 | — |
| Career | — | — | — | 839 | 3,511 | 23 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 546 | 4 | — | 14.4 | — | — | 0 | 44 | 157 | 28.0% | 590 | 1 | 15 | 0.6 | 9.6 | 3.8 | -0.4 | 0.1 | 5.3 | 0 | |
Season honors and record seasons
A high-end running back defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.
Worth 109 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 23% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 5 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +21.8 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
5 seasons × ~21.8 surplus ≈ VORP 109
Brandon Jacobs
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88% match