Cris Carter ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Carter in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Carter a career score of 77, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

Streaks8 straight · 1,000 receiving yards · 1993–00

WRMIA#88ACT

Cris Carter

Top 4% all-time WRsIron Legend🏆 Clutch · +6% playoffs Team Carrier · #486

Height6'3"

Weight208 lb

Career Value · VORP

322 career value over replacement — #104 all-time of 4,695. 20.1/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

Led league 1×6 top-10

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #3 (Rd 4) · PHI · 1987 · +13.7 vs expected KV-H

77actual

63.3 expected · Δ+13.7

💔+28.9 stolen VORP·1.44 szns lost

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Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #486 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

1 qualifying season

2001 MIN·5 team wins#22

Receptions · 73 · score 8

All-Time Standing

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

Strong

of 100

Reached 71% of the all-time Receptions leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.

71% of the all-time Receptions leader71

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 93%.

Encyclopedia Coverage4/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Not available for this player

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Reception: 12.6 regular season → 13.4 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

+6%

vs reg season

Career Milestones16

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

19891K career receiving yards
1990100 career receptions
199125 career receiving TDs
19923K career receiving yards
1993250 career receptions
19945K career receiving yards

Understanding These Stats

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt42Rec19Yds255TD3Ctch%45.2%Y/R13.4Y/Tgt6.11D15

College Stats

Ohio StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Ohio State), 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.

Top Teammates

John RandleDT11y Jake ReedWR9y Ed McDanielOLB9y Robert GriffithFS8y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Cris inherited the Minnesota Vikings WR room from Hassan Jones (1986–1992), and handed it to Jake Reed (1991–2001).

Jim Lash 1973–1976Leo Lewis 1981–1991Anthony Carter 1985–1993Hassan Jones 1986–1992Cris Carter 1990–2001Jake Reed

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

Movementderived from season history

2002team change
Joined MIA (from MIN)
2002final season
Last recorded season with MIA
1990team change
Joined MIN (from PHI)
1987draft
Drafted by PHI — Round 4, Pick 3

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 208 lb

Frame

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 16-season peers. See all →

Era Translator

Rec Yds translated to the 2025 NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
1987	84	9.3	209+125	12.3
1988	761	47.6	786+25	46.2
1989	605	37.8	645+40	38
1990	413	25.8	446+33	26.2
1991	962	60.1	988+26	58.1
1992	681	56.8	909+228	53.5
1993	1,071	66.9	1,062-9	62.5
1994	1,256	78.5	1,204-52	70.8
1995	1,371	85.7	1,248-123	73.4
1996	1,163	72.7	1,040-123	61.2
1997	1,069	66.8	959-110	56.4
1998	1,011	63.2	916-95	53.9
1999	1,194	79.6	1,174-20	69.1
2000	1,274	79.6	1,203-71	70.8
2001	871	54.4	818-53	48.1
2002	66	13.2	64-2	3.7

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

Defensive StatsNot available for this player

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

500 career receptions

199550 career receiving TDs

19968K career receiving yards

199675 career receiving TDs

1997750 career receptions

199810K career receiving yards

1998100 career receiving TDs

200012K career receiving yards

20001000 career receptions

2001125 career receiving TDs

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.

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

C1987

B1988

B1989

C+1990

B+1991

B1992

B+1993

B+1994

A1995

B+1996

B+1997

B+1998

B+1999

B+2000

B2001

F2002

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 16 seasons.

91%

19872002

1987 · cause not documented · 60%2002 · cause not documented · 31%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Iron

Career Geography

Journeyman · 3 crestsLeague board →

Wore 3 distinct franchise crests across 16 seasons (1987–2002) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

PHI 1987–1989 MIN 1990–2001 MIA 2002

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

Cris Carter

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

1987 Draft Class· this player went #3

Career Geography