Cris Collinsworth ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Collinsworth in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Collinsworth a career score of 76, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | |||||
| 1981 | 22–23 | CIN | 16 | — | — | 67 | 1,009 | 8 | — | 15.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1982 | 23–24 | CIN | 9 | — | — | 49 | 700 | 1 | — | 14.3 | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 24–25 | CIN | 14 | — | — | 66 | 1,130 | 5 | — | 17.1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 25–26 | CIN | 15 | — | — | 64 | 989 | 6 | — | 15.5 | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 26–27 | CIN | 16 | — | — | 65 | 1,125 | 5 | — | 17.3 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 27–28 | CIN | 16 | — | — | 62 | 1,024 | 10 | — | 16.5 | — | — | — | 2 | 16 | 0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 28–29 | CIN | 8 | — | — | 31 | 494 | 0 | — | 15.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 29–30 | CIN | 13 | — | — | 13 | 227 | 1 | — | 17.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 107 | — | — | 417 | 6,698 | 36 | — | 16.1 | — | — | — | 7 | 39 | 0 | 5.6 | 0.0 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
186 career value over replacement — #440 all-time of 4,695. 23.3/season above a replacement-level WR.
Pick #37 (Rd 2) · CIN · 1981 · +25.2 vs expected KV-H
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8 seasons · peak 15.0 in 1982
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
7.0 career wins over 8 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1982 · +1.1 wins
Latest season · 1988 · +0.1 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#52 of 1,332 all-time WRs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | — | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 91.7 |
Career line only: the source has this as a career total, without seasons.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 22–23 | CIN | 16 | — | — | 67 | 1,009 | 8 | — | 15.1 | — | — | — |
| 1982 | 23–24 | CIN | 9 | — | — | 49 | 700 | 1 | — | 14.3 | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 24–25 | CIN | 14 | — | — | 66 | 1,130 | 5 | — | 17.1 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 25–26 | CIN | 15 | — | — | 64 | 989 | 6 | — | 15.5 | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 26–27 | CIN | 16 | — | — | 65 | 1,125 | 5 | — | 17.3 | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 27–28 | CIN | 16 | — | — | 62 | 1,024 | 10 | — | 16.5 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 28–29 | CIN | 8 | — | — | 31 | 494 | 0 | — | 15.9 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 29–30 | CIN | 13 | — | — | 13 | 227 | 1 | — | 17.5 | — | — | — |
| Career | 107 | — | 417 | 6,698 | 36 | — | 16.1 | — | — | — |
A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 76 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 8 scored seasons.
Blend 74.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 76· confidence 100%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
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