Curt Warner ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Warner in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Warner a career score of 86, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Curt Warner

3× Pro BowlTop 1% all-time RBsAll-Time Great📊 Undervalued by voters 🌅 Early Bloomer · 1986

Height5'11"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

206 career value over replacement — #359 all-time of 4,695. 29.4/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · SEA · 1983 · +22.7 vs expected KV-H

86actual

63.3 expected · Δ+22.7

💔+49.4 stolen VORP·1.68 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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

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

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1983	22	SEA	16	—	335	1,449	13	4.3	3.9	—	—	—	—	42	325	1	—	7.7	—	—	—
1984	23	SEA	1	—	10	40	0	4.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	1	19	0	—	19.0	—	—	—
1985	24	SEA	16	—	291	1,094	8	3.8	2.7	—	—	—	—	47	307	1	—	6.5	—	—	—
1986	25	SEA	16	—	319	1,481	13	4.6	4.1	—	—	—	—	41	342	0	—	8.3	—	—	—
1987	26	SEA	12	—	234	985	8	4.2	3.4	—	—	—	—	17	167	2	—	9.8	—	—	—
1988	27	SEA	16	—	266	1,025	10	3.9	3.8	—	—	—	—	22	154	2	—	7.0	—	—	—
1989	28	SEA	16	—	194	631	3	3.3	1.5	—	—	—	—	23	153	1	—	6.7	—	—	—
1990	29	LAR	7	—	49	139	1	2.8	2.0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	0.0	—	—	—
Career		—	100	—	1,698	6,844	56	4.0	3.3	—	—	—	—	193	1,467	7	—	7.6	—	—	—

Career arc · VAL by season

7 seasons · peak 11.7 in 1986

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.

What he added · wins above replacement

2.9 career wins over 7 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 1986 · +0.9 wins

Estimated from the season line (early era)+0.9

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1983	22	SEA	16	—	335	1,449	13	4.3	3.9	—	—	—	10.5
1984	23	SEA	1	—	10	40	0	4.0	0.0	—	—	—	—
1985	24	SEA	16	—	291	1,094	8	3.8	2.7	—	—	—	3.9
1986	25	SEA	16	—	319	1,481	13	4.6	4.1	—	—	—	11.7
1987	26	SEA	12	—	234	985	8	4.2	3.4	—	—	—	8
1988	27	SEA	16	—	266	1,025	10	3.9	3.8	—	—	—	4.4
1989	28	SEA	16	—	194	631	3	3.3	1.5	—	—	—	0
1990	29	LAR	7	—	49	139	1	2.8	2.0	—	—	—	0
Career			100		1,698	6,844	56	4.0	3.3	—	—	—	38.5

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1983	22	SEA	16	—	—	42	325	1	—	7.7	—	—	—
1984	23	SEA	1	—	—	1	19	0	—	19.0	—	—	—
1985	24	SEA	16	—	—	47	307	1	—	6.5	—	—	—
1986	25	SEA	16	—	—	41	342	0	—	8.3	—	—	—
1987	26	SEA	12	—	—	17	167	2	—	9.8	—	—	—
1988	27	SEA	16	—	—	22	154	2	—	7.0	—	—	—
1989	28	SEA	16	—	—	23	153	1	—	6.7	—	—	—
1990	29	LAR	7	—	—	0	0	0	—	0.0	—	—	—
Career			100		—	193	1,467	7	—	7.6	—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 86 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 86 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 84.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 86· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 81

On-field 62.4

Availability 18.6