Curtis Martin is a Hall of Fame running back whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 92 in the Knox value model. Martin's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Curtis Martin

★ HALL OF FAME5× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 1% all-time RBsIron Legend🏟️ New York Jets Icon 👑 #1 Running Back · 2004 🏆 Clutch · +9% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 1999Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #342

Height5'11"

Weight210 lb

BornMay 1, 1973

Age53

CollegePittsburgh See College Stats

Rookie yr1995

Draft1995 · Rd 3, Pick 74 · NE

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

7thRushing Yards·14,042 yds 15thRushing Touchdowns·90

Postseason all-time ranks

12thPlayoff Rushing Yards·795 yds 14thPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·8 95thPlayoff Receptions·37

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

Archetype Intelligence

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An all-time caliber running back (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 354 · #70 · All-Time

Worth 354 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 2% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 11 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +32.2 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

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+32.2

Avg surplus

peak +46

11 seasons × ~32.2 surplus ≈ VORP 354

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									Passing													Defense
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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1995	—	NE	15	—	368	1,487	14	4.0	3.8	—	—	—	—	30	261	1	—	8.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	NE	15	—	316	1,152	14	3.6	4.4	—	—	—	—	46	333	3	—	7.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	NE	13	—	274	1,160	4	4.2	1.5	—	—	—	—	41	296	1	—	7.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	NYJ	15	—	369	1,287	8	3.5	2.2	—	—	—	—	43	365	1	—	8.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	NYJ	16	—	365	1,453	5	4.0	1.4	84	23.0	0	61	45	259	0	73.8%	5.8	4.2	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	NYJ	16	—	309	1,156	9	3.7	2.9	59	19.1	2	96	69	512	2	71.9%	7.4	5.3	—	24	1	1	100.0%	18	1	0	100.0	0.0	18.0	38.0	—	158.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	LV	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	—	NYJ	16	—	333	1,513	10	4.5	3.0	78	23.4	2	63	53	320	0	84.1%	6.0	5.1	—	13	1	1	100.0%	18	1	0	100.0	0.0	18.0	38.0	—	158.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	KC	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2002	—	NYJ	16	—	261	1,094	7	4.2	2.7	54	20.7	0	56	49	362	0	87.5%	7.4	6.5	—	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	NYJ	16	—	323	1,308	2	4.0	0.6	53	16.4	2	42	42	262	0	100.0%	6.2	6.2	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	NYJ	16	—	371	1,697	12	4.6	3.2	90	24.3	0	41	41	245	2	100.0%	6.0	6.0	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	NE	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2005	—	NYJ	12	—	220	735	5	3.3	2.3	35	15.9	1	24	24	118	0	100.0%	4.9	4.9	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	BUF	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	178	—	3,509	14,042	90	4.0	2.6	—	—	—	383	483	3,333	10	126.1%	6.9	8.7	—	—	2	2	100.0%	36	2	0	100.0	0.0	18.0	38.0	—	158.3	0	11	10	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA-124.7·5 passing · -115 rushing · -15 receiving·-17.8/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	VAL
2000	27	NYJ	16	—	1	1	100.0%	18	1	100.0	18.0	38.0	—	158.3	19.6
2001	28	NYJ	16	—	1	1	100.0%	18	1	100.0	18.0	38.0	—	158.3	19.2
Career			32		2	2	100.0%	36	2	100.0	18.0	—	—	158.3	190.2

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1995	22	NE	15	—	368	1,487	14	4.0	3.8	—	—	—
1996	23	NE	15	—	316	1,152	14	3.6	4.4	—	—	—
1997	24	NE	13	—	274	1,160	4	4.2	1.5	—	—	—
1998	25	NYJ	15	—	369	1,287	8	3.5	2.2	—	—	—
1999	26	NYJ	16	—	365	1,453	5	4.0	1.4	84	23.0	0
2000	27	NYJ	16	—	309	1,156	9	3.7	2.9	59	19.1	2
2001	28	NYJ	16	—	333	1,513	10	4.5	3.0	78	23.4	2
2002	29	NYJ	16	—	261	1,094	7	4.2	2.7	54	20.7	0
2003	30	NYJ	16	—	323	1,308	2	4.0	0.6	53	16.4	2
2004	31	NYJ	16	—	371	1,697	12	4.6	3.2	90	24.3	0
2005	32	NYJ	12	—	220	735	5	3.3	2.3	35	15.9	1
Career			166		3,509	14,042	90	4.0	—	—	—	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1995	22	NE	15	—	—	30	261	1	—	8.7	—	—	—
1996	23	NE	15	—	—	46	333	3	—	7.2	—	—	—
1997	24	NE	13	—	—	41	296	1	—	7.2	—	—	—
1998	25	NYJ	15	—	—	43	365	1	—	8.5	—	—	—
1999	26	NYJ	16	—	61	45	259	0	73.8%	5.8	4.2	—	9
2000	27	NYJ	16	—	96	69	512	2	71.9%	7.4	5.3	—	24
2001	28	NYJ	16	—	63	53	320	0	84.1%	6.0	5.1	—	13
2002	29	NYJ	16	—	56	49	362	0	87.5%	7.4	6.5	—	17
2003	30	NYJ	16	—	42	42	262	0	100.0%	6.2	6.2	—	9
2004	31	NYJ	16	—	41	41	245	2	100.0%	6.0	6.0	—	12
2005	32	NYJ	12	—	24	24	118	0	100.0%	4.9	4.9	—	3
Career			166		383	483	3,333	10	126.1%	6.9	8.7	—	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sk	Dis	FR
2000	27	LV	4	—	4	4	0	0.0	0.0	—
2001	28	KC	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
2003	30	NE	1	—	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
2004	31	NE	3	—	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
2005	32	BUF	2	—	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Career			12		11	10	1	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	26	—	—	—	—	-24.6	-10.7
2000	27	—	—	—	3.3	-32.8	-11.7
2001	28	—	—	—	2.9	-14.0	-5.0
2002	29	—	—	—	-1.1	-6.3	7.6
2003	30	—	—	—	—	-29.0	-1.5
2004	31	—	—	—	—	18.9	4.8
2005	32	—	—	—	—	-26.9	1.4
Career					—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 92 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 92 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 86 × longevity 1 = KV-H 92· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 82

On-field 63.1

Availability 18.9

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative rush yds/g)

1995bestavg 82elite 702005

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #342 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

3 qualifying seasons

2003 NYJ·6 team wins#11

Rushing Yards · 1,308 · score 15

2005 NYJ·4 team wins#24

Rushing Touchdowns · 5 · score 6

2005 NYJ·4 team wins#25

Rushing Yards · 735 · score 3

All-Time Standing

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

Strong

of 100

Reached 77% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.

77% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader77

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

-17.81 EPA/season over 7 seasons44

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat 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: 92%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Carry: 4.0 regular season → 4.4 playoffs (5 playoff seasons)

+9%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

17,375

14,042 rush · 3,333 recv

Total TDs

100

90 rush · 10 recv

Total Touches

3,992

3,509 carries · 483 rec

Yds / Touch

4.4

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Rushing

Att182Yds795TD8Y/A4.4TD%4.4

Receiving

Tgt21Rec37Yds305Ctch%176.2%Y/R8.2Y/Tgt14.5

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-0.9Rec EPA6.8

College Stats

PittsburghCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Pittsburgh), 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.

1995 Draft Class· this player went #74

#66William HendersonFB #67Chris SandersWR #68Darryl PoundsCB #69Melvin TutenOT #70David SloanTE #71Chris HudsonDB #72Greg JeffersonDT #73Brian WilliamsLB #77Lorenzo StylesOLB #79Zack CrockettRB #80Stoney CaseQB #81Tamarick VanoverWR #83Sean HarrisLB #84Eric ZeierQB #86Joe AskaRB #87Evan PilgrimG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Curtis inherited the New York Jets RB room from Jerald Sowell (1997–2005), and handed it to LaMont Jordan (2001–2004).

Freeman McNeil 1981–1992Johnny Hector 1983–1992Tony Paige 1984–1986Rocky Klever 1984–1987Nuu Faaola 1986–1988Roger Vick

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2005final season
Last recorded season with NYJ
1998team change
Joined NYJ (from NE)
1995draft
Drafted by NE — Round 3, Pick 74

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 210 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 11-season peers. See all →

peak 92

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

A+1995

A1996

A1997

A1998

A1999

B+2000

A2001

B+2002

B+2003

A2004

B2005

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

Era Translator

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

Season	Actual Rush Yds	Rush Yds/G	→ 2025 Rush Yds	→ 2025 /G
1995	1,487	99.1	2,165+678	127.3
1996	1,152	76.8	1,727+575	101.6
1997	1,160	89.2	1,886+726	110.9
1998	1,287	85.8	1,785+498	105
1999	1,453	90.8	1,704+251	100.2
2000	1,156	72.3	1,280+124	75.3
2001	1,513	94.6	1,578+65	92.8
2002	1,094	68.4	1,129+35	66.4
2003	1,308	81.8	1,293-15	76
2004	1,697	106.1	1,595-102	93.8
2005	735	61.3	958+223	56.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

354 career value over replacement — #70 all-time of 4,642. 32.2/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

5 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #74 (Rd 3) · NE · 1995 · +52 vs expected KV-H

92actual

40 expected · Δ+52

💔+21.4 stolen VORP·0.66 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1995 Draft Class· this player went #74

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator