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.

On the boards· Appears on 3 boards

Streaks10 straight · 1,000 rushing yards · 1995–04

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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

Career Value · VORP

347 career value over replacement — #76 all-time of 4,695. 31.5/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×6 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #74 (Rd 3) · NWE · 1995 · +52.1 vs expected KV-H

92actual

39.9 expected · Δ+52.1

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Height5'11"

Weight210 lb

BornMay 1, 1973

Age53

CollegePittsburgh See College Stats

Rookie yr1995

Draft1995 · Rd 3, Pick 74 · NWE

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #381 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

2 qualifying seasons

2003 NYJ·6 team wins#12

Rushing Yards · 1,308 · score 14

2005 NYJ·4 team wins#25

Rushing Touchdowns · 5 · 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

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: 92%.

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

= this player (normalized to own peak). = 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

Career Milestones13

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

19951K career rushing yards
199625 career rushing TDs
19973K career rushing yards
1997100 career receptions
19985K career rushing yards
19981K career receiving yards

Understanding These Stats

Passing

Cmp / Att — Completions and pass attempts.

Cmp% — Completion percentage — completions ÷ attempts × 100.

Yds — Passing yards — total air + yards after catch on completions.

TD / TD% — Passing touchdowns. TD% = TDs per 100 attempts, measuring scoring efficiency.

Int / Int% — Interceptions thrown. Int% = INTs per 100 attempts — the primary ball-security metric.

Y/A — Yards per attempt — passing yards ÷ attempts. The core passing efficiency rate.

AdjY/A — Adjusted yards per attempt: (Pass Yds + 20×TD − 45×INT) ÷ Att. Penalizes turnovers and rewards touchdowns — widely considered the most predictive single-season QB metric.

TD:INT — TD-to-interception ratio — passing touchdowns ÷ interceptions thrown. Elite QBs sustain career ratios above 3.0; HOF greats often exceed 4.0. Not shown when no interceptions.

Rate — NFL passer rating — the official formula combining Cmp%, Y/A, TD%, and INT% on a 0–158.3 scale. Good QB performance ≈ 90+; elite ≈ 110+.

Sk — Times sacked — how many times the QB was brought down behind the line of scrimmage.

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Rushing

Att182Yds795TD8Y/A4.4TD%4.41D151D%8.2

Receiving

Tgt21

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.

Top Teammates

Wayne ChrebetWR8y Jerald SowellFB8y Vinny TestaverdeQB7y Mo LewisOLB6y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Curtis inherited the New York Jets RB room from Richie Anderson (1994–2002), and handed it to Breece Hall (2022–2026).

John Riggins 1971–1975Clark Gaines 1976–1980Bruce Harper 1977–1984Freeman McNeil 1981–1992Johnny Hector 1983–1992Richie Anderson

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 NWE — Round 3, Pick 74
1995team change
Joined NE (from NWE)

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 91

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 2025 NFL — 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	92.9	1,980+493	116.5
1996	1,152	72	1,601+449	94.2
1997	1,160	89.2	1,858+698	109.3
1998	1,287	85.8	1,767+480	103.9
1999	1,453	90.8	1,666+213	98
2000	1,156	72.3	1,251+95	73.6
2001	1,513	94.6	1,533+20	90.2
2002	1,094	68.4	1,104+10	64.9
2003	1,308	81.8	1,272-36	74.8
2004	1,697	106.1	1,563-134	92
2005	735	61.3	957+222	56.3

Data: nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · 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.

50 career rushing TDs

2000250 career receptions

20018K career rushing yards

200210K career rushing yards

200412K career rushing yards

200475 career rushing TDs

20043K career receiving yards

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.

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.

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

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.

Curtis Martin 1998–2005

Curtis inherited the New England Patriots RB room from Tony Collins (1981–1987), and handed it to Kevin Faulk (1999–2011).

Mack Herron 1973–1975Andy Johnson 1974–1981Tony Collins 1981–1987Curtis Martin 1995–1997Kevin Faulk 1999–2011James White 2014–2021

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.

Durability IQ

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

Iron

Canton Monitor · HOF

Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. See all →

✓

Enshrined

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 41.7%Longevity 18%Pro Bowls 16.3%All-Pro 13.1%All-Time Ranks 6.5%League Leads 4.4%

Monitor score 91.8 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity89

Peak91

Accolades26

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

On the boards· Appears on 3 boards

Curtis Martin

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

1995 Draft Class· this player went #74