Darius Slay ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Slay in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Slay a career score of 75, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Darius Slay

6× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 5% all-time defensive backsIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 2017 Team Carrier · #560

Height6'0"

Career Value · VORP

182 career value over replacement — #462 all-time of 4,695. 14/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×1 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #36 (Rd 2) · DET · 2013 · +20.2 vs expected KV-H

75actual

54.8 expected · Δ+20.2

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2013	22–23	DET	13	—	0.0	30	24	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	338	43.5%	170	42.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	23–24	DET	16	—	3.9	56	43	13	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	17	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,012	96.9%	30	7.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	24–25	DET	16	—	2.6	56	45	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	13	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	994	94.6%	48	11.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	25–26	DET	13	—	4.4	42	41	1	1	1	1.0	3.0	2	13	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	731	88.5%	46	13.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	26–27	DET	16	—	11.0	59	53	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	8	26	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,064	97.8%	83	17.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	27–28	DET	15	—	4.8	42	39	3	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	17	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	875	94.1%	46	10.9%	94	44	0.5	72.1	14.2	0	0	0	1	3	0.1
2019	28–29	DET	14	—	2.6	44	34	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	13	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	858	86.4%	5	1.1%	93	52	0.6	81.6	13.5	1	1	0	0	6	0.1
2020	29–30	PHI	15	—	0.5	56	50	6	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	6	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	884	85.7%	62	14.9%	90	69	0.8	111.9	9.6	0	0	0	2	5	0.1
2021	30–31	PHI	16	—	4.5	49	37	12	5	0	0.0	5.0	3	9	0	2	3	0	2	0.2%	954	89.7%	—	0.0%	85	50	0.6	74.4	10.3	0	0	0	0	8	0.1
2022	31–32	PHI	17	—	3.7	53	38	15	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	14	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,003	89.0%	—	0.0%	79	46	0.6	83.9	10.5	0	0	0	1	3	0.1
2023	32–33	PHI	12	—	3.0	50	41	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	15	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	809	97.8%	—	0.0%	80	49	0.6	80.2	10.5	0	0	0	0	7	0.1
2024	33–34	PHI	14	—	1.6	46	35	11	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	13	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	699	79.9%	—	0.0%	75	41	0.5	81.9	10.5	0	0	0	1	2	0.0
2025	34–35	PIT	10	—	0.0	36	28	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	3	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	498	69.3%	14	4.8%	40	30	0.8	108.0	9.7	0	0	0	1	7	0.2
Career		—	187	—	42.6	619	508	111	17	1	1.0	19.0	28	164	2	6	5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	636	381	—	—	—	1	1	0	6	41	—

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An all-time caliber defensive back (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 182 · #462 · Elite

Worth 182 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 11% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 10 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

3 replaced

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Replacement

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.2

Avg surplus

peak +47

10 seasons × ~18.2 surplus ≈