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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Combined Season Grid

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

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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	—

Career arc · VAL by season

13 seasons · peak 11.0 in 2017

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

3.3 career wins over 13 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2017 · +0.8 wins

Defence

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2013	22–23	DET	10	0*	30	24	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	5	0	—	0	0
2014	23–24	DET	16	16*	56	43	13	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	17	0	—	0	3.9
2015	24–25	DET	15	15*	56	45	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	13	0	—	0	2.6
2016	25–26	DET	13	12*	42	41	1	1	1	1.0	3.0	2	13	1	—	0	4.4
2017	26–27	DET	16	16*	59	53	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	8	26	0	1	0	11
2018	27–28	DET	15	14*	42	39	3	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	17	0	—	1	4.8
2019	28–29	DET	14	12*	44	34	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	13	0	1	0	2.6
2020	29–30	PHI	15	13*	56	50	6	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	6	0	—	0	0.5
2021	30–31	PHI	16	14*	49	37	12	5	0	0.0	5.0	3	9	0	2	3	4.5
2022	31–32	PHI	16	15*	53	38	15	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	14	0	—	0	3.7
2023	32–33	PHI	12	12*	50	41	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	15	0	—	1	3
2024	33–34	PHI	13	11*	46	35	11	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	13	1	1	0	1.6
2025	34–35	PIT	10	7*	36	28	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	3	0	1	0	0
Career			181	157*	619	508	111	17	1	1.0	19.0	28	164	2	6	5	42.6

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	22–23	DET	13	0*	—	0.0%	338	43.5%	170	42.9%
2014	23–24	DET	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,012	96.9%	30	7.1%
2015	24–25	DET	16	15*	—	0.0%	994	94.6%	48	11.1%
2016	25–26	DET	13	12*	—	0.0%	731	88.5%	46	13.7%
2017	26–27	DET	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,064	97.8%	83	17.3%
2018	27–28	DET	15	14*	—	0.0%	875	94.1%	46	10.9%
2019	28–29	DET	14	12*	—	0.0%	858	86.4%	5	1.1%
2020	29–30	PHI	15	13*	—	0.0%	884	85.7%	62	14.9%
2021	30–31	PHI	16	14*	2	0.2%	954	89.7%	—	0.0%
2022	31–32	PHI	17	15*	—	0.0%	1,003	89.0%	—	0.0%
2023	32–33	PHI	12	12*	—	0.0%	809	97.8%	—	0.0%
2024	33–34	PHI	14	11*	—	0.0%	699	79.9%	—	0.0%
2025	34–35	PIT	10	7*	—	0.0%	498	69.3%	14	4.8%
Career			—		—	—	—	—	—	—

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	27–28	DET	15	14*	94	44	0.5	72.1	14.2	0	0	1	3	0.1
2019	28–29	DET	14	12*	93	52	0.6	81.6	13.5	1	1	0	6	0.1
2020	29–30	PHI	15	13*	90	69	0.8	111.9	9.6	0	0	2	5	0.1
2021	30–31	PHI	16	14*	85	50	0.6	74.4	10.3	0	0	0	8	0.1
2022	31–32	PHI	17	15*	79	46	0.6	83.9	10.5	0	0	1	3	0.1
2023	32–33	PHI	12	12*	80	49	0.6	80.2	10.5	0	0	0	7	0.1
2024	33–34	PHI	14	11*	75	41	0.5	81.9	10.5	0	0	1	2	0.0
2025	34–35	PIT	10	7*	40	30	0.8	108.0	9.7	0	0	1	7	0.2
Career			113	98*	636	381	—	—	—	1	1	6	41	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	NYJ	—	—	—
W2	SEA	—	—	—
W3	NE	—	—	—
W4	MIN	—	—	—
W6	CLE	—	—	—
W7	CIN	—	—	—
W8	GB	—	—	—
W9	IND	—	—	—
W10	LAC	—	—	—
W12	CHI	—	—	—

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 10 games

Splits

10 games · 2025

Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.

Home / Away2 rows

Home / Away	G
Home	5
Away	5

Wins / Losses2 rows

Wins / Losses	G
Wins	5
Losses	5

Regular season / Postseason1 row

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 75 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 75 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 13 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 69.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 75· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 63

On-field 45.6

Availability 17.4

On-field production

By opponent	G
vs CHI	1
vs CIN	1
vs CLE	1
vs GB	1
vs IND	1
vs LAC	1
vs MIN	1
vs NE	1
vs NYJ	1
vs SEA	1

By month	G
September	4
October	3
November	3

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	NYJ	—	—	—
W2	SEA	—	—	—
W3	NE	—	—	—
W4	MIN	—	—	—
W6	CLE	—	—	—
W7	CIN	—	—	—
W8	GB	—	—	—
W9	IND	—	—	—
W10	LAC	—	—	—
W12	CHI	—	—	—

Division games	G
Division	2
Non-division	8

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	NYJ	—	—	—
W2	SEA	—	—	—
W3	NE	—	—	—
W4	MIN	—	—	—
W6	CLE	—	—	—
W7	CIN	—	—	—
W8	GB	—	—	—
W9	IND	—	—	—
W10	LAC	—	—	—
W12	CHI	—	—	—

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Darius Slay

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Game Log

Splits

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · DB

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	NYJ	—	—	—
W2	SEA	—	—	—
W3	NE	—	—	—
W4	MIN	—	—	—
W6	CLE	—	—	—
W7	CIN	—	—	—
W8	GB	—	—	—
W9	IND	—	—	—
W10	LAC	—	—	—
W12	CHI	—	—	—