Darren Sharper is building a case for Canton — a 51% HOF probability suggests his career already clears the historical enshrinement bar in most models. His overall career value places Sharper in the top 1% of all defensive backs in the StatVault encyclopedia.

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Darren Sharper

5× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 0% all-time defensive backsIron Legend👑 2× #1 Defensive Back · 2000–2002 ⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2005 Team Carrier · #541

Career Value · VORP

340 career value over replacement — #84 all-time of 4,695. 28.3/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

Led league 1×5 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #60 (Rd 2) · GB · 1997 · +43.9 vs expected KV-H

90actual

46.1 expected · Δ+43.9

💔+31.7 stolen VORP·1.12 szns lost

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Height6'2"

Weight210 lb

BornNov 3, 1975

Age50

CollegeWilliam & Mary See College Stats

Rookie yr1997

Draft1997 · Rd 2, Pick 60 · GB

Combined Season Grid

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

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1997	21–22	GB	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	22–23	GB	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	23–24	GB	16	—	92	67	25	2	1	1.0	4.0	3	5	0	1	0	0
2000	24–25	GB	16	—	77	58	19	5	1	1.0	7.0	8	16	0	—	0	0
2001	25–26	GB	16	—	87	63	24	7	2	2.0	11.0	6	18	1	1	0	0
2002	26–27	GB	13	—	57	40	17	2	0	0.0	2.0	7	9	0	—	1	0
2003	27–28	GB	15	—	73	60	13	0	0	2.0	2.0	5	13	2	—	0	0
2004	28–29	GB	15	—	65	52	13	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	7	2	1	3	0
2005	29–30	MIN	14	—	48	38	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	9	16	0	2	2	0
2006	30–31	MIN	16	—	62	46	16	0	1	1.0	2.0	4	9	1	—	0	0
2007	31–32	MIN	16	—	58	45	13	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	8	1	—	1	0
2008	32–33	MIN	16	—	58	49	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	5	0	2	0	0
2009	33–34	NO	14	—	59	40	19	1	1	0.0	2.0	9	15	0	—	3	0
2010	34–35	NO	8	—	15	10	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Career		—	205	—	751	568	183	18	6	7.0	31.0	60	122	7	8	10	0

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

11thInterceptions·60

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2000·Int8

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An all-time caliber defensive 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 340 · #84 · All-Time

Worth 340 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 3% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 11 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +30.9 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

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+30.9

Avg surplus

peak +49

11 seasons × ~30.9 surplus ≈