Daunte Culpepper ranks in the all-time elite tier for quarterbacks — a career that places Culpepper in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Culpepper a career score of 67, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Daunte Culpepper

3× Pro BowlTop 9% all-time QBsElite Playmaker⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2004 Team Carrier · #119

Height6'4"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

191 career value over replacement — #428 all-time of 4,695. 19.1/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

Led league 2×7 top-10 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #11 (Rd 1) · MIN · 1999 · +5.5 vs expected KV-H

67actual

61.5 expected · Δ+5.5

💔+66.9 stolen VORP·3.5 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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

3 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1999	22–23	MIN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	6	0	2.0	0.0	1	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	23–24	MIN	16	—	297	474	62.7%	3,937	33	16	7.0	3.4	8.3	8.2	2.1	98.0	34	86	442	7	5.1	8.1	36	41.9	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	24–25	MIN	11	—	235	366	64.2%	2,612	14	13	3.8	3.6	7.1	6.3	1.1	83.3	33	71	416	5	5.9	7.0	31	43.7	1	1	1	0	0	100.0%	0.0	0.0	—	0
2002	25–26	MIN	16	—	333	549	60.7%	3,853	18	23	3.3	4.2	7.0	5.8	0.8	75.3	47	106	609	10	5.7	9.4	46	43.4	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	26–27	MIN	14	—	295	454	65.0%	3,479	25	11	5.5	2.4	7.7	7.7	2.3	96.4	38	72	422	4	5.9	5.6	28	38.9	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	27–28	MIN	16	—	379	548	69.2%	4,717	39	11	7.1	2.0	8.6	9.1	3.5	110.9	45	89	406	2	4.6	2.2	32	36.0	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	28–29	MIN	7	—	139	216	64.4%	1,564	6	12	2.8	5.6	7.2	5.3	0.5	72.0	31	24	141	1	5.9	4.2	11	45.8	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	29–30	MIA	4	—	81	134	60.4%	929	2	3	1.5	2.2	6.9	6.2	0.7	77.0	20	11	20	1	1.8	9.1	2	18.2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	30–31	OAK	7	—	108	185	58.4%	1,332	5	5	2.7	2.7	7.2	6.5	1.0	78.5	21	20	46	3	2.3	15.0	7	35.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	31–32	DET	5	—	60	115	52.2%	786	4	6	3.5	5.2	6.8	5.2	0.7	63.9	14	11	25	1	2.3	9.1	3	27.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	32–33	DET	8	—	89	157	56.7%	945	3	6	1.9	3.8	6.0	4.7	0.5	64.8	14	18	91	0	5.1	0.0	5	27.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	105	—	2,016	3,198	63.0%	24,154	149	106	4.7	3.3	7.6	7.0	1.4	87.8	297	511	2,624	34	5.1	6.7	202	39.5	13	1	1	0	0	100.0%	0.0	0.0	—	0

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

75thPassing Yards·24,154 yds 81stPassing Touchdowns·149

Postseason all-time ranks

47thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·8 61stPlayoff Passing Yards·967 yds

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A top 10% all-time quarterback who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 191 · #428 · Elite

Worth 191 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 10% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 7 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +27.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

3 replaced

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

+27.3

Avg surplus

peak +47

7 seasons × ~27.3 surplus ≈