DeForest Buckner ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Buckner in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Buckner a career score of 84, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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DeForest Buckner

3× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 4% all-time pass rushersFranchise Cornerstone🌅 Early Bloomer · 2018 Team Carrier · #289

Height

Career Value · VORP

285 career value over replacement — #160 all-time of 4,695. 28.5/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #7 (Rd 1) · SF · 2016 · +20.7 vs expected KV-H

84actual

63.3 expected · Δ+20.7

💔+43.9 stolen VORP·1.54 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	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	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%
2016	22	SF	15	—	68	38	30	7	18	6.0	31.0	0	1	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,006	92.9%	103	22.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	23	SF	16	—	52	36	16	5	22	3.0	30.0	0	5	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	863	76.2%	87	19.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	24	SF	16	—	59	36	23	17	20	12.0	49.0	0	3	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	852	79.4%	164	35.1%	1	1	1.0	91.7	1.0	34	15	6	0	6	0.1
2019	25	SF	16	—	61	33	28	9	14	7.5	30.5	0	2	2	4	1	0	1	0.1%	810	79.9%	158	35.4%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-6.0	20	7	5	0	3	0.0
2020	26	IND	15	—	49	28	21	10	26	9.5	45.5	0	3	2	1	0	1	—	0.0%	751	78.3%	129	31.4%	0	0	—	—	—	31	4	16	0	2	0.0
2021	27	IND	17	—	56	28	28	10	18	7.0	35.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	844	77.3%	151	34.1%	2	2	1.0	91.7	-0.5	27	8	11	3	5	0.1
2022	28	IND	17	—	64	34	30	11	22	8.0	41.0	0	3	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	873	76.2%	19	4.0%	4	3	0.8	77.1	-2.8	29	9	10	1	2	0.0
2023	29	IND	17	—	71	35	36	11	21	8.0	40.0	0	7	2	1	1	0	—	0.0%	840	72.2%	21	4.1%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-3.0	25	4	12	2	4	0.0
2024	30	IND	12	—	57	20	37	8	14	6.5	28.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	1	0.1%	578	71.8%	4	1.2%	0	0	—	—	—	19	5	7	0	7	0.1
2025	31	IND	10	—	47	30	17	9	13	4.0	26.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	469	70.5%	5	1.9%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-7.0	20	7	9	2	2	0.0
2026	32	IND	5	—	24	8	16	4	8	4.0	16.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	261	80.4%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	156	—	608	326	282	101	196	75.5	372.5	0	30	9	11	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	9	—	—	—	205	59	76	8	31	—

Career arc · VAL by season

11 seasons · peak 7.9 in 2018

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

3.4 career wins over 11 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2018 · +0.6 wins

Defence+0.6

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2016	22	SF	15	14*	68	38	30	7	18	6.0	31.0	1	0	2	0	0	2
2017	23	SF	15	12*	52	36	16	5	22	3.0	30.0	5	1	—	0	0	1.2
2018	24	SF	16	13*	59	36	23	17	20	12.0	49.0	3	0	1	0	0	7.9
2019	25	SF	16	13*	61	33	28	9	14	7.5	30.5	2	2	4	1	0	5.2
2020	26	IND	15	12*	49	28	21	10	26	9.5	45.5	3	2	1	0	1	6.5
2021	27	IND	17	13*	56	28	28	10	18	7.0	35.0	3	0	—	0	0	4
2022	28	IND	16	13*	64	34	30	11	22	8.0	41.0	3	2	1	0	0	4.9
2023	29	IND	17	12*	71	35	36	11	21	8.0	40.0	7	2	1	1	0	4.8
2024	30	IND	12	9*	57	20	37	8	14	6.5	28.5	1	0	—	0	0	3.4
2025	31	IND	10	7*	47	30	17	9	13	4.0	26.0	0	0	—	0	0	2
2026	32	IND	5	4*	24	8	16	4	8	4.0	16.0	2	0	1	0	0	2.3
Career			154	122*	608	326	282	101	196	75.5	372.5	30	9	11	2	1	44.2

* 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%
2016	22	SF	15	14*	—	0.0%	1,006	92.9%	103	22.5%
2017	23	SF	16	12*	—	0.0%	863	76.2%	87	19.0%
2018	24	SF	16	13*	—	0.0%	852	79.4%	164	35.1%
2019	25	SF	16	13*	1	0.1%	810	79.9%	158	35.4%
2020	26	IND	15	12*	—	0.0%	751	78.3%	129	31.4%
2021	27	IND	17	13*	—	0.0%	844	77.3%	151	34.1%
2022	28	IND	17	13*	—	0.0%	873	76.2%	19	4.0%
2023	29	IND	17	12*	—	0.0%	840	72.2%	21	4.1%
2024	30	IND	12	9*	1	0.1%	578	71.8%	4	1.2%
2025	31	IND	10	7*	—	0.0%	469	70.5%	5	1.9%
2026	32	IND	5	4*	—	0.0%	261	80.4%	—	0.0%
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	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	24	SF	16	13*	1	1	1.0	91.7	1.0	34	15	6	0	6	0.1
2019	25	SF	16	13*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-6.0	20	7	5	0	3	0.0
2020	26	IND	15	12*	0	0	—	—	—	31	4	16	0	2	0.0
2021	27	IND	17	13*	2	2	1.0	91.7	-0.5	27	8	11	3	5	0.1
2022	28	IND	17	13*	4	3	0.8	77.1	-2.8	29	9	10	1	2	0.0
2023	29	IND	17	12*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-3.0	25	4	12	2	4	0.0
2024	30	IND	12	9*	0	0	—	—	—	19	5	7	0	7	0.1
2025	31	IND	10	7*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-7.0	20	7	9	2	2	0.0
Career			120	92*	10	9	—	—	—	205	59	76	8	31	—

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

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	BAL	—	—	—
W2	KC	—	—	—
W3	HOU	—	—	—
W4	WAS	—	—	—
W5	PIT	—	—	—

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 5 games

Splits

15 games · 2025–2026

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	8
Away	7

Wins / Losses2 rows

Wins / Losses	G
Wins	9
Losses	6

Regular season / Postseason1 row

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 84 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 84 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 80 × longevity 1 = KV-H 84· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 76

On-field 57.5

Availability 18.5

On-field production

By opponent	G
vs ARI	1
vs BAL	1
vs DEN	1
vs HOU	1
vs KC	1
vs LA	1
vs LAC	1
vs LV	1
vs MIA	1
vs PIT	2
vs SF	1
vs TEN	2
vs WAS	1

By month	G
September	7
October	6
November	1
December	1

Division games	G
Division	3
Non-division	12

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	BAL	—	—	—
W2	KC	—	—	—
W3	HOU	—	—	—
W4	WAS	—	—	—
W5	PIT	—	—	—

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	BAL	—	—	—
W2	KC	—	—	—
W3	HOU	—	—	—
W4	WAS	—	—	—
W5	PIT	—	—	—

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DeForest Buckner

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 · EDGE

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	BAL	—	—	—
W2	KC	—	—	—
W3	HOU	—	—	—
W4	WAS	—	—	—
W5	PIT	—	—	—