Deltha O'Neal ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places O'Neal in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns O'Neal a career score of 79, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Deltha O'Neal

2× Pro BowlTop 2% all-time defensive backsIron Legend📊 Undervalued by voters 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2001Two-Way Profile

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Career Value · VORP

175 career value over replacement — #496 all-time of 4,695. 19.4/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×2 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #15 (Rd 1) · DEN · 2000 · +21.8 vs expected KV-H

79actual

57.2 expected · Δ+21.8

💔+24.8 stolen VORP·1.28 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													Rushing								Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2000	23–24	DEN	4	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	3	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	24–25	DEN	16	—	61	54	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	9	25	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	25–26	DEN	16	—	63	53	10	2	0	0.0	2.0	5	9	0	—	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	26–27	DEN	6	—	20	17	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	2	2	4	0	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	0
2004	27–28	CIN	11	—	36	31	5	0	0	1.0	1.0	4	15	1	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	28–29	CIN	15	—	59	50	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	10	20	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	29–30	CIN	12	—	32	25	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	10	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	30–31	CIN	16	—	52	48	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	9	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	31–32	NE	16	—	26	24	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	8	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	112	—	352	305	47	2	0	1.0	3.0	34	101	3	4	3	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	2	2	4	0	100.0%	2.0	2.0	—	0

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

88thInterceptions·34

Pro Bowls

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2005·Int10 12thsingle season·Int2005

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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 175 · #496 · High-Value

Worth 175 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 12% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 7 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +25 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

2 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

+25

Avg surplus

peak +49

7 seasons × ~25 surplus ≈