DeMarcus Ware is a Hall of Fame pass rusher whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 97 in the Knox value model. Ware's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

On the boards· Appears on 8 boards

Streaks7 straight · 10 sacks · 2006–12

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DeMarcus Ware

★ HALL OF FAME9× Pro Bowl4× All-ProTop 0% all-time pass rushersIron Legend👑 2× #1 Edge Rusher · 2007–2011 ⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2007 Team Carrier · #315

Career Value · VORP

491 career value over replacement — #19 all-time of 4,695. 40.9/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

Led league 2×6 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #11 (Rd 1) · DAL · 2005 · +35.5 vs expected KV-H

97actual

61.5 expected · Δ+35.5

💔+34.4 stolen VORP·0.84 szns lost

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Height6'4"

Weight258 lb

BornJul 31, 1982

Age44

CollegeTroy See College Stats

Rookie yr2005

Draft2005 · Rd 1, Pick 11 · DAL

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #315 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2010 DAL·6 team wins#1

Sacks · 16 · score 25

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Strong

of 100

Reached 70% of the all-time Sacks leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.

70% of the all-time Sacks leader70

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 94%.

Encyclopedia Coverage7/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:6.124See leaderboard →

Disruption/1006.124Snap share58.6%Def snaps2,082ConsistentCV 0.22

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Combine · 2005

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

EDGE · 2005 class

4.56s

40-Yard

Elite · 93th pct

Pos 93thAll 68thClass Pos 98thClass All 71th

38.5"

Vertical

Elite · 92th pct

Pos 92thAll 90thClass Pos 91thClass All 85th

122"

Broad Jump

Understanding These Stats

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Snap Counts (2012–present)

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Defense

Tkl29Solo17Ast12TFL6QBHits18Sk7.5Dis31.5FF1

College Stats

TroyCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Troy), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

Top Teammates

Jason WittenTE9y Tony RomoQB9y Jason HatcherDE8y Jay RatliffDE8y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

DeMarcus inherited the Dallas Cowboys LB room from Eugene Lockhart (1984–1990), and handed it to Anthony Spencer (2007–2014).

Chuck Howley 1961–1972Anthony Dickerson 1980–1984Eugene Lockhart 1984–1990DeMarcus Ware 2005–2013Anthony Spencer 2007–2014Sean Lee

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2016final season
Last recorded season with DEN
2014team change
Joined DEN (from DAL)
2005draft
Drafted by DAL — Round 1, Pick 11

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 258 lb

Frame

251 lb at 4.56s

Size-speed

38.5" vert / 122" broad

Explosion

27 reps

Bench power

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 12-season peers. See all →

peak 97

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B+2005

A+2006

A+2007

A+2008

A+2009

A+2010

A+2011

A2012

B+2013

A2014

A2015

B2016

Availability

Era Translator

Sacks translated to the 2025 NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2005	8	0.5	8	0.5
2006	12	0.8	12	0.7
2007	14	0.9	14	0.8
2008	20	1.3	20	1.2
2009	11	0.7	12+1	0.7
2010	15.5	1	16+0.5	0.9
2011	19.5	1.2	19-0.5	1.1
2012	11.5	0.7	11-0.5	0.7
2013	6	0.5	7+1	0.4
2014	10	0.7	11+1	0.7
2015	7.5	0.8	13+5.5	0.8
2016	4	0.4	7+3	0.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro Day40-yard dash, vertical, broad jump, 3-cone, shuttle, bench press. Source: nflverse combine.csv.

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 32. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Pos 82thAll 76thClass Pos 80thClass All 79th

27 reps

Bench

Strong · 77th pct

Pos 77thAll 83thClass Pos 75thClass All 83th

6.83s

3-Cone

Elite · 97th pct

Pos 97thAll 89thClass Pos 98thClass All 94th

4.07s

Shuttle

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 93thClass Pos 88thClass All 77th

Off / Off% — Offensive snaps played and share of team total. The most reliable usage metric for skill positions and OL.

Def / Def% — Defensive snaps played and share of team total.

ST / ST% — Special-teams snaps played and share of team total.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 12 seasons.

20052016

2015 · cause not documented · 69%2016 · cause not documented · 63%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Iron

Canton Monitor · HOF

Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. See all →

✓

Enshrined

What carries the case

All-Pro 32%Era Quality (KV-H) 31%Pro Bowls 18%Longevity 11%League Leads 5.3%All-Time Ranks 2.7%

Monitor score 150.1 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity89

Peak97

Accolades69

Consistency50

Per-Snap74

Historical Rank · Era-Adjusted

Best single season, projected to Sacks in a modern 17-game schedule. See all →

2008 · EDGE · all-time

Career Geography

Journeyman · 3 crestsLeague board →

Wore 3 distinct franchise crests across 12 seasons (2005–2016) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

DAL 2005–2013 DEN 2014–2016 CAR 2015

On the boards· Appears on 8 boards

DeMarcus Ware

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2005

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

2005 Draft Class· this player went #11

Career Geography