Demaryius Thomas ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Thomas in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Thomas a career score of 80, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 1 board

#48Era-adjusted seasons· 2014of 350

Streaks5 straight · 1,000 receiving yards · 2012–16

WRNYJ#18ACT

Demaryius Thomas

5× Pro BowlTop 3% all-time WRsFranchise Cornerstone🏆 Clutch · +6% playoffs Team Carrier · #219

Height6'3"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

230 career value over replacement — #281 all-time of 4,695. 23/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

11 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #22 (Rd 1) · DEN · 2010 · +23.7 vs expected KV-H

80actual

56.3 expected · Δ+23.7

💔+25.3 stolen VORP·1.1 szns lost

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Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #219 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2017 DEN·5 team wins#11

Receptions · 83 · score 30

2017 DEN·5 team wins#20

Receiving Yards · 949 · score 12

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 47% of the all-time Receptions leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

47% of the all-time Receptions leader47

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

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 Coverage6/8 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

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Yards / snap:1.238 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.238Touch rate0.154EPA/snap0Snap share82.1%Off snaps6,056Elite · ConsistentCV 0.19

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within wide receivers, 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 · 2010

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

WR · 2010 class

4.52s

40-Yard

Below avg · 39th pct

Pos 39thAll 75thClass Pos 53thClass All 78th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Reception: 13.5 regular season → 14.3 playoffs (5 playoff seasons)

+6%

vs reg season

Career Milestones9

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

20121K career receiving yards
2012100 career receptions
20133K career receiving yards
201325 career receiving TDs
20145K career receiving yards
2014250 career receptions

Understanding These Stats

Passing

Cmp / Att — Completions and pass attempts.

Cmp% — Completion percentage — completions ÷ attempts × 100.

Yds — Passing yards — total air + yards after catch on completions.

TD / TD% — Passing touchdowns. TD% = TDs per 100 attempts, measuring scoring efficiency.

Int / Int% — Interceptions thrown. Int% = INTs per 100 attempts — the primary ball-security metric.

Y/A — Yards per attempt — passing yards ÷ attempts. The core passing efficiency rate.

AdjY/A — Adjusted yards per attempt: (Pass Yds + 20×TD − 45×INT) ÷ Att. Penalizes turnovers and rewards touchdowns — widely considered the most predictive single-season QB metric.

TD:INT — TD-to-interception ratio — passing touchdowns ÷ interceptions thrown. Elite QBs sustain career ratios above 3.0; HOF greats often exceed 4.0. Not shown when no interceptions.

Rate — NFL passer rating — the official formula combining Cmp%, Y/A, TD%, and INT% on a 0–158.3 scale. Good QB performance ≈ 90+; elite ≈ 110+.

Sk — Times sacked — how many times the QB was brought down behind the line of scrimmage.

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt95Rec53Yds759TD6Ctch%55.8%Y/R14.3Y/Tgt8.01D31

College Stats

Georgia TechCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Georgia Tech), 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

Von MillerOLB8y Chris HarrisCB8y Derek WolfeDE7y Virgil GreenTE7y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Demaryius inherited the Denver Broncos WR room from Eric Decker (2010–2013), and handed it to Emmanuel Sanders (2014–2019).

Jack Dolbin 1975–1979Vance Johnson 1985–1995Mark Jackson 1986–1992Ricky Nattiel 1987–1992Mike Young 1989–1992Ed McCaffrey

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

Movementderived from season history

2019team change
Joined NYJ (from DEN)
2019final season
Last recorded season with NYJ
2010draft
Drafted by DEN — Round 1, Pick 22

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 225 lb

Frame

224 lb at 4.52s

Size-speed

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 87

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

C2010

B2011

A2012

A2013

A2014

A2015

B+2016

B+2017

B2018

C+2019

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

89%

Era Translator

Rec Yds 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 Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
2010	283	28.3	361+78	21.2
2011	551	55.1	845+294	49.7
2012	1,434	89.6	1,426-8	83.9
2013	1,430	89.4	1,429-1	84
2014	1,619	101.2	1,585-34	93.3
2015	1,304	81.5	1,290-14	75.9
2016	1,083	67.7	1,059-24	62.3
2017	949	59.3	928-21	54.6
2018	677	45.1	653-24	38.4
2019	433	39.4	574+141	33.7

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

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

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.