Derek Stingley Jr. ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Stingley in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Stingley a career score of 77, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Derek Stingley Jr.

2× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 3% all-time defensive backsAll-Time Great⭐ Shooting Star · 2023

Height6'1"

Weight195 lb

Career Value · VORP

118 career value over replacement — #913 all-time of 4,695. 29.5/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · HOU · 2022 · +13.7 vs expected KV-H

77actual

63.3 expected · Δ+13.7

💔+45.7 stolen VORP·1.55 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	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%
2022	21	HOU	9	—	1.6	41	33	8	0	0	1.0	1.0	1	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	600	96.8%	—	0.0%	54	34	0.6	78.4	9.9	1	0	0	0	2	0.0
2023	22	HOU	11	—	7.0	37	26	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	5	13	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	687	96.0%	9	2.6%	48	23	0.5	41.3	15.9	0	0	0	0	4	0.1
2024	23	HOU	17	—	6.7	52	35	17	4	0	0.0	4.0	5	18	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,012	92.4%	12	2.4%	85	40	0.5	51.2	13.4	0	0	0	1	9	0.1
2025	24	HOU	17	—	6.5	36	26	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	15	1	—	1	0	—	0.0%	914	88.8%	4	0.7%	67	29	0.4	54.0	12.1	0	0	0	4	4	0.1
2026	25	HOU	5	—	0.0	8	7	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	329	99.6%	7	4.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	59	—	21.8	174	127	47	6	0	1.0	7.0	15	54	2	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	254	126	—	—	—	1	0	0	5	19	—

Career arc · VAL by season

5 seasons · peak 7.0 in 2023

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

1.7 career wins over 5 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2023 · +0.5 wins

Defence+0.5

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2022	21	HOU	9	9*	41	33	8	0	1.0	1.0	1	5	0	—	0	1.6
2023	22	HOU	10	10*	37	26	11	1	0.0	1.0	5	13	0	—	0	7
2024	23	HOU	16	16*	52	35	17	4	0.0	4.0	5	18	0	—	0	6.7
2025	24	HOU	15	15*	36	26	10	1	0.0	1.0	4	15	1	—	1	6.5
2026	25	HOU	4	4*	8	7	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	3	1	—	0	0
Career			54	54*	174	127	47	6	1.0	7.0	15	54	2	—	1	21.8

* 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%
2022	21	HOU	9	9*	—	0.0%	600	96.8%	—	0.0%
2023	22	HOU	11	11*	—	0.0%	687	96.0%	9	2.6%
2024	23	HOU	17	16*	—	0.0%	1,012	92.4%	12	2.4%
2025	24	HOU	17	15*	—	0.0%	914	88.8%	4	0.7%
2026	25	HOU	5	5*	—	0.0%	329	99.6%	7	4.8%
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	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2022	21	HOU	9	9*	54	34	0.6	78.4	9.9	1	0	2	0.0
2023	22	HOU	11	11*	48	23	0.5	41.3	15.9	0	0	4	0.1
2024	23	HOU	17	16*	85	40	0.5	51.2	13.4	0	1	9	0.1
2025	24	HOU	17	15*	67	29	0.4	54.0	12.1	0	4	4	0.1
Career			54	51*	254	126	—	—	—	1	5	19	—

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

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	BUF	—	—	—
W2	CIN	—	—	—
W3	IND	—	—	—
W4	DAL	—	—	—

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 4 games

Splits

21 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	11
Away	10

Wins / Losses2 rows

Wins / Losses	G
Wins	11
Losses	10

Regular season / Postseason2 rows

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 77 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 77 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 82.8 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 77· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 80

On-field 64.5

On-field production

By opponent	G
vs ARI	1
vs BAL	1
vs BUF	1
vs CIN	1
vs DAL	1
vs DEN	1
vs IND	2
vs JAX	2
vs KC	1
vs LA	1
vs LAC	1
vs LV	1
vs NE	1
vs PIT	1
vs SEA	1
vs SF	1
vs TB	1
vs TEN	2

By month	G
January	3
September	7
October	4
November	3
December	4

Division games	G
Division	6
Non-division	15

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Derek Stingley Jr.

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 · DB