Devin McCourty ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places McCourty in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns McCourty a career score of 76, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Career Value · VORP
242 career value over replacement — #249 all-time of 4,695. 18.6/season above a replacement-level S.
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Pick #27 (Rd 1) · NE · 2010 · +21.2 vs expected KV-H
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Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | VAL | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | ||||||
| 2010 | 23 | NE | 16 | — | 9.1 | 64 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 7 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 24 | NE | 14 | — | 1.5 | 77 | 55 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 25 | NE | 16 | — | 5.8 | 77 | 58 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 26 | NE | 15 | — | 1.1 | 67 | 47 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,023 | 95.0% | 186 | 40.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 27 | NE | 16 | — | 2.5 | 64 | 47 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 999 | 90.4% | 154 | 33.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 28 | NE | 14 | — | 2.2 | 60 | 47 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 925 | 95.7% | 154 | 35.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 29 | NE | 16 | — | 2.9 | 78 | 64 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,022 | 98.0% | 142 | 31.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 30 | NE | 16 | — | 2.3 | 90 | 73 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.3% | 1,029 | 96.9% | 110 | 24.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 31 | NE | 16 | — | 1.0 | 74 | 52 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,004 | 95.9% | 184 | 40.2% | 52 | 32 | 0.6 | 113.9 | 8.8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 32 | NE | 16 | — | 6.9 | 52 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1% | 946 | 93.4% | 141 | 31.2% | 33 | 20 | 0.6 | 61.0 | 8.6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 33 | NE | 16 | — | 2.9 | 62 | 39 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 961 | 95.1% | 65 | 16.4% | 28 | 21 | 0.8 | 113.8 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 34 | NE | 17 | — | 4.9 | 58 | 40 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,019 | 94.5% | 39 | 8.6% | 26 | 9 | 0.3 | 17.6 | 15.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 35 | NE | 17 | — | 4.6 | 63 | 46 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,098 | 97.3% | 9 | 2.0% | 37 | 19 | 0.5 | 72.1 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | 205 | — | 47.7 | 886 | 660 | 226 | 20 | 4 | 3.0 | 27.0 | 35 | 111 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 176 | 101 | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 28 | — | |
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An all-time caliber defensive back (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.
Worth 242 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 6% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 13 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.6 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
13 seasons × ~18.6 surplus ≈ VORP 242
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10 shared seasons · combined KV-H 1364