Dez Bryant ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Bryant in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Bryant a career score of 75, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 1 board

#67Leader marks (black ink)of 150

Streaks3 straight · 1,000 receiving yards · 2012–14

WRBAL#88ACT

Dez Bryant

3× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 4% all-time WRsIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 2012Two-Way Profile

Height6'2"

Career Value · VORP

175 career value over replacement — #499 all-time of 4,695. 19.4/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

Led league 1×7 top-10

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #24 (Rd 1) · DAL · 2010 · +18.7 vs expected KV-H

75actual

56.3 expected · Δ+18.7

💔+29.7 stolen VORP·1.53 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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

4 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Passing													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2010	21–22	DAL	12	—	72	45	561	6	62.5%	12.5	7.8	—	27	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	22–23	DAL	15	—	103	63	928	9	61.2%	14.7	9.0	—	48	1	5	0	5.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	23–24	DAL	16	—	136	90	1,371	12	66.2%	15.2	10.1	—	53	2	-5	0	-2.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	24–25	DAL	16	—	160	93	1,233	13	58.1%	13.3	7.7	—	67	1	1	0	1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	935	93.6%	3	0.2%	3	0.6%
2014	25–26	DAL	16	—	137	88	1,320	16	64.2%	15.0	9.6	—	60	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	898	84.9%	—	0.0%	6	1.3%
2015	26–27	DAL	9	—	72	31	401	3	43.1%	12.9	5.6	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	445	80.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	27–28	DAL	13	—	96	50	796	8	52.1%	15.9	8.3	—	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	100.0%	10	1	0	100.0	0.0	10.0	30.0	—	147.9	0	687	78.5%	—	0.0%	5	1.4%
2017	28–29	DAL	16	—	132	69	838	6	52.3%	12.1	6.3	—	44	1	-4	0	-4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	892	83.9%	—	0.0%	2	0.4%
2020	31–32	BAL	6	—	11	6	47	2	54.5%	7.8	4.3	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	129	33.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	119	—	919	535	7,495	75	58.2%	14.0	8.2	—	358	6	-3	0	-0.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	1	100.0%	10	1	0	100.0	0.0	10.0	30.0	—	147.9	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Career arc · VAL by season

9 seasons · peak 16.2 in 2014

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

6.2 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2014 · +1.2 wins

Receiving+1.2

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.