Don Hutson is a Hall of Fame tight end whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 80 in the Knox value model. Hutson's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.
Career Value · VORP
238 career value over replacement — #258 all-time of 4,695. 23.8/season above a replacement-level TE.
💔+28.6 stolen VORP·1.2 szns lostFan Rating
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Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
Career games unavailable for incomplete season coverage. Verified career totals remain shown; career per-game figures require complete coverage.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||||||||
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| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | |||||
| 1935 | 22–23 | GB | 9 | — | — | 18 | 420 | 6 | — | 23.3 | — | — | — | 6 | 22 | 0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1936 | 23–24 | GB | 12 | — | — | 34 | 536 | 8 | — | 15.8 | — | — | — | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1937 | 24–25 | GB | 11 | — | — | 41 | 552 | 7 | — | 13.5 | — | — | — | 14 | 26 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1938 | 25–26 | GB | 10 | — | — | 32 | 548 | 9 | — | 17.1 | — | — | — | 3 | -1 | 0 | -0.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1939 | 26–27 | GB | 11 | — | — | 34 | 846 | 6 | — | 24.9 | — | — | — | 5 | 26 | 0 | 5.2 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1940 | 27–28 | GB | 11 | — | — | 45 | 664 | 7 | — | 14.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1941 | 28–29 | GB | 11 | — | — | 58 | 738 | 10 | — | 12.7 | — | — | — | 4 | 22 | 2 | 5.5 | 50.0 | — | — | — |
| 1942 | 29–30 | GB | 11 | — | — | 74 | 1,211 | 17 | — | 16.4 | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1943 | 30–31 | GB | 10 | — | — | 47 | 776 | 11 | — | 16.5 | — | — | — | 6 | 41 | 0 | 6.8 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1944 | 31–32 | GB | 10 | — | — | 58 | 866 | 9 | — | 14.9 | — | — | — | 12 | 87 | 0 | 7.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1945 | 32–33 | GB | — | — | — | 47 | 834 | 9 | — | 17.7 | — | — | — | 8 | 60 | 1 | 7.5 | 12.5 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | — | — | 0 | 488 | 7,991 | 99 | — | 16.4 | — | — | 0 | 62 | 284 | 3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
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An all-time caliber tight end (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.
Worth 238 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 6% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 9 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +26.4 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
9 seasons × ~26.4 surplus ≈
Antonio Gates
TE
94% match