Don Majkowski is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Majkowski in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Majkowski's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | |||||
| 1987 | 23 | GB | 7 | — | 55 | 127 | 43.3% | 875 | 5 | 3 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 1.7 | 70.2 | — | 15 | 127 | 0 | 8.5 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 24 | GB | 13 | — | 178 | 336 | 53.0% | 2,119 | 9 | 11 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 67.8 | — | 47 | 225 | 1 | 4.8 | 2.1 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 25 | GB | 16 | — | 353 | 599 | 58.9% | 4,318 | 27 | 20 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 82.3 | — | 75 | 358 | 5 | 4.8 | 6.7 | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 26 | GB | 9 | — | 150 | 264 | 56.8% | 1,925 | 10 | 12 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 73.5 | — | 29 | 186 | 1 | 6.4 | 3.4 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 27 | GB | 9 | — | 115 | 226 | 50.9% | 1,362 | 3 | 8 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 59.3 | — | 25 | 108 | 2 | 4.3 | 8.0 | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 28 | GB | 14 | — | 38 | 55 | 69.1% | 271 | 2 | 2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 77.2 | — | 8 | 33 | 0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1993 | 29 | IND | 3 | — | 13 | 24 | 54.2% | 105 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 48.1 | — | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 30 | IND | 9 | — | 84 | 152 | 55.3% | 1,010 | 6 | 7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 0.9 | 69.8 | — | 24 | 34 | 3 | 1.4 | 12.5 | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 31 | DET | 5 | — | 15 | 20 | 75.0% | 161 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 9.1 | — | 114.8 | — | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 32 | DET | 5 | — | 55 | 102 | 53.9% | 554 | 3 | 3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 67.2 | — | 14 | 38 | 0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 90 | — | 1,056 | 1,905 | 55.4% | 12,700 | 66 | 67 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 72.9 | — | 248 | 1,114 | 12 | 4.5 | 4.8 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
96 career value over replacement — #1211 all-time of 4,695. 10.7/season above a replacement-level QB.
Pick #255 (Rd 10) · GNB · 1987 · +33.9 vs expected KV-H
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A quality quarterback with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Worth 96 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 27% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
6 seasons × ~16 surplus ≈ VORP 96
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87% match