Donovan McNabb is one of the most consistent quarterbacks of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, McNabb delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.

QBMIN#5CUT

Donovan McNabb

6× Pro BowlTop 8% all-time QBsElite PlaymakerTwo-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #299

Height6'2"

Weight240 lb

BornNov 25, 1976

Age49

CollegeSyracuse See College Stats

Rookie yr1999

Draft1999 · Rd 1, Pick 2 · PHI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

29thPassing Yards·37,187 yds 34thPassing Touchdowns·235

Postseason all-time ranks

17thPlayoff Passing Yards·3,745 yds 17thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·25 60thPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·4 63rdPlayoff Rushing Yards·422 yds

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 10% all-time quarterback who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 315 · #115 · All-Time

Worth 315 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 3% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 11 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +28.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

11 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+28.6

Avg surplus

peak +36

11 seasons × ~28.6 surplus ≈ VORP 315

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Receiving									Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	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	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1999	—	PHI	11	—	105	213	49.3%	934	8	6	3.8	2.8	4.4	3.9	1.3	62.2	28	45	309	0	6.9	0.0	16	35.6	2	1	1	-6	0	100.0%	-6.0	-6.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	PHI	16	—	327	563	58.1%	3,320	21	11	3.7	2.0	5.9	5.8	1.9	79.3	45	83	623	6	7.5	7.2	31	37.3	1	4	2	5	0	50.0%	2.5	1.3	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	PHI	15	—	285	493	57.8%	3,233	25	12	5.1	2.4	6.6	6.5	2.1	84.3	39	82	482	2	5.9	2.4	27	32.9	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	PHI	10	—	211	361	58.4%	2,289	17	6	4.7	1.7	6.3	6.5	2.8	86.0	28	63	460	6	7.3	9.5	34	54.0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	PHI	16	—	276	479	57.6%	3,223	16	11	3.3	2.3	6.7	6.4	1.5	79.7	43	70	359	3	5.1	4.3	26	37.1	0	1	1	-7	0	100.0%	-7.0	-7.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	WAS	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	PHI	15	—	300	469	64.0%	3,875	31	8	6.6	1.7	8.3	8.8	3.9	104.7	31	42	221	3	5.3	7.1	12	28.6	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	DAL	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2005	—	PHI	9	—	211	357	59.1%	2,507	16	9	4.5	2.5	7.0	6.8	1.8	85.0	19	25	55	1	2.2	4.0	7	28.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	PHI	10	—	180	316	57.0%	2,612	18	6	5.7	1.9	8.3	8.6	3.0	95.1	21	32	212	3	6.6	9.4	14	43.8	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	PHI	14	—	291	473	61.5%	3,324	20	7	4.2	1.5	7.0	7.2	2.9	90.6	44	50	236	0	4.7	0.0	16	32.0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	BUF	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2008	—	PHI	16	—	345	571	60.4%	3,914	23	11	4.0	1.9	6.9	6.8	2.1	86.4	24	38	151	2	4.0	5.3	11	28.9	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	CIN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	—	PHI	14	—	267	443	60.3%	3,553	22	10	5.0	2.3	8.0	8.0	2.2	92.9	36	36	141	2	3.9	5.6	12	33.3	1	1	1	1	0	100.0%	1.0	1.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	DAL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	—	WAS	13	—	275	472	58.3%	3,377	14	15	3.0	3.2	7.2	6.3	0.9	77.1	37	29	151	0	5.2	0.0	8	27.6	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	LA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2011	—	MIN	6	—	94	156	60.3%	1,026	4	2	2.6	1.3	6.6	6.5	2.0	82.9	16	14	59	1	4.2	7.1	5	35.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	KC	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	176	—	3,167	5,366	59.0%	37,187	235	114	4.4	2.1	6.9	6.8	2.1	85.9	411	609	3,459	29	5.7	4.8	219	36.0	14	8	5	-7	0	62.5%	-1.4	-0.9	—	0	13	13	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA284.2·212 passing · 79 rushing · -8 receiving·21.9/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1999	23	PHI	11	—	105	213	49.3%	934	8	6	3.8	2.8	4.4	3.9	1.3	62.2	28	6.3
2000	24	PHI	16	—	327	563	58.1%	3,320	21	11	3.7	2.0	5.9	5.8	1.9	79.3	45	17.8
2001	25	PHI	15	—	285	493	57.8%	3,233	25	12	5.1	2.4	6.6	6.5	2.1	84.3	39	16.2
2002	26	PHI	10	—	211	361	58.4%	2,289	17	6	4.7	1.7	6.3	6.5	2.8	86.0	28	12.4
2003	27	PHI	16	—	276	479	57.6%	3,223	16	11	3.3	2.3	6.7	6.4	1.5	79.7	43	15
2004	28	PHI	15	—	300	469	64.0%	3,875	31	8	6.6	1.7	8.3	8.8	3.9	104.7	31	19.9
2005	29	PHI	9	—	211	357	59.1%	2,507	16	9	4.5	2.5	7.0	6.8	1.8	85.0	19	9.5
2006	30	PHI	10	—	180	316	57.0%	2,612	18	6	5.7	1.9	8.3	8.6	3.0	95.1	21	13.8
2007	31	PHI	14	—	291	473	61.5%	3,324	20	7	4.2	1.5	7.0	7.2	2.9	90.6	44	14.5
2008	32	PHI	16	—	345	571	60.4%	3,914	23	11	4.0	1.9	6.9	6.8	2.1	86.4	24	16
2009	33	PHI	14	—	267	443	60.3%	3,553	22	10	5.0	2.3	8.0	8.0	2.2	92.9	36	14
2010	34	WAS	13	—	275	472	58.3%	3,377	14	15	3.0	3.2	7.2	6.3	0.9	77.1	37	8.7
2011	35	MIN	6	—	94	156	60.3%	1,026	4	2	2.6	1.3	6.6	6.5	2.0	82.9	16	4.2
Career			165		3,167	5,366	59.0%	37,187	235	114	4.4	2.1	6.9	—	—	85.9	411	168.3

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1999	23	PHI	11	—	45	309	0	6.9	0.0	16	35.6	2
2000	24	PHI	16	—	83	623	6	7.5	7.2	31	37.3	1
2001	25	PHI	15	—	82	482	2	5.9	2.4	27	32.9	1
2002	26	PHI	10	—	63	460	6	7.3	9.5	34	54.0	1
2003	27	PHI	16	—	70	359	3	5.1	4.3	26	37.1	0
2004	28	PHI	15	—	42	221	3	5.3	7.1	12	28.6	2
2005	29	PHI	9	—	25	55	1	2.2	4.0	7	28.0	1
2006	30	PHI	10	—	32	212	3	6.6	9.4	14	43.8	1
2007	31	PHI	14	—	50	236	0	4.7	0.0	16	32.0	2
2008	32	PHI	16	—	38	151	2	4.0	5.3	11	28.9	1
2009	33	PHI	14	—	36	141	2	3.9	5.6	12	33.3	1
2010	34	WAS	13	—	29	151	0	5.2	0.0	8	27.6	1
2011	35	MIN	6	—	14	59	1	4.2	7.1	5	35.7	0
Career			165		609	3,459	29	5.7	—	219	—	14

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T
1999	23	PHI	11	—	1	1	-6	100.0%	-6.0	-6.0	—
2000	24	PHI	16	—	4	2	5	50.0%	2.5	1.3	—
2002	26	PHI	10	—	1	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—
2003	27	PHI	16	—	1	1	-7	100.0%	-7.0	-7.0	—
2009	33	PHI	14	—	1	1	1	100.0%	1.0	1.0	—
Career			67		8	5	-7	62.5%	-1.4	-0.9	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2003	27	WAS	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2004	28	DAL	4	—	5	5	0.0	0.0	—
2007	31	BUF	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2008	32	CIN	1	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2009	33	DAL	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2010	34	LA	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2011	35	KC	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Career			11		13	13	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1999	23	—	—	—	-81.3	5.3	-1.1	0	0
2000	24	—	—	—	6.6	40.8	-2.3	0	0
2001	25	—	—	—	0.2	7.7	—	0	0
2002	26	—	—	—	2.8	25.9	-3.0	0	0
2003	27	—	—	—	1.0	13.1	-0.8	0	0
2004	28	—	—	—	121.7	-5.7	—	0	0
2005	29	—	—	—	15.6	-5.6	—	0	0
2006	30	—	—	—	36.7	6.7	—	2,792	0
2007	31	—	—	—	35.6	-3.9	—	3,617	0
2008	32	—	—	—	59.9	-3.6	—	4,718	0
2009	33	—	—	—	38.6	-0.8	-0.5	3,841	-13
2010	34	—	—	—	-7.5	-2.5	—	4,084	0
2011	35	—	—	—	-17.5	2.2	—	1,231	0
Career					—	—	—	20,283	-13

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 68 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 68 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 13 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 64.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 68· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 61

On-field 44.2

Availability 16.8

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative pass yds/g)

1999bestavg 59elite 702011

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #299 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

4 qualifying seasons

2010 WAS·6 team wins#14

Passing Yards · 3,377 · score 12

2005 PHI·6 team wins#16

Passing Touchdowns · 16 · score 10

2005 PHI·6 team wins#18

Passing Yards · 2,507 · score 8

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Solid

of 100

Reached 42% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

42% of the all-time Passing Yards leader42

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

21.86 EPA/season over 13 seasons57

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 87%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average QBs aging curve. Group peak age: 29. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Passer Rating: 85.9 regular season → 80.5 playoffs (7 playoff seasons)

-6%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

16 playoff games

Passing

Cmp340Att576Cmp%59.0%Yds3,745TD25Int17TD%4.3Int%3.0Y/A6.5AdjY/A6.0TD:INT1.5Rate80.5Sk48

Rushing

Att72Yds422TD4Y/A5.9TD%5.61D271D%37.5

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA-28.9Rush EPA29.1Pass AirYd1,432

College Stats

SyracuseCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Syracuse), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

1999 Draft Class· this player went #2

#1Tim CouchQB #3Akili SmithQB #4Edgerrin JamesRB #6Torry HoltWR #7Champ BaileyCB #8David BostonWR #9Chris ClaiborneLB #10Chris McAlisterDB #11Daunte CulpepperQB #12Cade McNownQB #13Troy EdwardsWR #14John TaitOT #16Jevon KearseDE #17Damien WoodyOT #18Matt StinchcombG #19Luke PetitgoutOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Donovan inherited the Philadelphia Eagles QB room from Ty Detmer (1996–1997), and handed it to Jeff Garcia (2006–2009).

Randall Cunningham 1985–1995Ty Detmer 1996–1997Donovan McNabb 1999–2009Jeff Garcia 2006–2009Mike Vick 2009–2013Nick Foles

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2011team change
Joined MIN (from WAS)
2011final season
Last recorded season with MIN
2010team change
Joined WAS (from PHI)
1999draft
Drafted by PHI — Round 1, Pick 2

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 240 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2010	WAS	0	W1Questionable· AnkleW2Questionable· AnkleW5Questionable· ThighW6Questionable· HamstringW8Questionable· HamstringW10Questionable· Hamstring / Groin
2009	PHI	0	W2Doubtful· RibW3Doubtful· Rib

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 13-season peers. See all →

peak 70

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

F1999

B2000

B2001

C+2002

C+2003

B+2004

B2005

B2006

B2007

B2008

B2009

B2010

F2011

Era Translator

Pass Yds translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Pass Yds	Pass Yds/G	→ 2025 Pass Yds	→ 2025 /G
1999	934	84.9	2,305+1,371	135.6
2000	3,320	207.5	3,851+531	226.5
2001	3,233	215.5	3,921+688	230.6
2002	2,289	228.9	4,047+1,758	238.1
2003	3,223	201.4	3,620+397	212.9
2004	3,875	258.3	4,459+584	262.3
2005	2,507	278.6	4,717+2,210	277.5
2006	2,612	261.2	4,450+1,838	261.8
2007	3,324	237.4	4,142+818	243.6
2008	3,914	244.6	4,159+245	244.7
2009	3,553	253.8	4,205+652	247.3
2010	3,377	259.8	4,195+818	246.8
2011	1,026	171	2,997+1,971	176.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

315 career value over replacement — #115 all-time of 4,642. 24.2/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

6 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Compiler31% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way Mr. ReliableCV 0.26

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #2 (Rd 1) · PHI · 1999 · +6.2 vs expected KV-H

68actual

61.8 expected · Δ+6.2

💔+66.3 stolen VORP·2.73 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1999 Draft Class· this player went #2

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

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