Duce Staley ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Staley in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Staley a career score of 71, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Duce Staley

Top 9% all-time RBsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 1999 Team Carrier · #235

Height5'11"

Weight242 lb

Career Value · VORP

131 career value over replacement — #792 all-time of 4,695. 14.6/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #71 (Rd 3) · PHI · 1997 · +28 vs expected KV-H

71actual

43 expected · Δ+28

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Combined Season Grid

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

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

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1997	22	PHI	16	—	7	29	0	4.1	0.0	—	—	—	—	2	22	0	—	11.0	—	—	—
1998	23	PHI	16	—	258	1,065	5	4.1	1.9	—	—	—	—	57	432	1	—	7.6	—	—	—
1999	24	PHI	16	—	324	1,257	4	3.9	1.2	49	15.1	4	65	41	294	2	63.1%	7.2	4.5	—	19
2000	25	PHI	5	—	77	331	1	4.3	1.3	14	18.2	1	33	25	201	0	75.8%	8.0	6.1	—	12
2001	26	PHI	13	—	166	604	2	3.6	1.2	29	17.5	1	91	63	626	2	69.2%	9.9	6.9	—	19
2002	27	PHI	16	—	269	1,029	5	3.8	1.9	56	20.8	0	69	51	541	3	73.9%	10.6	7.8	—	20
2003	28	PHI	16	—	97	457	5	4.7	5.2	22	22.7	1	36	36	382	2	100.0%	10.6	10.6	—	19
2004	29	PIT	10	—	192	830	1	4.3	0.5	38	19.8	2	6	6	55	0	100.0%	9.2	9.2	—	3
2005	30	PIT	4	—	38	148	1	3.9	2.6	9	23.7	0	6	6	34	0	100.0%	5.7	5.7	—	0
Career		—	112	—	1,428	5,750	24	4.0	1.7	217	15.2	9	306	287	2,587	10	93.8%	9.0	8.5	—	92

Career arc · VAL by season

9 seasons · peak 6.9 in 1998

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

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

Best season · 1998 · +0.5 wins

Estimated from the season line (early era)+0.5

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1997	22	PHI	16	—	7	29	0	4.1	0.0	—	—	—	0
1998	23	PHI	16	—	258	1,065	5	4.1	1.9	—	—	—	6.9
1999	24	PHI	16	—	324	1,257	4	3.9	1.2	49	15.1	4	0
2000	25	PHI	5	—	77	331	1	4.3	1.3	14	18.2	1	1.6
2001	26	PHI	13	—	166	604	2	3.6	1.2	29	17.5	1	3.6
2002	27	PHI	16	—	269	1,029	5	3.8	1.9	56	20.8	0	3
2003	28	PHI	16	—	97	457	5	4.7	5.2	22	22.7	1	3.7
2004	29	PIT	10	—	192	830	1	4.3	0.5	38	19.8	2	0
2005	30	PIT	4	—	38	148	1	3.9	2.6	9	23.7	0	0
Career			112		1,428	5,750	24	4.0	1.7	217	15.2	9	18.8

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1997	22	PHI	16	—	—	2	22	0	—	11.0	—	—	—
1998	23	PHI	16	—	—	57	432	1	—	7.6	—	—	—
1999	24	PHI	16	—	65	41	294	2	63.1%	7.2	4.5	—	19
2000	25	PHI	5	—	33	25	201	0	75.8%	8.0	6.1	—	12
2001	26	PHI	13	—	91	63	626	2	69.2%	9.9	6.9	—	19
2002	27	PHI	16	—	69	51	541	3	73.9%	10.6	7.8	—	20
2003	28	PHI	16	—	36	36	382	2	100.0%	10.6	10.6	—	19
2004	29	PIT	10	—	6	6	55	0	100.0%	9.2	9.2	—	3
2005	30	PIT	4	—	6	6	34	0	100.0%	5.7	5.7	—	0
Career			112		306	287	2,587	10	93.8%	9.0	8.5	—	92

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 71 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 71 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 70.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 71· confidence 90%

What builds the career mark of 66

On-field 48.4

Availability 17.6

On-field production