Edgerrin James is a Hall of Fame running back whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 85 in the Knox value model. James's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Edgerrin James

★ HALL OF FAME4× Pro Bowl1× All-Pro4th youngest · 1,000 Rushing Yards 5th youngest · 1,000 Scrimmage Yards Top 2% all-time RBsIron Legend🎯 Near-Miss Club 👑 #1 Running Back · 1999–2000 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2000Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #273

Height6'0"

Weight219 lb

BornAug 1, 1978

Age47

CollegeMiami See College Stats

Rookie yr1999

Draft1999 · Rd 1, Pick 4 · IND

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

15thRushing Yards·12,156 yds 23rdRushing Touchdowns·80

Postseason all-time ranks

9thPlayoff Rushing Yards·852 yds 25thPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·6

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2000·Rush Yds1,690 yds Led NFL1999·Rush Yds1,474 yds

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber running back (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with reliable availability. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 248 · #232 · Elite

Worth 248 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 6% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +24.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+24.8

Avg surplus

peak +38

10 seasons × ~24.8 surplus ≈ VORP 248

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	Rushing								Receiving									Defense													Advanced (EPA)
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	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1999	—	IND	16	—	360	1,474	13	4.1	3.6	77	21.4	3	85	61	579	4	71.8%	9.5	6.8	—	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	MIA	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-25.6	6.2	0	0
2000	—	IND	16	—	383	1,690	13	4.4	3.4	99	25.8	5	85	61	581	5	71.8%	9.5	6.8	—	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	NYJ	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-7.0	18.6	0	0
2001	—	IND	6	—	151	662	3	4.4	2.0	40	26.5	1	29	24	193	0	82.8%	8.0	6.7	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	KC	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5	1.2	0	0
2002	—	IND	14	—	277	989	2	3.6	0.7	56	20.2	1	80	61	354	1	76.3%	5.8	4.4	—	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	NYG	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-32.8	-15.4	0	0
2003	—	IND	13	—	309	1,257	11	4.1	3.6	83	26.9	3	51	51	292	0	100.0%	5.7	5.7	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	CLE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-8.6	6.1	0	0
2004	—	IND	16	—	334	1,548	9	4.6	2.7	73	21.9	2	51	51	483	0	100.0%	9.5	9.5	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	LAC	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.4	24.1	0	0
2005	—	IND	15	—	360	1,506	13	4.2	3.6	94	26.1	1	44	44	337	1	100.0%	7.7	7.7	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	TEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14.2	19.6	0	0
2006	—	ARI	16	—	337	1,159	6	3.4	1.8	59	17.5	3	38	38	217	0	100.0%	5.7	5.7	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	DAL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-43.8	5.5	0	39
2007	—	ARI	16	—	324	1,232	7	3.8	2.2	53	16.4	0	25	25	196	0	100.0%	7.8	7.8	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	NO	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-15.2	8.9	0	5
2008	—	ARI	13	—	133	514	3	3.9	2.3	24	18.0	1	12	12	85	0	100.0%	7.1	7.1	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-14.2	-0.1	0	28
2009	—	SEA	7	—	46	125	0	2.7	0.0	6	13.0	0	3	3	19	0	100.0%	6.3	6.3	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-3.6	0.2	0	-1
Career		—	164	—	3,014	12,156	80	4.0	2.7	664	22.0	20	503	431	3,336	11	85.7%	7.7	6.6	—	144	16	16	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	-126.6	74.9	0	71

Career EPA-51.8·-127 rushing · 75 receiving·-4.7/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
1999	21	IND	16	—	360	1,474	13	4.1	3.6	77	21.4	3	30
2000	22	IND	16	—	383	1,690	13	4.4	3.4	99	25.8	5	29
2001	23	IND	6	—	151	662	3	4.4	2.0	40	26.5	1	7.6
2002	24	IND	14	—	277	989	2	3.6	0.7	56	20.2	1	12.9
2003	25	IND	13	—	309	1,257	11	4.1	3.6	83	26.9	3	17.4
2004	26	IND	16	—	334	1,548	9	4.6	2.7	73	21.9	2	17.7
2005	27	IND	15	—	360	1,506	13	4.2	3.6	94	26.1	1	19.5
2006	28	ARI	16	—	337	1,159	6	3.4	1.8	59	17.5	3	13.9
2007	29	ARI	16	—	324	1,232	7	3.8	2.2	53	16.4	0	13.4
2008	30	ARI	13	—	133	514	3	3.9	2.3	24	18.0	1	7.9
2009	31	SEA	7	—	46	125	0	2.7	0.0	6	13.0	0	2.9
Career			148		3,014	12,156	80	4.0	—	664	—	20	172.2

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1999	21	IND	16	—	85	61	579	4	71.8%	9.5	6.8	—	23
2000	22	IND	16	—	85	61	581	5	71.8%	9.5	6.8	—	23
2001	23	IND	6	—	29	24	193	0	82.8%	8.0	6.7	—	9
2002	24	IND	14	—	80	61	354	1	76.3%	5.8	4.4	—	17
2003	25	IND	13	—	51	51	292	0	100.0%	5.7	5.7	—	8
2004	26	IND	16	—	51	51	483	0	100.0%	9.5	9.5	—	20
2005	27	IND	15	—	44	44	337	1	100.0%	7.7	7.7	—	21
2006	28	ARI	16	—	38	38	217	0	100.0%	5.7	5.7	—	9
2007	29	ARI	16	—	25	25	196	0	100.0%	7.8	7.8	—	9
2008	30	ARI	13	—	12	12	85	0	100.0%	7.1	7.1	—	4
2009	31	SEA	7	—	3	3	19	0	100.0%	6.3	6.3	—	1
Career			148		503	431	3,336	11	85.7%	7.7	6.6	—	144

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
1999	21	MIA	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
2000	22	NYJ	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
2001	23	KC	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2002	24	NYG	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2003	25	CLE	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2004	26	LAC	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2005	27	TEN	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2006	28	DAL	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2007	29	NO	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Career			16		16	16	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
1999	21	—	—	—	—	-25.6	6.2	0
2000	22	—	—	—	—	-7.0	18.6	0
2001	23	—	—	—	—	0.5	1.2	0
2002	24	—	—	—	—	-32.8	-15.4	0
2003	25	—	—	—	—	-8.6	6.1	0
2004	26	—	—	—	—	9.4	24.1	0
2005	27	—	—	—	—	14.2	19.6	0
2006	28	—	—	—	—	-43.8	5.5	39
2007	29	—	—	—	—	-15.2	8.9	5
2008	30	—	—	—	—	-14.2	-0.1	28
2009	31	—	—	—	—	-3.6	0.2	-1
Career					—	—	—	71

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 85 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 85 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 79.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 85· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 75

On-field 57.1

Availability 17.9

On-field production Staying available

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

1999bestavg 71elite 702009

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #273 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2006 ARI·5 team wins#12

Rushing Yards · 1,159 · score 28

2006 ARI·5 team wins#22

Rushing Touchdowns · 6 · score 8

All-Time Standing

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

Strong

of 100

Reached 66% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.

66% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader66

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

-4.7 EPA/season over 11 seasons48

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: 92%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Carry: 4.0 regular season → 3.9 playoffs (7 playoff seasons)

-3%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

15,492

12,156 rush · 3,336 recv

Total TDs

80 rush · 11 recv

Total Touches

3,445

3,014 carries · 431 rec

Yds / Touch

4.5

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

13 playoff games

Rushing

Att218Yds852TD6Y/A3.9TD%2.81D511D%23.4Fmb1

Receiving

Tgt40Rec35Yds284Ctch%87.5%Y/R8.1Y/Tgt7.11D14

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-6.1Rec EPA13.3Rec AirYd-4

College Stats

MiamiCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Miami), 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 #4

#1Tim CouchQB #2Donovan McNabbQB #3Akili SmithQB #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

Edgerrin inherited the Indianapolis Colts RB room from Zack Crockett (1995–1998), and handed it to Dominic Rhodes (2001–2010).

Curtis Dickey 1980–1985Randy McMillan 1984–1986George Wonsley 1984–1988Owen Gill 1985–1986Eric Dickerson 1987–1991Ken Clark

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2009team change
Joined SEA (from ARI)
2009final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2006team change
Joined ARI (from IND)
1999draft
Drafted by IND — Round 1, Pick 4

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 219 lb

Frame

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 11-season peers. See all →

peak 87

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

A1999

A2000

C+2001

B+2002

B+2003

A2004

A2005

B+2006

B+2007

C+2008

D2009

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

Era Translator

Rush 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 Rush Yds	Rush Yds/G	→ 2025 Rush Yds	→ 2025 /G
1999	1,474	92.1	1,725+251	101.5
2000	1,690	105.6	1,763+73	103.7
2001	662	110.3	1,814+1,152	106.7
2002	989	70.6	1,161+172	68.3
2003	1,257	96.7	1,504+247	88.5
2004	1,548	96.8	1,466-82	86.2
2005	1,506	100.4	1,504-2	88.5
2006	1,159	72.4	1,065-94	62.6
2007	1,232	77	1,161-71	68.3
2008	514	39.5	617+103	36.3
2009	125	17.9	304+179	17.9

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

Career Value · VORP

248 career value over replacement — #232 all-time of 4,642. 22.5/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

Led league 2×9 top-10 2-phase playertwo-way Mr. ReliableCV 0.30

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #4 (Rd 1) · IND · 1999 · +23.2 vs expected KV-H

85actual

61.8 expected · Δ+23.2

💔+39.6 stolen VORP·1.76 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1999 Draft Class· this player went #4

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography