Emmitt Smith is a Hall of Fame running back whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 97 in the Knox value model. Smith's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Emmitt Smith

★ HALL OF FAME8× Pro Bowl4× All-ProTop 0% all-time RBsIron Legend🏟️ Dallas Cowboys Icon 🌅 Early Bloomer · 1999Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #68

Height5'9"

Weight216 lb

BornMay 15, 1969

Age57

CollegeFlorida See College Stats

Rookie yr1990

Draft1990 · Rd 1, Pick 17 · DAL

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

1stRushing Yards·18,344 yds 1stRushing Touchdowns·164

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL1995·Rush TD25 Led NFL1995·Rush Yds1,773 yds Led NFL1994·Rush TD21 Led NFL1993·Rush Yds1,486 yds Led NFL1992·Rush TD18 Led NFL1992·Rush Yds1,713 yds Led NFL1991·Rush Yds1,563 yds 4thsingle season·Rush TD1995

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber running back (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 508 · #16 · All-Time

Worth 508 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 1% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 15 of 15 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +33.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

15 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+33.9

Avg surplus

peak +49

15 seasons × ~33.9 surplus ≈ VORP 508

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									Passing													Defense
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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1990	—	DAL	16	—	241	937	11	3.9	4.6	—	—	—	—	24	228	0	—	9.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991	—	DAL	16	—	365	1,563	12	4.3	3.3	—	—	—	—	49	258	1	—	5.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992	—	DAL	16	—	373	1,713	18	4.6	4.8	—	—	—	—	59	335	1	—	5.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	—	DAL	14	—	283	1,486	9	5.3	3.2	—	—	—	—	57	414	1	—	7.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	—	DAL	15	—	368	1,484	21	4.0	5.7	—	—	—	—	50	341	1	—	6.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	DAL	16	—	377	1,773	25	4.7	6.6	—	—	—	—	62	375	0	—	6.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	DAL	15	—	327	1,204	12	3.7	3.7	—	—	—	—	47	249	3	—	5.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	DAL	16	—	261	1,074	4	4.1	1.5	—	—	—	—	40	234	0	—	5.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	DAL	16	—	319	1,332	13	4.2	4.1	—	—	—	—	27	175	2	—	6.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	DAL	15	—	326	1,392	11	4.3	3.4	84	25.8	2	32	27	119	2	84.4%	4.4	3.7	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	PHI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	—	DAL	16	—	292	1,197	9	4.1	3.1	65	22.3	5	14	11	79	0	78.6%	7.2	5.6	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	TB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	—	DAL	14	—	261	1,021	3	3.9	1.1	47	18.0	1	21	17	116	0	81.0%	6.8	5.5	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	PHI	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2002	—	DAL	16	—	254	975	5	3.8	2.0	48	18.9	1	24	16	89	0	66.7%	5.6	3.7	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	CAR	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	ARI	10	—	90	256	2	2.8	2.2	15	16.7	0	14	14	107	0	100.0%	7.6	7.6	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	CHI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	ARI	15	—	267	937	9	3.5	3.4	41	15.4	1	15	15	105	0	100.0%	7.0	7.0	—	3	1	1	100.0%	21	1	0	100.0	0.0	21.0	41.0	—	158.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	CAR	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	233	—	4,404	18,344	164	4.2	3.7	300	6.8	10	120	515	3,224	11	429.2%	6.3	26.9	—	23	1	1	100.0%	21	1	0	100.0	0.0	21.0	41.0	—	158.3	0	7	7	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA-153.5·4 passing · -138 rushing · -19 receiving·-25.6/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2004	35	ARI	15	—	1	1	100.0%	21	1	0	100.0	0.0	21.0	41.0	—	158.3	0	12.4
Career			15		1	1	100.0%	21	1	0	100.0	0.0	21.0	—	—	158.3	0	281.9

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1990	21	DAL	16	—	241	937	11	3.9	4.6	—	—	—
1991	22	DAL	16	—	365	1,563	12	4.3	3.3	—	—	—
1992	23	DAL	16	—	373	1,713	18	4.6	4.8	—	—	—
1993	24	DAL	14	—	283	1,486	9	5.3	3.2	—	—	—
1994	25	DAL	15	—	368	1,484	21	4.0	5.7	—	—	—
1995	26	DAL	16	—	377	1,773	25	4.7	6.6	—	—	—
1996	27	DAL	15	—	327	1,204	12	3.7	3.7	—	—	—
1997	28	DAL	16	—	261	1,074	4	4.1	1.5	—	—	—
1998	29	DAL	16	—	319	1,332	13	4.2	4.1	—	—	—
1999	30	DAL	15	—	326	1,392	11	4.3	3.4	84	25.8	2
2000	31	DAL	16	—	292	1,197	9	4.1	3.1	65	22.3	5
2001	32	DAL	14	—	261	1,021	3	3.9	1.1	47	18.0	1
2002	33	DAL	16	—	254	975	5	3.8	2.0	48	18.9	1
2003	34	ARI	10	—	90	256	2	2.8	2.2	15	16.7	0
2004	35	ARI	15	—	267	937	9	3.5	3.4	41	15.4	1
Career			226		4,404	18,344	164	4.2	—	300	—	10

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1990	21	DAL	16	—	—	24	228	0	—	9.5	—	—	—
1991	22	DAL	16	—	—	49	258	1	—	5.3	—	—	—
1992	23	DAL	16	—	—	59	335	1	—	5.7	—	—	—
1993	24	DAL	14	—	—	57	414	1	—	7.3	—	—	—
1994	25	DAL	15	—	—	50	341	1	—	6.8	—	—	—
1995	26	DAL	16	—	—	62	375	0	—	6.0	—	—	—
1996	27	DAL	15	—	—	47	249	3	—	5.3	—	—	—
1997	28	DAL	16	—	—	40	234	0	—	5.8	—	—	—
1998	29	DAL	16	—	—	27	175	2	—	6.5	—	—	—
1999	30	DAL	15	—	32	27	119	2	84.4%	4.4	3.7	—	4
2000	31	DAL	16	—	14	11	79	0	78.6%	7.2	5.6	—	2
2001	32	DAL	14	—	21	17	116	0	81.0%	6.8	5.5	—	6
2002	33	DAL	16	—	24	16	89	0	66.7%	5.6	3.7	—	4
2003	34	ARI	10	—	14	14	107	0	100.0%	7.6	7.6	—	4
2004	35	ARI	15	—	15	15	105	0	100.0%	7.0	7.0	—	3
Career			226		120	515	3,224	11	429.2%	6.3	26.9	—	23

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
1999	30	PHI	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2000	31	TB	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2001	32	PHI	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2002	33	CAR	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2003	34	CHI	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2004	35	CAR	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Career			7		7	7	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	30	—	—	—	—	-7.6	-6.4
2000	31	—	—	—	—	-20.6	-3.0
2001	32	—	—	—	—	-32.9	0.0
2002	33	—	—	—	—	-34.1	-14.8
2003	34	—	—	—	—	-14.2	2.8
2004	35	—	—	—	3.6	-28.4	2.0
Career					—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 97 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 97 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 15 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 89.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 97· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 85

On-field 65.9

Availability 19.1

On-field production Staying available

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

1990bestavg 84elite 702004

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #68 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

114

6 qualifying seasons

2000 DAL·5 team wins#11

Rushing Touchdowns · 9 · score 30

2000 DAL·5 team wins#12

Rushing Yards · 1,197 · score 28

2001 DAL·5 team wins#14

Rushing Yards · 1,021 · score 24

All-Time Standing

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

Elite

of 100

Reached 100% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a elite all-time profile at the position.

100% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader100

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

-25.59 EPA/season over 6 seasons41

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+).

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

21,568

18,344 rush · 3,224 recv

Total TDs

175

164 rush · 11 recv

Total Touches

4,919

4,404 carries · 515 rec

Yds / Touch

4.4

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Rushing

Att15Yds99TD1Y/A6.6TD%6.71D31D%20.0

Receiving

Tgt2Rec1Yds14Ctch%50.0%Y/R14.0Y/Tgt7.01D1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA1.9Rec EPA0.3

College Stats

FloridaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida), 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.

1990 Draft Class· this player went #17

#1Jeff GeorgeQB #1Rob MooreWR #2Blair ThomasRB #3Cortez KennedyDT #5Junior SeauLB #7Andre WareQB #9Richmond WebbOT #12James FrancisLB #19Darrell ThompsonRB #20Steve BroussardRB #21Eric GreenTE #24Rodney HamptonRB #25Dexter CarterRB #26Alexander WrightWR #28Reggie RembertWR #30Reggie CobbRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Emmitt inherited the Dallas Cowboys RB room from Tommie Agee (1990–1994), and handed it to Sherman Williams (1995–1998).

Timmy Newsome 1980–1988Herschel Walker 1986–1997Daryl Johnston 1989–1999Tommie Agee 1990–1994Emmitt Smith 1990–2002Sherman Williams

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2004final season
Last recorded season with ARI
2003team change
Joined ARI (from DAL)
1990draft
Drafted by DAL — Round 1, Pick 17

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'9" / 216 lb

Frame

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 15-season peers. See all →

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
1990	937	58.6	1,510+573	88.9
1991	1,563	97.7	2,372+809	139.5
1992	1,713	107.1	2,480+767	145.9
1993	1,486	106.1	2,458+972	144.6
1994	1,484	98.9	2,170+686	127.7
1995	1,773	110.8	2,388+615	140.5
1996	1,204	80.3	1,792+588	105.4
1997	1,074	67.1	1,487+413	87.5
1998	1,332	83.3	1,740+408	102.3
1999	1,392	92.8	1,736+344	102.1
2000	1,197	74.8	1,317+120	77.5
2001	1,021	72.9	1,254+233	73.8
2002	975	60.9	1,024+49	60.2
2003	256	25.6	497+241	29.3
2004	937	62.5	990+53	58.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

508 career value over replacement — #16 all-time of 4,642. 33.9/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #17 (Rd 1) · DAL · 1990 · +40.5 vs expected KV-H

97actual

56.5 expected · Δ+40.5

💔+30.8 stolen VORP·0.9 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

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

1990 Draft Class· this player went #17

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

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Era Translator