Also in other sports:mlbEric Davis (CF · 1984–2001), mlsÉric Davis (FB · 2023).

Eric Davis ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Davis in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Davis a career score of 72, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Eric Davis

2× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 7% all-time defensive backsIron Man

Height5'11"

Weight185 lb

BornJan 26, 1968

Age

Career Value · VORP

181 career value over replacement — #468 all-time of 4,695. 15.1/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #53 (Rd 2) · SF · 1990 · +24.4 vs expected KV-H

72actual

47.6 expected · Δ+24.4

💔+27.5 stolen VORP·1.82 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1990	22–23	SF	16	—	21	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	—	2	1	—	—
1991	23–24	SF	2	—	10	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	0	—	0	0	—	—
1992	24–25	SF	16	—	61	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	3	—	0	2	—	—
1993	25–26	SF	16	—	69	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	4	—	1	1	—	—
1994	26–27	SF	16	—	74	68	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	—	1	2	—	—
1995	27–28	SF	15	—	51	43	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	3	—	2	0	—	—
1996	28–29	CAR	16	—	60	56	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	5	—	2	0	—	—
1997	29–30	CAR	14	—	41	35	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	5	—	0	1	—	—
1998	30–31	CAR	16	—	71	64	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	5	—	0	1	—	—
1999	31–32	CAR	16	—	70	52	18	1	0	0.0	1.0	5	24	1	1	0	0
2000	32–33	CAR	16	—	61	49	12	0	0	0.0	0.0	5	18	4	—	0	0
2001	33–34	DEN	7	—	10	10	0	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	1	1	1	0	0
2002	34–35	DET	12	—	34	28	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	4	0	1	0	0
Career		—	178	—	633	405	36	3	0	2.0	5.0	38	47	14	11	0	0

All-Time Rank & Honors

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Regular-season all-time ranks

58thInterceptions·38

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All-Pro

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A high-end defensive back defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 181 · #468 · Elite

Worth 181 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 11% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 10 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.1 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

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.1

Avg surplus

peak +28

10 seasons × ~18.1 surplus ≈