Eric Kendricks ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Kendricks in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Kendricks a career score of 79, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Eric Kendricks

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 1% all-time linebackersIron Legend📊 Undervalued by voters ⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2024

Height6'0"

Career Value · VORP

272 career value over replacement — #182 all-time of 4,695. 27.2/season above a replacement-level LB.

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Pick #45 (Rd 2) · MIN · 2015 · +29.6 vs expected KV-H

79actual

49.4 expected · Δ+29.6

💔+50.9 stolen VORP·1.87 szns lost

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2015	23	MIN	14	—	83	63	20	8	8	4.0	20.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	762	81.8%	74	20.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	24	MIN	15	—	109	70	39	9	4	2.5	15.5	1	9	1	1	1	0	—	0.0%	869	89.5%	55	13.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	25	MIN	16	—	112	66	46	10	6	1.0	17.0	1	6	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	967	96.8%	62	13.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	26	MIN	14	—	103	58	45	3	1	1.0	5.0	2	7	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	875	97.6%	71	18.2%	66	46	0.7	90.7	4.5	7	6	0	39	8	0.1
2019	27	MIN	15	—	104	64	40	4	2	0.5	6.5	0	12	2	2	0	0	—	0.0%	947	93.4%	65	16.1%	60	32	0.5	82.8	7.9	6	4	1	60	10	0.1
2020	28	MIN	11	—	97	59	38	4	1	0.0	5.0	3	6	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	754	99.8%	66	21.6%	41	29	0.7	58.8	6.0	5	4	1	53	8	0.1
2021	29	MIN	15	—	125	63	62	8	5	5.0	18.0	2	4	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,032	98.0%	81	18.3%	58	43	0.7	101.6	5.9	7	2	0	67	15	0.1
2022	30	MIN	17	—	124	74	50	8	2	1.0	11.0	0	6	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	1,095	93.5%	79	15.9%	85	63	0.7	100.3	3.5	5	3	1	32	12	0.1
2023	31	LAC	15	—	105	67	38	7	7	3.5	17.5	0	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	848	84.8%	17	4.1%	59	47	0.8	101.8	3.4	7	1	2	53	5	0.0
2024	32	DAL	15	—	128	61	67	4	3	3.0	10.0	2	3	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	920	95.9%	—	0.0%	36	26	0.7	101.0	3.9	4	1	0	36	9	0.1
2025	33	SF	3	—	6	3	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	46	23.0%	39	48.3%	3	3	1.0	118.7	9.3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Career		—	150	—	1,096	648	448	65	39	21.5	125.5	11	60	8	7	3	0	—	0.0%	9,115	91.6%	609	14.6%	408	289	—	—	—	41	21	5	340	67	—

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An all-time caliber linebacker (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 272 · #182 · Elite

Worth 272 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 5% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 10 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +27.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

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Replacement

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+27.2

Avg surplus

peak +33

10 seasons × ~27.2 surplus ≈ VORP 272