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.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

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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Combined Season Grid

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

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

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	—

Career arc · VAL by season

10 seasons · peak 4.6 in 2021

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

2.1 career wins over 10 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2021 · +0.3 wins

Defence+0.4

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2015	23	MIN	14	11*	83	63	20	8	8	4.0	20.0	0	1	0	—	0	2.9
2016	24	MIN	15	13*	109	70	39	9	4	2.5	15.5	1	9	1	1	1	3.7
2017	25	MIN	16	15*	112	66	46	10	6	1.0	17.0	1	6	0	—	1	3.5
2018	26	MIN	14	14*	103	58	45	3	1	1.0	5.0	2	7	1	1	0	3.1
2019	27	MIN	15	14*	104	64	40	4	2	0.5	6.5	0	12	2	2	0	1.4
2020	28	MIN	11	11*	97	59	38	4	1	0.0	5.0	3	6	0	—	0	3.3
2021	29	MIN	15	15*	125	63	62	8	5	5.0	18.0	2	4	0	1	0	4.6
2022	30	MIN	17	16*	124	74	50	8	2	1.0	11.0	0	6	0	1	1	0
2023	31	LAC	15	13*	105	67	38	7	7	3.5	17.5	0	6	1	—	0	1.9
2024	32	DAL	15	14*	128	61	67	4	3	3.0	10.0	2	3	3	1	0	2.7
2025	33	SF	2	—	6	3	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
Career			149		1,096	648	448	65	39	21.5	125.5	11	60	8	7	3	27.1

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2015	23	MIN	14	11*	—	0.0%	762	81.8%	74	20.7%
2016	24	MIN	15	13*	—	0.0%	869	89.5%	55	13.3%
2017	25	MIN	16	15*	—	0.0%	967	96.8%	62	13.6%
2018	26	MIN	14	14*	—	0.0%	875	97.6%	71	18.2%
2019	27	MIN	15	14*	—	0.0%	947	93.4%	65	16.1%
2020	28	MIN	11	11*	—	0.0%	754	99.8%	66	21.6%
2021	29	MIN	15	15*	—	0.0%	1,032	98.0%	81	18.3%
2022	30	MIN	17	16*	—	0.0%	1,095	93.5%	79	15.9%
2023	31	LAC	15	13*	—	0.0%	848	84.8%	17	4.1%
2024	32	DAL	15	14*	—	0.0%	920	95.9%	—	0.0%
2025	33	SF	3	—	—	0.0%	46	23.0%	39	48.3%
Career			150		—	0.0%	9,115	91.6%	609	14.6%

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	26	MIN	14	14*	66	46	0.7	90.7	4.5	7	6	0	39	8	0.1
2019	27	MIN	15	14*	60	32	0.5	82.8	7.9	6	4	1	60	10	0.1
2020	28	MIN	11	11*	41	29	0.7	58.8	6.0	5	4	1	53	8	0.1
2021	29	MIN	15	15*	58	43	0.7	101.6	5.9	7	2	0	67	15	0.1
2022	30	MIN	17	16*	85	63	0.7	100.3	3.5	5	3	1	32	12	0.1
2023	31	LAC	15	13*	59	47	0.8	101.8	3.4	7	1	2	53	5	0.0
2024	32	DAL	15	14*	36	26	0.7	101.0	3.9	4	1	0	36	9	0.1
2025	33	SF	3	—	3	3	1.0	118.7	9.3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Career			105		408	289	—	—	—	41	21	5	340	67	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W16	IND	—	—	—
W18	SEA	—	—	—
PO19	PHI	—	—	—
PO20	SEA	—	—	—

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 4 games

Splits

4 games · 2025

Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.

Home / Away2 rows

Home / Away	G
Home	1
Away	3

Wins / Losses2 rows

Wins / Losses	G
Wins	2
Losses	2

Regular season / Postseason2 rows

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 79 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 79 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 76 × longevity 1 = KV-H 79· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 74

On-field 55.9

Availability 18.1

On-field production

By opponent	G
vs IND	1
vs PHI	1
vs SEA	2

By month	G
January	3
December	1

Division games	G
Division	2
Non-division	2

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Eric Kendricks

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Game Log

Splits

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · LB