Everson Griffen ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Griffen in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Griffen a career score of 86, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Everson Griffen

4× Pro BowlTop 3% all-time pass rushersIron Legend📈 Late Developer · 2017

Height6'3"

Weight273 lb

Born

Career Value · VORP

298 career value over replacement — #137 all-time of 4,695. 27.1/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #100 (Rd 4) · MIN · 2010 · +48.5 vs expected KV-H

86actual

37.5 expected · Δ+48.5

💔+35.8 stolen VORP·1.32 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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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%
2010	22–23	MIN	3	—	4	4	0	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	23–24	MIN	14	—	12	8	4	3	7	4.0	14.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	24–25	MIN	14	—	20	17	3	11	20	8.0	39.0	1	2	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	25–26	MIN	16	—	26	17	9	7	10	5.5	22.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	699	60.2%	53	10.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	26–27	MIN	16	—	55	38	17	14	24	12.0	50.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	967	89.2%	80	18.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	27–28	MIN	15	—	36	26	10	14	30	10.5	54.5	0	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	863	85.3%	56	13.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	28–29	MIN	16	—	48	36	12	9	22	8.0	39.0	0	1	2	3	1	0	—	0.0%	888	85.9%	65	15.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	29–30	MIN	15	—	44	30	14	12	26	13.0	51.0	0	1	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	790	86.1%	46	10.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	30–31	MIN	11	—	30	19	11	5	13	5.5	23.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	584	79.8%	51	17.3%	1	0	0.0	39.6	15.0	19	9	3	0	6	0.2
2019	31–32	MIN	15	—	40	25	15	11	24	8.0	43.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	848	83.3%	53	13.5%	4	3	0.8	37.5	-3.0	35	13	13	0	5	0.1
2020	32–33	DAL / DET	14	—	31	16	15	7	14	6.0	27.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	—	528	—	49	—	1	1	1.0	118.7	0.0	23	9	7	5	6	0.2
2021	33–34	MIN	9	—	14	9	5	4	10	5.0	19.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	457	71.8%	13	5.2%	1	1	1.0	87.5	3.0	26	15	6	0	4	0.2
Career		—	158	—	360	245	115	97	201	85.5	383.5	2	20	9	5	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	5	—	—	—	103	46	29	5	21	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

63rdSacks·85.5

Postseason all-time ranks

58thPlayoff Sacks·4.5

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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An all-time caliber edge rusher (top 5% 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 298 · #137 · All-Time

Worth 298 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 4% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 11 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +27.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

11 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

+27.1

Avg surplus

peak +46

11 seasons × ~27.1 surplus ≈ VORP 298