Ezekiel Elliott ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Elliott in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Elliott a career score of 80, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Ezekiel Elliott

3× Pro Bowl1× All-Pro2nd youngest · 1,000 Rushing Yards 3rd youngest · 1,000 Scrimmage Yards Top 3% all-time RBsIron Legend👑 2× #1 Running Back · 2016–2018

Career Value · VORP

218 career value over replacement — #326 all-time of 4,695. 24.2/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

Led league 2×9 top-10 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #4 (Rd 1) · DAL · 2016 · +16.7 vs expected KV-H

80actual

63.3 expected · Δ+16.7

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Combined Season Grid

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

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									Passing													Snap Counts
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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2016	21	DAL	15	—	322	1,631	15	5.1	4.7	91	28.3	1	40	32	363	1	80.0%	11.3	9.1	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	713	71.5%	—	0.0%	6	1.7%
2017	22	DAL	10	—	242	983	7	4.1	2.9	55	22.7	1	38	26	269	2	68.4%	10.3	7.1	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	589	85.8%	—	0.0%	2	0.7%
2018	23	DAL	15	—	304	1,434	6	4.7	2.0	74	24.3	1	95	77	567	3	81.1%	7.4	6.0	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	890	89.3%	—	0.0%	5	1.2%
2019	24	DAL	16	—	301	1,357	12	4.5	4.0	78	25.9	2	71	54	420	2	76.1%	7.8	5.9	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	937	83.7%	—	0.0%	4	0.9%
2020	25	DAL	15	—	244	979	6	4.0	2.5	62	25.4	4	71	52	338	2	73.2%	6.5	4.8	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	789	72.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2021	26	DAL	17	—	237	1,002	10	4.2	4.2	55	23.2	1	65	47	287	2	72.3%	6.1	4.4	—	17	1	1	100.0%	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	—	83.3	0	809	65.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2022	27	DAL	15	—	231	876	12	3.8	5.2	52	22.5	0	23	17	92	0	73.9%	5.4	4.0	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	558	55.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2023	28	NE	17	—	184	642	3	3.5	1.6	33	17.9	0	65	51	313	2	78.5%	6.1	4.8	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	539	53.1%	—	0.0%	1	0.2%
2024	29	DAL	15	—	74	226	3	3.1	4.1	14	18.9	1	15	12	69	0	80.0%	5.8	4.6	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	258	25.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	135	—	2,139	9,130	74	4.3	3.5	514	24.0	11	483	368	2,718	14	76.2%	7.4	5.6	—	116	1	1	100.0%	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	—	83.3	0	6,082	66.0%	—	0.0%	18	0.5%

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

29thRushing Touchdowns·74 38thRushing Yards·9,130 yds

Postseason all-time ranks

67thPlayoff Rushing Yards·393 yds

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

Archetype Intelligence

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An all-time caliber running back (top 5% 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 218 · #326 · Elite

Worth 218 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 8% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 9 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +24.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 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

+24.2

Avg surplus

peak +44

9 seasons × ~24.2 surplus ≈ VORP 218