Frank Gore is one of the most consistent running backs of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Gore delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.

On the boards· Appears on 4 boards

Streaks4 straight · 1,000 rushing yards · 2006–09

RBNYJ#21RES

Frank Gore

5× Pro BowlTop 2% all-time RBsIron Legend🏅 Only Club · 3×🏆 Clutch · +5% playoffs

Career Value · VORP

356 career value over replacement — #66 all-time of 4,695. 22.3/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

8 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Compiler26% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way Mr. ReliableCV 0.29

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #65 (Rd 3) · SF · 2005 · +35.9 vs expected KV-H

82actual

46.1 expected · Δ+35.9

💔+21.4 stolen VORP·0.96 szns lost

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🌅 Early Bloomer · 2006

Height5'9"

Weight212 lb

BornMay 14, 1983

Age43

CollegeMiami See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2005

Draft2005 · Rd 3, Pick 65 · SF

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #105 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

4 qualifying seasons

2017 IND·4 team wins#12

Rushing Yards · 961 · score 42

2007 SF·5 team wins#13

Rushing Yards · 1,102 · score 26

2007 SF·5 team wins#23

Rushing Touchdowns · 5 · score 6

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Elite

of 100

Reached 87% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a elite all-time profile at the position.

87% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader87

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 93%.

Encyclopedia Coverage6/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:1.951 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.951Touch rate0.473EPA/snap0Snap share53.5%Off snaps4,364ConsistentCV 0.13

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within running backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Combine · 2005

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

RB · 2005 class

4.58s

40-Yard

Below avg · 42th pct

Pos 42thAll 64thClass Pos 63thClass All 67th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Carry: 4.3 regular season → 4.5 playoffs (4 playoff seasons)

+5%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

19,985

16,000 rush · 3,985 recv

Total TDs

81 rush · 18 recv

Total Touches

4,219

3,735 carries · 484 rec

Yds / Touch

4.7

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones14

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

20061K career rushing yards
20073K career rushing yards
20071K career receiving yards
2007100 career receptions
20095K career rushing yards
200925 career rushing TDs

Understanding These Stats

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Rushing

Att148Yds668TD5Y/A4.5TD%3.41D301D%20.3

Receiving

Tgt23

College Stats

MiamiCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Miami), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

Top Teammates

Andy LeeP10y Vernon DavisTE9y Isaac SopoagaNT8y Patrick WillisILB8y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Frank inherited the San Francisco 49ers RB room from Charlie Garner (1999–2000), and handed it to Christian McCaffrey (2022–2026).

Joe Perry 1948–1963Hugh McElhenny 1952–1960Delvin Williams 1974–1977Earl Cooper 1980–1985Roger Craig 1983–1990Tom Rathman

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2020team change
Joined NYJ (from BUF)
2020final season
Last recorded season with NYJ
2019team change
Joined BUF (from MIA)
2018team change
Joined MIA (from IND)
2015team change
Joined IND (from SF)
2005draft
Drafted by SF — Round 3, Pick 65

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'9" / 212 lb

Frame

217 lb at 4.58s

Size-speed

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 16-season peers. See all →

Era Translator

Rush Yds translated to the 2025 NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Rush Yds	Rush Yds/G	→ 2025 Rush Yds	→ 2025 /G
2005	608	43.4	714+106	42
2006	1,695	105.9	1,522-173	89.5
2007	1,102	73.5	1,101-1	64.8
2008	1,036	74	1,109+73	65.2
2009	1,120	80	1,234+114	72.6
2010	853	77.5	1,254+401	73.8
2011	1,211	75.7	1,278+67	75.2
2012	1,214	75.9	1,321+107	77.7
2013	1,128	70.5	1,277+149	75.1
2014	1,106	69.1	1,297+191	76.3
2015	967	60.4	1,122+155	66
2016	1,025	64.1	1,178+153	69.3
2017	961	60.1	1,062+101	62.5
2018	722	51.6	903+181	53.1
2019	599	39.9	700+101	41.2
2020	653	43.5	748+95	44

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

Defensive StatsNot available for this player

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro Day40-yard dash, vertical, broad jump, 3-cone, shuttle, bench press. Source: nflverse combine.csv.

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

250 career receptions

20128K career rushing yards

201250 career rushing TDs

201410K career rushing yards

201512K career rushing yards

20153K career receiving yards

201775 career rushing TDs

201915K career rushing yards

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Snap Counts (2012–present)

Off / Off% — Offensive snaps played and share of team total. The most reliable usage metric for skill positions and OL.

Def / Def% — Defensive snaps played and share of team total.

ST / ST% — Special-teams snaps played and share of team total.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Frank Gore 2005–2014

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B2005

A2006

B+2007

B+2008

B+2009

B+2010

B+2011

B+2012

B+2013

B+2014

B+2015

B+2016

B+2017

B2018

B2019

B2020

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 16 seasons.

94%

20052020

2010 · cause not documented · 69%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Iron

Canton Monitor · HOF

Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →

24%

Building a Case

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 35%Longevity 28.5%Pro Bowls 20.3%All-Time Ranks 16.3%

Monitor score 73.8 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

What Would It Take?

To reach 50% HOF probability (score target: 109.1 · current: 73.8 · gap: +35.3)

2 more more seasons started(Starter Seasons · 1.5 pts each · +3 pts total)

3 more selections(First-Team All-Pro · 12 pts each · +36 pts total)

9 more seasons leading the NFL(League Lead · 4 pts each · +36 pts total)

Paths ranked cheapest first · accolade-based, data-calibrated vs actual enshrinement

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity93

Peak81

Accolades13

Consistency71

Per-Snap50

Career Geography

Journeyman · 5 crestsLeague board →

Wore 5 distinct franchise crests across 16 seasons (2005–2020) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

SF 2005–2014 IND 2015–2017 MIA 2018 BUF 2019 NYJ 2020

On the boards· Appears on 4 boards

Frank Gore

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2005

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

2005 Draft Class· this player went #65

Career Geography