Gale Sayers is a Hall of Fame running back whose career earned a solid career value score of 68 in the Knox value model. Sayers's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
Career games unavailable for incomplete season coverage. Verified career totals remain shown; career per-game figures require complete coverage.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Rushing | Receiving | Passing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||
| 1965 | 22 | CHI | 14 | — | 166 | 867 | 14 | 5.2 | 8.4 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 507 | 6 | — | 17.5 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 66.7% | 53 | 1 | 1 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 17.7 | 9.3 | 1.0 | 109.7 | — |
| 1966 | 23 | CHI | 14 | — | 229 | 1,231 | 8 | 5.4 | 3.5 | — | — | — | — | 34 | 447 | 2 | — | 13.1 | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | 33.3% | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 9.7 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 30.6 | — |
| 1967 | 24 | CHI | 13 | — | 186 | 880 | 7 | 4.7 | 3.8 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 126 | 1 | — | 7.9 | — | — | — | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 39.6 | — |
| 1968 | 25 | CHI | 9 | — | 138 | 856 | 2 | 6.2 | 1.4 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 117 | 0 | — | 7.8 | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 39.6 | — |
| 1969 | 26 | CHI | 14 | — | 236 | 1,032 | 8 | 4.4 | 3.4 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 116 | 0 | — | 6.8 | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 39.6 | — |
| 1970 | 27 | CHI | 2 | — | 23 | 52 | 0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | -6 | 0 | — | -6.0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1971 | 28 | CHI | 2 | — | 13 | 38 | 0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | — | — | 991 | 4,956 | 39 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 1,307 | 9 | — | 11.7 | — | — | 0 | 4 | 18 | 22.2% | 111 | 1 | 2 | 5.6 | 11.1 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 31.7 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
84 career value over replacement — #1401 all-time of 4,695. 16.8/season above a replacement-level RB.
💔+36.5 stolen VORP·2.17 szns lostFan Rating
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A top 20% all-time running back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.
Worth 84 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 31% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 5 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.8 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
5 seasons × ~16.8 surplus ≈ VORP 84
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92% match