Geno Atkins ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Atkins in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Atkins a career score of 87, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Geno Atkins

8× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 3% all-time pass rushersFranchise Cornerstone🌅 Early Bloomer · 2012 Team Carrier · #451

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Career Value · VORP

303 career value over replacement — #128 all-time of 4,695. 30.3/season above a replacement-level DL.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #120 (Rd 4) · CIN · 2010 · +54 vs expected KV-H

87actual

33 expected · Δ+54

💔+36.7 stolen VORP·1.21 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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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%
2010	22	CIN	12	—	14	8	6	2	14	3.0	19.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	23	CIN	16	—	47	26	21	10	18	7.5	35.5	0	2	2	2	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	24	CIN	15	—	52	37	15	17	21	12.5	50.5	0	2	4	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	25	CIN	9	—	18	7	11	5	13	6.0	24.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	455	73.3%	3	1.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	26	CIN	16	—	32	18	14	8	9	3.0	20.0	0	1	1	—	0	1	—	0.0%	741	65.9%	6	1.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	27	CIN	16	—	41	30	11	17	21	11.0	49.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	786	72.4%	6	1.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	28	CIN	16	—	30	19	11	13	26	9.0	48.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	779	71.8%	2	0.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	29	CIN	16	—	45	28	17	10	20	9.0	39.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	754	65.9%	2	0.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	30	CIN	16	—	42	21	21	13	19	10.0	42.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	795	70.6%	24	5.4%	0	0	—	—	—	35	16	9	1	2	0.0
2019	31	CIN	16	—	47	18	29	4	10	4.5	18.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	816	76.3%	4	0.9%	1	1	1.0	118.7	-4.0	20	10	5	0	6	0.1
2020	32	CIN	8	—	1	1	0	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	119	23.5%	1	0.4%	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
Career		—	156	—	369	213	156	99	172	75.5	346.5	0	6	8	2	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	56	26	15	1	8	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

86thSacks·75.5

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

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A top 5% all-time edge rusher with excellent availability over their career and excellent per-snap efficiency. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 303 · #128 · All-Time

Worth 303 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 4% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 10 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +30.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 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

+30.3

Avg surplus

peak +47

10 seasons × ~30.3 surplus ≈ VORP 303