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

Height

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

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

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	—

Career arc · VAL by season

11 seasons · peak 8.3 in 2012

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

3.5 career wins over 11 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2012 · +0.6 wins

Defence+0.6

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2010	22	CIN	12	—	14	8	6	2	14	3.0	19.0	1	0	—	0	0	0.9
2011	23	CIN	16	—	47	26	21	10	18	7.5	35.5	2	2	2	1	0	4.8
2012	24	CIN	15	—	52	37	15	17	21	12.5	50.5	2	4	—	0	0	8.3
2013	25	CIN	8	7*	18	7	11	5	13	6.0	24.0	0	0	—	0	0	4.1
2014	26	CIN	16	11*	32	18	14	8	9	3.0	20.0	1	1	—	0	1	1.6
2015	27	CIN	16	12*	41	30	11	17	21	11.0	49.0	0	1	—	0	0	7.7
2016	28	CIN	14	11*	30	19	11	13	26	9.0	48.0	0	0	—	0	0	5.9
2017	29	CIN	15	11*	45	28	17	10	20	9.0	39.0	0	0	—	0	0	4.9
2018	30	CIN	16	11*	42	21	21	13	19	10.0	42.0	0	0	—	0	0	5.3
2019	31	CIN	15	12*	47	18	29	4	10	4.5	18.5	0	0	—	0	0	1.8
2020	32	CIN	2	0*	1	1	0	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	—	0	0	0
Career			145		369	213	156	99	172	75.5	346.5	6	8	2	1	1	45.3

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	25	CIN	9	7*	—	0.0%	455	73.3%	3	1.3%
2014	26	CIN	16	11*	—	0.0%	741	65.9%	6	1.4%
2015	27	CIN	16	12*	—	0.0%	786	72.4%	6	1.3%
2016	28	CIN	16	11*	—	0.0%	779	71.8%	2	0.4%
2017	29	CIN	16	11*	—	0.0%	754	65.9%	2	0.5%
2018	30	CIN	16	11*	—	0.0%	795	70.6%	24	5.4%
2019	31	CIN	16	12*	—	0.0%	816	76.3%	4	0.9%
2020	32	CIN	8	0*	—	0.0%	119	23.5%	1	0.4%
Career			—		—	—	—	—	—	—

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	30	CIN	16	11*	0	0	—	—	—	35	16	9	1	2	0.0
2019	31	CIN	16	12*	1	1	1.0	118.7	-4.0	20	10	5	0	6	0.1
2020	32	CIN	8	0*	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
Career			40	23*	1	1	—	—	—	56	26	15	1	8	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 87 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 87 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 82.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 87· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 77

On-field 58.7

Availability 18.3

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Geno Atkins

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · EDGE