George Karlaftis ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Karlaftis in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Karlaftis a career score of 72, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | |||||
| 2022 | 21 | KC | 17 | — | 32 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 6.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 730 | 63.8% | 70 | 15.3% | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 119.4 | 0.3 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 22 | KC | 16 | — | 46 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 10.5 | 34.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 755 | 74.8% | 65 | 16.4% | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 99.4 | 1.3 | 35 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 23 | KC | 16 | — | 32 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 28 | 8.0 | 45.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 831 | 82.7% | 65 | 16.0% | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 63.0 | 1.6 | 37 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 24 | KC | 16 | — | 46 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 23 | 6.0 | 39.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 762 | 77.5% | 68 | 16.9% | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 81.2 | -1.7 | 31 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 |
| 2026 | 25 | KC | 4 | — | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 234 | 85.5% | 19 | 17.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 69 | — | 171 | 92 | 79 | 36 | 89 | 30.5 | 155.5 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 16 | — | — | — | 124 | 49 | 40 | 10 | 12 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
103 career value over replacement — #1112 all-time of 4,695. 25.8/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
Pick #30 (Rd 1) · KC · 2022 · +17.2 vs expected KV-H
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A top 10% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.
Worth 103 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 25% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 4 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +25.8 on average.See board →
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4 seasons × ~25.8 surplus ≈ VORP 103
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