Gerald Riggs ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Riggs in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Riggs a career score of 85, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

RBWAS#0ACT

Gerald Riggs

3× Pro Bowl👑 Dynasty DNA · 9 seasons · 3 titles Top 2% all-time RBsIron Legend📊 Undervalued by voters

Height6'1"

Weight230 lb

BornNov 6, 1960

Age65

CollegeArizona State See College Stats

Rookie yr1982

Draft1982 · Rd 1, Pick 9 · ATL

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

37thRushing Touchdowns·69 48thRushing Yards·8,188 yds

Pro Bowls

Title Seasons

Dynasty Seasons

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber running back (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 268 · #188 · Elite

Worth 268 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 5% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +26.8 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

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+26.8

Avg surplus

peak +48

10 seasons × ~26.8 surplus ≈ VORP 268

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1982	—	ATL	9	—	78	299	5	3.8	6.4	—	—	—	—	23	185	0	—	8.0	—	—	—
1983	—	ATL	14	—	100	437	8	4.4	8.0	—	—	—	—	17	149	0	—	8.8	—	—	—
1984	—	ATL	15	—	353	1,486	13	4.2	3.7	—	—	—	—	42	277	0	—	6.6	—	—	—
1985	—	ATL	16	—	397	1,719	10	4.3	2.5	—	—	—	—	33	267	0	—	8.1	—	—	—
1986	—	ATL	16	—	343	1,327	9	3.9	2.6	—	—	—	—	24	136	0	—	5.7	—	—	—
1987	—	ATL	12	—	203	875	2	4.3	1.0	—	—	—	—	25	199	0	—	8.0	—	—	—
1988	—	ATL	9	—	113	488	1	4.3	0.9	—	—	—	—	22	171	0	—	7.8	—	—	—
1989	—	WAS	12	—	201	834	4	4.1	2.0	—	—	—	—	7	67	0	—	9.6	—	—	—
1990	—	WAS	10	—	123	475	6	3.9	4.9	—	—	—	—	7	60	0	—	8.6	—	—	—
1991	—	WAS	16	—	78	248	11	3.2	14.1	—	—	—	—	1	5	0	—	5.0	—	—	—
Career		—	129	—	1,989	8,188	69	4.1	3.5	—	—	—	—	201	1,516	0	—	7.5	—	—	—

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
Career					0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	39.6	—	132

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1982	22	ATL	9	—	78	299	5	3.8	6.4	—	—	—
1983	23	ATL	14	—	100	437	8	4.4	8.0	—	—	—
1984	24	ATL	15	—	353	1,486	13	4.2	3.7	—	—	—
1985	25	ATL	16	—	397	1,719	10	4.3	2.5	—	—	—
1986	26	ATL	16	—	343	1,327	9	3.9	2.6	—	—	—
1987	27	ATL	12	—	203	875	2	4.3	1.0	—	—	—
1988	28	ATL	9	—	113	488	1	4.3	0.9	—	—	—
1989	29	WAS	12	—	201	834	4	4.1	2.0	—	—	—
1990	30	WAS	10	—	123	475	6	3.9	4.9	—	—	—
1991	31	WAS	16	—	78	248	11	3.2	14.1	—	—	—
Career			129		1,989	8,188	69	4.1	—	—	—	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1982	22	ATL	9	—	—	23	185	—	8.0	—	—	—
1983	23	ATL	14	—	—	17	149	—	8.8	—	—	—
1984	24	ATL	15	—	—	42	277	—	6.6	—	—	—
1985	25	ATL	16	—	—	33	267	—	8.1	—	—	—
1986	26	ATL	16	—	—	24	136	—	5.7	—	—	—
1987	27	ATL	12	—	—	25	199	—	8.0	—	—	—
1988	28	ATL	9	—	—	22	171	—	7.8	—	—	—
1989	29	WAS	12	—	—	7	67	—	9.6	—	—	—
1990	30	WAS	10	—	—	7	60	—	8.6	—	—	—
1991	31	WAS	16	—	—	1	5	—	5.0	—	—	—
Career			129		—	201	1,516	—	7.5	—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 85 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 85 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 84.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 85· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 78

On-field 60.4

Availability 17.6

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative rush yds/g)

1982bestavg 77elite 701991

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 45% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

45% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader45

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat 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%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

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

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

9,704

8,188 rush · 1,516 recv

Total TDs

69 rush · 0 recv

Total Touches

2,190

1,989 carries · 201 rec

Yds / Touch

4.4

rushing + receiving

College Stats

Arizona StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Arizona State), 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.

1982 Draft Class· this player went #9

#4Art SchlichterQB #5Jim McMahonQB #7Darrin NelsonRB #11Anthony HancockWR #12Walter AbercrombieRB #13Lindsay ScottWR #14Barry ReddenRB #16Luis SharpeOT #17Sean FarrellG #18Butch WoolfolkRB #19Perry TuttleWR #20Mike QuickWR #21Gerald WillhiteRB #34Rohn StarkP #40Robert WeathersRB #44Oliver LuckQB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Gerald opened the Atlanta Falcons RB lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Cliff Austin (1984–1986).

Gerald Riggs 1982–1988Cliff Austin 1984–1986Gene Lang 1988–1990Tracy Johnson 1990–1991Steve Broussard 1990–1993Erric Pegram 1991–1994

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

1991final season
Last recorded season with WAS
1989team change
Joined WAS (from ATL)
1982draft
Drafted by ATL — Round 1, Pick 9

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 230 lb

Frame

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 94

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

B1982

B1983

A+1984

A+1985

A1986

A1987

B+1988

A1989

B1990

B1991

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

85%

Era Translator

Rush Yds translated to the 2025NFL — 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
1982	299	33.2	693+394	40.7
1983	437	31.2	664+227	39.1
1984	1,486	99.1	2,025+539	119.1
1985	1,719	107.4	2,219+500	130.5
1986	1,327	82.9	1,815+488	106.8
1987	875	72.9	1,727+852	101.6
1988	488	54.2	1,366+878	80.4
1989	834	69.5	1,692+858	99.5
1990	475	47.5	1,253+778	73.7
1991	248	15.5	510+262	30

Data: nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:players, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

268 career value over replacement — #188 all-time of 4,642. 26.8/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #9 (Rd 1) · ATL · 1982 · +24.6 vs expected KV-H

85actual

60.4 expected · Δ+24.6

💔+42.6 stolen VORP·1.5 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1982 Draft Class· this player went #9

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator