Greg Olsen ranks in the all-time elite tier for tight ends — a career that places Olsen in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Olsen a career score of 81, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

Streaks3 straight · 1,000 receiving yards · 2014–16

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Greg Olsen

3× Pro BowlTop 3% all-time TEsIron Legend🏆 Clutch · +32% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2016 Team Carrier · #404

Career Value · VORP

334 career value over replacement — #93 all-time of 4,695. 23.9/season above a replacement-level TE.

Career Profile

Compiler37% in top 3 yrs

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #31 (Rd 1) · CHI · 2007 · +26.2 vs expected KV-H

81actual

54.8 expected · Δ+26.2

💔+40.2 stolen VORP·1.68 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	Receiving									Snap Counts						Advanced Receiving (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2007	22	CHI	12	—	39	39	391	2	100.0%	10.0	10.0	—	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	23	CHI	15	—	54	54	574	5	100.0%	10.6	10.6	—	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	24	CHI	16	—	108	60	612	8	55.6%	10.2	5.7	—	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	25	CHI	16	—	69	41	404	5	59.4%	9.9	5.9	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	26	CAR	16	—	89	45	540	5	50.6%	12.0	6.1	—	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	27	CAR	16	—	104	69	843	5	66.3%	12.2	8.1	—	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	28	CAR	16	—	111	73	816	6	65.8%	11.2	7.4	—	44	1,000	97.3%	—	0.0%	4	0.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	29	CAR	16	—	123	84	1,008	6	68.3%	12.0	8.2	—	57	1,067	96.6%	—	0.0%	1	0.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	30	CAR	16	—	124	77	1,104	7	62.1%	14.3	8.9	—	52	1,057	95.8%	—	0.0%	3	0.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	31	CAR	16	—	129	80	1,073	3	62.0%	13.4	8.3	—	54	1,033	93.3%	—	0.0%	4	0.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	32	CAR	7	—	38	17	191	1	44.7%	11.2	5.0	—	13	358	77.9%	—	0.0%	2	1.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	33	CAR	9	—	38	27	291	4	71.1%	10.8	7.7	—	18	429	78.8%	—	0.0%	1	0.4%	8.9	7.7	3.1	1	1	0.0	18	128.3
2019	34	CAR	14	—	82	52	597	2	63.4%	11.5	7.3	—	34	790	81.6%	—	0.0%	2	0.4%	9.0	7.6	3.9	2	3	0.0	34	83.2
2020	35	SEA	11	—	37	24	239	1	64.9%	10.0	6.5	—	16	429	58.8%	—	0.0%	6	1.9%	7.8	7.9	2.0	0	2	0.1	16	69.5
Career		—	196	—	1,145	742	8,683	60	64.8%	11.7	7.6	—	462	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	6	—	68	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

50thReceptions·742 83rdReceiving Yards·8,683 yds 89thReceiving Touchdowns·60

Postseason all-time ranks

50thPlayoff Receiving Yards·631 yds

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An all-time caliber tight end (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 334 · #93 · All-Time

Worth 334 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 3% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 13 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +25.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

13 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

+25.7

Avg surplus

peak +46

13 seasons × ~25.7 surplus ≈