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.

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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	—

Career arc · VAL by season

14 seasons · peak 10.9 in 2015

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

5.9 career wins over 14 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2015 · +0.8 wins

Receiving

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	VAL
2007	22	CHI	12	—	39	39	391	2	100.0%	10.0	10.0	—	19	2.1
2008	23	CHI	15	—	54	54	574	5	100.0%	10.6	10.6	—	31	4.8
2009	24	CHI	16	—	108	60	612	8	55.6%	10.2	5.7	—	33	6.2
2010	25	CHI	16	—	69	41	404	5	59.4%	9.9	5.9	—	22	2.8
2011	26	CAR	16	—	89	45	540	5	50.6%	12.0	6.1	—	27	4.8
2012	27	CAR	16	—	104	69	843	5	66.3%	12.2	8.1	—	42	7.8
2013	28	CAR	16	16*	111	73	816	6	65.8%	11.2	7.4	—	44	7.5
2014	29	CAR	16	15*	123	84	1,008	6	68.3%	12.0	8.2	—	57	10.3
2015	30	CAR	16	15*	124	77	1,104	7	62.1%	14.3	8.9	—	52	10.9
2016	31	CAR	16	15*	129	80	1,073	3	62.0%	13.4	8.3	—	54	10.1
2017	32	CAR	7	5*	38	17	191	1	44.7%	11.2	5.0	—	13	1.1
2018	33	CAR	9	7*	38	27	291	4	71.1%	10.8	7.7	—	18	2.4
2019	34	CAR	14	11*	82	52	597	2	63.4%	11.5	7.3	—	34	4.6
2020	35	SEA	11	6*	37	24	239	1	64.9%	10.0	6.5	—	16	1.2
Career			196		1,145	742	8,683	60	64.8%	11.7	7.6	—	462	76.6

* 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	28	CAR	16	16*	1,000	97.3%	—	0.0%	4	0.9%
2014	29	CAR	16	15*	1,067	96.6%	—	0.0%	1	0.2%
2015	30	CAR	16	15*	1,057	95.8%	—	0.0%	3	0.6%
2016	31	CAR	16	15*	1,033	93.3%	—	0.0%	4	0.9%
2017	32	CAR	7	5*	358	77.9%	—	0.0%	2	1.1%
2018	33	CAR	9	7*	429	78.8%	—	0.0%	1	0.4%
2019	34	CAR	14	11*	790	81.6%	—	0.0%	2	0.4%
2020	35	SEA	11	6*	429	58.8%	—	0.0%	6	1.9%
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 Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2018	33	CAR	9	7*	8.9	7.7	3.1	1	1	0.0	18	128.3
2019	34	CAR	14	11*	9.0	7.6	3.9	2	3	0.0	34	83.2
2020	35	SEA	11	6*	7.8	7.9	2.0	0	2	0.1	16	69.5
Career			34	24*	—	—	—	3	6	—	68	—

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

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W1	ATL	4	4	24	1	—	8.4
W2	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—
W3	DAL	6	5	61	—	—	6.1
W4	MIA	7	5	35	—	—	3.5
W5	MIN	1	1	20	—	—	2.0
W7	ARI	3	2	18	—	—	1.8
W8	SF	4	—	—	—	—	—
W9	BUF	3	2	13	—	—	1.3
W10	LA	4	2	33	—	—	3.3
W11	ARI	2	2	20	—	—	2.0
W16	LA	2	1	15	—	—	1.5

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 11 games

Splits

58 games · 2016–2020

Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.

Home / Away2 rows

Home / Away	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Home	29	161	99	1318	4	155.8
Away	29	175	109	1180	8	168

Wins / Losses2 rows

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 81 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 81 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 14 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 79.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 81· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 72

On-field 53.7

Availability 18.3

On-field production

Wins / Losses	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Wins	29	140	88	1088	9	162.8
Losses	29	196	120	1410	3	161

Regular season / Postseason	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Regular season	57	324	200	2391	11	307.1
Postseason	1	12	8	107	1	16.7

By opponent27 rows

By opponent	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
vs ARI	4	15	11	124	2	24.4
vs ATL	5	43	22	226	2	36.6
vs BAL	1	4	4	56	1	11.6
vs BUF	2	5	3	23	—	2.3
vs DAL	2	8	7	94	—	9.4
vs DEN	1	9	7	73	—	7.3
vs DET	1	3	2	9	1	6.9
vs GB	2	22	17	214	1	27.4
vs HOU	1	4	2	5	—	0.5
vs IND	1	5	2	33	—	3.3
vs JAX	1	2	—	—	—	—
vs KC	1	8	5	39	—	3.9
vs LA	4	22	12	136	1	19.6
vs LAC	1	7	4	87	—	8.7
vs LV	1	5	4	45	—	4.5
vs MIA	1	7	5	35	—	3.5
vs MIN	3	12	7	84	—	8.4
vs NE	1	1	—	—	—	—
vs NO	5	39	25	290	1	35
vs NYJ	1	4	1	10	—	1
vs PHI	1	5	2	5	1	6.5
vs PIT	1	6	4	40	—	4
vs SEA	2	11	5	41	—	4.1
vs SF	4	18	9	153	1	21.3
vs TB	7	46	32	481	1	54.1
vs TEN	1	6	3	40	—	4
vs WAS	3	19	13	155	—	15.5

Division games	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Division	21	139	82	1059	3	125.9
Non-division	37	197	126	1439	9	197.9

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W1	ATL	4	4	24	1	—	8.4
W2	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—
W3	DAL	6	5	61	—	—	6.1
W4	MIA	7	5	35	—	—	3.5
W5	MIN	1	1	20	—	—	2.0
W7	ARI	3	2	18	—	—	1.8
W8	SF	4	—	—	—	—	—
W9	BUF	3	2	13	—	—	1.3
W10	LA	4	2	33	—	—	3.3
W11	ARI	2	2	20	—	—	2.0
W16	LA	2	1	15	—	—	1.5

By month	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
January	2	16	11	129	1	18.9
September	13	75	50	631	4	87.1
October	13	74	46	609	3	80.9
November	17	91	60	620	3	80
December	13	80	41	509	1	56.9

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W1	ATL	4	4	24	1	—	8.4
W2	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—
W3	DAL	6	5	61	—	—	6.1
W4	MIA	7	5	35	—	—	3.5
W5	MIN	1	1	20	—	—	2.0
W7	ARI	3	2	18	—	—	1.8
W8	SF	4	—	—	—	—	—
W9	BUF	3	2	13	—	—	1.3
W10	LA	4	2	33	—	—	3.3
W11	ARI	2	2	20	—	—	2.0
W16	LA	2	1	15	—	—	1.5

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Greg Olsen

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Receiving

Snap Counts

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Game Log

Splits

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · TE

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W1	ATL	4	4	24	1	—	8.4
W2	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—
W3	DAL	6	5	61	—	—	6.1
W4	MIA	7	5	35	—	—	3.5
W5	MIN	1	1	20	—	—	2.0
W7	ARI	3	2	18	—	—	1.8
W8	SF	4	—	—	—	—	—
W9	BUF	3	2	13	—	—	1.3
W10	LA	4	2	33	—	—	3.3
W11	ARI	2	2	20	—	—	2.0
W16	LA	2	1	15	—	—	1.5