Hines Ward ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Ward in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Ward a career score of 79, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

WRPIT#86ACT

Hines Ward

4× Pro BowlTop 3% all-time WRsIron Legend🏆 Clutch · +11% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2002Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #157

Height6'0"

Weight205 lb

BornMar 8, 1976

Age50

CollegeGeorgia See College Stats

Rookie yr1998

Draft1998 · Rd 3, Pick 92 · PIT

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

20thReceiving Touchdowns·85 20thReceptions·1,001 34thReceiving Yards·12,049 yds

Postseason all-time ranks

5thPlayoff Receiving Touchdowns·10 9thPlayoff Receiving Yards·1,181 yds 9thPlayoff Receptions·88

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber wide receiver (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 283 · #156 · All-Time

Worth 283 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 4% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 14 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

14 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+20.2

Avg surplus

peak +35

14 seasons × ~20.2 surplus ≈ VORP 283

Combined Season Grid

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

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Passing													Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1998	—	PIT	16	—	—	15	246	0	—	16.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	PIT	16	—	100	60	596	7	60.0%	9.9	6.0	—	30	2	-2	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	CAR	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	—	PIT	16	—	83	48	672	4	57.8%	14.0	8.1	—	31	4	53	0	13.3	0.0	3	75.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	CLE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	—	PIT	16	—	145	94	1,003	4	64.8%	10.7	6.9	—	52	10	83	0	8.3	0.0	4	40.0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	CIN	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2002	—	PIT	16	—	161	112	1,329	12	69.6%	11.9	8.3	—	66	12	142	0	11.8	0.0	6	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	CLE	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	PIT	16	—	95	95	1,163	10	100.0%	12.2	12.2	—	59	11	61	0	5.5	0.0	3	27.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	LV	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	PIT	16	—	80	80	1,004	4	100.0%	12.6	12.6	—	52	7	25	1	3.6	14.3	3	42.9	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	BAL	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2005	—	PIT	15	—	69	69	975	11	100.0%	14.1	14.1	—	53	3	10	0	3.3	0.0	1	33.3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	CIN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2006	—	PIT	14	—	74	74	975	6	100.0%	13.2	13.2	—	50	2	30	0	15.0	0.0	1	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2007	—	PIT	13	—	72	72	736	7	100.0%	10.2	10.2	—	47	2	7	0	3.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	CIN	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2008	—	PIT	16	—	82	82	1,047	7	100.0%	12.8	12.8	—	55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	NYG	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	—	PIT	16	—	137	95	1,167	6	69.3%	12.3	8.5	—	56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	PIT	16	—	93	59	755	5	63.4%	12.8	8.1	—	35	1	-2	0	-2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	CIN	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2011	—	PIT	14	—	63	46	381	2	73.0%	8.3	6.0	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	CLE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	238	—	1,254	1,001	12,049	85	79.8%	12.0	9.6	—	606	54	407	1	7.5	1.9	22	40.7	1	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	1	25	25	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA743.6·-1 passing · 11 rushing · 733 receiving·57.2/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2001	25	PIT	16	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	1	14.3
Career			16		0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	39.6	1	192.7

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1999	23	PIT	16	—	2	-2	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2000	24	PIT	16	—	4	53	0	13.3	0.0	3	75.0	0
2001	25	PIT	16	—	10	83	0	8.3	0.0	4	40.0	0
2002	26	PIT	16	—	12	142	0	11.8	0.0	6	50.0	0
2003	27	PIT	16	—	11	61	0	5.5	0.0	3	27.3	0
2004	28	PIT	16	—	7	25	1	3.6	14.3	3	42.9	0
2005	29	PIT	15	—	3	10	0	3.3	0.0	1	33.3	1
2006	30	PIT	14	—	2	30	0	15.0	0.0	1	50.0	0
2007	31	PIT	13	—	2	7	0	3.5	0.0	1	50.0	0
2010	34	PIT	16	—	1	-2	0	-2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
Career			154		54	407	1	7.5	—	22	—	1

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1998	22	PIT	16	—	—	15	246	0	—	16.4	—	—	—
1999	23	PIT	16	—	100	60	596	7	60.0%	9.9	6.0	—	30
2000	24	PIT	16	—	83	48	672	4	57.8%	14.0	8.1	—	31
2001	25	PIT	16	—	145	94	1,003	4	64.8%	10.7	6.9	—	52
2002	26	PIT	16	—	161	112	1,329	12	69.6%	11.9	8.3	—	66
2003	27	PIT	16	—	95	95	1,163	10	100.0%	12.2	12.2	—	59
2004	28	PIT	16	—	80	80	1,004	4	100.0%	12.6	12.6	—	52
2005	29	PIT	15	—	69	69	975	11	100.0%	14.1	14.1	—	53
2006	30	PIT	14	—	74	74	975	6	100.0%	13.2	13.2	—	50
2007	31	PIT	13	—	72	72	736	7	100.0%	10.2	10.2	—	47
2008	32	PIT	16	—	82	82	1,047	7	100.0%	12.8	12.8	—	55
2009	33	PIT	16	—	137	95	1,167	6	69.3%	12.3	8.5	—	56
2010	34	PIT	16	—	93	59	755	5	63.4%	12.8	8.1	—	35
2011	35	PIT	14	—	63	46	381	2	73.0%	8.3	6.0	—	20
Career			216		1,254	1,001	12,049	85	79.8%	12.0	9.6	—	606

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
1999	23	CAR	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2000	24	CLE	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2001	25	CIN	2	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
2002	26	CLE	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2003	27	LV	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
2004	28	BAL	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
2005	29	CIN	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2006	30	PIT	3	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2007	31	CIN	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2008	32	NYG	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2010	34	CIN	4	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
2011	35	CLE	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Career			25		25	25	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
1999	23	—	—	—	—	-1.3	20.1	0
2000	24	—	—	—	—	3.9	21.7	0
2001	25	—	—	—	-0.5	4.5	27.7	0
2002	26	—	—	—	—	7.8	60.5	0
2003	27	—	—	—	—	1.8	108.9	0
2004	28	—	—	—	—	0.3	81.2	0
2005	29	—	—	—	—	-4.0	96.7	0
2006	30	—	—	—	—	1.4	82.9	629
2007	31	—	—	—	—	-2.4	73.6	513
2008	32	—	—	—	—	—	95.3	650
2009	33	—	—	—	—	—	27.8	1,252
2010	34	—	—	—	—	-0.9	38.5	925
2011	35	—	—	—	—	—	-1.7	392
Career					—	—	—	4,361

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 79 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 79 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 72.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 79· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 68

On-field 48.7

Availability 19.3

On-field production Staying available

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

1998bestavg 68elite 702011

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #157 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

4 qualifying seasons

2003 PIT·6 team wins#5

Receiving Touchdowns · 10 · score 21

2003 PIT·6 team wins#6

Receptions · 95 · score 20

2003 PIT·6 team wins#9

Receiving Yards · 1,163 · score 17

All-Time Standing

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

Strong

of 100

Reached 65% of the all-time Receptions leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.

65% of the all-time Receptions leader65

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

57.2 EPA/season over 13 seasons69

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 wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Reception: 12.0 regular season → 13.4 playoffs (8 playoff seasons)

+11%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

18 playoff games

Rushing

Att7Yds31Y/A4.41D21D%28.6

Receiving

Tgt112Rec88Yds1,181TD10Ctch%78.6%Y/R13.4Y/Tgt10.51D57

Defense

Tkl5Solo5

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-0.4Rec EPA96.4Rec AirYd270

College Stats

GeorgiaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Georgia), 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.

1998 Draft Class· this player went #92

#81Chris FloydFB #83Greg SpiresDE #84Jamie DuncanMLB #85Allen RossumDB #86Jonathan QuinnQB #87Kevin WilliamsDB #88Rashaan SheheeRB #91Brian GrieseQB #93Steve McKinneyG #94Alonzo MayesTE #96Az-Zahir HakimWR #97Fred WearyDB #98Roland WilliamsTE #100Michael MyersDT #101Tavian BanksRB #102Lorenzo BromellDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Hines inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers WR room from Charles Johnson (1994–1998), and handed it to Bobby Shaw (1999–2001).

Weegie Thompson 1984–1989Louis Lipps 1984–1991Dwight Stone 1987–1994Ernie Mills 1991–1996Yancey Thigpen 1992–1997Andre Hastings

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2011final season
Last recorded season with PIT
1998draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 3, Pick 92

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 205 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2011	PIT	0	W8Questionable· AnkleW9Questionable· Ankle
2009	PIT	0	W14Questionable· Hamstring

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 14-season peers. See all →

peak 80

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

C+1998

B1999

B2000

B+2001

A2002

B+2003

B+2004

B+2005

B+2006

B2007

B+2008

B+2009

B2010

C+2011

Era Translator

Rec 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 Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
1998	246	15.4	244-2	14.3
1999	596	37.3	547-49	32.2
2000	672	42	614-58	36.1
2001	1,003	62.7	977-26	57.5
2002	1,329	83.1	1,370+41	80.6
2003	1,163	72.7	1,187+24	69.8
2004	1,004	62.8	977-27	57.5
2005	975	65	1,012+37	59.5
2006	975	69.6	1,094+119	64.3
2007	736	56.6	855+119	50.3
2008	1,047	65.4	1,020-27	60
2009	1,167	72.9	1,178+11	69.3
2010	755	47.2	703-52	41.3
2011	381	27.2	349-32	20.6

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

283 career value over replacement — #156 all-time of 4,642. 20.2/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

10 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #92 (Rd 3) · PIT · 1998 · +40.3 vs expected KV-H

79actual

38.7 expected · Δ+40.3

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Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1998 Draft Class· this player went #92

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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