J.J. Watt is building a case for Canton — a 73% HOF probability suggests his career already clears the historical enshrinement bar in most models. His overall career value places Watt in the top 1% of all pass rushers in the StatVault encyclopedia.
Career Value · VORP
318 career value over replacement — #109 all-time of 4,695. 28.9/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
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Pick #11 (Rd 1) · HOU · 2011 · +35.5 vs expected KV-H
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 2011 | 22 | HOU | 16 | — | 43 | 36 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 5.5 | 37.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 23 | HOU | 16 | — | 80 | 68 | 12 | 39 | 43 | 20.5 | 102.5 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 24 | HOU | 16 | — | 80 | 65 | 15 | 22 | 46 | 10.5 | 78.5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 960 | 94.1% | 87 | 18.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 25 | HOU | 16 | — | 68 | 49 | 19 | 29 | 51 | 20.5 | 100.5 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0.8% | 1,049 | 92.9% | 74 | 16.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 100.0% | 1.3 | 1.3 | — | 3 |
| 2015 | 26 | HOU | 16 | — | 72 | 53 | 19 | 29 | 50 | 17.5 | 96.5 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.3% | 1,004 | 96.4% | 70 | 14.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — | 0.0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | 27 | HOU | 3 | — | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1.5 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 157 | 86.7% | 13 | 15.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 28 | HOU | 5 | — | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 217 | 74.4% | 12 | 8.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 29 | HOU | 16 | — | 56 | 42 | 14 | 18 | 25 | 16.0 | 59.0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 963 | 90.1% | 62 | 13.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 30 | HOU | 8 | — | 22 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 4.0 | 29.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 469 | 88.3% | 14 | 6.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 31 | HOU | 16 | — | 48 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 5.0 | 36.0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,013 | 91.6% | 3 | 0.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 32 | ARI | 7 | — | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 1.0 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1% | 341 | 77.0% | 24 | 12.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 33 | ARI | 16 | — | 36 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 12.5 | 55.5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 815 | 77.7% | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 151 | — | 539 | 402 | 137 | 195 | 317 | 114.5 | 626.5 | 2 | 70 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | 1.3 | 1.0 | — | 3 | |
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A top 1% all-time edge rusher with reliable availability and elite per-snap production (top 5% in their position group). The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.
Worth 318 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 3% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 9 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +35.3 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
9 seasons × ~35.3 surplus ≈
Aldon Smith
DE
92% match
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