Jamaal Charles packed more value into his peak seasons than almost any running back in NFL history — a comet career that burned brightest when it mattered most. His KV-H peak of 84 is historically rare; while longevity was not his calling card, the impact of his best seasons is undeniable.

RBJAX#31CUT

Jamaal Charles

4× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 4% all-time RBsAll-Time Great🏆 Clutch · +55% playoffs ⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2012Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #28

Height5'11"

Weight199 lb

BornDec 27, 1986

Age39

CollegeTexas See College Stats

Rookie yr2008

Draft2008 · Rd 3, Pick 73 · KC

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

66thRushing Yards·7,563 yds

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2013·Rush TD12

Archetype Intelligence

All-Time GreatExplore archetypes →

A top 5% all-time running back — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history. Their average per-snap value underscores the elite level they operated at.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 157 · #588 · High-Value

Worth 157 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 14% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +22.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+22.4

Avg surplus

peak +35

7 seasons × ~22.4 surplus ≈ VORP 157

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	Rushing								Receiving									Defense													Snap Counts
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	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2008	—	KC	16	—	67	357	0	5.3	0.0	17	25.4	1	27	27	272	1	100.0%	10.1	10.1	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	CIN	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	KC	15	—	190	1,120	7	5.9	3.7	54	28.4	2	56	40	297	1	71.4%	7.4	5.3	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	BUF	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	KC	16	—	230	1,467	5	6.4	2.2	70	30.4	1	64	45	468	3	70.3%	10.4	7.3	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	SEA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	KC	2	—	12	83	0	6.9	0.0	3	25.0	1	6	5	9	1	83.3%	1.8	1.5	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	BUF	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	KC	16	—	285	1,509	5	5.3	1.8	62	21.8	3	48	35	236	1	72.9%	6.7	4.9	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	LAC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	KC	15	—	259	1,287	12	5.0	4.6	72	27.8	2	104	70	693	7	67.3%	9.9	6.7	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	845	83.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2013	—	IND	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	KC	15	—	206	1,033	9	5.0	4.4	50	24.3	2	59	40	291	5	67.8%	7.3	4.9	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	649	71.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	—	SEA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	KC	5	—	71	364	4	5.1	5.6	21	29.6	1	30	21	177	1	70.0%	8.4	5.9	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	263	77.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	—	DEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	KC	3	—	12	40	1	3.3	8.3	3	25.0	0	3	2	14	0	66.7%	7.0	4.7	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	27	13.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	—	DEN	13	—	69	296	1	4.3	1.4	16	23.2	2	28	23	129	0	82.1%	5.6	4.6	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	206	21.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	—	NYG	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	JAX	2	—	6	7	0	1.2	0.0	0	0.0	0	3	2	7	0	66.7%	3.5	2.3	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20	19.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	133	—	1,407	7,563	44	5.4	3.1	368	26.2	15	428	310	2,593	20	72.4%	8.4	6.1	—	118	14	14	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	2,010	47.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%

Career EPA75.0·51 rushing · 24 receiving·6.8/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2008	22	KC	16	—	67	357	0	5.3	0.0	17	25.4	1	9.3
2009	23	KC	15	—	190	1,120	7	5.9	3.7	54	28.4	2	15.8
2010	24	KC	16	—	230	1,467	5	6.4	2.2	70	30.4	1	18.9
2011	25	KC	2	—	12	83	0	6.9	0.0	3	25.0	1	—
2012	26	KC	16	—	285	1,509	5	5.3	1.8	62	21.8	3	16.6
2013	27	KC	15	13*	259	1,287	12	5.0	4.6	72	27.8	2	25.9
2014	28	KC	15	11*	206	1,033	9	5.0	4.4	50	24.3	2	18.4
2015	29	KC	5	4*	71	364	4	5.1	5.6	21	29.6	1	7.4
2016	30	KC	3	—	12	40	1	3.3	8.3	3	25.0	0	—
2017	31	DEN	13	0*	69	296	1	4.3	1.4	16	23.2	2	6.7
2018	32	JAX	2	—	6	7	0	1.2	0.0	0	0.0	0	—
Career			118	28*	1,407	7,563	44	5.4	—	368	—	15	119

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

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2008	22	KC	16	—	27	27	272	1	100.0%	10.1	10.1	—	9
2009	23	KC	15	—	56	40	297	1	71.4%	7.4	5.3	—	11
2010	24	KC	16	—	64	45	468	3	70.3%	10.4	7.3	—	21
2011	25	KC	2	—	6	5	9	1	83.3%	1.8	1.5	—	2
2012	26	KC	16	—	48	35	236	1	72.9%	6.7	4.9	—	11
2013	27	KC	15	13*	104	70	693	7	67.3%	9.9	6.7	—	32
2014	28	KC	15	11*	59	40	291	5	67.8%	7.3	4.9	—	15
2015	29	KC	5	4*	30	21	177	1	70.0%	8.4	5.9	—	10
2016	30	KC	3	—	3	2	14	0	66.7%	7.0	4.7	—	1
2017	31	DEN	13	0*	28	23	129	0	82.1%	5.6	4.6	—	6
2018	32	JAX	2	—	3	2	7	0	66.7%	3.5	2.3	—	0
Career			118	28*	428	310	2,593	20	72.4%	8.4	6.1	—	118

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2008	22	CIN	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2009	23	BUF	3	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2010	24	SEA	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2011	25	BUF	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2012	26	LAC	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2013	27	IND	4	4*	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
2014	28	SEA	1	1*	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2015	29	DEN	1	1*	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2017	31	NYG	1	0*	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Career			15	6*	14	14	—	—	—

* 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	27	KC	15	13*	845	83.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	28	KC	15	11*	649	71.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	29	KC	5	4*	263	77.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	30	KC	3	—	27	13.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	31	DEN	14	0*	206	21.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	32	JAX	2	—	20	19.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			54	28*	2,010	—	—	—	—	—

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

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
2008	22	—	—	—	—	-0.9	3.2	-15
2009	23	—	—	—	—	22.4	-5.8	194
2010	24	—	—	—	—	38.4	17.7	133
2011	25	—	—	—	—	-3.3	1.0	16
2012	26	—	—	—	—	-3.2	-7.0	-33
2013	27	—	—	13*	—	4.2	20.6	136
2014	28	—	—	11*	—	7.6	-0.6	-31
2015	29	—	—	4*	—	1.9	0.5	-16
2016	30	—	—	—	—	0.8	-1.2	-7
2017	31	—	—	0*	—	-13.8	-3.4	-23
2018	32	—	—	—	—	-3.2	-1.0	4
Career				28*	—	—	—	358

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

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2018	32	JAX	2	—	3	0.5	4	0.7	1	6.0	—
Career			2		3	—	4	—	1	—	—

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2018	32	JAX	2	—	1.3	1.0	2.5	0	1	0.3	—	70.1
Career			2		—	—	—	0	1	—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 78 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 78 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 76.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 78· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 71

On-field 52.8

Availability 18.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2008bestavg 69elite 702017

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #28 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

185

3 qualifying seasons

2012 KC·2 team wins#4

Rushing Yards · 1,509 · score 110

2009 KC·4 team wins#10

Rushing Yards · 1,120 · score 48

2009 KC·4 team wins#17

Rushing Touchdowns · 7 · score 27

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 41% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

41% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader41

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

6.82 EPA/season over 11 seasons52

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:2.158 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap2.158Touch rate0.423EPA/snap0.006Snap share47.8%Off snaps2,010ConsistentCV 0.05

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within running backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

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+).

Combine · 2008

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

RB · 2008 class

4.38s

40-Yard

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 95thClass Pos 91thClass All 94th

30.5"

Vertical

Low · 11th pct

Pos 11thAll 24thClass Pos 25thClass All 48th

122"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 72th pct

Pos 72thAll 74thClass Pos 69thClass All 79th

6.80s

3-Cone

Elite · 93th pct

Pos 93thAll 91thClass Pos 89thClass All 93th

4.22s

Shuttle

Above avg · 57th pct

Pos 57thAll 69thClass Pos 63thClass All 83th

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Carry: 5.4 regular season → 8.3 playoffs (2 playoff seasons)

+55%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

10,156

7,563 rush · 2,593 recv

Total TDs

44 rush · 20 recv

Total Touches

1,717

1,407 carries · 310 rec

Yds / Touch

5.9

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Rushing

Att12Yds100TD1Y/A8.3TD%8.31D51D%41.7Fmb1

Receiving

Tgt2Rec1Yds15Ctch%50.0%Y/R15.0Y/Tgt7.51D1

Defense

Tkl2Solo2FF1FR1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-1.9Rec EPA1.6Rec AirYd9

College Stats

TexasCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Texas), 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.

2008 Draft Class· this player went #73

#65John GrecoC #66Kendall LangfordDE #67Charles GodfreyFS #68Chevis JacksonDB #69Jacob HesterRB #70Earl BennettWR #71Tavares GoodenLB #72Chris EllisOLB #74Dan ConnorILB #75Reggie SmithDB #76Brad CottamTE #77Pat SimsDT #78Shawn CrableOLB #79Antwaun MoldenDB #80Bryan SmithLB #81Early DoucetWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jamaal inherited the Kansas City Chiefs RB room from Larry Johnson (2003–2008), and handed it to Thomas Jones (2010–2011).

Jim Hadnot 1980–1983Joe Delaney 1981–1982Billy Jackson 1981–1984Herman Heard 1984–1989Larry Moriarty 1986–1988Paul Palmer

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2018team change
Joined JAX (from DEN)
2018final season
Last recorded season with JAX
2017team change
Joined DEN (from KC)
2008draft
Drafted by KC — Round 3, Pick 73

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 199 lb

Frame

200 lb at 4.38s

Size-speed

30.5" vert / 122" broad

Explosion

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2016	KC	1	W1Doubtful· KneeW2Doubtful· KneeW3Doubtful· KneeW4Questionable· KneeW7Questionable· KneeW8Out· Knee
2014	KC	0	W3Questionable· AnkleW17Questionable· Hamstring / Ankle

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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 84

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

C+2008

B+2009

A2010

A2012

A2013

B+2014

C2015

C+2017

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

68%

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
2008	357	22.3	367+10	21.6
2009	1,120	74.7	1,172+52	68.9
2010	1,467	91.7	1,492+25	87.8
2012	1,509	94.3	1,621+112	95.4
2013	1,287	85.8	1,540+253	90.6
2014	1,033	68.9	1,268+235	74.6
2015	364	72.8	1,348+984	79.3
2017	296	22.8	377+81	22.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

157 career value over replacement — #588 all-time of 4,642. 19.6/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×6 top-10 Comet56% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #73 (Rd 3) · KC · 2008 · +37.1 vs expected KV-H

78actual

40.9 expected · Δ+37.1

💔+69 stolen VORP·3.52 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2008

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2008 Draft Class· this player went #73

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography