Jamal Lewis ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Lewis in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Lewis a career score of 80, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 1 board

#79Leader marks (black ink)of 150

Streaks3 straight · 1,000 rushing yards · 2002–04

RBCLE#31RES

Jamal Lewis

1× Pro Bowl1× All-Pro7th youngest · 1,000 Rushing Yards Top 3% all-time RBsIron Legend👑 #1 Running Back · 2003 📉 Fades · -21% playoffs

Career Value · VORP

217 career value over replacement — #330 all-time of 4,695. 24.1/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×6 top-10 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #5 (Rd 1) · BAL · 2000 · +16.7 vs expected KV-H

80actual

63.3 expected · Δ+16.7

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Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #258 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2008 CLE·4 team wins#16

Rushing Yards · 1,002 · score 30

2005 BAL·6 team wins#21

Rushing Yards · 906 · score 5

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 58% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

58% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader58

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 92%.

Encyclopedia Coverage5/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Not available for this player

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

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 · 2000

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

RB · 2000 class

4.58s

40-Yard

Below avg · 42th pct

Pos 42thAll 64thClass Pos 56thClass All 67th

23 reps

Bench

Above avg · 74th pct

Pos 74thAll 62thClass Pos 69thClass All 61th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Carry: 4.2 regular season → 3.3 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

-21%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

12,459

10,580 rush · 1,879 recv

Total TDs

58 rush · 4 recv

Total Touches

2,762

2,541 carries · 221 rec

Yds / Touch

4.5

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones9

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

20001K career rushing yards
20033K career rushing yards
200325 career rushing TDs
2003100 career receptions
20045K career rushing yards
20041K career receiving yards

Understanding These Stats

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Rushing

Att129Yds423TD4Y/A3.3TD%3.11D161D%12.4Fmb1

Receiving

College Stats

TennesseeCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Tennessee), 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.

Top Teammates

Dave ZastudilP7y Matt StoverK6y Ray LewisILB6y Chris McAlisterDB6y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jamal inherited the Baltimore Ravens RB room from Lenny Moore (1956–1967), and handed it to Ray Rice (2008–2013).

Lenny Moore 1956–1967Jamal Lewis 2000–2006Ray Rice 2008–2013Derrick Henry 2024–2026

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2009final season
Last recorded season with CLE
2007team change
Joined CLE (from BAL)
2000draft
Drafted by BAL — Round 1, Pick 5

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 245 lb

Frame

240 lb at 4.58s

Size-speed

23 reps

Bench power

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 84

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

A2000

B+2002

A+2003

B+2004

B2005

B+2006

B+2007

B+2008

C+2009

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

91%

Era Translator

Rush Yds translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
2000	1,338	83.6	1,412+74	83.1
2002	1,327	82.9	1,304-23	76.7
2003	2,066	129.1	1,926-140	113.3
2004	1,006	83.8	1,264+258	74.3
2005	906	60.4	945+39	55.6
2006	1,132	70.8	1,044-88	61.4
2007	1,303	86.9	1,291-12	75.9
2008	1,002	62.6	948-54	55.8
2009	500	55.6	872+372	51.3

Data: nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:players, nflverse:combine, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:injuries, nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026