James Conner is a career quality starter — a running back whose body of work places Conner in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Conner's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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James Conner

2× Pro BowlTop 11% all-time RBsElite Playmaker📉 Fades · -14% playoffs ⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2018Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #67

Career Value · VORP

128 career value over replacement — #818 all-time of 4,695. 16/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

3 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #105 (Rd 3) · PIT · 2017 · +33.3 vs expected KV-H

69actual

35.7 expected · Δ+33.3

💔+37.4 stolen VORP·2.34 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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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%
2017	22	PIT	14	—	32	144	0	4.5	0.0	4	12.5	0	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	68	7.0%	—	0.0%	69	17.6%
2018	23	PIT	13	—	215	973	12	4.5	5.6	56	26.0	1	71	55	497	1	77.5%	9.0	7.0	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	718	77.3%	—	0.0%	1	0.2%
2019	24	PIT	10	—	116	464	4	4.0	3.4	26	22.4	1	38	34	251	3	89.5%	7.4	6.6	—	14	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	328	53.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2020	25	PIT	13	—	169	721	6	4.3	3.6	42	24.9	0	43	35	215	0	81.4%	6.1	5.0	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	561	61.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2021	26	ARI	15	—	202	752	15	3.7	7.4	53	26.2	0	39	37	375	3	94.9%	10.1	9.6	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	598	58.0%	—	0.0%	6	1.8%
2022	27	ARI	13	—	183	782	7	4.3	3.8	48	26.2	1	58	46	300	1	79.3%	6.5	5.2	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	663	71.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2023	28	ARI	13	—	208	1,040	7	5.0	3.4	57	27.4	0	33	27	165	2	81.8%	6.1	5.0	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	533	61.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2024	29	ARI	16	—	236	1,094	8	4.6	3.4	67	28.4	0	55	47	414	1	85.5%	8.8	7.5	—	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	619	60.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	30	ARI	3	—	32	95	1	3.0	3.1	7	21.9	0	9	8	38	1	88.9%	4.8	4.2	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	93	50.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	110	—	1,393	6,065	60	4.4	4.3	360	25.8	3	347	289	2,255	12	83.3%	7.8	6.5	—	107	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4,181	56.0%	—	0.0%	76	2.5%

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

60thRushing Touchdowns·60 98thRushing Yards·6,065 yds

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 20% all-time running back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Record Chase →

#60 all-time in Rush TD (60). Tied with Brandon Jacobs for #59.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 128 · #818 · High-Value

Worth 128 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 18% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.3 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

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.3

Avg surplus

peak +24

7 seasons × ~18.3 surplus ≈