Jason Witten ranks in the all-time elite tier for tight ends — a career that places Witten in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Witten a career score of 97, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Jason Witten

11× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 0% all-time TEsIron Legend👑 #1 Tight End · 2012 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2004 Team Carrier · #157

Career Value · VORP

542 career value over replacement — #9 all-time of 4,695. 31.9/season above a replacement-level TE.

Career Profile

4 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Compiler25% in top 3 yrs

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #69 (Rd 3) · DAL · 2003 · +54 vs expected KV-H

97actual

43 expected · Δ+54

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Combined Season Grid

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4 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Snap Counts						Passing													Advanced Receiving (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2003	21	DAL	11	—	35	35	347	1	100.0%	9.9	9.9	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	22	DAL	16	—	87	87	980	6	100.0%	11.3	11.3	—	44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	23	DAL	16	—	66	66	757	6	100.0%	11.5	11.5	—	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	24	DAL	16	—	64	64	754	1	100.0%	11.8	11.8	—	37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	25	DAL	16	—	96	96	1,145	7	100.0%	11.9	11.9	—	56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	26	DAL	15	—	81	81	952	4	100.0%	11.8	11.8	—	50	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	100.0%	42	0	0	0.0	0.0	42.0	42.0	—	118.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	27	DAL	16	—	124	94	1,030	2	75.8%	11.0	8.3	—	48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	28	DAL	16	—	128	94	1,002	9	73.4%	10.7	7.8	—	49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	29	DAL	16	—	117	79	942	5	67.5%	11.9	8.1	—	47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	30	DAL	16	—	149	110	1,039	3	73.8%	9.4	7.0	—	56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	31	DAL	16	—	111	73	851	8	65.8%	11.7	7.7	—	44	985	98.5%	—	0.0%	79	16.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	32	DAL	16	—	90	64	703	5	71.1%	11.0	7.8	—	48	1,049	98.9%	—	0.0%	88	19.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	33	DAL	16	—	104	77	713	3	74.0%	9.3	6.9	—	36	1,020	99.2%	—	0.0%	59	13.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	34	DAL	16	—	95	69	673	3	72.6%	9.8	7.1	—	33	1,016	95.4%	—	0.0%	84	19.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	35	DAL	16	—	87	63	560	5	72.4%	8.9	6.4	—	26	1,048	98.5%	—	0.0%	70	16.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	37	DAL	16	—	83	63	529	4	75.9%	8.4	6.4	—	27	845	75.3%	—	0.0%	91	20.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.6	5.8	2.6	0	6	0.1	27	108.0
2020	38	LV	16	—	17	13	69	2	76.5%	5.3	4.1	—	8	405	37.5%	—	0.0%	36	7.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.4	3.8	1.5	0	0	0.0	8	121.9
Career		—	266	—	1,534	1,228	13,046	74	80.1%	10.6	8.5	—	667	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	100.0%	42	0	0	0.0	0.0	42.0	42.0	—	118.8	0	—	—	—	0	6	—	35	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

4thReceptions·1,228 24thReceiving Yards·13,046 yds 42ndReceiving Touchdowns·74

Postseason all-time ranks

67thPlayoff Receptions·45

Archetype Intelligence

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An all-time caliber tight end (top 1% 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 542 · #9 · All-Time

Worth 542 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 1% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 16 of 17 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +33.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

16 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

+33.9

Avg surplus

peak +52

16 seasons × ~33.9 surplus ≈