Jerome Bettis is a Hall of Fame running back whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 94 in the Knox value model. Bettis's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

On the boards· Appears on 4 boards

Streaks6 straight · 1,000 rushing yards · 1996–01

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Jerome Bettis

"The Bus"

★ HALL OF FAME6× Pro Bowl2× All-Pro6th youngest · 1,000 Rushing Yards 8th youngest · 1,000 Scrimmage Yards Top 1% all-time RBs

Career Value · VORP

362 career value over replacement — #62 all-time of 4,695. 27.8/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

3 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #10 (Rd 1) · RAM · 1993 · +32.5 vs expected KV-H

94actual

61.5 expected · Δ+32.5

💔+32.5 stolen VORP·1.17 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									Passing
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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
1993	21	LAR	16	—	294	1,429	7	4.9	2.4	—	—	—	—	26	244	0	—	9.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	22	LAR	16	—	319	1,025	3	3.2	0.9	—	—	—	—	31	293	1	—	9.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	23	STL	15	—	183	637	3	3.5	1.6	—	—	—	—	18	106	0	—	5.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	24	PIT	16	—	320	1,431	11	4.5	3.4	—	—	—	—	22	122	0	—	5.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	25	PIT	15	—	375	1,665	7	4.4	1.9	—	—	—	—	15	110	2	—	7.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	26	PIT	15	—	316	1,185	3	3.8	0.9	—	—	—	—	16	90	0	—	5.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	27	PIT	16	—	296	1,082	7	3.7	2.4	64	21.6	1	28	21	110	0	75.0%	5.2	3.9	—	2	1	1	100.0%	21	1	0	100.0	0.0	21.0	41.0	—	158.3	0
2000	28	PIT	16	—	352	1,302	8	3.7	2.3	70	19.9	0	19	13	97	0	68.4%	7.5	5.1	—	4	0	2	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0	50.0	0.0	-22.5	0.0	0.0	0
2001	29	PIT	11	—	225	1,072	4	4.8	1.8	46	20.4	0	10	8	48	0	80.0%	6.0	4.8	—	2	1	2	50.0%	32	1	0	50.0	0.0	16.0	26.0	—	135.4	0
2002	30	PIT	12	—	187	666	9	3.6	4.8	42	22.5	1	9	7	57	0	77.8%	8.1	6.3	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	31	PIT	16	—	246	811	7	3.3	2.8	43	17.5	4	13	13	86	0	100.0%	6.6	6.6	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	32	PIT	14	—	250	941	13	3.8	5.2	50	20.0	0	6	6	46	0	100.0%	7.7	7.7	—	2	1	1	100.0%	10	1	0	100.0	0.0	10.0	30.0	—	147.9	0
2005	33	PIT	12	—	110	368	9	3.3	8.2	30	27.3	0	4	4	40	0	100.0%	10.0	10.0	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	190	—	3,473	13,614	91	3.9	2.6	345	9.9	6	89	200	1,449	3	224.7%	7.2	16.3	—	19	3	6	50.0%	63	3	1	50.0	16.7	10.5	13.0	3.0	87.5	0

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

8thRushing Yards·13,614 yds 13thRushing Touchdowns·91

Postseason all-time ranks

9thPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·9 16thPlayoff Rushing Yards·674 yds

Archetype Intelligence

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An all-time caliber running back (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 362 · #62 · All-Time

Worth 362 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 2% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 13 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +27.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

13 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

+27.8

Avg surplus

peak +48

13 seasons × ~27.8 surplus ≈ VORP 362