Jerry Rice is a Hall of Fame receiver whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 97 in the Knox value model. Rice's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Jerry Rice

"World"

★ HALL OF FAME13× Pro Bowl10× All-ProTop 0% all-time WRsIron Legend🏟️ San Francisco 49ers Icon 📈 Late Developer · 2002Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #327

Height6'2"

Weight200 lb

BornOct 13, 1962

Age63

CollegeMississippi Valley State University See College Stats

Rookie yr1985

Draft1985 · Rd 1, Pick 16 · SF

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

1stReceiving Yards·22,881 yds 1stReceiving Touchdowns·197 1stReceptions·1,548

Postseason all-time ranks

1stPlayoff Receiving Yards·2,245 yds 1stPlayoff Receiving Touchdowns·22 2ndPlayoff Receptions·151

13x

Pro Bowls

10x

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL1996·Rec108 Led NFL1995·Rec Yds1,848 yds Led NFL1994·Rec Yds1,499 yds Led NFL1993·Rec Yds1,503 yds Led NFL1991·Rec TD14 Led NFL1990·Rec TD13 Led NFL1990·Rec Yds1,502 yds Led NFL1990·Rec100 2ndsingle season·Rec TD1987 4thsingle season·Rec Yds1995 21stsingle season·Rec1995

Archetype Intelligence

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An all-time caliber wide receiver (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 548 · #7 · All-Time

Worth 548 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 1% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 19 of 19 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +28.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

19 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+28.8

Avg surplus

peak +41

19 seasons × ~28.8 surplus ≈ VORP 548

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	Receiving									Rushing								Passing													Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1985	—	SF	16	—	—	49	927	3	—	18.9	—	—	—	6	26	1	4.3	16.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	—	SF	16	—	—	86	1,570	15	—	18.3	—	—	—	10	72	1	7.2	10.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1987	—	SF	12	—	—	65	1,078	22	—	16.6	—	—	—	8	51	1	6.4	12.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988	—	SF	16	—	—	64	1,306	9	—	20.4	—	—	—	13	107	1	8.2	7.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1989	—	SF	16	—	—	82	1,483	17	—	18.1	—	—	—	5	33	0	6.6	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1990	—	SF	16	—	—	100	1,502	13	—	15.0	—	—	—	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991	—	SF	16	—	—	80	1,206	14	—	15.1	—	—	—	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992	—	SF	16	—	—	84	1,201	10	—	14.3	—	—	—	9	58	1	6.4	11.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	—	SF	16	—	—	98	1,503	15	—	15.3	—	—	—	3	69	1	23.0	33.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	—	SF	16	—	—	112	1,499	13	—	13.4	—	—	—	7	93	2	13.3	28.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	SF	16	—	—	122	1,848	15	—	15.1	—	—	—	5	36	1	7.2	20.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	SF	16	—	—	108	1,254	8	—	11.6	—	—	—	11	77	1	7.0	9.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	SF	2	—	—	7	78	1	—	11.1	—	—	—	1	10	0	10.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	SF	16	—	—	82	1,157	9	—	14.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	SF	16	—	124	67	830	5	54.0%	12.4	6.7	—	41	2	13	0	6.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	WAS	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	—	SF	16	—	121	74	799	7	61.2%	10.8	6.6	—	48	1	-2	0	-2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	NO	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	—	LV	16	—	125	83	1,139	9	66.4%	13.7	9.1	—	62	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	LV	16	—	150	92	1,211	7	61.3%	13.2	8.1	—	59	3	20	0	6.7	0.0	1	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	ARI	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	LV	16	—	63	63	861	2	100.0%	13.7	13.7	—	43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	GB	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	SEA	12	—	30	30	429	3	100.0%	14.3	14.3	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	BUF	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	308	—	613	1,548	22,881	197	252.5%	14.8	37.3	—	274	87	665	10	7.6	11.5	2	2.3	0	0	3	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	10	10	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA281.5·-2 passing · -0 rushing · 283 receiving·46.9/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Cmp%	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	VAL
1999	37	SF	16	—	1	0.0%	0.0	—	39.6	12.5
2000	38	SF	16	—	1	0.0%	0.0	—	39.6	14
2003	41	LV	16	—	1	0.0%	0.0	—	39.6	9.7
Career			48		3	0.0%	—	—	39.6	372.1

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1985	23	SF	16	—	6	26	1	4.3	16.7	—	—	—
1986	24	SF	16	—	10	72	1	7.2	10.0	—	—	—
1987	25	SF	12	—	8	51	1	6.4	12.5	—	—	—
1988	26	SF	16	—	13	107	1	8.2	7.7	—	—	—
1989	27	SF	16	—	5	33	0	6.6	0.0	—	—	—
1990	28	SF	16	—	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	—	—
1991	29	SF	16	—	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	—	—	—
1992	30	SF	16	—	9	58	1	6.4	11.1	—	—	—
1993	31	SF	16	—	3	69	1	23.0	33.3	—	—	—
1994	32	SF	16	—	7	93	2	13.3	28.6	—	—	—
1995	33	SF	16	—	5	36	1	7.2	20.0	—	—	—
1996	34	SF	16	—	11	77	1	7.0	9.1	—	—	—
1997	35	SF	2	—	1	10	0	10.0	0.0	—	—	—
1999	37	SF	16	—	2	13	0	6.5	0.0	1	50.0	0
2000	38	SF	16	—	1	-2	0	-2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2002	40	LV	16	—	3	20	0	6.7	0.0	1	33.3	0
Career			238		87	665	10	7.6	—	2	—	0

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1985	23	SF	16	—	—	49	927	3	—	18.9	—	—	—
1986	24	SF	16	—	—	86	1,570	15	—	18.3	—	—	—
1987	25	SF	12	—	—	65	1,078	22	—	16.6	—	—	—
1988	26	SF	16	—	—	64	1,306	9	—	20.4	—	—	—
1989	27	SF	16	—	—	82	1,483	17	—	18.1	—	—	—
1990	28	SF	16	—	—	100	1,502	13	—	15.0	—	—	—
1991	29	SF	16	—	—	80	1,206	14	—	15.1	—	—	—
1992	30	SF	16	—	—	84	1,201	10	—	14.3	—	—	—
1993	31	SF	16	—	—	98	1,503	15	—	15.3	—	—	—
1994	32	SF	16	—	—	112	1,499	13	—	13.4	—	—	—
1995	33	SF	16	—	—	122	1,848	15	—	15.1	—	—	—
1996	34	SF	16	—	—	108	1,254	8	—	11.6	—	—	—
1997	35	SF	2	—	—	7	78	1	—	11.1	—	—	—
1998	36	SF	16	—	—	82	1,157	9	—	14.1	—	—	—
1999	37	SF	16	—	124	67	830	5	54.0%	12.4	6.7	—	41
2000	38	SF	16	—	121	74	799	7	61.2%	10.8	6.6	—	48
2001	39	LV	16	—	125	83	1,139	9	66.4%	13.7	9.1	—	62
2002	40	LV	16	—	150	92	1,211	7	61.3%	13.2	8.1	—	59
2003	41	LV	16	—	63	63	861	2	100.0%	13.7	13.7	—	43
2004	42	SEA	12	—	30	30	429	3	100.0%	14.3	14.3	—	21
Career			298		613	1,548	22,881	197	252.5%	14.8	37.3	—	274

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
1999	37	WAS	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2000	38	NO	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2002	40	ARI	4	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
2003	41	GB	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2004	42	BUF	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Career			10		10	10	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	37	—	—	—	-0.7	0.0	24.4
2000	38	—	—	—	-0.4	-1.2	24.2
2001	39	—	—	—	—	—	79.7
2002	40	—	—	—	—	0.8	53.3
2003	41	—	—	—	-0.4	—	64.0
2004	42	—	—	—	—	—	37.7
Career					—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 97 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 97 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 19 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 83.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 97· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 77

On-field 57.4

Availability 19.6

On-field production Staying available

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

1985bestavg 77elite 702004

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #327 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

3 qualifying seasons

2003 LV·4 team wins#21

Receiving Yards · 861 · score 15

2000 SF·6 team wins#19

Receiving Touchdowns · 7 · score 7

2000 SF·6 team wins#20

Receptions · 74 · score 6

All-Time Standing

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

Elite

of 100

Reached 100% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader — a elite all-time profile at the position.

100% of the all-time Receiving Yards leader100

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

46.91 EPA/season over 6 seasons66

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: 93%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Reception: 14.8 regular season → 14.9 playoffs (14 playoff seasons)

+1%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

23,546

665 rush · 22,881 recv

Total TDs

207

10 rush · 197 recv

Total Touches

1,635

87 carries · 1,548 rec

Yds / Touch

14.4

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Rushing

Att7Yds62Y/A8.9

Receiving

Tgt39Rec151Yds2,245TD22Ctch%387.2%Y/R14.9Y/Tgt57.61D23

Defense

Tkl2Solo2

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA20.6

College Stats

Mississippi Valley State UniversityCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Mississippi Valley State University), 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.

1985 Draft Class· this player went #16

#1Bruce SmithDE #2Bill FralicG #4Chris DolemanDE #6Lomas BrownOT #10Al ToonWR #13Eddie BrownWR #15Ethan HortonTE #19George AdamsRB #22William PerryDT #23Jessie HesterWR #26Steve SewellRB #27Lorenzo HamptonRB #28Trevor MatichC #31Vance JohnsonWR #35Greg AllenRB #37Randall CunninghamQB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jerry inherited the San Francisco 49ers WR room from Mike Wilson (1981–1990), and handed it to John Taylor (1987–1995).

Mike Wilson 1981–1990Jerry Rice 1985–2000John Taylor 1987–1995J.J. Stokes 1995–2002Terrell Owens 1996–2003Tai Streets

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2004team change
Joined SEA (from LV)
2004final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2001team change
Joined LV (from SF)
1985draft
Drafted by SF — Round 1, Pick 16

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 200 lb

Frame

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 19-season peers. See all →

peak 94

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

B+1985

A1986

A1987

A1988

A1989

A1990

B+1991

B+1992

A1993

A1994

A1995

B+1996

B+1998

B1999

B2000

B+2001

B+2002

B2003

C+2004

Era Translator

Rec 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 Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
1985	927	57.9	967+40	56.9
1986	1,570	98.1	1,550-20	91.2
1987	1,078	89.8	1,425+347	83.8
1988	1,306	81.6	1,301-5	76.5
1989	1,483	92.7	1,480-3	87.1
1990	1,502	93.9	1,520+18	89.4
1991	1,206	75.4	1,201-5	70.6
1992	1,201	75.1	1,182-19	69.6
1993	1,503	93.9	1,453-50	85.5
1994	1,499	93.7	1,381-118	81.2
1995	1,848	115.5	1,594-254	93.8
1996	1,254	78.4	1,078-176	63.4
1998	1,157	72.3	1,030-127	60.6
1999	830	51.9	763-67	44.9
2000	799	49.9	741-58	43.6
2001	1,139	71.2	1,133-6	66.6
2002	1,211	75.7	1,230+19	72.3
2003	861	53.8	816-45	48
2004	429	35.8	437+8	25.7

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

548 career value over replacement — #7 all-time of 4,642. 28.8/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #16 (Rd 1) · SF · 1985 · +39.5 vs expected KV-H

97actual

57.5 expected · Δ+39.5

💔+40.7 stolen VORP·1.4 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1985 Draft Class· this player went #16

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography