Not to be confused withJerry Rice (WR · 2014).

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.

On the boards· Appears on 6 boards

Streaks11 straight · 1,000 receiving yards · 1986–96

WRSEA#80ACT

Jerry Rice

"World"

★ HALL OF FAME13× Pro Bowl10× All-ProTop 0% all-time WRsIron Legend🏟️ San Francisco 49ers Icon

Career Value · VORP

556 career value over replacement — #7 all-time of 4,695. 29.3/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #16 (Rd 1) · SFO · 1985 · +39.8 vs expected KV-H

97actual

57.2 expected · Δ+39.8

💔+41 stolen VORP·1.4 szns lost

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Height6'2"

Weight200 lb

BornOct 13, 1962

Age64

CollegeMississippi Valley State University See College Stats

Rookie yr1985

Draft1985 · Rd 1, Pick 16 · SFO

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #450 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

2000 SF·6 team wins#20

Receiving Touchdowns · 7 · score 6

2000 SF·6 team wins#21

Receptions · 74 · score 5

All-Time Standing

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

100

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

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: 93%.

Encyclopedia Coverage4/8 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

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

Career Milestones17

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

19861K career receiving yards
1986100 career receptions
19873K career receiving yards
198725 career receiving TDs
1988250 career receptions
19895K career receiving yards

Understanding These Stats

Passing

Cmp / Att — Completions and pass attempts.

Cmp% — Completion percentage — completions ÷ attempts × 100.

Yds — Passing yards — total air + yards after catch on completions.

TD / TD% — Passing touchdowns. TD% = TDs per 100 attempts, measuring scoring efficiency.

Int / Int% — Interceptions thrown. Int% = INTs per 100 attempts — the primary ball-security metric.

Y/A — Yards per attempt — passing yards ÷ attempts. The core passing efficiency rate.

AdjY/A — Adjusted yards per attempt: (Pass Yds + 20×TD − 45×INT) ÷ Att. Penalizes turnovers and rewards touchdowns — widely considered the most predictive single-season QB metric.

TD:INT — TD-to-interception ratio — passing touchdowns ÷ interceptions thrown. Elite QBs sustain career ratios above 3.0; HOF greats often exceed 4.0. Not shown when no interceptions.

Rate — NFL passer rating — the official formula combining Cmp%, Y/A, TD%, and INT% on a 0–158.3 scale. Good QB performance ≈ 90+; elite ≈ 110+.

Sk — Times sacked — how many times the QB was brought down behind the line of scrimmage.

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Rushing

Att7Yds62Y/A8.9

Receiving

Tgt39Rec151Yds2,245TD22Ctch%387.2%

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.

Top Teammates

Steve YoungQB13y Brent JonesTE11y John TaylorWR9y Bill RomanowskiOLB8y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jerry inherited the San Francisco 49ers WR room from Dwight Clark (1979–1987), and handed it to John Taylor (1987–1995).

Dwight Clark 1979–1987Jerry Rice 1985–2000John Taylor 1987–1995J.J. Stokes 1995–2002Terrell Owens 1996–2003Brandon Lloyd

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

Movementderived from season history

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

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 95

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

B+1985

A1986

A1987

A1988

A1989

A1990

B+1991

B+1992

A1993

A1994

A+1995

B+1996

B+1998

B1999

B2000

B+2001

B+2002

B2003

C+2004

Era Translator

Rec 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 Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
1985	927	57.9	958+31	56.4
1986	1,570	98.1	1,537-33	90.4
1987	1,078	89.8	1,417+339	83.3
1988	1,306	81.6	1,312+6	77.2
1989	1,483	92.7	1,501+18	88.3
1990	1,502	93.9	1,556+54	91.5
1991	1,206	75.4	1,230+24	72.3
1992	1,201	75.1	1,190-11	70
1993	1,503	93.9	1,482-21	87.2
1994	1,499	93.7	1,429-70	84.1
1995	1,848	115.5	1,652-196	97.2
1996	1,254	78.4	1,112-142	65.4
1998	1,157	72.3	1,044-113	61.4
1999	830	51.9	764-66	44.9
2000	799	49.9	735-64	43.2
2001	1,139	71.2	1,117-22	65.7
2002	1,211	75.7	1,193-18	70.2
2003	861	53.8	804-57	47.3
2004	429	35.8	428-1	25.2

Data: nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, 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 8/31/2026

Defensive StatsNot available for this player

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

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

50 career receiving TDs

199075 career receiving TDs

19918K career receiving yards

1991500 career receptions

199210K career receiving yards

1992100 career receiving TDs

199412K career receiving yards

1994750 career receptions

1994125 career receiving TDs

199515K career receiving yards

19961000 career receptions

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.

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

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.

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 20 seasons.

93%

19852004

1997 · cause not documented · 13%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Iron

Canton Monitor · HOF

Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. See all →

✓

Enshrined

What carries the case

All-Pro 37.7%League Leads 17.6%All-Time Ranks 12.6%Era Quality (KV-H) 12.4%Pro Bowls 12.2%Longevity 7.5%

Monitor score 318.5 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity96

Peak95

Accolades100

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

Historical Rank · Era-Adjusted

Best single season, projected to Receiving Yards in a modern 17-game schedule. See all →

#28

1995 · WR · all-time

Career Geography

Journeyman · 3 crestsLeague board →

Wore 3 distinct franchise crests across 20 seasons (1985–2004) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

SF 1985–2000 LV 2001–2004 SEA 2004

On the boards· Appears on 6 boards

Jerry Rice

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

1985 Draft Class· this player went #16

Career Geography