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

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Jim Harbaugh

1× Pro BowlTop 23% all-time QBsReliable Starter📉 Fades · -13% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 1991

Height6'3"

Weight215 lb

BornDec 23, 1963

Age62

CollegeMichigan

Combined Season Grid

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

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

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1987	23–24	CHI	6	—	8	11	72.7%	62	0	0	0.0	0.0	5.6	5.6	—	86.2	—	4	15	0	3.8	0.0	—	—	—
1988	24–25	CHI	11	—	47	97	48.5%	514	0	2	0.0	2.1	5.3	4.4	0.0	55.9	—	19	110	1	5.8	5.3	—	—	—
1989	25–26	CHI	14	—	111	178	62.4%	1,204	5	9	2.8	5.1	6.8	5.1	0.6	70.5	—	45	276	3	6.1	6.7	—	—	—
1990	26–27	CHI	14	—	180	312	57.7%	2,178	10	6	3.2	1.9	7.0	6.8	1.7	81.9	—	51	321	4	6.3	7.8	—	—	—
1991	27–28	CHI	16	—	275	478	57.5%	3,121	15	16	3.1	3.3	6.5	5.7	0.9	73.7	—	70	338	2	4.8	2.9	—	—	—
1992	28–29	CHI	16	—	202	358	56.4%	2,486	13	12	3.6	3.4	6.9	6.2	1.1	76.2	—	47	272	1	5.8	2.1	—	—	—
1993	29–30	CHI	15	—	200	325	61.5%	2,002	7	11	2.2	3.4	6.2	5.1	0.6	72.1	—	60	277	4	4.6	6.7	—	—	—
1994	30–31	IND	12	—	125	202	61.9%	1,440	9	6	4.5	3.0	7.1	6.7	1.5	85.8	—	39	223	0	5.7	0.0	—	—	—
1995	31–32	IND	15	—	200	314	63.7%	2,575	17	5	5.4	1.6	8.2	8.6	3.4	100.7	—	52	235	2	4.5	3.8	—	—	—
1996	32–33	IND	14	—	232	405	57.3%	2,630	13	11	3.2	2.7	6.5	5.9	1.2	76.3	—	48	192	1	4.0	2.1	—	—	—
1997	33–34	IND	12	—	189	309	61.2%	2,060	10	4	3.2	1.3	6.7	6.7	2.5	86.2	—	36	206	0	5.7	0.0	—	—	—
1998	34–35	BAL	14	—	164	293	56.0%	1,839	12	11	4.1	3.8	6.3	5.4	1.1	72.9	—	40	172	0	4.3	0.0	—	—	—
1999	35–36	SD	14	—	245	426	57.5%	2,654	10	14	2.3	3.3	6.2	5.2	0.7	70.1	36	32	118	0	3.7	0.0	8	25.0	2
2000	36–37	SD	7	—	121	199	60.8%	1,389	8	10	4.0	5.0	7.0	5.5	0.8	74.3	13	14	21	0	1.5	0.0	1	7.1	2
Career		—	180	—	2,299	3,907	58.8%	26,154	129	117	3.3	3.0	6.7	6.0	1.1	77.5	49	557	2,776	18	5.0	3.2	9	1.6	4

Career Value · VORP

195 career value over replacement — #405 all-time of 4,695. 13.9/season above a replacement-level QB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #26 (Rd 1) · CHI · 1987 · +1.2 vs expected KV-H

56actual

54.8 expected · Δ+1.2

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Career arc · VAL by season

14 seasons · peak 14.8 in 1995

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

6.1 career wins over 14 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 1995 · +1.1 wins

Estimated from the season line (early era)+1.1

Latest season · 2000 · +0.2 wins

Passing+0.3
Rushing−0.1

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Position percentile · QB

#93 of 408 all-time QBs by KV-H

077th percentile100

StatVault · statvault.org/players/nfl/jim-harbaughJSON

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1987	23–24	CHI	6	—	8	11	72.7%	62	0	0	0.0	0.0	5.6	5.6	—	86.2	—	0
1988	24–25	CHI	11	—	47	97	48.5%	514	0	2	0.0	2.1	5.3	4.4	0.0	55.9	—	0
1989	25–26	CHI	14	—	111	178	62.4%	1,204	5	9	2.8	5.1	6.8	5.1	0.6	70.5	—	1.6
1990	26–27	CHI	14	—	180	312	57.7%	2,178	10	6	3.2	1.9	7.0	6.8	1.7	81.9	—	12.8
1991	27–28	CHI	16	—	275	478	57.5%	3,121	15	16	3.1	3.3	6.5	5.7	0.9	73.7	—	6.7
1992	28–29	CHI	16	—	202	358	56.4%	2,486	13	12	3.6	3.4	6.9	6.2	1.1	76.2	—	10
1993	29–30	CHI	15	—	200	325	61.5%	2,002	7	11	2.2	3.4	6.2	5.1	0.6	72.1	—	6.7
1994	30–31	IND	12	—	125	202	61.9%	1,440	9	6	4.5	3.0	7.1	6.7	1.5	85.8	—	3.8
1995	31–32	IND	15	—	200	314	63.7%	2,575	17	5	5.4	1.6	8.2	8.6	3.4	100.7	—	14.8
1996	32–33	IND	14	—	232	405	57.3%	2,630	13	11	3.2	2.7	6.5	5.9	1.2	76.3	—	8.2
1997	33–34	IND	12	—	189	309	61.2%	2,060	10	4	3.2	1.3	6.7	6.7	2.5	86.2	—	10
1998	34–35	BAL	14	—	164	293	56.0%	1,839	12	11	4.1	3.8	6.3	5.4	1.1	72.9	—	2.9
1999	35–36	SD	14	—	245	426	57.5%	2,654	10	14	2.3	3.3	6.2	5.2	0.7	70.1	36	0
2000	36–37	SD	7	—	121	199	60.8%	1,389	8	10	4.0	5.0	7.0	5.5	0.8	74.3	13	2.5
Career			180		2,299	3,907	58.8%	26,154	129	117	3.3	3.0	6.7	6.0	1.1	77.5	49	80

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1987	23–24	CHI	6	—	4	15	0	3.8	0.0	—	—	—
1988	24–25	CHI	11	—	19	110	1	5.8	5.3	—	—	—
1989	25–26	CHI	14	—	45	276	3	6.1	6.7	—	—	—
1990	26–27	CHI	14	—	51	321	4	6.3	7.8	—	—	—
1991	27–28	CHI	16	—	70	338	2	4.8	2.9	—	—	—
1992	28–29	CHI	16	—	47	272	1	5.8	2.1	—	—	—
1993	29–30	CHI	15	—	60	277	4	4.6	6.7	—	—	—
1994	30–31	IND	12	—	39	223	0	5.7	0.0	—	—	—
1995	31–32	IND	15	—	52	235	2	4.5	3.8	—	—	—
1996	32–33	IND	14	—	48	192	1	4.0	2.1	—	—	—
1997	33–34	IND	12	—	36	206	0	5.7	0.0	—	—	—
1998	34–35	BAL	14	—	40	172	0	4.3	0.0	—	—	—
1999	35–36	SD	14	—	32	118	0	3.7	0.0	8	25.0	2
2000	36–37	SD	7	—	14	21	0	1.5	0.0	1	7.1	2
Career			180		557	2,776	18	5.0	3.2	9	1.6	4

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
Career			—		—	2	-8	0	—	-4.0	—	—	—

Career line only: the source has this as a career total, without seasons.

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 14 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 54.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 51

On-field 34.1

Availability 16.9

On-field production Staying available

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

Pass Yds career shape vs similar quarterbacks

1987-2000

Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best Pass Yds season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.