Jimmy Graham ranks in the all-time elite tier for tight ends — a career that places Graham in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Graham a career score of 85, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Jimmy Graham

5× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 2% all-time TEsFranchise Cornerstone👑 #1 Tight End · 2013 🏆 Clutch · +9% playoffs

Career Value · VORP

338 career value over replacement — #88 all-time of 4,695. 26/season above a replacement-level TE.

Career Profile

Led league 1×5 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #95 (Rd 3) · NO · 2010 · +47.5 vs expected KV-H

85actual

37.5 expected · Δ+47.5

💔+27 stolen VORP·1.04 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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

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

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Snap Counts						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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2010	23–24	NO	12	—	44	31	356	5	70.5%	11.5	8.1	—	21	1	3	0	3.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	24–25	NO	16	—	149	99	1,310	11	66.4%	13.2	8.8	—	74	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	25–26	NO	15	—	135	85	982	9	63.0%	11.6	7.3	—	59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2013	26–27	NO	16	—	143	86	1,215	16	60.1%	14.1	8.5	—	61	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	754	67.1%	3	0.3%	16	3.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	27–28	NO	16	—	124	85	889	10	68.5%	10.5	7.2	—	54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	774	68.8%	—	0.0%	9	2.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	28–29	SEA	11	—	74	48	605	2	64.9%	12.6	8.2	—	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	569	78.2%	—	0.0%	15	4.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	29–30	SEA	16	—	95	65	923	6	68.4%	14.2	9.7	—	45	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	790	75.9%	—	0.0%	5	1.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	30–31	SEA	16	—	96	57	520	10	59.4%	9.1	5.4	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	729	68.9%	—	0.0%	11	2.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	31–32	GB	16	—	89	55	636	2	61.8%	11.6	7.1	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	795	73.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	32–33	GB	16	—	60	38	447	3	63.3%	11.8	7.5	—	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	622	57.3%	—	0.0%	4	0.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	33–34	CHI	16	—	76	50	456	8	65.8%	9.1	6.0	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	636	59.5%	—	0.0%	1	0.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	34–35	CHI	15	—	23	14	167	3	60.9%	11.9	7.3	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	263	26.5%	—	0.0%	1	0.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	36–37	NO	13	—	7	6	39	4	85.7%	6.5	5.6	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	171	19.1%	—	0.0%	1	0.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	194	—	1,115	719	8,545	89	64.5%	11.9	7.7	—	478	2	3	0	1.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

16thReceiving Touchdowns·89 57thReceptions·719 90thReceiving Yards·8,545 yds

Postseason all-time ranks

46thPlayoff Receiving Touchdowns·5

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A top 5% all-time tight end with exceptional availability — almost never missed time and above-average snap-level impact. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 338 · #88 · All-Time

Worth 338 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 3% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 12 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +28.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

12 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

+28.2

Avg surplus

peak +51

12 seasons × ~28.2 surplus ≈