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

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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

Career arc · VAL by season

13 seasons · peak 14.7 in 2011

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

6.5 career wins over 13 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2011 · +1.1 wins

Receiving

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	1D	1D%	VAL
2010	23–24	NO	12	—	1	3	3.0	1	100.0	3
2016	29–30	SEA	16	12*	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	9.2
Career			28		2	3	1.5	1	50.0	84.1

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2010	23–24	NO	12	—	44	31	356	5	70.5%	11.5	8.1	—	21
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
2013	26–27	NO	16	11*	143	86	1,215	16	60.1%	14.1	8.5	—	61
2014	27–28	NO	15	11*	124	85	889	10	68.5%	10.5	7.2	—	54
2015	28–29	SEA	11	9*	74	48	605	2	64.9%	12.6	8.2	—	29
2016	29–30	SEA	16	12*	95	65	923	6	68.4%	14.2	9.7	—	45
2017	30–31	SEA	16	11*	96	57	520	10	59.4%	9.1	5.4	—	32
2018	31–32	GB	16	12*	89	55	636	2	61.8%	11.6	7.1	—	32
2019	32–33	GB	16	9*	60	38	447	3	63.3%	11.8	7.5	—	23
2020	33–34	CHI	16	10*	76	50	456	8	65.8%	9.1	6.0	—	32
2021	34–35	CHI	11	0*	23	14	167	3	60.9%	11.9	7.3	—	10
2023	36–37	NO	5	0*	7	6	39	4	85.7%	6.5	5.6	—	6
Career			181		1,115	719	8,545	89	64.5%	11.9	7.7	—	478

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	26–27	NO	16	11*	754	67.1%	3	0.3%	16	3.4%
2014	27–28	NO	16	11*	774	68.8%	—	0.0%	9	2.1%
2015	28–29	SEA	11	9*	569	78.2%	—	0.0%	15	4.8%
2016	29–30	SEA	16	12*	790	75.9%	—	0.0%	5	1.0%
2017	30–31	SEA	16	11*	729	68.9%	—	0.0%	11	2.1%
2018	31–32	GB	16	12*	795	73.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2019	32–33	GB	16	9*	622	57.3%	—	0.0%	4	0.9%
2020	33–34	CHI	16	10*	636	59.5%	—	0.0%	1	0.2%
2021	34–35	CHI	15	0*	263	26.5%	—	0.0%	1	0.3%
2023	36–37	NO	13	0*	171	19.1%	—	0.0%	1	0.3%
Career			—		—	—	—	—	—	—

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2018	31–32	GB	16	12*	9.5	6.8	4.7	2	3	0.0	32	81.5
2019	32–33	GB	16	9*	8.9	5.4	6.4	2	2	0.0	23	102.6
2020	33–34	CHI	16	10*	6.8	5.2	4.0	1	1	0.0	32	100.5
2021	34–35	CHI	15	0*	8.0	8.0	3.9	0	1	0.0	10	122.6
2023	36–37	NO	13	0*	6.0	6.0	0.5	0	1	0.1	6	129.5
Career			76	31*	—	—	—	5	8	—	103	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W3	GB	1	1	8	1	—	6.8
W5	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—
W13	DET	1	1	6	1	—	6.6
W14	CAR	2	2	16	1	—	7.6
W15	NYG	2	2	9	1	—	6.9

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 5 games

Splits

101 games · 2016–2023

Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.

Home / Away2 rows

Home / Away	G	Rush	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Home	49	1	219	140	1632	19	279.2
Away	52	—	245	160	1748	19	286.8

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 85 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 85 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 13 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 81.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 85· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 74

On-field 55.7

Availability 18.3

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W3	GB	1	1	8	1	—	6.8
W5	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—
W13	DET	1	1	6	1	—	6.6
W14	CAR	2	2	16	1	—	7.6
W15	NYG	2	2	9	1	—	6.9

Wins / Losses	G	Rush	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Wins	54	1	245	161	1965	28	362.5
Losses	45	—	201	128	1267	10	188.7
Ties	2	—	18	11	148	—	14.8

Regular season / Postseason	G	Rush	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Regular season	96	1	446	285	3188	36	534.8
Postseason	5	—	18	15	192	2	31.2

By opponent	G	Rush	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
vs ARI	6	—	40	25	219	4	47.9
vs ATL	5	—	38	24	242	4	50.2
vs BAL	1	—	3	2	25	—	2.5
vs BUF	2	—	14	11	124	3	30.4
vs CAR	4	—	22	15	172	2	29.2
vs CHI	4	—	17	9	70	1	13
vs CLE	1	—	1	—	—	—	—
vs DAL	2	—	4	4	44	1	10.4
vs DEN	1	—	1	—	—	—	—
vs DET	9	—	43	24	265	3	44.5
vs GB	6	—	22	12	78	1	13.8
vs HOU	2	—	9	8	62	3	24.2
vs IND	2	—	11	8	94	—	9.4
vs JAX	2	—	7	4	69	2	18.9
vs KC	1	—	5	3	20	—	2
vs LA	7	1	29	18	172	1	23.2
vs LAC	1	—	4	4	17	—	1.7
vs LV	1	—	4	4	65	1	12.5
vs MIA	2	—	2	2	25	—	2.5
vs MIN	8	—	23	14	199	—	19.9
vs NE	3	—	11	8	103	1	16.3
vs NO	3	—	14	7	72	1	13.2
vs NYG	5	—	11	7	94	2	21.4
vs NYJ	2	—	12	9	147	—	14.7
vs PHI	3	—	18	12	133	3	31.3
vs PIT	1	—	3	1	28	—	2.8
vs SEA	3	—	7	6	92	1	15.2
vs SF	7	—	40	24	369	2	46.9
vs TB	2	—	12	9	100	1	14
vs TEN	2	—	17	13	127	1	18.7
vs WAS	3	—	20	13	153	—	15.3

By month	G	Rush	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
January	9	—	30	23	277	2	39.7
September	20	—	98	58	616	8	107.6
October	20	—	122	78	952	6	131.2
November	22	—	107	73	828	10	142.8
December	30	1	107	68	707	12	144.7

Division games	G	Rush	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Division	35	1	158	93	1029	10	160.9
Non-division	66	—	306	207	2351	28	405.1

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W3	GB	1	1	8	1	—	6.8
W5	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—
W13	DET	1	1	6	1	—	6.6
W14	CAR	2	2	16	1	—	7.6
W15	NYG	2	2	9	1	—	6.9

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Jimmy Graham

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Rushing

Receiving

Snap Counts

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Game Log

Splits

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · TE

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W3	GB	1	1	8	1	—	6.8
W5	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—
W13	DET	1	1	6	1	—	6.6
W14	CAR	2	2	16	1	—	7.6
W15	NYG	2	2	9	1	—	6.9