Joe Johnson ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Johnson in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Johnson a career score of 74, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
1 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics
Season
Age
Team
G
GS
VAL
Defense
Tkl
Solo
Ast
TFL
QBHits
Sk
Dis
Int
PD
FF
FR
TD
Sfty
1994
22
NO
15
—
0.3
44
35
—
—
—
1.0
1.0
—
1
2
—
—
—
1995
23
NO
14
—
3.5
50
36
—
—
—
5.5
5.5
—
0
1
—
—
—
1996
24
NO
13
—
5.1
58
48
—
—
—
7.5
7.5
—
0
3
—
—
—
1997
25
NO
16
—
5.4
45
38
—
—
—
8.5
8.5
—
2
1
—
—
—
1998
26
NO
16
—
3.7
71
55
—
—
—
7.0
7.0
—
0
1
—
—
—
2000
28
NO
15
—
6.9
33
24
9
11
10
12.0
33.0
0
0
3
2
0
0
2001
29
NO
16
—
3.7
44
33
11
16
7
9.0
32.0
0
0
2
2
0
0
2002
30
GB
4
—
1.2
9
5
4
1
1
2.0
4.0
0
1
1
1
0
0
2003
31
GB
4
—
0.0
3
3
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
—
0
0
Career
—
113
—
29.8
357
277
24
28
18
52.5
98.5
0
4
14
5
0
0
Career arc · VAL by season
9 seasons · peak 6.9 in 2000
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
2.3 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
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. Team wins are the club's actual regular-season wins; a traded season, or one whose club record is missing, shows no share.
Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best Sacks season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.
