Joey Bosa ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Bosa in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Bosa a career score of 86, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

DEBUF#97ACT

Joey Bosa

5× Pro BowlTop 3% all-time pass rushersAll-Time Great🌅 Early Bloomer · 2016 Team Carrier · #183

Height6'5"

Weight280 lb

BornJul 11, 1995

Age31

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 1, Pick 3 · LAC

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

77thSacks·77

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

All-Time GreatExplore archetypes →

A top 5% all-time edge rusher — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history. Their excellent per-snap efficiency underscores the elite level they operated at.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 275 · #173 · Elite

Worth 275 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 5% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +30.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+30.6

Avg surplus

peak +43

9 seasons × ~30.6 surplus ≈ VORP 275

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2016	—	LAC	12	—	40	28	12	17	21	10.5	48.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	SD	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	563	71.8%	12	12.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	LAC	16	—	60	44	16	11	21	12.5	44.5	0	1	4	1	0	0	—	0.0%	851	81.0%	2	4.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	LAC	7	—	22	17	5	7	9	5.5	21.5	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	314	71.6%	—	0.0%	0	0	—	—	—	17	8	3	0	3	0.1
2019	—	LAC	16	—	64	44	20	18	31	11.5	60.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	836	86.1%	12	4.9%	1	1	1.0	118.7	-3.0	54	25	16	0	9	0.1
2020	—	LAC	12	—	34	24	10	15	27	7.5	49.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	549	70.4%	5	4.3%	0	0	—	—	—	45	18	19	0	6	0.1
2021	—	LAC	16	—	45	30	15	5	20	10.5	35.5	0	0	7	—	0	0	—	0.0%	848	78.0%	2	3.5%	4	4	1.0	83.3	-2.5	43	21	11	22	13	0.2
2022	—	LAC	5	—	7	5	2	3	6	2.5	11.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	165	56.8%	2	6.0%	1	1	1.0	118.7	5.0	6	0	3	10	0	0.0
2023	—	LAC	8	—	17	11	6	6	9	6.5	21.5	0	1	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	320	51.4%	—	0.0%	0	0	—	—	—	15	6	2	3	1	0.0
2024	—	LAC	12	—	21	16	5	5	13	5.0	23.0	0	0	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	456	49.1%	—	0.0%	0	0	—	—	—	19	6	8	2	3	0.1
2025	—	BUF	15	—	29	17	12	9	16	5.0	30.0	0	2	5	—	0	0	—	0.0%	562	64.0%	10	6.2%	2	1	0.5	60.4	1.5	24	8	11	0	6	0.2
Career		—	131	—	339	236	103	96	173	77.0	346.0	0	5	22	4	0	0	—	0.0%	5,464	68.0%	45	5.9%	8	7	—	—	—	223	92	73	37	41	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2016	21	LAC	12	9*	40	28	12	17	21	10.5	48.5	0	1	—	17.7
2017	22	LAC	16	13*	60	44	16	11	21	12.5	44.5	1	4	1	21.3
2018	23	LAC	7	5*	22	17	5	7	9	5.5	21.5	0	0	1	8.6
2019	24	LAC	16	14*	64	44	20	18	31	11.5	60.5	0	1	—	22.4
2020	25	LAC	12	8*	34	24	10	15	27	7.5	49.5	1	0	1	16.3
2021	26	LAC	16	12*	45	30	15	5	20	10.5	35.5	0	7	—	18.3
2022	27	LAC	5	3*	7	5	2	3	6	2.5	11.5	0	1	—	5
2023	28	LAC	8	5*	17	11	6	6	9	6.5	21.5	1	1	1	9.2
2024	29	LAC	12	0*	21	16	5	5	13	5.0	23.0	0	2	—	11.4
2025	30	BUF	15	10*	29	17	12	9	16	5.0	30.0	2	5	—	14.4
Career			119	79*	339	236	103	96	173	—	—	5	22	4	144.6

* 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%
2016	21	SD	12	9*	—	0.0%	563	71.8%	12	12.7%
2017	22	LAC	16	13*	—	0.0%	851	81.0%	2	4.0%
2018	23	LAC	7	5*	—	0.0%	314	71.6%	—	0.0%
2019	24	LAC	16	14*	—	0.0%	836	86.1%	12	4.9%
2020	25	LAC	12	8*	—	0.0%	549	70.4%	5	4.3%
2021	26	LAC	16	12*	—	0.0%	848	78.0%	2	3.5%
2022	27	LAC	5	3*	—	0.0%	165	56.8%	2	6.0%
2023	28	LAC	9	5*	—	0.0%	320	51.4%	—	0.0%
2024	29	LAC	14	0*	—	0.0%	456	49.1%	—	0.0%
2025	30	BUF	15	10*	—	0.0%	562	64.0%	10	6.2%
Career			122	79*	—	—	5,464	—	45	—

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

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	23	LAC	7	5*	0	0	—	—	—	17	8	3	0	3	0.1
2019	24	LAC	16	14*	1	1	1.0	118.7	-3.0	54	25	16	0	9	0.1
2020	25	LAC	12	8*	0	0	—	—	—	45	18	19	0	6	0.1
2021	26	LAC	16	12*	4	4	1.0	83.3	-2.5	43	21	11	22	13	0.2
2022	27	LAC	5	3*	1	1	1.0	118.7	5.0	6	0	3	10	0	0.0
2023	28	LAC	9	5*	0	0	—	—	—	15	6	2	3	1	0.0
2024	29	LAC	14	0*	0	0	—	—	—	19	6	8	2	3	0.1
2025	30	BUF	15	10*	2	1	0.5	60.4	1.5	24	8	11	0	6	0.2
Career			94	57*	8	7	—	—	—	223	92	73	37	41	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 86 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 86 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 85.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 86· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 80

On-field 64.3

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)

2016bestavg 78elite 702025

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #183 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2019 LAC·5 team wins#11

Sacks · 12 · score 30

2016 LAC·5 team wins#14

Sacks · 11 · score 24

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 39% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

39% of the all-time Sacks leader39

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat 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: 96%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Elite

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:6.827See leaderboard →

Disruption/1006.827Snap share68%Def snaps5,464Elite · ConsistentCV 0.18

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

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

Combine · 2016

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

EDGE · 2016 class

4.86s

40-Yard

Below avg · 31th pct

Pos 31thAll 30thClass Pos 41thClass All 34th

32"

Vertical

Below avg · 34th pct

Pos 34thAll 35thClass Pos 38thClass All 43th

120"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 71th pct

Pos 71thAll 64thClass Pos 76thClass All 68th

24 reps

Bench

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 69thClass Pos 52thClass All 76th

6.89s

3-Cone

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 82thClass Pos 92thClass All 87th

4.21s

Shuttle

Strong · 83th pct

Pos 83thAll 71thClass Pos 89thClass All 77th

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl9Solo6Ast3TFL2QBHits5Sk2.0Dis9.0

College Stats

Ohio StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Ohio State), 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.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #3

#1Jared GoffQB #2Carson WentzQB #4Ezekiel ElliottRB #5Jalen RamseyCB #6Ronnie StanleyOT #7DeForest BucknerDT #8Jack ConklinOT #9Leonard FloydDE #10Eli AppleCB #11Vernon Hargreaves IIICB #12Sheldon RankinsDT #13Laremy TunsilOT #14Karl JosephFS #15Corey ColemanWR #16Taylor DeckerOT #17Keanu NealS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Joey inherited the Los Angeles Chargers DL room from Brandon Mebane (2016–2019), and handed it to Isaac Rochell (2017–2020).

Leslie O'Neal 1986–1995Joe Phillips 1987–1991Chris Mims 1992–1999Raylee Johnson 1993–2003John Parrella 1994–2001Marco Coleman

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined BUF (from LAC)
2025final season
Last recorded season with BUF
2016draft
Drafted by LAC — Round 1, Pick 3

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 280 lb

Frame

269 lb at 4.86s

Size-speed

32" vert / 120" broad

Explosion

24 reps

Bench power

Injury History

19 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	LAC	1	W2Questionable· BackW4Out· HipW6Questionable· HipW7Doubtful· HipW8Questionable· HipW9Questionable· HipW10Questionable· Hip
2023	LAC	3	W2Questionable· HamstringW3Questionable· HamstringW4Questionable· Hamstring / ToeW6Questionable· ToeW16Out· FootW17Out· FootW18Out· Foot
2021	LAC	0	W3Questionable· Foot / AnkleW10Questionable· Ankle
2020	LAC	3	W5Questionable· Triceps / KneeW9Doubtful· ConcussionW10Out· ConcussionW16Out· Shin / ConcussionW17Out· Shin / Concussion
2018	LAC	9	W1Out· FootW2Out· FootW3Out· FootW4Out· FootW5Out· FootW6Out· FootW7Out· FootW9Out· FootW10Out· FootW11Questionable· Foot
2016	SD	3	W2Out· HamstringW3Out· HamstringW4Out· Hamstring

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 93

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

A+2016

A+2017

B+2018

A+2019

A2020

A2021

C2022

A2023

B2024

B2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

74%

Era Translator

Sacks translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2016	10.5	0.9	15+4.5	0.9
2017	12.5	0.8	13+0.5	0.8
2018	5.5	0.8	13+7.5	0.8
2019	11.5	0.7	12+0.5	0.7
2020	7.5	0.6	11+3.5	0.6
2021	10.5	0.7	11+0.5	0.6
2022	2.5	0.5	9+6.5	0.5
2023	6.5	0.8	14+7.5	0.8
2024	5	0.4	7+2	0.4
2025	5	0.3	6+1	0.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

275 career value over replacement — #173 all-time of 4,642. 27.5/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · LAC · 2016 · +24.2 vs expected KV-H

86actual

61.8 expected · Δ+24.2

💔+71.5 stolen VORP·2.6 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2016

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2016 Draft Class· this player went #3

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator