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 87, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Joey Bosa

5× Pro BowlTop 3% all-time pass rushersFranchise Cornerstone🌅 Early Bloomer · 2016 Team Carrier · #290

Height6'5"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

281 career value over replacement — #163 all-time of 4,695. 28.1/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · LAC · 2016 · +23.7 vs expected KV-H

87actual

63.3 expected · Δ+23.7

💔+73.1 stolen VORP·2.6 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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

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

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	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	21	SD	12	—	6.6	40	28	12	17	21	10.5	48.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	563	71.8%	12	3.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	22	LAC	16	—	8.9	60	44	16	11	21	12.5	44.5	0	1	4	1	0	0	—	0.0%	851	81.0%	2	0.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	23	LAC	7	—	3.9	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	24	LAC	16	—	8.8	64	44	20	18	31	11.5	60.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	836	86.1%	12	2.8%	1	1	1.0	118.7	-3.0	54	25	16	0	9	0.1
2020	25	LAC	12	—	5.2	34	24	10	15	27	7.5	49.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	549	70.4%	5	1.4%	0	0	—	—	—	45	18	19	0	6	0.1
2021	26	LAC	16	—	6.4	45	30	15	5	20	10.5	35.5	0	0	7	—	0	0	—	0.0%	848	78.0%	2	0.4%	4	4	1.0	83.3	-2.5	43	21	11	22	13	0.2
2022	27	LAC	5	—	1.8	7	5	2	3	6	2.5	11.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	165	56.8%	2	1.2%	1	1	1.0	118.7	5.0	6	0	3	10	0	0.0
2023	28	LAC	9	—	4.3	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	29	LAC	14	—	3.1	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	30	BUF	15	—	3.8	29	17	12	9	16	5.0	30.0	0	2	5	—	0	0	—	0.0%	562	64.0%	10	2.5%	2	1	0.5	60.4	1.5	24	8	11	0	6	0.2
Career		—	122	—	52.8	339	236	103	96	173	77.0	346.0	0	5	22	4	0	0	—	0.0%	5,464	69.9%	45	1.3%	8	7	—	—	—	223	92	73	37	41	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

85thSacks·77

Pro Bowls

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A top 5% all-time edge rusher with reliable availability and excellent per-snap efficiency. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 281 · #163 · All-Time

Worth 281 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 4% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 9 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +31.2 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

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+31.2

Avg surplus

peak +43

9 seasons × ~31.2 surplus ≈