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	—

Career arc · VAL by season

10 seasons · peak 8.9 in 2017

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

4.0 career wins over 10 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2017 · +0.7 wins

Defence+0.6

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2016	21	SD	12	9*	40	28	12	17	21	10.5	48.5	0	1	—	6.6
2017	22	LAC	16	13*	60	44	16	11	21	12.5	44.5	1	4	1	8.9
2018	23	LAC	7	5*	22	17	5	7	9	5.5	21.5	0	0	1	3.9
2019	24	LAC	16	14*	64	44	20	18	31	11.5	60.5	0	1	—	8.8
2020	25	LAC	12	8*	34	24	10	15	27	7.5	49.5	1	0	1	5.2
2021	26	LAC	16	12*	45	30	15	5	20	10.5	35.5	0	7	—	6.4
2022	27	LAC	5	3*	7	5	2	3	6	2.5	11.5	0	1	—	1.8
2023	28	LAC	8	5*	17	11	6	6	9	6.5	21.5	1	1	1	4.3
2024	29	LAC	12	0*	21	16	5	5	13	5.0	23.0	0	2	—	3.1
2025	30	BUF	15	10*	29	17	12	9	16	5.0	30.0	2	5	—	3.8
Career			119	79*	339	236	103	96	173	77.0	346.0	5	22	4	52.8

* 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	3.2%
2017	22	LAC	16	13*	—	0.0%	851	81.0%	2	0.5%
2018	23	LAC	7	5*	—	0.0%	314	71.6%	—	0.0%
2019	24	LAC	16	14*	—	0.0%	836	86.1%	12	2.8%
2020	25	LAC	12	8*	—	0.0%	549	70.4%	5	1.4%
2021	26	LAC	16	12*	—	0.0%	848	78.0%	2	0.4%
2022	27	LAC	5	3*	—	0.0%	165	56.8%	2	1.2%
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	2.5%
Career			122	79*	—	0.0%	5,464	69.9%	45	1.3%

* 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+)

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	BAL	—	—	—
W2	NYJ	—	—	—
W3	MIA	—	—	—
W4	NO	—	—	—
W5	NE	—	—	—
W6	ATL	—	—	—
W8	CAR	—	—	—
W9	KC	—	—	—
W10	MIA	—	—	—
W11	TB	—	—	—
W12	HOU	—	—	—
W13	PIT	—	—	—
W15	NE	—	—	—
W16	CLE	—	—	—
W17	PHI	—	—	—
PO19	JAX	—	—	—
PO20	DEN	—	—	—

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 17 games

Splits

17 games · 2025

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
Home	7
Away	10

Wins / Losses2 rows

Wins / Losses	G
Wins	11
Losses	6

Regular season / Postseason2 rows

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 87 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 87 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 85.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 87· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 81

On-field 65.2

On-field production

By opponent	G
vs ATL	1
vs BAL	1
vs CAR	1
vs CLE	1
vs DEN	1
vs HOU	1
vs JAX	1
vs KC	1
vs MIA	2
vs NE	2
vs NO	1
vs NYJ	1
vs PHI	1
vs PIT	1
vs TB	1

By month	G
January	2
September	4
October	3
November	5
December	3

Division games	G
Division	5
Non-division	12

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Joey Bosa

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Game Log

Splits

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · EDGE