John Abraham ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Abraham in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Abraham a career score of 97, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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John Abraham

5× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 0% all-time pass rushersIron Legend📈 Late Developer · 2008 Team Carrier · #127

Height6'4"

Weight263 lb

BornMay 6, 1978

Age48

CollegeSouth Carolina See College Stats

Rookie yr2000

Draft2000 · Rd 1, Pick 13 · NYJ

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

15thSacks·134

Postseason all-time ranks

78thPlayoff Sacks·4

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber edge rusher (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with reliable availability. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 493 · #19 · All-Time

Worth 493 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 1% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 13 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +37.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

13 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+37.9

Avg surplus

peak +52

13 seasons × ~37.9 surplus ≈ VORP 493

Combined Season Grid

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

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2000	—	NYJ	4	—	11	8	3	3	3	4.5	10.5	0	0	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	NYJ	16	—	49	39	10	14	12	13.0	39.0	0	0	6	3	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	NYJ	16	—	53	40	13	11	10	10.0	31.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	NYJ	7	—	25	17	8	0	0	6.0	6.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	NYJ	11	—	42	28	14	0	0	9.5	9.5	0	2	3	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	NYJ	16	—	41	27	14	0	0	10.5	10.5	0	2	6	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	ATL	6	—	15	12	3	0	5	4.0	9.0	0	1	4	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	ATL	16	—	30	29	1	0	11	10.0	21.0	0	4	4	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	ATL	16	—	34	33	1	20	25	16.5	61.5	0	1	4	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	ATL	15	—	31	25	6	6	14	6.0	26.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	ATL	15	—	38	33	5	18	17	13.0	48.0	1	4	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	ATL	15	—	35	25	10	10	17	9.5	36.5	0	2	4	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	ATL	16	—	34	31	3	12	19	10.0	41.0	0	8	6	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	ARI	14	—	36	30	6	14	14	11.5	39.5	0	3	4	—	0	1	—	0.0%	862	80.2%	63	13.2%
2014	—	ARI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	36	59.0%	2	8.0%
Career		—	184	—	474	377	97	108	147	134.0	389.0	1	30	48	6	1	1	—	0.0%	898	69.6%	65	10.6%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2000	22	NYJ	4	—	11	8	3	3	3	4.5	10.5	0	0	2	—	0	0	3.4
2001	23	NYJ	16	—	49	39	10	14	12	13.0	39.0	0	0	6	3	1	0	14.5
2002	24	NYJ	16	—	53	40	13	11	10	10.0	31.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	12.7
2003	25	NYJ	7	—	25	17	8	0	0	6.0	6.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	4.6
2004	26	NYJ	11	—	42	28	14	0	0	9.5	9.5	0	2	3	1	0	0	8.3
2005	27	NYJ	16	—	41	27	14	0	0	10.5	10.5	0	2	6	1	0	0	11
2006	28	ATL	6	—	15	12	3	0	5	4.0	9.0	0	1	4	—	0	0	4.6
2007	29	ATL	16	—	30	29	1	0	11	10.0	21.0	0	4	4	—	0	0	11.5
2008	30	ATL	16	—	34	33	1	20	25	16.5	61.5	0	1	4	—	0	0	14
2009	31	ATL	15	—	31	25	6	6	14	6.0	26.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	9.1
2010	32	ATL	15	—	38	33	5	18	17	13.0	48.0	1	4	2	—	0	0	14.4
2011	33	ATL	15	—	35	25	10	10	17	9.5	36.5	0	2	4	1	0	0	12.5
2012	34	ATL	16	—	34	31	3	12	19	10.0	41.0	0	8	6	—	0	0	13.9
2013	35	ARI	14	13*	36	30	6	14	14	11.5	39.5	0	3	4	—	0	1	12.3
Career			183	13*	474	377	97	108	147	—	—	1	30	48	6	1	1	146.8

* 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%
2013	35	ARI	16	13*	—	0.0%	862	80.2%	63	13.2%
2014	36	ARI	1	—	—	0.0%	36	59.0%	2	8.0%
Career			17	13*	—	—	898	—	65	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 97 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 97 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 14 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 90.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 97· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 86

On-field 68.2

Availability 17.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2000bestavg 82elite 702013

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #127 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

2005 NYJ·4 team wins#12

Sacks · 11 · score 42

2007 ATL·4 team wins#15

Sacks · 10 · score 33

All-Time Standing

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

Strong

of 100

Reached 68% of the all-time Sacks leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.

68% of the all-time Sacks leader68

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+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:5.394See leaderboard →

Disruption/1005.394Snap share80.2%Def snaps862Emerging

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 linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2000

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

EDGE · 2000 class

4.55s

40-Yard

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 68thClass Pos 89thClass All 75th

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl14Solo10Ast4TFL6QBHits5Sk4.0Dis15.0PD1

College Stats

South CarolinaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (South Carolina), 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.

2000 Draft Class· this player went #13

#5Jamal LewisRB #6Corey SimonDT #7Thomas JonesRB #8Plaxico BurressWR #9Brian UrlacherMLB #10Travis TaylorWR #11Ron DayneRB #12Shaun EllisDE #14Bubba FranksTE #15Deltha O'NealCB #16Julian PetersonOLB #17Sebastian JanikowskiK #18Chad PenningtonQB #19Shaun AlexanderRB #20Stockar McDougleOT #21Sylvester MorrisWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

John inherited the Atlanta Falcons LB room from Michael Boley (2005–2008), and handed it to Stephen Nicholas (2007–2013).

Jessie Tuggle 1987–2000Jesse Solomon 1992–1993Ron George 1993–1996Cornelius Bennett 1996–1998Henri Crockett 1997–2001Keith Brooking

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2014final season
Last recorded season with ARI
2013team change
Joined ARI (from ATL)
2006team change
Joined ATL (from NYJ)
2000draft
Drafted by NYJ — Round 1, Pick 13

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 263 lb

Frame

252 lb at 4.55s

Size-speed

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Designations
2013	ARI	W11Questionable· HamstringW17Questionable· Groin
2012	ATL	W11Questionable· BackW19Questionable· AnkleW20Questionable· Ankle
2011	ATL	W5Questionable· HipW6Questionable· GroinW7Questionable· Groin
2010	ATL	W6Questionable· BackW11Questionable· GroinW12Questionable· GroinW16Questionable· GroinW19Questionable· Groin
2009	ATL	W8Questionable· FootW9Questionable· FootW15Questionable· Not Injury Related

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 14-season peers. See all →

peak 97

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

C2000

A+2001

A2002

B+2003

A+2004

A2005

C+2006

A2007

A+2008

B+2009

A+2010

A2011

A2012

A+2013

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
2000	4.5	1.1	17+12.5	1
2001	13	0.8	13	0.8
2002	10	0.6	10	0.6
2003	6	0.9	14+8	0.8
2004	9.5	0.9	14+4.5	0.8
2005	10.5	0.7	11+0.5	0.6
2006	4	0.7	11+7	0.7
2007	10	0.6	11+1	0.6
2008	16.5	1	18+1.5	1
2009	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2010	13	0.9	15+2	0.9
2011	9.5	0.6	11+1.5	0.6
2012	10	0.6	11+1	0.6
2013	11.5	0.8	14+2.5	0.8

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

493 career value over replacement — #19 all-time of 4,642. 35.2/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

4 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #13 (Rd 1) · NYJ · 2000 · +36.7 vs expected KV-H

97actual

60.3 expected · Δ+36.7

💔+93.6 stolen VORP·2.66 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2000

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2000 Draft Class· this player went #13

Franchise Succession

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Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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