John Lynch is a Hall of Fame defensive back whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 95 in the Knox value model. Lynch led his position in a major category 3 times — the definition of era-defining dominance.

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John Lynch

★ HALL OF FAME9× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 0% all-time defensive backsIron Legend🏟️ Tampa Bay Buccaneers IconTwo-Way Profile

Career Value · VORP

379 career value over replacement — #50 all-time of 4,695. 25.3/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

Led league 3×7 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #82 (Rd 3) · TAM · 1993 · +57.5 vs expected KV-H

95actual

37.5 expected · Δ+57.5

💔+26.6 stolen VORP·1.05 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1993	21–22	TB	15	—	10	9	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	0	—	1	0	—	—
1994	22–23	TB	16	—	16	11	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	0	—	0	0	—	—
1995	23–24	TB	9	—	38	27	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	0	—	0	0	—	—
1996	24–25	TB	16	—	100	71	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	0	—	2	1	—	—
1997	25–26	TB	16	—	109	74	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	0	—	0	2	—	—
1998	26–27	TB	15	—	85	50	—	—	—	2.0	2.0	0	—	1	1	—	—
1999	27–28	TB	16	—	117	81	—	—	—	0.5	0.5	9	—	1	0	—	—
2000	28–29	TB	16	—	85	56	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	8	—	0	2	—	—
2001	29–30	TB	16	—	87	62	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	8	—	1	1	—	—
2002	30–31	TB	15	—	64	41	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	9	—	0	0	—	—
2003	31–32	TB	14	—	72	50	—	—	—	0.5	0.5	8	—	0	0	—	—
2004	32–33	DEN	15	—	64	47	—	—	—	2.0	2.0	10	—	3	0	—	—
2005	33–34	DEN	16	—	61	44	—	—	—	4.0	4.0	8	—	4	0	—	—
2006	34–35	DEN	16	—	84	59	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	5	—	2	1	—	—
2007	35–36	DEN	13	—	59	46	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	3	—	0	0	—	—
Career		—	—	—	1,051	728	—	—	—	13.0	13.0	68	0	15	8	—	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

4thInterceptions·68

Postseason all-time ranks

2ndPlayoff Interceptions·9

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

Season honors and record seasons

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An all-time caliber defensive back (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 379 · #50 · All-Time

Worth 379 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 2% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 9 of 15 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +42.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

6 replaced

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

+42.1

Avg surplus

peak +51

9 seasons × ~42.1 surplus ≈