John Mistler is a career quality starter — a receiver whose body of work places Mistler in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Mistler's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Passing | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1981 | 22–23 | NYG | 16 | — | — | 8 | 119 | 1 | — | 14.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1982 | 23–24 | NYG | 9 | — | — | 18 | 191 | 2 | — | 10.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 24–25 | NYG | 16 | — | — | 45 | 422 | 0 | — | 9.4 | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 39.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 25–26 | NYG | 4 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 5.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 45 | — | — | 72 | 737 | 3 | — | 10.2 | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 39.6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
25 career value over replacement — #2927 all-time of 4,695. 6.3/season above a replacement-level WR.
Pick #59 (Rd 3) · NYG · 1981 · +3.9 vs expected KV-H
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4 seasons · peak 4.4 in 1982
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.
0.7 career wins over 4 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1982 · +0.3 wins
Latest season · 1984 · −0.1 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#515 of 1,332 all-time WRs by KV-H
A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 50 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 54.2 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 50· confidence 88%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
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