John Thornton NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault
Not to be confused withJohn Thornton (NT · 1991–1993).
Also in other sports:mlbJohn Thornton (P · 1889–1892).
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John Thornton is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Thornton in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Thornton's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
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Season
Age
Team
G
GS
VAL
Defense
Tkl
Solo
Ast
TFL
QBHits
Sk
Dis
Int
PD
FF
FR
TD
Sfty
1999
22–23
TEN
11
—
1.7
18
14
4
7
4
4.5
15.5
0
1
1
—
0
1
2000
23–24
TEN
12
—
2.5
22
14
8
6
4
4.0
14.0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2001
24–25
TEN
1
—
—
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
1
0
—
0
0
2002
25–26
TEN
11
—
0.7
18
13
5
3
3
2.0
8.0
0
3
0
—
0
0
2003
26–27
CIN
15
—
2.5
29
17
12
0
0
6.0
6.0
0
3
1
2
0
0
2004
27–28
CIN
16
—
0.4
50
30
20
0
0
3.0
3.0
0
4
0
—
0
0
2005
28–29
CIN
15
—
1.0
36
18
18
0
0
2.0
2.0
1
1
1
1
0
0
2006
29–30
CIN
14
—
0.0
39
24
15
0
2
2.0
4.0
0
3
1
1
0
0
2007
30–31
CIN
14
—
0.0
28
20
8
0
5
1.0
6.0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2008
31–32
CIN
13
—
1.2
23
17
6
4
8
3.0
15.0
0
2
0
—
0
0
Career
—
122
—
10.0
263
167
96
20
26
27.5
73.5
1
20
4
6
0
1
Career arc · VAL by season
9 seasons · peak 2.5 in 2000
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
0.8 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
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. Team wins are the club's actual regular-season wins; a traded season, or one whose club record is missing, shows no share.
Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best Sacks season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.
