Julius Peppers is a Hall of Fame pass rusher whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 97 in the Knox value model. Peppers's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Julius Peppers

★ HALL OF FAME9× Pro Bowl3× All-ProTop 1% all-time pass rushersIron LegendTwo-Way Profile

Height6'7"

Weight295 lb

Career Value · VORP

543 career value over replacement — #8 all-time of 4,695. 31.9/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

4 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #2 (Rd 1) · CAR · 2002 · +33.7 vs expected KV-H

97actual

63.3 expected · Δ+33.7

💔+21.7 stolen VORP·0.68 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Receiving									Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2002	22–23	CAR	12	—	35	28	7	11	8	12.0	31.0	1	6	5	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	23–24	CAR	15	—	38	31	7	0	0	7.0	7.0	0	3	3	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	24–25	CAR	16	—	56	44	12	0	0	11.0	11.0	2	9	4	1	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	25–26	CAR	16	—	45	33	12	0	0	9.5	9.5	0	7	2	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	26–27	CAR	14	—	52	43	9	0	16	13.0	29.0	0	6	3	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	27–28	CAR	14	—	30	21	9	0	4	3.0	7.0	1	5	3	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	28–29	CAR	15	—	47	36	11	17	17	14.5	48.5	0	5	5	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	29–30	CAR	16	—	36	31	5	10	18	10.5	38.5	2	5	5	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	30–31	CHI	16	—	49	38	11	11	18	8.0	37.0	2	9	3	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	31–32	CHI	15	—	36	32	4	15	13	11.0	39.0	0	4	3	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	32–33	CHI	15	—	36	30	6	13	15	11.5	39.5	0	2	1	4	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	33–34	CHI	16	—	44	30	14	8	6	7.0	21.0	1	3	2	1	1	0	—	0.0%	851	81.3%	95	19.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	34–35	GB	16	—	41	27	14	5	17	7.0	29.0	2	11	4	3	2	0	1	0.1%	809	74.2%	68	15.2%	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	35–36	GB	16	—	35	23	12	9	16	10.5	35.5	0	0	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	695	66.0%	64	14.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	36–37	GB	16	—	23	15	8	5	11	7.5	23.5	0	3	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	584	56.3%	141	31.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	37–38	CAR	16	—	33	21	12	10	17	11.0	38.0	0	0	2	2	0	0	—	0.0%	499	50.1%	91	20.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	38–39	CAR	16	—	19	11	8	6	11	5.0	22.0	0	6	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	507	50.9%	74	17.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	0.5	81.2	8.5	15	6	4	0	1	0.0
Career		—	260	—	655	494	161	120	187	159.0	466.0	11	84	51	21	6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	2	1	—	—	—	15	6	4	0	1	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

3rdSacks·159

Postseason all-time ranks

25thPlayoff Sacks·6.5

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

Archetype Intelligence

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An all-time caliber edge rusher (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 543 · #8 · All-Time

Worth 543 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 1% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 17 of 17 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +31.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

17 cleared

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

+31.9

Avg surplus

peak +47

17 seasons × ~31.9 surplus ≈ VORP 543