Justin Houston ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Houston in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Houston a career score of 92, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 9 boards

Streaks3 straight · 10 sacks · 2012–14

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Justin Houston

4× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 2% all-time pass rushersFranchise Cornerstone🌅 Early Bloomer · 2014 Team Carrier · #288

Height6'3"

Career Value · VORP

409 career value over replacement — #38 all-time of 4,695. 31.5/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×1 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #70 (Rd 3) · KC · 2011 · +49 vs expected KV-H

92actual

43 expected · Δ+49

💔+81.9 stolen VORP·2.6 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						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	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2011	22–23	KC	15	—	49	41	8	10	9	5.5	24.5	0	4	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	23–24	KC	16	—	61	48	13	13	18	10.0	41.0	1	6	1	1	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	24–25	KC	11	—	43	40	3	11	15	11.0	37.0	0	4	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	697	93.7%	37	11.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	25–26	KC	16	—	68	59	9	23	25	22.0	70.0	0	5	4	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,033	97.3%	1	0.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	26–27	KC	11	—	28	23	5	9	13	7.5	29.5	2	6	1	—	1	0	—	0.0%	618	83.1%	1	0.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	27–28	KC	5	—	21	20	1	6	6	4.0	16.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	292	78.4%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	28–29	KC	15	—	54	41	13	16	20	9.5	45.5	0	5	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	950	91.8%	1	0.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	29–30	KC	12	—	36	27	9	8	12	9.0	29.0	1	1	5	3	0	0	—	0.0%	719	81.3%	1	0.2%	10	7	0.7	43.7	0.1	29	15	4	23	6	0.1
2019	30–31	IND	16	—	37	26	11	13	18	11.0	42.0	0	0	2	3	0	1	—	0.0%	674	65.6%	1	0.3%	0	0	—	—	—	28	9	8	1	2	0.0
2020	31–32	IND	16	—	22	16	6	8	12	8.0	28.0	0	0	1	2	0	2	—	0.0%	608	59.3%	—	0.0%	3	1	0.3	42.4	0.7	25	12	3	6	2	0.1
2021	32–33	BAL	15	—	31	16	15	6	17	4.5	27.5	0	1	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	579	60.9%	—	0.0%	4	4	1.0	118.7	-1.8	24	7	12	44	8	0.2
2022	33–34	BAL	14	—	21	14	7	7	17	9.5	33.5	1	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	397	44.1%	—	0.0%	4	4	1.0	59.4	-1.0	25	8	6	10	2	0.1
2023	34–35	CAR	7	—	8	4	4	2	3	0.5	5.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	180	40.6%	1	0.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	169	—	479	375	104	132	185	112.0	429.0	5	35	19	14	2	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	16	—	—	—	131	51	33	84	20	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

30thSacks·112

Postseason all-time ranks

42ndPlayoff Sacks·5.5

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2014·Sacks22

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A top 5% all-time edge rusher with reliable availability and above-average snap-level impact. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 409 · #38 · All-Time

Worth 409 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 2% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 11 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +37.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

11 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

+37.2

Avg surplus

peak +52

11 seasons × ~37.2 surplus ≈