Kevin Carter ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Carter in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Carter a career score of 86, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Kevin Carter

2× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 3% all-time pass rushersIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 1999

Height6'6"

Weight305 lb

BornSep 21, 1973

Age

Combined Season Grid

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

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

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1995	21–22	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.0	6.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	22–23	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.5	9.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	23–24	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.5	7.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	24–25	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	12.0	12.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	25–26	STL	14	—	28	24	4	14	13	15.0	42.0	0	4	3	2	0	0
2000	26–27	STL	15	—	28	24	4	12	10	10.5	32.5	0	0	1	2	0	0
2001	27–28	TEN	16	—	26	18	8	13	2	2.0	17.0	0	3	0	—	0	0
2002	28–29	TEN	16	—	41	26	15	9	13	10.0	32.0	0	3	0	1	0	0
2003	29–30	TEN	15	—	34	17	17	0	0	6.5	6.5	0	2	1	—	0	0
2004	30–31	TEN	14	—	41	18	23	0	0	5.5	5.5	0	1	1	1	0	0
2005	31–32	MIA	16	—	46	27	19	0	0	6.0	6.0	0	3	1	1	0	1
2006	32–33	MIA	14	—	38	21	17	0	9	5.5	14.5	0	0	0	2	0	0
2007	33–34	TB	15	—	32	21	11	0	10	3.0	13.0	0	1	0	1	0	0
2008	34–35	TB	15	—	43	23	20	4	9	4.5	17.5	0	2	1	—	0	0
Career		—	214	—	357	219	138	52	66	103.5	221.5	0	19	8	10	0	1

Career Value · VORP

318 career value over replacement — #110 all-time of 4,695. 22.7/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #6 (Rd 1) · LA · 1995 · +22.7 vs expected KV-H

86actual

63.3 expected · Δ+22.7

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Career arc · VAL by season

14 seasons · peak 9.7 in 1999

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

4.1 career wins over 14 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 1999 · +0.8 wins

Defence+0.7

Latest season · 2008 · +0.1 wins

Defence+0.1

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.

Position percentile · EDGE

#49 of 1,595 all-time pass rushers by KV-H

097th percentile100

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Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1995	21–22	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.0	6.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.7
1996	22–23	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.5	9.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
1997	23–24	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.5	7.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.2
1998	24–25	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	12.0	12.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.4
1999	25–26	STL	14	—	28	24	4	14	13	15.0	42.0	0	4	3	2	0	0	9.7
2000	26–27	STL	15	—	28	24	4	12	10	10.5	32.5	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.9
2001	27–28	TEN	16	—	26	18	8	13	2	2.0	17.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	0
2002	28–29	TEN	16	—	41	26	15	9	13	10.0	32.0	0	3	0	1	0	0	6
2003	29–30	TEN	15	—	34	17	17	0	0	6.5	6.5	0	2	1	—	0	0	2.9
2004	30–31	TEN	14	—	41	18	23	0	0	5.5	5.5	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.6
2005	31–32	MIA	16	—	46	27	19	0	0	6.0	6.0	0	3	1	1	0	1	3.3
2006	32–33	MIA	14	—	38	21	17	0	9	5.5	14.5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.7
2007	33–34	TB	15	—	32	21	11	0	10	3.0	13.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.6
2008	34–35	TB	15	—	43	23	20	4	9	4.5	17.5	0	2	1	—	0	0	1.9
Career			214		357	219	138	52	66	103.5	221.5	0	19	8	10	0	1	53.9