Keyshawn Johnson ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Johnson in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Johnson a career score of 74, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

WRCAR#19ACT

Keyshawn Johnson

3× Pro BowlTop 6% all-time WRsIron Man🏆 Clutch · +24% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2001Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #593

Height6'4"

Weight211 lb

BornJul 22, 1972

Age53

CollegeUSC; West Los Angeles College See College Stats

Rookie yr1996

Draft1996 · Rd 1, Pick 1 · NYJ

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

45thReceptions·811 51stReceiving Yards·10,536 yds 69thReceiving Touchdowns·64

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end wide receiver defined as much by exceptional availability — almost never missed time as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 244 · #239 · Elite

Worth 244 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 6% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 11 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +22.2 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

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+22.2

Avg surplus

peak +34

11 seasons × ~22.2 surplus ≈ VORP 244

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Passing													Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	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
1996	—	NYJ	14	—	—	63	844	8	—	13.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	NYJ	16	—	—	70	963	5	—	13.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	NYJ	16	—	—	83	1,131	10	—	13.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	NYJ	16	—	146	88	1,166	8	60.3%	13.3	8.0	—	57	5	6	0	1.2	0.0	1	20.0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	NE	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	—	TB	16	—	120	69	842	8	57.5%	12.2	7.0	—	48	2	5	0	2.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	GB	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	—	TB	15	—	180	106	1,266	1	58.9%	11.9	7.0	—	67	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	CHI	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2002	—	TB	16	—	142	76	1,088	5	53.5%	14.3	7.7	—	53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	NO	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	TB	10	—	45	45	601	3	100.0%	13.4	13.4	—	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	DAL	16	—	70	70	981	6	100.0%	14.0	14.0	—	53	2	13	0	6.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	1	2	50.0%	14	0	1	0.0	50.0	7.0	-15.5	0.0	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	WAS	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2005	—	DAL	16	—	71	71	839	6	100.0%	11.8	11.8	—	46	1	3	0	3.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2006	—	CAR	16	—	70	70	815	4	100.0%	11.6	11.6	—	42	1	4	1	4.0	100.0	1	100.0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0	100.0	0.0	-45.0	0.0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	NYG	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	189	—	844	811	10,536	64	96.1%	13.0	12.5	—	—	11	31	1	2.8	9.1	3	27.3	0	1	5	20.0%	14	0	2	0.0	40.0	2.8	-15.2	0.0	0.0	1	24	24	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	0

Career EPA384.1·-7 passing · -2 rushing · 393 receiving·48.0/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Int	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1999	27	NYJ	16	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	1	16.5
2004	32	DAL	16	—	1	2	50.0%	14	1	50.0	7.0	-15.5	0.0	33.3	0	13.5
2005	33	DAL	16	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	13.6
2006	34	CAR	16	—	0	1	0.0%	0	1	100.0	0.0	-45.0	0.0	0.0	0	11
Career			64		1	5	20.0%	14	2	40.0	2.8	—	—	0.0	1	146.1

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%
1999	27	NYJ	16	—	5	6	0	1.2	0.0	1	20.0
2000	28	TB	16	—	2	5	0	2.5	0.0	0	0.0
2004	32	DAL	16	—	2	13	0	6.5	0.0	1	50.0
2005	33	DAL	16	—	1	3	0	3.0	0.0	0	0.0
2006	34	CAR	16	—	1	4	1	4.0	100.0	1	100.0
Career			80		11	31	1	2.8	—	3	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1996	24	NYJ	14	—	—	63	844	8	—	13.4	—	—	—
1997	25	NYJ	16	—	—	70	963	5	—	13.8	—	—	—
1998	26	NYJ	16	—	—	83	1,131	10	—	13.6	—	—	—
1999	27	NYJ	16	—	146	88	1,166	8	60.3%	13.3	8.0	—	57
2000	28	TB	16	—	120	69	842	8	57.5%	12.2	7.0	—	48
2001	29	TB	15	—	180	106	1,266	1	58.9%	11.9	7.0	—	67
2002	30	TB	16	—	142	76	1,088	5	53.5%	14.3	7.7	—	53
2003	31	TB	10	—	45	45	601	3	100.0%	13.4	13.4	—	33
2004	32	DAL	16	—	70	70	981	6	100.0%	14.0	14.0	—	53
2005	33	DAL	16	—	71	71	839	6	100.0%	11.8	11.8	—	46
2006	34	CAR	16	—	70	70	815	4	100.0%	11.6	11.6	—	42
Career			167		844	811	10,536	64	96.1%	13.0	12.5	—	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	PD	FR
1999	27	NE	4	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	0	—
2000	28	GB	4	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	0	—
2001	29	CHI	4	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	0	—
2002	30	NO	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	—
2004	32	WAS	5	—	6	6	0.0	0.0	1	—
2005	33	DAL	1	—	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	—
2006	34	NYG	4	—	5	5	0.0	0.0	0	—
Career			23		24	24	—	—	2	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1999	27	—	—	—	-1.7	-2.4	59.1	0	0
2000	28	—	—	—	—	-1.4	22.1	0	0
2001	29	—	—	—	—	—	32.3	0	0
2002	30	—	—	—	—	—	7.1	0	0
2003	31	—	—	—	—	—	54.8	0	0
2004	32	—	—	—	-1.3	0.5	91.3	0	0
2005	33	—	—	—	-0.4	-0.1	61.1	0	0
2006	34	—	—	—	-4.1	1.7	65.4	20	600
Career					—	—	—	20	600

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 74 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 74 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 73.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 74· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 70

On-field 50.8

Availability 19.2

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)

1996bestavg 70elite 702006

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #593 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2004 DAL·6 team wins#25

Receiving Yards · 981 · score 1

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Solid

of 100

Reached 52% of the all-time Receptions leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

52% of the all-time Receptions leader52

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

48.01 EPA/season over 8 seasons66

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 93%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Reception: 13.0 regular season → 16.1 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

+24%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Receiving

Tgt45Rec22Yds355TD1Ctch%48.9%Y/R16.1Y/Tgt7.9

Defense

Tkl2Solo2

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA6.0

College Stats

USC; West Los Angeles CollegeImported college table

College Receiving

Season	School	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1994	USC	—	66	1,362	9	—	20.6	—	—	—
1995	USC	—	102	1,434	7	—	14.1	—	—	—
Career		0	168	2,796	16	—	16.6	—	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

1996 Draft Class· this player went #1

#2Kevin HardyOLB #3Simeon RiceDE #4Jonathan OgdenOT #6Lawrence PhillipsRB #7Terry GlennWR #8Tim BiakabutukaRB #9Rickey DudleyTE #10Willie AndersonOT #11Alex MoldenDB #12Regan UpshawDE #13Walt HarrisCB #14Eddie GeorgeRB #15John MobleyOLB #16Duane ClemonsDE #18Eddie KennisonWR #19Marvin HarrisonWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Keyshawn inherited the New York Jets WR room from Jeff Graham (1996–1997), and handed it to Dedric Ward (1997–2000).

Lam Jones 1980–1984Jo-Jo Townsell 1985–1990Al Toon 1985–1992Chris Burkett 1989–1993Terance Mathis 1990–1993Rob Moore

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2006team change
Joined CAR (from DAL)
2006final season
Last recorded season with CAR
2004team change
Joined DAL (from TB)
2000team change
Joined TB (from NYJ)
1996draft
Drafted by NYJ — Round 1, Pick 1

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 211 lb

Frame

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 11-season peers. See all →

peak 78

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B1996

B1997

B+1998

B+1999

B2000

A2001

B+2002

B2003

B+2004

B2005

B2006

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

Era Translator

Rec Yds translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
1996	844	60.3	857+13	50.4
1997	963	60.2	858-105	50.4
1998	1,131	70.7	1,008-123	59.3
1999	1,166	72.9	1,073-93	63.1
2000	842	52.6	784-58	46.1
2001	1,266	84.4	1,375+109	80.9
2002	1,088	68	1,083-5	63.7
2003	601	60.1	939+338	55.3
2004	981	61.3	948-33	55.8
2005	839	52.4	753-86	44.3
2006	815	50.9	715-100	42

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

244 career value over replacement — #239 all-time of 4,642. 22.2/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

3 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #1 (Rd 1) · NYJ · 1996 · +12.2 vs expected KV-H

74actual

61.8 expected · Δ+12.2

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

College Receiving

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1996 Draft Class· this player went #1

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

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