Kirk Cousins is one of the most consistent quarterbacks of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Cousins delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

Streaks4 straight · 4,000 passing yards · 2015–18

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Kirk Cousins

4× Pro BowlTop 7% all-time QBsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2016

Height6'3"

Weight209 lb

Born

Career Value · VORP

323 career value over replacement — #103 all-time of 4,695. 24.8/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

15 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Compiler30% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way Mr. ReliableCV 0.24

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #102 (Rd 4) · WAS · 2012 · +34.3 vs expected KV-H

70actual

35.7 expected · Δ+34.3

💔+50.6 stolen VORP·2.04 szns lost

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All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

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

52% of the all-time Passing Yards leader52

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 91%.

Encyclopedia Coverage6/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Defensive StatsNot available for this player

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro Day40-yard dash, vertical, broad jump, 3-cone, shuttle, bench press. Source: nflverse combine.csv.

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Combine · 2012

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

QB · 2012 class

4.84s

40-Yard

Below avg · 40th pct

Pos 40thAll 33thClass Pos 32thClass All 31th

28.5"

Vertical

Low · 18th pct

Pos 18thAll 15thClass Pos 15thClass All 17th

109"

Broad Jump

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Passer Rating: 96.9 regular season → 93.3 playoffs (4 playoff seasons)

-4%

vs reg season

Career Milestones13

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

20131K career passing yards
20155K career passing yards
201525 career passing TDs
201610K career passing yards
201650 career passing TDs
201820K career passing yards
2018

Understanding These Stats

Passing

Cmp / Att — Completions and pass attempts.

Cmp% — Completion percentage — completions ÷ attempts × 100.

Yds — Passing yards — total air + yards after catch on completions.

TD / TD% — Passing touchdowns. TD% = TDs per 100 attempts, measuring scoring efficiency.

Int / Int% — Interceptions thrown. Int% = INTs per 100 attempts — the primary ball-security metric.

Y/A — Yards per attempt — passing yards ÷ attempts. The core passing efficiency rate.

AdjY/A — Adjusted yards per attempt: (Pass Yds + 20×TD − 45×INT) ÷ Att. Penalizes turnovers and rewards touchdowns — widely considered the most predictive single-season QB metric.

TD:INT — TD-to-interception ratio — passing touchdowns ÷ interceptions thrown. Elite QBs sustain career ratios above 3.0; HOF greats often exceed 4.0. Not shown when no interceptions.

Rate — NFL passer rating — the official formula combining Cmp%, Y/A, TD%, and INT% on a 0–158.3 scale. Good QB performance ≈ 90+; elite ≈ 110+.

Sk — Times sacked — how many times the QB was brought down behind the line of scrimmage.

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Passing

Cmp103Att155Cmp%66.5%Yds1,047TD5Int1TD%3.2Int%0.6Y/A6.8

College Stats

Michigan StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Michigan State), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

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

Top Teammates

Harrison SmithFS6y Ryan KerriganDE6y DeAngelo HallS6y C.J. HamFB6y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Kirk inherited the Minnesota Vikings QB room from Daunte Culpepper (1999–2005), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.

Fran Tarkenton 1961–1978Wade Wilson 1981–1991Brad Johnson 1994–2006Daunte Culpepper 1999–2005Kirk Cousins 2018–2023

Kirk inherited the Washington Commanders QB room from Robert Griffin III

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2026team change
Joined LV (from ATL)
2026final season
Last recorded season with LV
2024team change
Joined ATL (from MIN)
2018team change
Joined MIN (from WAS)
2012draft
Drafted by WAS — Round 4, Pick 102

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 209 lb

Frame

214 lb at 4.84s

Size-speed

28.5" vert / 109" broad

Explosion

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 13-season peers. See all →

peak 73

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

F2013

C2014

B2015

B+2016

B2017

B2018

C+2019

B2020

B2021

B+2022

B+2023

B2024

D2025

Era Translator

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

Season	Actual Pass Yds	Pass Yds/G	→ 2025 Pass Yds	→ 2025 /G
2013	854	170.8	2,732+1,878	160.7
2014	1,710	285	4,389+2,679	258.2
2015	4,166	260.4	3,983-183	234.3
2016	4,917	307.3	4,618-299	271.7
2017	4,093	255.8	3,863-230	227.2
2018	4,298	268.6	4,081-217	240.1
2019	3,603	240.2	3,727+124	219.3
2020	4,265	266.6	4,140-125	243.5
2021	4,221	263.8	4,209-12	247.6
2022	4,547	267.5	4,353-194	256
2023	2,331	291.4	4,839+2,508	284.6
2024	3,508	250.6	4,218+710	248.1
2025	1,721	172.1	2,926+1,205	172.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 10/18/2026

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Canton Monitor · HOF

Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →

18%

Active · Building

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 32.8%Longevity 30.8%Pro Bowls 27.3%All-Time Ranks 9.1%

Monitor score 43.9 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity83

Peak73

Accolades10

Consistency76

Per-Snap50

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

Kirk Cousins

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2012

Postseason Career

Passing

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Rushing

Receiving

2012 Draft Class· this player went #102

Career Geography