Kyle Orton 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, Orton delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.
Career Value · VORP
119 career value over replacement — #905 all-time of 4,695. 19.8/season above a replacement-level QB.
Pick #106 (Rd 4) · CHI · 2005 · +24.3 vs expected KV-H
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Passing | Rushing | Snap Counts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | |||||
| 2005 | 22–23 | CHI | 15 | — | 190 | 368 | 51.6% | 1,869 | 9 | 13 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 59.7 | 30 | 24 | 44 | 0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 3 | 12.5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 24–25 | CHI | 3 | — | 42 | 79 | 53.2% | 475 | 3 | 2 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 73.5 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 0 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 25–26 | CHI | 15 | — | 273 | 466 | 58.6% | 2,979 | 19 | 12 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 80.4 | 27 | 24 | 49 | 3 | 2.0 | 12.5 | 8 | 33.3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 26–27 | DEN | 16 | — | 336 | 541 | 62.1% | 3,802 | 21 | 12 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 1.8 | 86.8 | 29 | 24 | 71 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 20.8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 27–28 | DEN | 13 | — | 293 | 498 | 58.8% | 3,652 | 20 | 9 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 2.2 | 87.5 | 34 | 22 | 98 | 0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 40.9 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 28–29 | DEN / KC | 9 | — | 150 | 252 | 59.5% | 1,758 | 9 | 9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 77.8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 29–30 | DAL | 1 | — | 9 | 10 | 90.0% | 89 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 8.9 | 10.9 | — | 137.1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 30–31 | DAL | 3 | — | 33 | 51 | 64.7% | 398 | 2 | 2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 1.0 | 85.3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 78 | 40.3% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 31–32 | BUF | 12 | — | 287 | 447 | 64.2% | 3,018 | 18 | 10 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 1.8 | 87.8 | 33 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0.9 | 6.7 | 2 | 13.3 | 0 | 802 | 99.6% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| Career | — | 87 | — | 1,613 | 2,712 | 59.5% | 18,040 | 102 | 69 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 81.3 | 165 | 126 | 296 | 4 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 31 | 24.6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
A top 20% all-time quarterback who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.
Worth 119 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 20% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +19.8 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
6 seasons × ~19.8 surplus ≈ VORP 119
Matt Hasselbeck
QB
87% match