Lance Johnstone ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Johnstone in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Johnstone a career score of 79, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Lance Johnstone

Top 7% all-time pass rushersIron Man📈 Late Developer · 2004

Height6'5"

Weight250 lb

BornJun 11, 1973

Age53

CollegeTemple See College Stats

Rookie yr1996

Draft1996 · Rd 2, Pick 57 · LV

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

87thSacks·71.5

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end edge rusher defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 227 · #288 · Elite

Worth 227 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 7% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 11 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20.6 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

+20.6

Avg surplus

peak +43

11 seasons × ~20.6 surplus ≈ VORP 227

Combined Season Grid

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

1 grid split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1996	—	LV	16	—	34	27	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	—	1	0	—	—	—
1997	—	LV	14	—	29	18	—	—	—	3.5	3.5	—	5	2	—	—	—
1998	—	LV	16	—	53	47	—	—	—	11.0	11.0	—	3	2	—	—	—
1999	—	LV	16	—	45	39	6	11	5	10.0	26.0	1	3	6	1	1	0
2000	—	LV	10	—	28	18	10	6	3	3.5	12.5	0	1	2	—	0	0
2001	—	MIN	16	—	34	25	9	6	4	5.5	15.5	0	1	1	—	0	0
2002	—	MIN	15	—	40	30	10	9	7	7.0	23.0	0	1	0	1	0	0
2003	—	MIN	15	—	24	18	6	0	0	9.0	9.0	1	6	2	1	1	0
2004	—	MIN	12	—	28	22	6	0	0	11.0	11.0	0	1	5	—	0	0
2005	—	MIN	12	—	20	16	4	0	0	8.0	8.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2006	—	LV	8	—	15	11	4	0	4	2.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	150	—	350	271	55	32	23	71.5	126.5	2	22	20	3	2	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1996	23	LV	16	—	34	27	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	—	1	0	—	—	—	5.8
1997	24	LV	14	—	29	18	—	—	—	3.5	3.5	—	5	2	—	—	—	9.8
1998	25	LV	16	—	53	47	—	—	—	11.0	11.0	—	3	2	—	—	—	19.5
1999	26	LV	16	—	45	39	6	11	5	10.0	26.0	1	3	6	1	1	0	17.5
2000	27	LV	10	—	28	18	10	6	3	3.5	12.5	0	1	2	—	0	0	8.3
2001	28	MIN	16	—	34	25	9	6	4	5.5	15.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	11
2002	29	MIN	15	—	40	30	10	9	7	7.0	23.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	12.6
2003	30	MIN	15	—	24	18	6	0	0	9.0	9.0	1	6	2	1	1	0	14.5
2004	31	MIN	12	—	28	22	6	0	0	11.0	11.0	0	1	5	—	0	0	13.4
2005	32	MIN	12	—	20	16	4	0	0	8.0	8.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	10.2
2006	33	LV	8	—	15	11	4	0	4	2.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	5
Career			150		350	271	55	32	23	—	—	2	22	20	3	2	0	127.6

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 79 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 79 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 78 × longevity 1 = KV-H 79· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 72

On-field 54.4

Availability 17.6

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)

1996bestavg 72elite 702006

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 36% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

36% of the all-time Sacks leader36

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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: 90%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

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

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl4Solo3Ast1

College Stats

TempleCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Temple), 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.

1996 Draft Class· this player went #57

#47Fred ThomasCB #49Randall GodfreyOLB #50Patrick SappOLB #52Bobby EngramWR #53Gabe NorthernDE #54Jason DunnTE #55DeRon JenkinsCB #56Derrick MayesWR #58Reggie TongueDB #59Ernie ConwellTE #61Brian DawkinsS #62Ray MickensDB #63Aaron BeasleyCB #64Johnny McWilliamsTE #65Detron SmithRB #66Roman ObenOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Lance inherited the Las Vegas Raiders DL room from Russell Maryland (1996–1999), and handed it to Darrell Russell (1997–2001).

Nolan Harrison 1991–1996Chester McGlockton 1992–1997Jerry Ball 1994–1996Aundray Bruce 1995–1998Russell Maryland 1996–1999Lance Johnstone

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2006team change
Joined LV (from MIN)
2006final season
Last recorded season with LV
2001team change
Joined MIN (from LV)
1996draft
Drafted by LV — Round 2, Pick 57

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 250 lb

Frame

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

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

peak 87

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

C+1996

C+1997

A1998

A1999

C+2000

B2001

B+2002

A2003

A+2004

A2005

C+2006

Availability

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

Era Translator

Sacks 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 Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
1996	1	0.1	1	0.1
1997	3.5	0.3	4+0.5	0.2
1998	11	0.7	10-1	0.6
1999	10	0.6	9-1	0.6
2000	3.5	0.4	5+1.5	0.3
2001	5.5	0.3	5-0.5	0.3
2002	7	0.5	8+1	0.5
2003	9	0.6	10+1	0.6
2004	11	0.9	15+4	0.9
2005	8	0.7	11+3	0.7
2006	2	0.3	4+2	0.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

227 career value over replacement — #288 all-time of 4,642. 20.6/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #57 (Rd 2) · LV · 1996 · +32.1 vs expected KV-H

79actual

46.9 expected · Δ+32.1

💔+34 stolen VORP·1.65 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1996 Draft Class· this player went #57

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator