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

DEATL#56ACT

Leonard Floyd

Top 7% all-time pass rushersIron ManTeam Carrier · #585

Height6'3"

Weight240 lb

BornSep 8, 1992

Age33

CollegeGeorgia See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 1, Pick 9 · CHI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

99thSacks·70

Postseason all-time ranks

50thPlayoff Sacks·5

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end edge rusher 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 239 · #255 · Elite

Worth 239 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 6% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +23.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+23.9

Avg surplus

peak +36

10 seasons × ~23.9 surplus ≈ VORP 239

Combined Season Grid

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

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2016	—	CHI	10	—	32	22	10	6	9	7.0	22.0	0	2	1	1	1	1	—	0.0%	536	65.3%	2	8.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	CHI	10	—	34	24	10	8	12	4.5	24.5	0	2	0	1	0	1	—	0.0%	582	88.9%	1	4.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	CHI	16	—	44	31	13	9	11	4.0	24.0	1	4	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	793	75.9%	12	5.8%	14	12	0.9	86.9	4.1	23	13	6	18	7	0.1
2019	—	CHI	15	—	40	27	13	3	12	3.0	18.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	899	84.3%	20	8.3%	17	14	0.8	85.3	1.5	26	15	8	51	7	0.1
2020	—	LA	16	—	50	26	24	11	19	10.5	40.5	0	1	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	916	89.3%	5	4.0%	7	7	1.0	79.2	-4.3	30	10	8	94	5	0.1
2021	—	LA	17	—	63	30	33	7	18	9.5	34.5	1	3	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	932	80.2%	—	0.0%	12	10	0.8	65.3	2.5	37	18	6	70	11	0.1
2022	—	LA	17	—	53	25	28	10	22	9.0	41.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	933	85.4%	—	0.0%	13	10	0.8	108.5	2.8	31	11	11	51	4	0.1
2023	—	BUF	16	—	26	15	11	9	19	10.5	38.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	577	53.4%	7	6.0%	6	5	0.8	96.5	0.2	25	6	7	6	4	0.1
2024	—	SF	14	—	39	22	17	8	16	8.5	32.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	606	57.0%	9	5.3%	2	2	1.0	93.7	0.5	21	5	6	3	6	0.1
2025	—	ATL	12	—	18	5	13	5	11	3.5	19.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	461	48.9%	—	0.0%	1	1	1.0	118.7	-3.0	19	8	7	9	3	0.1
Career		—	143	—	399	227	172	76	149	70.0	295.0	2	16	5	7	2	2	—	0.0%	7,235	72.8%	56	5.9%	72	61	—	—	—	212	86	59	302	47	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2016	24	CHI	10	8*	32	22	10	6	9	7.0	22.0	0	2	1	1	1	1	12
2017	25	CHI	10	9*	34	24	10	8	12	4.5	24.5	0	2	0	1	0	1	10.1
2018	26	CHI	16	12*	44	31	13	9	11	4.0	24.0	1	4	0	1	1	0	12.9
2019	27	CHI	15	13*	40	27	13	3	12	3.0	18.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	9.8
2020	28	LA	16	14*	50	26	24	11	19	10.5	40.5	0	1	1	2	0	0	18.2
2021	29	LA	17	14*	63	30	33	7	18	9.5	34.5	1	3	1	1	0	0	17.2
2022	30	LA	17	15*	53	25	28	10	22	9.0	41.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16.9
2023	31	BUF	16	9*	26	15	11	9	19	10.5	38.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	15.6
2024	32	SF	14	10*	39	22	17	8	16	8.5	32.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	14.9
2025	33	ATL	12	0*	18	5	13	5	11	3.5	19.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	9.1
Career			143	104*	399	227	172	76	149	—	—	2	16	5	7	2	2	136.7

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2016	24	CHI	12	8*	—	0.0%	536	65.3%	2	8.0%
2017	25	CHI	10	9*	—	0.0%	582	88.9%	1	4.0%
2018	26	CHI	16	12*	—	0.0%	793	75.9%	12	5.8%
2019	27	CHI	16	13*	—	0.0%	899	84.3%	20	8.3%
2020	28	LA	16	14*	—	0.0%	916	89.3%	5	4.0%
2021	29	LA	17	14*	—	0.0%	932	80.2%	—	0.0%
2022	30	LA	17	15*	—	0.0%	933	85.4%	—	0.0%
2023	31	BUF	17	9*	—	0.0%	577	53.4%	7	6.0%
2024	32	SF	17	10*	—	0.0%	606	57.0%	9	5.3%
2025	33	ATL	15	0*	—	0.0%	461	48.9%	—	0.0%
Career			153	104*	—	—	7,235	—	56	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	26	CHI	16	12*	14	12	0.9	86.9	4.1	23	13	6	18	7	0.1
2019	27	CHI	16	13*	17	14	0.8	85.3	1.5	26	15	8	51	7	0.1
2020	28	LA	16	14*	7	7	1.0	79.2	-4.3	30	10	8	94	5	0.1
2021	29	LA	17	14*	12	10	0.8	65.3	2.5	37	18	6	70	11	0.1
2022	30	LA	17	15*	13	10	0.8	108.5	2.8	31	11	11	51	4	0.1
2023	31	BUF	17	9*	6	5	0.8	96.5	0.2	25	6	7	6	4	0.1
2024	32	SF	17	10*	2	2	1.0	93.7	0.5	21	5	6	3	6	0.1
2025	33	ATL	15	0*	1	1	1.0	118.7	-3.0	19	8	7	9	3	0.1
Career			131	87*	72	61	—	—	—	212	86	59	302	47	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

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 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

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

What builds the career mark of 75

On-field 57.2

Availability 17.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 75elite 702025

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #585 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

2024 SF·6 team wins#24

Sacks · 9 · score 2

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 35% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

35% of the all-time Sacks leader35

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.395See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.395Snap share72.9%Def snaps7,235ReliableCV 0.26

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

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+).

Combine · 2016

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

EDGE · 2016 class

4.60s

40-Yard

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 58thClass Pos 91thClass All 62th

39.5"

Vertical

Elite · 95th pct

Pos 95thAll 93thClass Pos 98thClass All 96th

127"

Broad Jump

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 91thClass Pos 98thClass All 93th

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Defense

Tkl23Solo13Ast10TFL5QBHits8Sk5.0Dis18.0PD1

College Stats

GeorgiaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Georgia), 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.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #9

#1Jared GoffQB #2Carson WentzQB #3Joey BosaDE #4Ezekiel ElliottRB #5Jalen RamseyCB #6Ronnie StanleyOT #7DeForest BucknerDT #8Jack ConklinOT #10Eli AppleCB #11Vernon Hargreaves IIICB #12Sheldon RankinsDT #13Laremy TunsilOT #14Karl JosephFS #15Corey ColemanWR #16Taylor DeckerOT #17Keanu NealS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Leonard inherited the Chicago Bears DL room from Jonathan Bullard (2016–2018), and handed it to Akiem Hicks (2016–2021).

William Perry 1985–1993Trace Armstrong 1989–1994Alonzo Spellman 1992–1997Albert Fontenot 1993–1996Jim Flanigan 1994–2000Mike Wells

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined ATL (from SF)
2025final season
Last recorded season with ATL
2024team change
Joined SF (from BUF)
2023team change
Joined BUF (from LA)
2020team change
Joined LA (from CHI)
2016draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 1, Pick 9

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 240 lb

Frame

244 lb at 4.60s

Size-speed

39.5" vert / 127" broad

Explosion

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	LA	0	W2Questionable· KneeW17Questionable· Not injury related - resting player / Illness
2021	LA	0	W17Questionable· Ankle
2020	LA	0	W10Questionable· KneeW17Questionable· Abdomen
2017	CHI	0	W2Questionable· Back
2016	CHI	1	W5Questionable· CalfW6Questionable· CalfW7Questionable· CalfW12Out· ConcussionW13Questionable· ConcussionW17Doubtful· Concussion

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 85

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

A2016

B2017

B2018

B2019

A2020

A2021

A2022

A2023

A2024

B2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

93%

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
2016	7	0.7	12+5	0.7
2017	4.5	0.5	8+3.5	0.4
2018	4	0.3	4	0.3
2019	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2020	10.5	0.7	11+0.5	0.7
2021	9.5	0.6	9-0.5	0.6
2022	9	0.5	9	0.6
2023	10.5	0.7	12+1.5	0.7
2024	8.5	0.6	10+1.5	0.6
2025	3.5	0.3	5+1.5	0.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

239 career value over replacement — #255 all-time of 4,642. 23.9/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #9 (Rd 1) · CHI · 2016 · +18.6 vs expected KV-H

79actual

60.4 expected · Δ+18.6

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2016

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2016 Draft Class· this player went #9

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography