Leonard Williams ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Williams in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Williams a career score of 76, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Leonard Williams

3× Pro BowlTop 8% all-time pass rushersIron ManTeam Carrier · #391

Height6'5"

Weight310 lb

BornJun 20, 1994

Age32

CollegeUSC See College Stats

ConferencePacific Twelve

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 1, Pick 6 · NYJ

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

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 195 · #393 · Elite

Worth 195 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 9% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +19.5 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

+19.5

Avg surplus

peak +39

10 seasons × ~19.5 surplus ≈ VORP 195

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%
2015	—	NYJ	16	—	55	21	34	7	21	3.0	31.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	807	76.8%	78	16.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	NYJ	16	—	66	34	32	11	19	7.0	37.0	0	0	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	896	86.4%	82	18.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	NYJ	16	—	45	20	25	3	25	2.0	30.0	1	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	877	78.7%	77	16.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	NYJ	15	—	40	25	15	11	20	5.0	36.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	866	78.6%	91	18.9%	0	0	—	—	—	26	8	12	0	10	0.2
2019	—	NYG	15	—	42	17	25	2	16	0.5	18.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	735	68.0%	90	21.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	2TM	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1.0	91.7	6.0	23	8	14	0	3	0.1
2020	—	NYG	16	—	50	22	28	14	30	11.5	55.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	803	73.3%	100	24.5%	1	1	1.0	87.5	1.0	42	12	18	0	2	0.0
2021	—	NYG	17	—	74	27	47	5	14	6.5	25.5	0	2	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	888	76.1%	96	25.1%	0	0	—	—	—	22	6	8	0	2	0.0
2022	—	NYG	12	—	39	20	19	5	12	2.5	19.5	0	0	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	604	76.1%	46	18.7%	1	1	1.0	118.7	-3.0	17	6	8	0	0	0.0
2023	—	SEA	17	—	58	33	25	10	16	5.5	31.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	884	73.3%	102	20.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	2TM	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	1.0	79.2	-3.7	23	7	10	0	4	0.1
2024	—	SEA	15	—	60	33	27	16	28	11.0	55.0	1	3	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	750	69.4%	54	14.1%	0	0	—	—	—	30	2	16	0	4	0.1
2025	—	SEA	16	—	61	32	29	9	22	7.0	38.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	812	72.0%	54	12.4%	3	2	0.7	70.1	-2.0	29	8	12	0	7	0.1
Career		—	204	—	590	284	306	93	223	61.5	377.5	2	15	6	4	1	0	—	0.0%	8,922	75.3%	870	18.8%	9	8	—	—	—	212	57	98	0	32	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2015	21	NYJ	16	12*	55	21	34	7	21	3.0	31.0	0	0	0	—	0	12.3
2016	22	NYJ	16	14*	66	34	32	11	19	7.0	37.0	0	0	2	—	0	17
2017	23	NYJ	16	13*	45	20	25	3	25	2.0	30.0	1	1	0	—	0	10.8
2018	24	NYJ	15	13*	40	25	15	11	20	5.0	36.0	0	2	0	—	0	13.4
2019	25	NYG	15	10*	42	17	25	2	16	0.5	18.5	0	3	1	—	0	9.3
2020	26	NYG	16	12*	50	22	28	14	30	11.5	55.5	0	1	0	1	0	21
2021	27	NYG	17	13*	74	27	47	5	14	6.5	25.5	0	2	2	1	0	14.4
2022	28	NYG	12	9*	39	20	19	5	12	2.5	19.5	0	0	1	2	0	9.6
2023	29	SEA	17	13*	58	33	25	10	16	5.5	31.5	0	2	0	—	0	13.5
2024	30	SEA	15	11*	60	33	27	16	28	11.0	55.0	1	3	0	—	1	21.5
2025	31	SEA	16	12*	61	32	29	9	22	7.0	38.0	0	1	0	—	0	16
Career			171	132*	590	284	306	93	223	—	—	2	15	6	4	1	158.8

* 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%
2015	21	NYJ	16	12*	—	0.0%	807	76.8%	78	16.3%
2016	22	NYJ	16	14*	—	0.0%	896	86.4%	82	18.5%
2017	23	NYJ	16	13*	—	0.0%	877	78.7%	77	16.4%
2018	24	NYJ	16	13*	—	0.0%	866	78.6%	91	18.9%
2019	25	NYG	15	10*	—	0.0%	735	68.0%	90	21.0%
2020	26	NYG	16	12*	—	0.0%	803	73.3%	100	24.5%
2021	27	NYG	17	13*	—	0.0%	888	76.1%	96	25.1%
2022	28	NYG	12	9*	—	0.0%	604	76.1%	46	18.7%
2023	29	SEA	18	13*	—	0.0%	884	73.3%	102	20.7%
2024	30	SEA	16	11*	—	0.0%	750	69.4%	54	14.1%
2025	31	SEA	17	12*	—	0.0%	812	72.0%	54	12.4%
Career			175	132*	—	—	8,922	—	870	—

* 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	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	24	NYJ	16	13*	0	0	—	—	—	26	8	12	10	0.2
2019	25	2TM	15	10*	1	1	1.0	91.7	6.0	23	8	14	3	0.1
2020	26	NYG	16	12*	1	1	1.0	87.5	1.0	42	12	18	2	0.0
2021	27	NYG	17	13*	0	0	—	—	—	22	6	8	2	0.0
2022	28	NYG	12	9*	1	1	1.0	118.7	-3.0	17	6	8	0	0.0
2023	29	2TM	18	13*	3	3	1.0	79.2	-3.7	23	7	10	4	0.1
2024	30	SEA	16	11*	0	0	—	—	—	30	2	16	4	0.1
2025	31	SEA	17	12*	3	2	0.7	70.1	-2.0	29	8	12	7	0.1
Career			127	93*	9	8	—	—	—	212	57	98	32	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 76 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 76 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 75.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 76· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 69

On-field 50

Availability 19

On-field production Staying available

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

2015bestavg 69elite 702025

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #391 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

2020 NYG·6 team wins#7

Sacks · 12 · score 19

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 31% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

31% of the all-time Sacks leader31

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: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.489See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.489Snap share75.3%Def snaps8,922ReliableCV 0.33

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 · 2015

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

EDGE · 2015 class

4.97s

40-Yard

Low · 14th pct

Pos 14thAll 22thClass Pos 20thClass All 28th

29.5"

Vertical

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 19thClass Pos 17thClass All 15th

106"

Broad Jump

Low · 8th pct

Pos 8thAll 16thClass Pos 14thClass All 18th

7.59s

3-Cone

Low · 14th pct

Pos 14thAll 20thClass Pos 8thClass All 19th

4.53s

Shuttle

Low · 19th pct

Pos 19thAll 25thClass Pos 25thClass All 24th

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl9Solo3Ast6TFL1QBHits5Sk1.0Dis7.0PD1

College Stats

USCImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2012	USC	—	31	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	0	0	—	—
2013	USC	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	1	1	—	—
2014	USC	—	48	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	3	1	—	—
Career		0	111	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	3	0	4	2	—	—

Reference Graph

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

2015 Draft Class· this player went #6

#1Jameis WinstonQB #2Marcus MariotaQB #3Dante Fowler Jr.DE #4Amari CooperWR #5Brandon ScherffG #7Kevin WhiteWR #8Vic BeasleyDE #9Ereck FlowersG #10Todd GurleyRB #11Trae WaynesCB #12Danny SheltonDT #13Andrus PeatG #14DeVante ParkerWR #15Melvin GordonRB #17Arik ArmsteadDE #18Marcus PetersCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Leonard inherited the New York Giants DL room from Dalvin Tomlinson (2017–2020), and handed it to Dexter Lawrence (2019–2025).

Keith Hamilton 1992–2003Michael Strahan 1993–2007Chad Bratzke 1994–1998Robert Harris 1995–1999Cornelius Griffin 2000–2003Kenny Holmes

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2023team change
Joined SEA (from NYG)
2019team change
Joined NYG (from NYJ)
2015draft
Drafted by NYJ — Round 1, Pick 6

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 310 lb

Frame

302 lb at 4.97s

Size-speed

29.5" vert / 106" broad

Explosion

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	SEA	1	W4Out· Ribs
2023	SEA	0	W13Questionable· Ankle
2022	NYG	2	W3Doubtful· KneeW4Out· KneeW5Questionable· KneeW6Questionable· KneeW8Questionable· ElbowW14Doubtful· NeckW15Questionable· NeckW18Out· Neck
2021	NYG	0	W15Questionable· Triceps

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 85

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

B2015

B+2016

C+2017

B2018

C+2019

A+2020

B+2021

C+2022

B2023

A2024

B+2025

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
2015	3	0.2	3	0.2
2016	7	0.4	7	0.4
2017	2	0.1	2	0.1
2018	5	0.3	6+1	0.3
2019	0.5	0	1+0.5	0
2020	11.5	0.7	12+0.5	0.7
2021	6.5	0.4	7+0.5	0.4
2022	2.5	0.2	4+1.5	0.2
2023	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.3
2024	11	0.7	13+2	0.7
2025	7	0.4	7	0.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

195 career value over replacement — #393 all-time of 4,642. 17.7/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #6 (Rd 1) · NYJ · 2015 · +14.2 vs expected KV-H

76actual

61.8 expected · Δ+14.2

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All-Time Rank & Honors

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 · 2015

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

College Defense

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2015 Draft Class· this player went #6

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography