Linval Joseph is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Joseph in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Joseph's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Linval Joseph

2× Pro BowlTop 25% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter

Height6'4"

Weight329 lb

BornOct 10, 1988

Age38

CollegeEast Carolina See College Stats

ConferenceConference USA

Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

3 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

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%
2010	21–22	NYG	4	—	6	4	2	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	22–23	NYG	15	—	40	25	15	4	5	2.0	11.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	23–24	NYG	16	—	46	20	26	5	7	4.0	16.0	0	0	1	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	24–25	NYG	15	—	50	25	25	8	8	3.0	19.0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	578	55.1%	25	6.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	25–26	MIN	16	—	47	28	19	5	10	3.0	18.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	729	67.4%	76	17.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	26–27	MIN	12	—	43	29	14	7	4	0.5	11.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	529	66.8%	40	12.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	27–28	MIN	16	—	77	37	40	5	17	4.0	26.0	0	0	3	—	0	0	3	0.3%	719	70.1%	53	12.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	28–29	MIN	16	—	66	38	28	5	10	3.5	18.5	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	663	66.4%	34	7.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	29–30	MIN	15	—	52	30	22	4	4	1.0	9.0	0	0	1	1	1	0	—	0.0%	669	69.1%	52	12.2%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-5.0	5	3	1	0	3	0.0
2019	30–31	MIN	13	—	41	23	18	6	6	3.0	15.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	552	63.7%	28	8.5%	0	0	—	—	—	7	2	2	0	1	0.0
2020	31–32	LAC	16	—	59	30	29	3	2	0.0	5.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	726	70.4%	88	19.1%	2	2	1.0	81.2	2.0	12	10	2	0	8	0.1
2021	32–33	LAC	14	—	51	24	27	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	551	58.1%	58	16.1%	0	0	—	—	—	5	3	1	0	1	0.0
2022	33–34	PHI	8	—	18	6	12	0	1	0.5	1.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	189	38.4%	—	0.0%	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	0	0	0	0.0
2023	34–35	BUF	7	—	11	6	5	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	161	34.9%	1	0.6%	0	0	—	—	—	2	0	1	0	1	0.1
2024	35–36	DAL	17	—	19	9	10	2	3	2.0	7.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	265	24.5%	1	0.2%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-2.0	3	0	1	0	0	0.0
Career		—	200	—	626	334	292	59	80	28.5	167.5	0	6	9	5	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	—	—	—	35	18	8	0	14	—

Career Value · VORP

109 career value over replacement — #1029 all-time of 4,695. 7.3/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #46 (Rd 2) · NYG · 2010 · +11.6 vs expected KV-H

61actual

49.4 expected · Δ+11.6

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Career arc · VAL by season

15 seasons · peak 2.5 in 2016

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

0.8 career wins over 15 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2016 · +0.2 wins

Defence+0.1

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Position percentile · EDGE

#392 of 1,595 all-time pass rushers by KV-H

075th percentile100

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Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2010	21–22	NYG	4	—	6	4	2	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	—	0	0
2011	22–23	NYG	15	—	40	25	15	4	5	2.0	11.0	4	0	—	0	0
2012	23–24	NYG	16	—	46	20	26	5	7	4.0	16.0	0	1	2	0	1.6
2013	24–25	NYG	15	8*	50	25	25	8	8	3.0	19.0	0	1	1	0	1.4
2014	25–26	MIN	16	11*	47	28	19	5	10	3.0	18.0	1	0	—	0	1.5
2015	26–27	MIN	12	8*	43	29	14	7	4	0.5	11.5	1	1	—	0	0.4
2016	27–28	MIN	16	11*	77	37	40	5	17	4.0	26.0	0	3	—	0	2.5
2017	28–29	MIN	16	11*	66	38	28	5	10	3.5	18.5	0	0	1	0	2
2018	29–30	MIN	15	10*	52	30	22	4	4	1.0	9.0	0	1	1	1	0
2019	30–31	MIN	13	8*	41	23	18	6	6	3.0	15.0	0	1	—	0	1.6
2020	31–32	LAC	15	11*	59	30	29	3	2	0.0	5.0	0	0	—	0	0
2021	32–33	LAC	14	8*	51	24	27	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	0	—	0	0
2022	33–34	PHI	8	0*	18	6	12	0	1	0.5	1.5	0	0	—	0	0
2023	34–35	BUF	7	0*	11	6	5	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	0	—	0	0.3
2024	35–36	DAL	10	0*	19	9	10	2	3	2.0	7.0	0	1	—	0	0
Career			192		626	334	292	59	80	28.5	167.5	6	9	5	1	11.3

* 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%
2013	24–25	NYG	15	8*	—	0.0%	578	55.1%	25	6.1%
2014	25–26	MIN	16	11*	—	0.0%	729	67.4%	76	17.3%
2015	26–27	MIN	12	8*	—	0.0%	529	66.8%	40	12.3%
2016	27–28	MIN	16	11*	3	0.3%	719	70.1%	53	12.2%
2017	28–29	MIN	16	11*	—	0.0%	663	66.4%	34	7.4%
2018	29–30	MIN	15	10*	—	0.0%	669	69.1%	52	12.2%
2019	30–31	MIN	13	8*	—	0.0%	552	63.7%	28	8.5%
2020	31–32	LAC	16	11*	—	0.0%	726	70.4%	88	19.1%
2021	32–33	LAC	14	8*	—	0.0%	551	58.1%	58	16.1%
2022	33–34	PHI	8	0*	—	0.0%	189	38.4%	—	0.0%
2023	34–35	BUF	7	0*	—	0.0%	161	34.9%	1	0.6%
2024	35–36	DAL	17	0*	—	0.0%	265	24.5%	1	0.2%
Career			—		—	—	—	—	—	—

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.