Louis Lipps ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Lipps in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Lipps a career score of 70, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 1984 | 22 | PIT | 14 | — | — | 45 | 860 | 9 | — | 19.1 | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 23 | PIT | 16 | — | — | 59 | 1,134 | 12 | — | 19.2 | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 24 | PIT | 13 | — | — | 38 | 590 | 3 | — | 15.5 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 25 | PIT | 4 | — | — | 11 | 164 | 0 | — | 14.9 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 26 | PIT | 16 | — | — | 50 | 973 | 5 | — | 19.5 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 27 | PIT | 16 | — | — | 50 | 944 | 5 | — | 18.9 | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 28 | PIT | 14 | — | — | 50 | 682 | 3 | — | 13.6 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 29 | PIT | 15 | — | — | 55 | 671 | 2 | — | 12.2 | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 30 | NO | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.0 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 110 | — | — | 359 | 6,019 | 39 | — | 16.8 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
147 career value over replacement — #680 all-time of 4,695. 18.4/season above a replacement-level WR.
Pick #23 (Rd 1) · PIT · 1984 · +13.7 vs expected KV-H
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8 seasons · peak 16.8 in 1985
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.
5.8 career wins over 8 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1985 · +1.3 wins
Latest season · 1991 · +0.6 wins
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.
#121 of 1,332 all-time WRs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | — | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 13 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 6.5 | -6.0 | 1.0 | 70.8 | — | 75.4 |
Career line only: the source has this as a career total, without seasons.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | — | 29 | 388 | 4 | 13.4 | 13.8 | — | — | — |
Career line only: the source has this as a career total, without seasons.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 22 | PIT | 14 | — | — | 45 | 860 | 9 | — | 19.1 | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 23 | PIT | 16 | — | — | 59 | 1,134 | 12 | — | 19.2 | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 24 | PIT | 13 | — | — | 38 | 590 | 3 | — | 15.5 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 25 | PIT | 4 | — | — | 11 | 164 | 0 | — | 14.9 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 26 | PIT | 16 | — | — | 50 | 973 | 5 | — | 19.5 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 27 | PIT | 16 | — | — | 50 | 944 | 5 | — | 18.9 | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 28 | PIT | 14 | — | — | 50 | 682 | 3 | — | 13.6 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 29 | PIT | 15 | — | — | 55 | 671 | 2 | — | 12.2 | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 30 | NO | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.0 | — | — | — |
| Career | 110 | — | 359 | 6,019 | 39 | — | 16.8 | — | — | — |
A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 70 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 8 scored seasons.
Blend 70.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 70· confidence 94%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
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