Luke Kuechly is a Hall of Fame linebacker whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 89 in the Knox value model. Kuechly's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Luke Kuechly

★ HALL OF FAME7× Pro Bowl5× All-ProTop 1% all-time linebackersIron Legend👑 2× #1 Linebacker · 2012–2014 ⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2012

Career Value · VORP

274 career value over replacement — #179 all-time of 4,695. 34.3/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #9 (Rd 1) · CAR · 2012 · +27.5 vs expected KV-H

89actual

61.5 expected · Δ+27.5

💔+22 stolen VORP·0.64 szns lost

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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%
2012	21	CAR	16	—	159	98	61	12	1	1.0	14.0	2	7	0	3	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	22	CAR	16	—	151	88	63	10	2	2.0	14.0	4	7	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	990	97.4%	63	14.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	23	CAR	16	—	152	98	54	9	4	3.0	16.0	1	12	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	989	96.3%	77	16.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	24	CAR	13	—	114	72	42	7	5	1.0	13.0	4	10	2	1	1	0	—	0.0%	767	88.5%	49	12.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	25	CAR	10	—	102	71	31	6	4	2.0	12.0	1	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	657	98.2%	56	18.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	26	CAR	15	—	122	71	51	7	5	1.5	13.5	3	6	1	3	1	0	—	0.0%	915	95.2%	72	16.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	27	CAR	16	—	124	87	37	20	5	2.0	27.0	1	6	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	928	92.1%	71	16.8%	54	36	0.7	80.7	2.4	9	4	3	55	10	0.1
2019	28	CAR	16	—	138	75	63	4	5	0.0	9.0	2	12	0	—	0	1	—	0.0%	1,063	96.3%	101	21.1%	68	46	0.7	75.3	5.9	5	2	3	25	10	0.1
Career		—	118	—	1,062	660	402	75	31	12.5	118.5	18	66	7	9	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	122	82	—	—	—	14	6	6	80	20	—

Career arc · VAL by season

8 seasons · peak 7.9 in 2013

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

2.4 career wins over 8 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2013 · +0.6 wins

Defence+0.5

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2012	21	CAR	16	—	159	98	61	12	1	1.0	14.0	2	7	0	3	0	0	2.9
2013	22	CAR	16	16*	151	88	63	10	2	2.0	14.0	4	7	0	—	0	0	7.9
2014	23	CAR	16	15*	152	98	54	9	4	3.0	16.0	1	12	1	1	0	0	3.6
2015	24	CAR	13	11*	114	72	42	7	5	1.0	13.0	4	10	2	1	1	0	6.5
2016	25	CAR	10	10*	102	71	31	6	4	2.0	12.0	1	6	1	—	0	0	1.9
2017	26	CAR	15	14*	122	71	51	7	5	1.5	13.5	3	6	1	3	1	0	5.1
2018	27	CAR	15	15*	124	87	37	20	5	2.0	27.0	1	6	2	1	0	0	2.1
2019	28	CAR	16	15*	138	75	63	4	5	0.0	9.0	2	12	0	—	0	1	0.9
Career			117		1,062	660	402	75	31	12.5	118.5	18	66	7	9	2	1	30.9

* 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	22	CAR	16	16*	—	0.0%	990	97.4%	63	14.8%
2014	23	CAR	16	15*	—	0.0%	989	96.3%	77	16.9%
2015	24	CAR	13	11*	—	0.0%	767	88.5%	49	12.6%
2016	25	CAR	10	10*	—	0.0%	657	98.2%	56	18.6%
2017	26	CAR	15	14*	—	0.0%	915	95.2%	72	16.9%
2018	27	CAR	16	15*	—	0.0%	928	92.1%	71	16.8%
2019	28	CAR	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,063	96.3%	101	21.1%
Career			—		—	—	—	—	—	—

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

* 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	27	CAR	16	15*	54	36	0.7	80.7	2.4	9	4	3	55	10	0.1
2019	28	CAR	16	15*	68	46	0.7	75.3	5.9	5	2	3	25	10	0.1
Career			32	30*	122	82	—	—	—	14	6	6	80	20	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 89 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 89 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 83.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 89· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 81

On-field 62.5

Availability 18.5

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Luke Kuechly

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · LB