Malik Hooker is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Hooker in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Hooker's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | |||||
| 2017 | 21 | IND | 7 | — | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 409 | 83.6% | 27 | 11.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 22 | IND | 14 | — | 42 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 912 | 97.2% | 10 | 2.6% | 19 | 14 | 0.7 | 111.1 | 18.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 23 | IND | 13 | — | 49 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 788 | 93.2% | 22 | 6.3% | 25 | 19 | 0.8 | 110.8 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 24 | IND | 2 | — | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 70 | 68.5% | — | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 158.3 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 25 | DAL | 15 | — | 42 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 446 | 42.7% | 12 | 3.3% | 28 | 16 | 0.6 | 80.8 | 9.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 26 | DAL | 16 | — | 57 | 39 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 861 | 79.9% | 35 | 8.3% | 27 | 20 | 0.7 | 82.9 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 27 | DAL | 16 | — | 47 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 826 | 82.5% | — | 0.0% | 23 | 13 | 0.6 | 84.1 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 28 | DAL | 17 | — | 72 | 42 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,063 | 96.4% | — | 0.0% | 40 | 25 | 0.6 | 82.4 | 12.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 29 | DAL | 12 | — | 49 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 594 | 79.2% | 2 | 0.5% | 28 | 19 | 0.7 | 131.7 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2026 | 30 | DAL | 3 | — | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 101 | 52.7% | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 115 | — | 399 | 243 | 156 | 10 | 1 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 191 | 127 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 40 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
106 career value over replacement — #1071 all-time of 4,695. 13.3/season above a replacement-level S.
Pick #15 (Rd 1) · IND · 2017 · +5.8 vs expected KV-H
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