Mark Anderson ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Anderson in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Anderson a career score of 74, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Mark Anderson

Top 9% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2006

Height6'4"

Weight255 lb

BornMay 26, 1983

Age

Career Value · VORP

119 career value over replacement — #906 all-time of 4,695. 17/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #159 (Rd 5) · CHI · 2006 · +47.2 vs expected KV-H

74actual

26.8 expected · Δ+47.2

💔+22.6 stolen VORP·1.33 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2006	23	CHI	15	—	25	21	4	0	9	12.5	21.5	0	2	4	1	0	0
2007	24	CHI	13	—	24	19	5	0	7	4.5	11.5	0	1	1	—	0	0
2008	25	CHI	16	—	14	6	8	2	5	1.0	8.0	0	3	0	1	0	0
2009	26	CHI	14	—	24	18	6	6	8	3.5	17.5	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	27	CHI / HOU	14	—	20	15	5	7	9	4.0	20.0	0	2	0	—	0	0
2011	28	NE	15	—	28	17	11	9	16	10.0	35.0	0	1	2	1	0	0
2012	29	BUF	4	—	11	9	2	2	2	1.0	5.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
Career		—	91	—	146	105	41	26	56	36.5	118.5	0	10	7	3	0	0

Career arc · VAL by season

7 seasons · peak 8.0 in 2006

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

1.4 career wins over 7 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2006 · +0.6 wins

Defence+0.6

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.

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2006	23	CHI	15	—	25	21	4	0	9	12.5	21.5	2	4	1	8
2007	24	CHI	13	—	24	19	5	0	7	4.5	11.5	1	1	—	1.9
2008	25	CHI	16	—	14	6	8	2	5	1.0	8.0	3	0	1	0
2009	26	CHI	14	—	24	18	6	6	8	3.5	17.5	0	0	—	1
2010	27	All teams	14	—	20	15	5	7	9	4.0	20.0	2	0	—	1.5
2011	28	NE	15	—	28	17	11	9	16	10.0	35.0	1	2	1	6
2012	29	BUF	4	—	11	9	2	2	2	1.0	5.0	1	0	—	0.3
Career			91		146	105	41	26	56	36.5	118.5	10	7	3	18.7

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 74 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 74 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 74.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 74· confidence 93%

What builds the career mark of 69

On-field 51.4

Availability 17.6

On-field production