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

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Mark Rypien

2× Pro BowlTop 13% all-time QBsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 1989

Height6'4"

Weight225 lb

Born

Career Value · VORP

149 career value over replacement — #663 all-time of 4,695. 21.3/season above a replacement-level QB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #146 (Rd 6) · WAS · 1986 · +32.5 vs expected KV-H

63actual

30.5 expected · Δ+32.5

💔+98 stolen VORP·4.6 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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

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

Career games unavailable for incomplete season coverage. Verified career totals remain shown; career per-game figures require complete coverage.

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1988	25–26	WAS	9	—	114	208	54.8%	1,730	18	13	8.7	6.3	8.3	7.2	1.4	85.2	—	9	31	1	3.4	11.1	—	—	—
1989	26–27	WAS	14	—	280	476	58.8%	3,768	22	13	4.6	2.7	7.9	7.6	1.7	88.1	—	26	56	1	2.2	3.8	—	—	—
1990	27–28	WAS	10	—	166	304	54.6%	2,070	16	11	5.3	3.6	6.8	6.2	1.5	78.4	—	15	4	0	0.3	0.0	—	—	—
1991	28–29	WAS	16	—	249	421	59.1%	3,564	28	11	6.7	2.6	8.5	8.6	2.5	97.9	—	15	6	1	0.4	6.7	—	—	—
1992	29–30	WAS	16	—	269	479	56.2%	3,282	13	17	2.7	3.5	6.9	5.8	0.8	71.7	—	36	50	2	1.4	5.6	—	—	—
1993	30–31	WAS	12	—	166	319	52.0%	1,514	4	10	1.3	3.1	4.7	3.6	0.4	56.3	—	9	4	3	0.4	33.3	—	—	—
1994	31–32	CLE	—	—	59	128	46.1%	694	4	3	3.1	2.3	5.4	5.0	1.3	63.7	—	7	4	0	0.6	0.0	—	—	—
1995	32–33	STL	3	—	129	217	59.4%	1,448	9	8	4.1	3.7	6.7	5.8	1.1	77.9	—	9	10	0	1.1	0.0	—	—	—
1996	33–34	PHI	1	—	10	13	76.9%	76	1	0	7.7	0.0	5.8	7.4	—	116.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	34–35	STL	5	—	19	39	48.7%	270	0	2	0.0	5.1	6.9	4.6	0.0	50.2	—	1	1	0	1.0	0.0	—	—	—
2001	38–39	IND	1	—	5	9	55.6%	57	0	0	0.0	0.0	6.3	6.3	—	74.8	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	—	—	1,466	2,613	56.1%	18,473	115	88	4.4	3.4	7.1	6.4	1.3	78.9	1	127	166	8	1.3	6.3	—	—	—

No production recorded1987

1987: no recorded NFL regular-season production. StatVault's source covers these seasons in full, so this is an absence of production, not of data.

Career arc · VAL by season

8 seasons · peak 29.8 in 1991 · league-best season: 1991

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

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

Best season · 1991 · +2.3 wins

Estimated from the season line (early era)

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1988	25–26	WAS	9	—	114	208	54.8%	1,730	18	13	8.7	6.3	8.3	7.2	1.4	85.2	—	13.5
1989	26–27	WAS	14	—	280	476	58.8%	3,768	22	13	4.6	2.7	7.9	7.6	1.7	88.1	—	23.5
1990	27–28	WAS	10	—	166	304	54.6%	2,070	16	11	5.3	3.6	6.8	6.2	1.5	78.4	—	9.7
1991	28–29	WAS	16	—	249	421	59.1%	3,564	28	11	6.7	2.6	8.5	8.6	2.5	97.9	—	29.8
1992	29–30	WAS	16	—	269	479	56.2%	3,282	13	17	2.7	3.5	6.9	5.8	0.8	71.7	—	10.6
1993	30–31	WAS	12	—	166	319	52.0%	1,514	4	10	1.3	3.1	4.7	3.6	0.4	56.3	—	4.8
1994	31–32	CLE	—	—	59	128	46.1%	694	4	3	3.1	2.3	5.4	5.0	1.3	63.7	—	0.9
1995	32–33	STL	3	—	129	217	59.4%	1,448	9	8	4.1	3.7	6.7	5.8	1.1	77.9	—	—
1996	33–34	PHI	1	—	10	13	76.9%	76	1	0	7.7	0.0	5.8	7.4	—	116.2	—	—
1997	34–35	STL	5	—	19	39	48.7%	270	0	2	0.0	5.1	6.9	4.6	0.0	50.2	—	0
2001	38–39	IND	1	—	5	9	55.6%	57	0	0	0.0	0.0	6.3	6.3	—	74.8	1	—
Career			—		1,466	2,613	56.1%	18,473	115	88	4.4	3.4	7.1	6.4	1.3	78.9	1	92.8

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

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1988	25–26	WAS	9	—	9	31	1	3.4	11.1	—	—	—
1989	26–27	WAS	14	—	26	56	1	2.2	3.8	—	—	—
1990	27–28	WAS	10	—	15	4	0	0.3	0.0	—	—	—
1991	28–29	WAS	16	—	15	6	1	0.4	6.7	—	—	—
1992	29–30	WAS	16	—	36	50	2	1.4	5.6	—	—	—
1993	30–31	WAS	12	—	9	4	3	0.4	33.3	—	—	—
1994	31–32	CLE	—	—	7	4	0	0.6	0.0	—	—	—
1995	32–33	STL	3	—	9	10	0	1.1	0.0	—	—	—
1997	34–35	STL	5	—	1	1	0	1.0	0.0	—	—	—
Career			—		127	166	8	1.3	6.3	—	—	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 63 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 63 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 43

Availability 16

On-field production

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Mark Rypien

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Passing

Rushing

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · QB