Mark Sanchez is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Sanchez in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Sanchez'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 | Passing | Rushing | Snap Counts | Advanced Passing (2018+) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | OnTgt% | Bad% | Prss | Prss% | Hrry | Hits | Bltz | PktTime | Throwaway | Batted | Scrm | |||||
| 2009 | 22–23 | NYJ | 15 | — | 196 | 363 | 54.0% | 2,444 | 12 | 20 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 63.2 | 26 | 36 | 106 | 3 | 2.9 | 8.3 | 15 | 41.7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 23–24 | NYJ | 15 | — | 278 | 507 | 54.8% | 3,291 | 17 | 13 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 75.3 | 27 | 30 | 105 | 3 | 3.5 | 10.0 | 11 | 36.7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 24–25 | NYJ | 16 | — | 308 | 543 | 56.7% | 3,474 | 26 | 18 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 78.2 | 39 | 37 | 103 | 6 | 2.8 | 16.2 | 13 | 35.1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 25–26 | NYJ | 15 | — | 246 | 453 | 54.3% | 2,883 | 13 | 18 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 66.9 | 34 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 3 | 13.6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 27–28 | PHI | 9 | — | 198 | 309 | 64.1% | 2,418 | 14 | 11 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 1.3 | 88.4 | 23 | 34 | 87 | 1 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 5 | 14.7 | 2 | 626 | 96.2% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 28–29 | PHI | 4 | — | 59 | 91 | 64.8% | 616 | 4 | 4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 80.7 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 169 | 60.5% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 29–30 | DAL | 2 | — | 10 | 18 | 55.6% | 93 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 30.3 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 0 | -0.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39 | 34.0% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 31–32 | WAS | 2 | — | 19 | 35 | 54.3% | 138 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 28.0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 65 | 62.0% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | — | 14.3 | 21 | 48.8 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2.4 | 0 | — | — |
| Career | — | 78 | — | 1,314 | 2,319 | 56.7% | 15,357 | 86 | 89 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 1.0 | 73.3 | 168 | 170 | 457 | 13 | 2.7 | 7.6 | 50 | 29.4 | 8 | 899 | 76.5% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | — | — | 21 | — | 10 | 4 | 8 | — | 0 | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
91 career value over replacement — #1299 all-time of 4,695. 18.2/season above a replacement-level QB.
Career Profile
Pick #5 (Rd 1) · NYJ · 2009 · -9.3 vs expected KV-H
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Postseason all-time ranks
A quality quarterback with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Worth 91 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 29% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 5 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.2 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
5 seasons × ~18.2 surplus ≈ VORP 91
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85% match