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

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Markus Golden

Top 28% all-time linebackersReliable StarterTeam Carrier · #291

Height6'2"

Weight260 lb

BornMar 13, 1991

Age

Career Value · VORP

43 career value over replacement — #2295 all-time of 4,695. 4.8/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #58 (Rd 2) · ARI · 2015 · +7.9 vs expected KV-H

54actual

46.1 expected · Δ+7.9

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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%
2015	24	ARI	15	—	29	19	10	4	12	4.0	20.0	0	0	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	517	53.5%	145	32.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	25	ARI	16	—	45	35	10	16	22	12.5	50.5	0	1	4	1	0	0	—	0.0%	761	71.1%	17	3.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	26	ARI	4	—	11	11	0	1	4	0.0	5.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	230	85.5%	15	11.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	27	ARI	11	—	27	22	5	5	6	2.5	13.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	393	54.1%	2	0.6%	0	0	—	—	—	13	6	4	3	1	0.0
2019	28	NYG	16	—	68	33	35	13	27	10.0	50.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	916	82.3%	21	4.5%	2	1	0.5	56.2	0.0	44	16	14	93	6	0.1
2020	29	ARI / NYG	16	—	31	15	16	6	20	4.5	30.5	1	3	1	1	0	0	—	—	591	—	13	—	8	6	0.8	37.5	-1.5	30	10	15	71	3	0.1
2021	30	ARI	16	—	44	29	15	10	19	11.0	40.0	0	1	4	2	0	0	—	0.0%	682	67.3%	10	2.0%	7	5	0.7	87.2	2.0	35	15	9	41	13	0.2
2022	31	ARI	17	—	45	19	26	7	20	2.5	29.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	781	70.3%	—	0.0%	8	5	0.6	75.0	-1.6	22	4	15	54	1	0.0
2023	32	PIT	16	—	17	11	6	6	10	4.0	20.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	230	21.4%	13	3.2%	2	1	0.5	72.9	-3.5	9	0	5	14	0	0.0
Career		—	127	—	317	194	123	68	140	51.0	259.0	1	8	11	6	1	0	—	0.0%	5,101	60.5%	236	6.3%	27	18	—	—	—	153	51	62	276	24	—

Career arc · VAL by season

9 seasons · peak 7.8 in 2016

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

2.3 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2016 · +0.6 wins

Defence+0.6

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2015	24	ARI	14	8*	29	19	10	4	12	4.0	20.0	0	0	2	—	0	2.5
2016	25	ARI	16	11*	45	35	10	16	22	12.5	50.5	0	1	4	1	0	7.8
2017	26	ARI	4	3*	11	11	0	1	4	0.0	5.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2018	27	ARI	11	6*	27	22	5	5	6	2.5	13.5	0	2	0	—	0	0.8
2019	28	NYG	16	13*	68	33	35	13	27	10.0	50.0	0	0	0	1	1	5.3
2020	29	All teams	16	—	31	15	16	6	20	4.5	30.5	1	3	1	1	0	4.3
2021	30	ARI	16	11*	44	29	15	10	19	11.0	40.0	0	1	4	2	0	7.3
2022	31	ARI	16	12*	45	19	26	7	20	2.5	29.5	0	0	0	—	0	0
2023	32	PIT	11	0*	17	11	6	6	10	4.0	20.0	0	1	0	1	0	1.9
Career			120		317	194	123	68	140	51.0	259.0	1	8	11	6	1	29.9

* 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%
2015	24	ARI	15	8*	—	0.0%	517	53.5%	145	32.1%
2016	25	ARI	16	11*	—	0.0%	761	71.1%	17	3.6%
2017	26	ARI	4	3*	—	0.0%	230	85.5%	15	11.8%
2018	27	ARI	11	6*	—	0.0%	393	54.1%	2	0.6%
2019	28	NYG	16	13*	—	0.0%	916	82.3%	21	4.5%
2020	29	All teams	16	—	—	—	591	—	13	—
2021	30	ARI	16	11*	—	0.0%	682	67.3%	10	2.0%
2022	31	ARI	17	12*	—	0.0%	781	70.3%	—	0.0%
2023	32	PIT	16	0*	—	0.0%	230	21.4%	13	3.2%
Career			127		—	0.0%	5,101	60.5%	236	6.3%

* 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	ARI	11	6*	0	0	—	—	—	13	6	4	3	1	0.0
2019	28	NYG	16	13*	2	1	0.5	56.2	0.0	44	16	14	93	6	0.1
2020	29	All teams*	16	—	8	6	0.8	37.5	-1.5	30	10	15	71	3	0.1
2021	30	ARI	16	11*	7	5	0.7	87.2	2.0	35	15	9	41	13	0.2
2022	31	ARI	17	12*	8	5	0.6	75.0	-1.6	22	4	15	54	1	0.0
2023	32	PIT	16	0*	2	1	0.5	72.9	-3.5	9	0	5	14	0	0.0
Career			92		27	18	—	—	—	153	51	62	276	24	—

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

All teams* — this source provides a season total only; team splits are unavailable in this table.

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 54 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 54 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 54 × longevity 1 = KV-H 54· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 52

On-field 34.3

Availability 17.7

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Markus Golden

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