Marshawn Lynch is one of the most consistent running backs of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Lynch delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.

On the boards· Appears on 1 board

#25Wasted talentof 67

Streaks4 straight · 1,000 rushing yards · 2011–14

RBSEA#24ACT

Marshawn Lynch

5× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 3% all-time RBsAll-Time Great🏆 Clutch · +8% playoffs ⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2012

Height5'11"

Career Value · VORP

219 career value over replacement — #322 all-time of 4,695. 19.9/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

8 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks 2-phase playertwo-way Mr. ReliableCV 0.28

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #12 (Rd 1) · BUF · 2007 · +18.5 vs expected KV-H

80actual

61.5 expected · Δ+18.5

💔+52.5 stolen VORP·2.64 szns lost

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All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Solid

of 100

Reached 57% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

57% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader57

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 93%.

Encyclopedia Coverage6/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Defensive StatsNot available for this player

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro Day40-yard dash, vertical, broad jump, 3-cone, shuttle, bench press. Source: nflverse combine.csv.

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:2.184 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap2.184Touch rate0.482EPA/snap0Snap share55.7%Off snaps2,417ConsistentCV 0.12

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within running backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

= this player (normalized to own peak). = average RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2007

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

RB · 2007 class

4.46s

40-Yard

Strong · 78th pct

Pos 78thAll 86thClass Pos 79thClass All 86th

35.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 65th pct

Pos 65thAll 70thClass Pos 54thClass All 71th

125"

Broad Jump

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Carry: 4.2 regular season → 4.6 playoffs (6 playoff seasons)

+8%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

12,638

10,424 rush · 2,214 recv

Total TDs

85 rush · 9 recv

Total Touches

2,740

2,453 carries · 287 rec

Yds / Touch

4.6

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones11

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

20071K career rushing yards
20103K career rushing yards
2010100 career receptions
201125 career rushing TDs
20111K career receiving yards
20125K career rushing yards

Understanding These Stats

Passing

Cmp / Att — Completions and pass attempts.

Cmp% — Completion percentage — completions ÷ attempts × 100.

Yds — Passing yards — total air + yards after catch on completions.

TD / TD% — Passing touchdowns. TD% = TDs per 100 attempts, measuring scoring efficiency.

Int / Int% — Interceptions thrown. Int% = INTs per 100 attempts — the primary ball-security metric.

Y/A — Yards per attempt — passing yards ÷ attempts. The core passing efficiency rate.

AdjY/A — Adjusted yards per attempt: (Pass Yds + 20×TD − 45×INT) ÷ Att. Penalizes turnovers and rewards touchdowns — widely considered the most predictive single-season QB metric.

TD:INT — TD-to-interception ratio — passing touchdowns ÷ interceptions thrown. Elite QBs sustain career ratios above 3.0; HOF greats often exceed 4.0. Not shown when no interceptions.

Rate — NFL passer rating — the official formula combining Cmp%, Y/A, TD%, and INT% on a 0–158.3 scale. Good QB performance ≈ 90+; elite ≈ 110+.

Sk — Times sacked — how many times the QB was brought down behind the line of scrimmage.

Postseason Career

13 playoff games

Rushing

Att211Yds970TD12Y/A4.6TD%5.71D451D%21.3Fmb2

Receiving

College Stats

CaliforniaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (California), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

Top Teammates

Brandon MebaneDT6y K.J. WrightOLB6y Earl ThomasFS6y Bruce IrvinLB6y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Marshawn inherited the Seattle Seahawks RB room from Shaun Alexander (2000–2007), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.

Dan Doornink 1979–1985Curt Warner 1983–1989John L. Williams 1986–1993Ricky Watters 1998–2001Shaun Alexander 2000–2007Marshawn Lynch 2010–2019

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2019team change
Joined SEA (from OAK)
2019final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2017team change
Joined OAK (from SEA)
2010team change
Joined SEA (from BUF)
2007draft
Drafted by BUF — Round 1, Pick 12

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 215 lb

Frame

215 lb at 4.46s

Size-speed

35.5" vert / 125" broad

Explosion

20 reps

Bench power

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 11-season peers. See all →

peak 85

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B+2007

B+2008

C+2009

B2010

B+2011

A2012

A2013

A2014

C+2015

B+2017

C2018

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 12 seasons.

Era Translator

Rush Yds translated to the 2025 NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Rush Yds	Rush Yds/G	→ 2025 Rush Yds	→ 2025 /G
2007	1,115	85.8	1,275+160	75
2008	1,047	69.8	1,049+2	61.7
2009	450	34.6	561+111	33
2010	737	46.1	774+37	45.5
2011	1,204	80.3	1,350+146	79.4
2012	1,590	99.4	1,704+114	100.2
2013	1,257	78.6	1,418+161	83.4
2014	1,306	81.6	1,531+225	90
2015	417	59.6	1,105+688	65
2017	891	59.4	1,050+159	61.8
2018	376	62.7	1,101+725	64.8

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Canton Monitor · HOF

Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →

22%

Building a Case

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 40.4%Pro Bowls 21.3%All-Pro 17%Longevity 17%All-Time Ranks 4.3%

Monitor score 70.5 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

What Would It Take?

To reach 50% HOF probability (score target: 109.1 · current: 70.5 · gap: +38.6)

4 more selections(First-Team All-Pro · 12 pts each · +48 pts total)

8 more more seasons started(Starter Seasons · 1.5 pts each · +12 pts total)

10 more seasons leading the NFL(League Lead · 4 pts each · +40 pts total)

Paths ranked cheapest first · accolade-based, data-calibrated vs actual enshrinement

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity80

Peak85

Accolades23

Consistency72

Per-Snap50

On the boards· Appears on 1 board

Marshawn Lynch

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2007

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

2007 Draft Class· this player went #12

Career Geography