Matthew Judon ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Judon in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Judon a career score of 83, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Matthew Judon

4× Pro BowlTop 5% all-time pass rushersFranchise Cornerstone📈 Late Developer · 2022

Height6'3"

Weight265 lb

BornAug 15, 1992

Age33

CollegeGrand Valley See College Stats

ConferenceGreat Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 5, Pick 146 · BAL

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

84thSacks·72

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Franchise CornerstoneExplore archetypes →

A top 5% all-time edge rusher with excellent availability over their career and above-average snap-level impact. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 250 · #228 · Elite

Worth 250 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 6% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +31.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+31.3

Avg surplus

peak +51

8 seasons × ~31.3 surplus ≈ VORP 250

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

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%
2016	—	BAL	14	—	27	12	15	4	10	4.0	18.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	309	33.4%	112	38.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	BAL	16	—	57	49	8	17	19	8.0	44.0	0	3	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	787	71.9%	146	30.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	BAL	16	—	42	27	15	10	20	7.0	37.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	673	64.7%	118	26.7%	14	6	0.4	53.3	0.4	36	18	10	70	7	0.1
2019	—	BAL	16	—	50	39	11	14	33	9.5	56.5	0	0	4	—	0	0	—	0.0%	792	80.6%	85	19.3%	11	8	0.7	92.2	4.1	31	4	17	150	9	0.1
2020	—	BAL	14	—	49	31	18	9	21	6.0	36.0	0	2	0	—	0	1	—	0.0%	565	60.6%	47	13.0%	8	7	0.9	111.5	6.9	32	11	15	72	4	0.1
2021	—	NE	16	—	53	31	22	14	25	12.5	51.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	877	80.4%	115	27.8%	6	3	0.5	56.2	3.3	42	18	10	59	7	0.1
2022	—	NE	16	—	56	32	24	14	28	15.5	57.5	0	3	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	860	76.2%	8	21.0%	11	7	0.6	72.9	1.2	42	13	12	35	1	0.0
2023	—	NE	4	—	13	10	3	5	9	4.0	18.0	0	0	0	—	0	1	—	0.0%	184	70.8%	1	3.0%	2	2	1.0	85.4	3.5	11	2	5	9	1	0.1
2024	—	ATL	17	—	39	23	16	7	9	5.5	21.5	1	5	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	655	58.5%	—	0.0%	11	7	0.6	81.2	7.0	12	3	3	28	6	0.1
2025	—	MIA	11	—	18	8	10	1	3	0.0	4.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	1	2.0%	368	42.3%	114	32.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	—	2TM	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	1.0	115.3	2.0	7	4	3	14	3	0.1
Career		—	154	—	404	262	142	95	177	72.0	344.0	1	20	9	4	1	2	1	2.0%	6,070	64.0%	746	23.6%	66	43	—	—	—	213	73	75	437	38	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2016	24	BAL	14	0*	27	12	15	4	10	4.0	18.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	7.4
2017	25	BAL	16	12*	57	49	8	17	19	8.0	44.0	0	3	2	1	0	0	13.6
2018	26	BAL	16	10*	42	27	15	10	20	7.0	37.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	11.3
2019	27	BAL	16	13*	50	39	11	14	33	9.5	56.5	0	0	4	—	0	0	13.7
2020	28	BAL	14	8*	49	31	18	9	21	6.0	36.0	0	2	0	—	0	1	9.7
2021	29	NE	16	14*	53	31	22	14	25	12.5	51.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	12.3
2022	30	NE	16	13*	56	32	24	14	28	15.5	57.5	0	3	2	1	0	0	13.3
2023	31	NE	4	3*	13	10	3	5	9	4.0	18.0	0	0	0	—	0	1	3.1
2024	32	ATL	17	10*	39	23	16	7	9	5.5	21.5	1	5	0	—	1	0	10.4
2025	33	MIA	11	0*	18	8	10	1	3	0.0	4.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	4.1
Career			140	83*	404	262	142	95	177	—	—	1	20	9	4	1	2	98.9

* 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%
2016	24	BAL	14	0*	—	0.0%	309	33.4%	112	38.9%
2017	25	BAL	16	12*	—	0.0%	787	71.9%	146	30.7%
2018	26	BAL	16	10*	—	0.0%	673	64.7%	118	26.7%
2019	27	BAL	16	13*	—	0.0%	792	80.6%	85	19.3%
2020	28	BAL	14	8*	—	0.0%	565	60.6%	47	13.0%
2021	29	NE	17	14*	—	0.0%	877	80.4%	115	27.8%
2022	30	NE	17	13*	—	0.0%	860	76.2%	8	21.0%
2023	31	NE	4	3*	—	0.0%	184	70.8%	1	3.0%
2024	32	ATL	17	10*	—	0.0%	655	58.5%	—	0.0%
2025	33	MIA	14	0*	1	2.0%	368	42.3%	114	32.1%
Career			145	83*	1	—	6,070	—	746	—

* 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	26	BAL	16	10*	14	6	0.4	53.3	0.4	36	18	10	70	7	0.1
2019	27	BAL	16	13*	11	8	0.7	92.2	4.1	31	4	17	150	9	0.1
2020	28	BAL	14	8*	8	7	0.9	111.5	6.9	32	11	15	72	4	0.1
2021	29	NE	17	14*	6	3	0.5	56.2	3.3	42	18	10	59	7	0.1
2022	30	NE	17	13*	11	7	0.6	72.9	1.2	42	13	12	35	1	0.0
2023	31	NE	4	3*	2	2	1.0	85.4	3.5	11	2	5	9	1	0.1
2024	32	ATL	17	10*	11	7	0.6	81.2	7.0	12	3	3	28	6	0.1
2025	33	2TM	14	0*	3	3	1.0	115.3	2.0	7	4	3	14	3	0.1
Career			115	71*	66	43	—	—	—	213	73	75	437	38	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 83 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 83 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 81.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 83· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 75

On-field 56.7

Availability 18.3

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)

2016bestavg 71elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 36% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

36% of the all-time Sacks leader36

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat 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: 95%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:6.161See leaderboard →

Disruption/1006.161Snap share63.9%Def snaps6,070ReliableCV 0.34

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, 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

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2016

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

EDGE · 2016 class

4.73s

40-Yard

Above avg · 59th pct

Pos 59thAll 41thClass Pos 67thClass All 47th

35"

Vertical

Above avg · 68th pct

Pos 68thAll 64thClass Pos 81thClass All 73th

109"

Broad Jump

Low · 16th pct

Pos 16thAll 22thClass Pos 17thClass All 21th

30 reps

Bench

Strong · 88th pct

Pos 88thAll 92thClass Pos 90thClass All 94th

7.67s

3-Cone

Low · 9th pct

Pos 9thAll 17thClass Pos 14thClass All 21th

4.52s

Shuttle

Low · 21th pct

Pos 21thAll 27thClass Pos 39thClass All 34th

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl12Solo8Ast4TFL3QBHits8Sk1.0Dis12.0FF1

College Stats

Grand ValleyCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Grand Valley), 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.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #146

#138Seth DeValveTE #139Cardale JonesQB #140Tajae SharpeWR #141Zack SanchezCB #142Ronald BlairDE #143DeAndre WashingtonRB #144Connor McGovernG #145John TheusOT #147Quinton JeffersonDE #148Caleb BenenochG #149Paul PerkinsRB #150Jordan HowardRB #151Joe DahlC #152Matthew IoannidisDT #153Wendell SmallwoodRB #154Jordan PaytonWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Matthew inherited the Baltimore Ravens LB room from Patrick Onwuasor (2016–2019), and handed it to Tyus Bowser (2017–2022).

Ray Lewis 1996–2012Jamie Sharper 1997–2001Cornell Brown 1997–2004Peter Boulware 1997–2005Adalius Thomas 2000–2006Edgerton Hartwell

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined MIA (from ATL)
2025final season
Last recorded season with MIA
2024team change
Joined ATL (from NE)
2021team change
Joined NE (from BAL)
2016draft
Drafted by BAL — Round 5, Pick 146

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 265 lb

Frame

275 lb at 4.73s

Size-speed

35" vert / 109" broad

Explosion

30 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	NE	1	W5Questionable· ElbowW6Out· Elbow
2022	NE	0	W8Questionable· Back
2020	BAL	0	W10Questionable· CalfW12Questionable· Ankle
2019	BAL	0	W13Questionable· Ankle
2018	BAL	0	W3Questionable· HamstringW16Questionable· Knee

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 91

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

B2016

B+2017

B+2018

A2019

B+2020

A+2021

A+2022

C2023

B2024

C2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

88%

Era Translator

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

Season	Actual Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2016	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2017	8	0.5	8	0.5
2018	7	0.4	7	0.4
2019	9.5	0.6	10+0.5	0.6
2020	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2021	12.5	0.8	13+0.5	0.8
2022	15.5	1	17+1.5	1
2023	4	1	18+14	1
2024	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.3
2025	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

250 career value over replacement — #228 all-time of 4,642. 25/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #146 (Rd 5) · BAL · 2016 · +50 vs expected KV-H

83actual

33 expected · Δ+50

💔+25 stolen VORP·1 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2016

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2016 Draft Class· this player went #146

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

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