Maurice Jones-Drew ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Jones-Drew in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Jones-Drew a career score of 75, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

Streaks3 straight · 1,000 rushing yards · 2009–11

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Maurice Jones-Drew

3× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 6% all-time RBsElite Playmaker👑 #1 Running Back · 2011 📈 Late Developer · 2011 Team Carrier · #45

Career Value · VORP

163 career value over replacement — #568 all-time of 4,695. 18.1/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×7 top-10 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #60 (Rd 2) · JAX · 2006 · +28.9 vs expected KV-H

75actual

46.1 expected · Δ+28.9

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Combined Season Grid

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

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

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									Passing													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2006	21	JAX	16	—	166	941	13	5.7	7.8	46	27.7	1	46	46	436	2	100.0%	9.5	9.5	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	22	JAX	15	—	167	768	9	4.6	5.4	46	27.5	1	40	40	407	0	100.0%	10.2	10.2	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	23	JAX	16	—	197	824	12	4.2	6.1	48	24.4	2	62	62	565	2	100.0%	9.1	9.1	—	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	24	JAX	16	—	312	1,391	15	4.5	4.8	68	21.8	1	71	53	374	1	74.6%	7.1	5.3	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	25	JAX	14	—	299	1,324	5	4.4	1.7	75	25.1	2	44	34	317	2	77.3%	9.3	7.2	—	11	0	1	0.0%	0	0	1	0.0	100.0	0.0	-45.0	0.0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	26	JAX	16	—	343	1,606	8	4.7	2.3	75	21.9	1	63	43	374	3	68.3%	8.7	5.9	—	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	27	JAX	6	—	86	414	1	4.8	1.2	21	24.4	0	18	14	86	1	77.8%	6.1	4.8	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	28	JAX	15	—	234	803	5	3.4	2.1	43	18.4	1	60	43	314	0	71.7%	7.3	5.2	—	13	1	1	100.0%	8	1	0	100.0	0.0	8.0	28.0	—	139.6	0	648	65.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	29	OAK	12	—	43	96	0	2.2	0.0	2	4.7	0	16	11	71	0	68.8%	6.5	4.4	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	205	26.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	126	—	1,847	8,167	68	4.4	3.7	424	23.0	9	420	346	2,944	11	82.4%	8.5	7.0	—	130	1	2	50.0%	8	1	1	50.0	50.0	4.0	-8.5	1.0	60.4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

40thRushing Touchdowns·68 47thRushing Yards·8,167 yds

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2011·Rush Yds1,606 yds

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A top 10% all-time running back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 163 · #568 · High-Value

Worth 163 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 13% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 7 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +23.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+23.3

Avg surplus

peak +36

7 seasons × ~23.3 surplus ≈