Nate Clements ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Clements in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Clements a career score of 73, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Nate Clements

1× Pro BowlTop 7% all-time defensive backsIron Man🌅 Early Bloomer · 2002

Height6'0"

Weight205 lb

BornDec 12, 1979

Age46

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

Combined Season Grid

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

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

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2001	21–22	BUF	16	—	60	50	10	2	1	1.0	4.0	3	14	3	—	1	0
2002	22–23	BUF	16	—	54	41	13	1	0	0.0	1.0	6	19	0	—	1	0
2003	23–24	BUF	16	—	52	41	11	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	7	0	—	1	0
2004	24–25	BUF	16	—	67	47	20	0	0	1.0	1.0	6	14	5	1	1	0
2005	25–26	BUF	16	—	91	70	21	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	13	3	1	0	0
2006	26–27	BUF	16	—	65	49	16	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	20	1	2	1	0
2007	27–28	SF	16	—	86	71	15	0	1	1.0	2.0	4	14	3	—	0	0
2008	28–29	SF	15	—	57	50	7	4	0	0.0	4.0	2	9	1	—	0	0
2009	29–30	SF	7	—	33	28	5	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	7	0	—	0	0
2010	30–31	SF	16	—	78	68	10	8	1	1.0	10.0	3	10	3	—	0	0
2011	31–32	CIN	15	—	55	49	6	4	4	1.0	9.0	2	12	2	2	0	0
2012	32–33	CIN	12	—	49	28	21	0	1	0.0	1.0	1	5	1	—	0	0
Career		—	177	—	747	592	155	21	8	5.0	34.0	36	144	22	6	5	0

Career Value · VORP

201 career value over replacement — #379 all-time of 4,695. 16.8/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #21 (Rd 1) · BUF · 2001 · +16.3 vs expected KV-H

73actual

56.7 expected · Δ+16.3

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Career arc · VAL by season

12 seasons · peak 8.3 in 2004

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

3.4 career wins over 12 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2004 · +0.6 wins

Defence+0.6

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Position percentile · DB

#74 of 1,089 all-time defensive backs by KV-H

093th percentile100

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Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2001	21–22	BUF	16	—	60	50	10	2	1	1.0	4.0	3	14	3	—	1	3.6
2002	22–23	BUF	16	—	54	41	13	1	0	0.0	1.0	6	19	0	—	1	7.8
2003	23–24	BUF	16	—	52	41	11	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	7	0	—	1	3.5
2004	24–25	BUF	16	—	67	47	20	0	0	1.0	1.0	6	14	5	1	1	8.3
2005	25–26	BUF	16	—	91	70	21	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	13	3	1	0	1.9
2006	26–27	BUF	16	—	65	49	16	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	20	1	2	1	4.7
2007	27–28	SF	16	—	86	71	15	0	1	1.0	2.0	4	14	3	—	0	5.6
2008	28–29	SF	15	—	57	50	7	4	0	0.0	4.0	2	9	1	—	0	1.1
2009	29–30	SF	7	—	33	28	5	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	7	0	—	0	1.2
2010	30–31	SF	16	—	78	68	10	8	1	1.0	10.0	3	10	3	—	0	3.6
2011	31–32	CIN	15	—	55	49	6	4	4	1.0	9.0	2	12	2	2	0	2.7
2012	32–33	CIN	12	—	49	28	21	0	1	0.0	1.0	1	5	1	—	0	0.5
Career			177		747	592	155	21	8	5.0	34.0	36	144	22	6	5	44.5