Nick Bolton ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Bolton in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Bolton a career score of 78, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Nick Bolton

Top 2% all-time linebackersAll-Time Great👑 #1 Linebacker · 2022 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2022

Height5'11"

Weight237 lb

Career Value · VORP

139 career value over replacement — #734 all-time of 4,695. 27.8/season above a replacement-level LB.

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Pick #58 (Rd 2) · KC · 2021 · +31.9 vs expected KV-H

78actual

46.1 expected · Δ+31.9

💔+40 stolen VORP·1.44 szns lost

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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%
2021	21	KC	16	—	99	57	42	11	3	0.0	14.0	0	3	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	624	59.1%	40	10.3%	45	36	0.8	113.8	4.3	8	5	3	35	4	0.0
2022	22	KC	17	—	171	99	72	9	7	2.0	18.0	2	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,119	97.6%	70	15.3%	74	61	0.8	92.6	3.7	7	1	4	37	7	0.0
2023	23	KC	8	—	49	27	22	1	1	0.0	2.0	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	442	86.3%	24	11.9%	32	23	0.7	82.3	3.8	2	1	1	23	2	0.0
2024	24	KC	16	—	99	66	33	11	7	3.0	21.0	1	6	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	941	93.5%	65	16.0%	49	39	0.8	103.6	3.9	7	0	3	96	13	0.1
2025	25	KC	17	—	150	69	81	10	7	1.0	18.0	1	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,011	96.5%	72	16.6%	85	67	0.8	106.5	3.5	11	4	6	91	14	0.1
2026	26	KC	4	—	37	20	17	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	273	100.0%	19	17.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	78	—	605	338	267	44	25	6.0	75.0	5	23	3	3	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	285	226	—	—	—	35	11	17	282	40	—

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A top 5% all-time linebacker — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history. Their lower snap-level production underscores the elite level they operated at.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 139 · #734 · High-Value

Worth 139 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 17% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 5 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +27.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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

+27.8

Avg surplus

peak +41

5 seasons × ~27.8 surplus ≈ VORP 139