Nick Bosa ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Bosa in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Bosa a career score of 92, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 7 boards

Streaks3 straight · 10 sacks · 2021–23

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Nick Bosa

5× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 2% all-time pass rushersAll-Time Great🌅 Early Bloomer · 2021 Team Carrier · #508

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Career Value · VORP

197 career value over replacement — #401 all-time of 4,695. 39.4/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

Led league 1×2 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #2 (Rd 1) · SF · 2019 · +28.7 vs expected KV-H

92actual

63.3 expected · Δ+28.7

💔+110.3 stolen VORP·2.8 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	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%
2019	21–22	SF	16	—	7.9	42	27	15	16	25	9.0	50.0	1	2	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	777	76.0%	13	2.7%	3	2	0.7	61.1	3.3	45	24	12	1	3	0.1
2020	22–23	SF	2	—	—	5	2	3	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	68	43.5%	2	4.0%	0	0	—	—	—	5	4	1	0	0	0.0
2021	23–24	SF	17	—	10.9	50	38	12	21	32	15.5	68.5	0	1	4	—	0	0	—	0.0%	841	77.8%	14	3.2%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-8.0	49	17	16	0	3	0.1
2022	24–25	SF	16	—	14.7	47	37	10	19	48	18.5	85.5	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	746	73.9%	8	2.2%	3	3	1.0	79.2	-1.3	56	9	28	1	1	0.0
2023	25–26	SF	17	—	8.1	46	27	19	16	35	10.5	61.5	0	4	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	821	75.3%	7	1.7%	5	4	0.8	106.7	-2.8	44	9	21	5	4	0.1
2024	26–27	SF	14	—	6.7	49	30	19	15	24	9.0	48.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	693	78.5%	10	2.6%	5	5	1.0	40.4	-2.0	37	12	15	0	9	0.1
2025	27–28	SF	3	—	—	17	9	8	4	3	2.0	9.0	0	0	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	119	64.0%	1	1.3%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-8.0	4	0	2	0	0	0.0
2026	28–29	SF	2	—	0.0	7	3	4	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	76	63.5%	1	2.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	87	—	48.3	263	173	90	93	169	64.5	326.5	2	9	13	5	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	18	16	—	—	—	240	75	95	7	20	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

9thPlayoff Sacks·10

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2022·Sacks18.5

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A top 5% all-time edge rusher — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history. Their elite per-snap production (top 5% in their position group) underscores the elite level they operated at.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 197 · #401 · Elite

Worth 197 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 10% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 5 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +39.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+39.4

Avg surplus

peak +48

5 seasons × ~39.4 surplus ≈ VORP 197