Pat Surtain II ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Surtain in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Surtain a career score of 70, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | DEN | 16 | — | 58 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 902 | 89.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 96 | 49 | 0.5 | 61.3 | 11.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 22 | DEN | 17 | — | 55 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,106 | 96.5% | 11 | 2.2% | 77 | 45 | 0.6 | 82.6 | 11.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 23 | DEN | 17 | — | 63 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,121 | 99.2% | 78 | 16.6% | 91 | 54 | 0.6 | 88.2 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 24 | DEN | 16 | — | 45 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.5% | 978 | 90.3% | 4 | 0.9% | 62 | 38 | 0.6 | 58.9 | 6.4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 25 | DEN | 14 | — | 47 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 864 | 94.4% | 29 | 7.1% | 61 | 33 | 0.5 | 66.6 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2026 | 26 | DEN | 4 | — | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5% | 243 | 86.0% | 5 | 4.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 84 | — | 289 | 222 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 12 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 387 | 219 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 20 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
90 career value over replacement — #1320 all-time of 4,695. 18/season above a replacement-level CB.
Pick #9 (Rd 1) · DEN · 2021 · +8.5 vs expected KV-H
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