Patrick Surtain ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Surtain in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Surtain a career score of 76, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Patrick Surtain

3× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 5% all-time defensive backsIron Legend⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2003

Height5'11"

Weight195 lb

BornJun 19, 1976

Age50

CollegeSouthern Mississippi

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
1998	22	MIA	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	23	MIA	14	—	28	25	3	2	2	2.0	6.0	2	5	0	—	0	0
2000	24	MIA	15	—	45	37	8	2	1	1.0	4.0	5	20	1	1	0	0
2001	25	MIA	16	—	50	40	10	1	0	1.0	2.0	3	16	2	1	1	0
2002	26	MIA	14	—	56	37	19	2	2	1.5	5.5	6	11	0	—	1	0
2003	27	MIA	15	—	49	30	19	0	0	0.0	0.0	7	13	0	—	0	0
2004	28	MIA	15	—	54	36	18	0	0	1.0	1.0	4	11	0	3	0	0
2005	29	KC	15	—	53	43	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	12	0	2	0	0
2006	30	KC	16	—	59	51	8	0	0	1.0	1.0	1	6	3	1	0	0
2007	31	KC	15	—	54	46	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	6	0	1	0	0
2008	32	KC	5	—	10	10	0	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	3	1	—	0	0
Career		—	156	—	458	355	103	8	5	7.5	20.5	35	103	7	9	2	0

Career Value · VORP

185 career value over replacement — #450 all-time of 4,695. 18.5/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #44 (Rd 2) · MIA · 1998 · +26.6 vs expected KV-H

76actual

49.4 expected · Δ+26.6

💔+22.4 stolen VORP·1.21 szns lost

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Career arc · VAL by season

11 seasons · peak 9.0 in 2003

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

3.5 career wins over 11 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2003 · +0.7 wins

Defence+0.7

Latest season · 2008 · +0.1 wins

Defence+0.1

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

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

095th percentile100

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Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1998	22	MIA	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
1999	23	MIA	14	—	28	25	3	2	2	2.0	6.0	2	5	0	—	0	0	2
2000	24	MIA	15	—	45	37	8	2	1	1.0	4.0	5	20	1	1	0	0	8.6
2001	25	MIA	16	—	50	40	10	1	0	1.0	2.0	3	16	2	1	1	0	4.9
2002	26	MIA	14	—	56	37	19	2	2	1.5	5.5	6	11	0	—	1	0	8.4
2003	27	MIA	15	—	49	30	19	0	0	0.0	0.0	7	13	0	—	0	0	9
2004	28	MIA	15	—	54	36	18	0	0	1.0	1.0	4	11	0	3	0	0	5
2005	29	KC	15	—	53	43	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	12	0	2	0	0	5.1
2006	30	KC	16	—	59	51	8	0	0	1.0	1.0	1	6	3	1	0	0	1.2
2007	31	KC	15	—	54	46	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	6	0	1	0	0	1.4
2008	32	KC	5	—	10	10	0	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	3	1	—	0	0	0.8
Career			156		458	355	103	8	5	7.5	20.5	35	103	7	9	2	0	46.4