Patrick Willis is a Hall of Fame linebacker whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 85 in the Knox value model. Willis's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Patrick Willis

★ HALL OF FAME7× Pro Bowl5× All-ProTop 1% all-time linebackersIron Legend👑 2× #1 Linebacker · 2007–2009 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2007

Career Value · VORP

213 career value over replacement — #341 all-time of 4,695. 26.6/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #11 (Rd 1) · SF · 2007 · +23.5 vs expected KV-H

85actual

61.5 expected · Δ+23.5

💔+27.7 stolen VORP·1.04 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2007	22–23	SF	16	—	159	122	37	0	7	4.5	11.5	0	5	2	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	23–24	SF	16	—	120	88	32	8	3	1.0	12.0	1	10	1	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	24–25	SF	16	—	136	98	38	13	11	4.0	28.0	3	8	3	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	25–26	SF	15	—	119	92	27	9	7	6.0	22.0	0	5	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	26–27	SF	12	—	89	66	23	7	4	2.0	13.0	1	12	4	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	27–28	SF	16	—	113	81	32	5	3	0.5	8.5	2	9	2	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	28–29	SF	14	—	97	75	22	10	5	3.0	18.0	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	863	93.9%	54	13.7%
2014	29–30	SF	6	—	30	25	5	0	1	0.0	1.0	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	342	91.7%	24	15.2%
Career		—	111	—	863	647	216	52	41	21.0	114.0	8	53	16	5	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

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An all-time caliber linebacker (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 213 · #341 · Elite

Worth 213 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 8% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +30.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 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

+30.4

Avg surplus

peak +45

7 seasons × ~30.4 surplus ≈