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

Height6'1"

Weight240 lb

BornJan 25, 1985

Age41

CollegeMississippi See College Stats

Rookie yr2007

Draft2007 · Rd 1, Pick 11 · SF

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

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 215 · #325 · Elite

Worth 215 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 8% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +30.7 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

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+30.7

Avg surplus

peak +45

7 seasons × ~30.7 surplus ≈ VORP 215

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

2 grids split in one view

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	—	SF	16	—	159	122	37	0	7	4.5	11.5	0	5	2	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	SF	16	—	120	88	32	8	3	1.0	12.0	1	10	1	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	SF	16	—	136	98	38	13	11	4.0	28.0	3	8	3	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	SF	15	—	119	92	27	9	7	6.0	22.0	0	5	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	SF	12	—	89	66	23	7	4	2.0	13.0	1	12	4	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	SF	16	—	113	81	32	5	3	0.5	8.5	2	9	2	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	SF	14	—	97	75	22	10	5	3.0	18.0	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	863	93.9%	54	14.8%
2014	—	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	—	0.0%	1,205	92.8%	78	15.0%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2007	22	SF	16	—	159	122	37	0	7	4.5	11.5	0	5	2	1	0	11
2008	23	SF	16	—	120	88	32	8	3	1.0	12.0	1	10	1	1	1	11.7
2009	24	SF	16	—	136	98	38	13	11	4.0	28.0	3	8	3	—	1	16.6
2010	25	SF	15	—	119	92	27	9	7	6.0	22.0	0	5	2	—	0	11.3
2011	26	SF	12	—	89	66	23	7	4	2.0	13.0	1	12	4	2	0	10.6
2012	27	SF	16	—	113	81	32	5	3	0.5	8.5	2	9	2	1	0	11.7
2013	28	SF	14	13*	97	75	22	10	5	3.0	18.0	0	1	2	—	0	8.8
2014	29	SF	6	6*	30	25	5	0	1	0.0	1.0	1	3	0	—	0	3.6
Career			111	19*	863	647	216	52	41	—	—	8	53	16	5	2	85.3

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	28	SF	14	13*	—	0.0%	863	93.9%	54	14.8%
2014	29	SF	6	6*	—	0.0%	342	91.7%	24	15.2%
Career			20	19*	—	—	1,205	—	78	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 85 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 85 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 80 × longevity 1 = KV-H 85· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 76

On-field 57.7

Availability 18.3

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative tackles/g)

2007bestavg 73elite 702014

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 11% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

11% of the all-time Sacks leader11

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.158See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.158Snap share92.8%Def snaps1,205Emerging

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within linebackers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2007

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

LB · 2007 class

4.51s

40-Yard

Elite · 92th pct

Pos 92thAll 75thClass Pos 90thClass All 72th

39"

Vertical

Elite · 91th pct

Pos 91thAll 91thClass Pos 97thClass All 94th

119"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 60thClass Pos 91thClass All 61th

22 reps

Bench

Below avg · 49th pct

Pos 49thAll 56thClass Pos 36thClass All 49th

7.23s

3-Cone

Below avg · 30th pct

Pos 30thAll 43thClass Pos 46thClass All 35th

4.46s

Shuttle

Low · 13th pct

Pos 13thAll 33thClass Pos 27thClass All 26th

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Defense

Tkl62Solo51Ast11TFL3QBHits4Sk2.0Dis9.0Int1PD2FR1

College Stats

MississippiCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Mississippi), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2007 Draft Class· this player went #11

#2Calvin JohnsonWR #3Joe ThomasOT #4Gaines AdamsDE #6LaRon LandryFS #7Adrian PetersonRB #8Jamaal AndersonDE #9Ted GinnWR #10Amobi OkoyeDT #12Marshawn LynchRB #13Adam CarrikerDE #14Darrelle RevisDB #15Lawrence TimmonsOLB #16Justin HarrellDT #17Jarvis MossDE #18Leon HallDB #19Michael GriffinFS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Patrick inherited the San Francisco 49ers LB room from Parys Haralson (2006–2011), and handed it to Takeo Spikes (2008–2010).

Bill Romanowski 1988–1993Kevin Mitchell 1994–1997Lee Woodall 1994–1999Tony Peterson 1994–1999Ken Norton 1994–2000Jeff Posey

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2014final season
Last recorded season with SF
2007draft
Drafted by SF — Round 1, Pick 11

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 240 lb

Frame

242 lb at 4.51s

Size-speed

39" vert / 119" broad

Explosion

22 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2014	SF	1	W7Out· ToeW9Questionable· ToeW10Questionable· Toe
2013	SF	0	W4Questionable· GroinW5Questionable· GroinW6Questionable· Groin
2011	SF	0	W14Questionable· HamstringW15Questionable· HamstringW16Questionable· HamstringW17Questionable· HamstringW20Questionable· Knee
2010	SF	1	W15Questionable· HandW17Out· Hand

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 8-season peers. See all →

peak 86

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

A+2007

B+2008

A2009

B+2010

B+2011

B+2012

B2013

D2014

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

87%

Era Translator

Tackles translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Tackles	Tackles/G	→ 2025 Tackles	→ 2025 /G
2007	159	9.9	181+22	10.7
2008	120	7.5	128+8	7.5
2009	136	8.5	142+6	8.4
2010	119	7.9	132+13	7.7
2011	89	7.4	120+31	7
2012	113	7.1	111-2	6.6
2013	97	6.9	104+7	6.1
2014	30	5	66+36	3.9

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

215 career value over replacement — #325 all-time of 4,642. 26.9/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #11 (Rd 1) · SF · 2007 · +24.6 vs expected KV-H

85actual

60.4 expected · Δ+24.6

💔+28 stolen VORP·1.04 szns lost

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2007

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2007 Draft Class· this player went #11

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography