Peyton Manning is a Hall of Fame quarterback whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 94 in the Knox value model. Manning led his position in a major category 6 times — the definition of era-defining dominance.

On the boards· Appears on 8 boards

Streaks6 straight · 4,000 passing yards · 1999–04 3 straight · 30 passing touchdowns · 2012–14

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Peyton Manning

"The Sheriff"

★ HALL OF FAME14× Pro Bowl7× All-Pro10th youngest · 3,000 Passing Yards Top 0% all-time QBsIron Legend

Career Value · VORP

640 career value over replacement — #4 all-time of 4,695. 37.6/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

Led league 6×30 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #1 (Rd 1) · IND · 1998 · +30.7 vs expected KV-H

94actual

63.3 expected · Δ+30.7

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Combined Season Grid

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

4 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Snap Counts						Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1998	22	IND	16	—	326	575	56.7%	3,739	26	28	4.5	4.9	6.5	5.2	0.9	71.2	—	15	62	0	4.1	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	23	IND	16	—	326	527	61.9%	4,047	26	15	4.9	2.8	7.7	7.4	1.7	90.2	14	33	62	2	1.9	6.1	8	24.2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	24	IND	16	—	357	571	62.5%	4,413	33	15	5.8	2.6	7.7	7.7	2.2	94.7	20	35	103	1	2.9	2.9	9	25.7	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	25	IND	16	—	343	547	62.7%	4,131	26	23	4.8	4.2	7.6	6.6	1.1	84.1	29	35	157	4	4.5	11.4	9	25.7	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	26	IND	16	—	392	591	66.3%	4,200	27	19	4.6	3.2	7.1	6.6	1.4	88.8	23	38	148	2	3.9	5.3	11	28.9	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	27	IND	16	—	379	566	67.0%	4,267	29	10	5.1	1.8	7.5	7.8	2.9	99.0	19	27	29	0	1.1	0.0	3	11.1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	-2	0	100.0%	-2.0	-2.0	—	0
2004	28	IND	16	—	336	497	67.6%	4,557	49	10	9.9	2.0	9.2	10.2	4.9	121.1	13	25	38	0	1.5	0.0	4	16.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	29	IND	16	—	305	453	67.3%	3,747	28	10	6.2	2.2	8.3	8.5	2.8	104.1	17	33	45	0	1.4	0.0	6	18.2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	30	IND	16	—	362	557	65.0%	4,397	31	9	5.6	1.6	7.9	8.3	3.4	101.0	14	23	36	4	1.6	17.4	7	30.4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	31	IND	16	—	337	515	65.4%	4,040	31	14	6.0	2.7	7.8	7.8	2.2	98.0	21	20	-5	3	-0.3	15.0	4	20.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	32	IND	16	—	371	555	66.8%	4,002	27	12	4.9	2.2	7.2	7.2	2.3	95.0	14	20	21	1	1.1	5.0	4	20.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	33	IND	16	—	393	571	68.8%	4,500	33	16	5.8	2.8	7.9	7.8	2.1	99.9	10	19	-13	0	-0.7	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	34	IND	16	—	450	679	66.3%	4,700	33	17	4.9	2.5	6.9	6.8	1.9	91.9	16	18	18	0	1.0	0.0	2	11.1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	36	DEN	16	—	400	583	68.6%	4,659	37	11	6.3	1.9	8.0	8.4	3.4	105.8	21	23	6	0	0.3	0.0	2	8.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	37	DEN	16	—	450	659	68.3%	5,477	55	10	8.3	1.5	8.3	9.3	5.5	115.1	18	32	-31	1	-1.0	3.1	1	3.1	3	1,156	95.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	38	DEN	16	—	395	597	66.2%	4,727	39	15	6.5	2.5	7.9	8.1	2.6	101.5	17	24	-24	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1,094	96.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	39	DEN	10	—	198	331	59.8%	2,249	9	17	2.7	5.1	6.8	5.0	0.5	67.9	16	6	-6	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	586	88.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	266	—	6,120	9,374	65.3%	71,852	539	251	5.7	2.7	7.7	7.6	2.1	96.4	282	426	646	18	1.5	4.2	70	16.4	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	-2	0	100.0%	-2.0	-2.0	—	0

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

3rdPassing Yards·71,852 yds 3rdPassing Touchdowns·539

Postseason all-time ranks

2ndPlayoff Passing Yards·7,338 yds 6thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·40

Archetype Intelligence

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An all-time caliber quarterback (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 640 · #4 · All-Time

Worth 640 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 1% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 17 of 17 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +37.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

17 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

+37.6

Avg surplus

peak +52

17 seasons × ~37.6 surplus ≈ VORP 640