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

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#26Leader marks (black ink)of 150

Streaks3 straight · 1,000 rushing yards · 2001–03

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Priest Holmes

Top 5% all-time RBsAll-Time Great👑 #1 Running Back · 2001–2002 🏆 Clutch · +15% playoffs Team Carrier · #226

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Career Value · VORP

179 career value over replacement — #486 all-time of 4,695. 17.9/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

Led league 3×6 top-10

💔+48.3 stolen VORP·2.7 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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

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

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									Passing
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
1997	23–24	BAL	7	—	0	0	0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	24–25	BAL	13	—	233	1,008	7	4.3	3.0	—	—	—	—	43	260	0	—	6.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	25–26	BAL	7	—	77	454	1	5.9	1.3	19	24.7	0	13	10	67	0	76.9%	6.7	5.2	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	26–27	BAL	16	—	137	588	2	4.3	1.5	38	27.7	1	46	32	221	0	69.6%	6.9	4.8	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	27–28	KC	16	—	327	1,555	8	4.8	2.4	80	24.5	1	75	62	614	2	82.7%	9.9	8.2	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	28–29	KC	14	—	313	1,615	21	5.2	6.7	100	31.9	1	81	70	672	3	86.4%	9.6	8.3	—	30	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0
2003	29–30	KC	16	—	320	1,420	27	4.4	8.4	88	27.5	1	74	74	690	0	100.0%	9.3	9.3	—	36	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0
2004	30–31	KC	8	—	196	892	14	4.6	7.1	56	28.6	2	19	19	187	1	100.0%	9.8	9.8	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	31–32	KC	7	—	119	451	6	3.8	5.0	29	24.4	0	21	21	197	1	100.0%	9.4	9.4	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	33–34	KC	4	—	46	137	0	3.0	0.0	6	13.0	0	5	5	17	0	100.0%	3.4	3.4	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	108	—	1,768	8,120	86	4.6	4.9	416	23.5	6	334	336	2,925	7	100.6%	8.7	8.8	—	116	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

17thRushing Touchdowns·86 49thRushing Yards·8,120 yds

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2003·Rush TD27 Led NFL2002·Rush TD21 Led NFL

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A top 5% all-time running back — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 179 · #486 · Elite

Worth 179 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 11% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 8 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +22.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 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

+22.4

Avg surplus

peak +36

8 seasons × ~22.4 surplus ≈