Randall Cunningham is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Cunningham in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Cunningham's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Randall Cunningham

4× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 13% all-time QBsElite Playmaker⚡ Breakout · 1998 ⭐ Shooting Star · 1999

Height6'4"

Weight215 lb

BornMar 27, 1963

Age63

CollegeUNLV See College Stats

Rookie yr1985

Draft1985 · Rd 2, Pick 37 · PHI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

45thPassing Touchdowns·207 47thPassing Yards·29,931 yds

Postseason all-time ranks

24thPlayoff Passing Yards·2,426 yds 31stPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·12

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 20% all-time quarterback who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 238 · #258 · Elite

Worth 238 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 7% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 16 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +23.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

6 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+23.8

Avg surplus

peak +38

10 seasons × ~23.8 surplus ≈ VORP 238

Combined Season Grid

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

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Defense													Advanced (EPA)
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	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1985	—	PHI	13	—	34	81	42.0%	548	1	8	1.2	9.9	6.8	2.6	0.1	29.8	—	29	205	0	7.1	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	—	PHI	15	—	111	209	53.1%	1,391	8	7	3.8	3.3	6.7	5.9	1.1	72.9	—	66	540	5	8.2	7.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1987	—	PHI	12	—	223	406	54.9%	2,786	23	12	5.7	3.0	6.9	6.7	1.9	83.0	—	76	505	3	6.6	3.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988	—	PHI	16	—	301	560	53.8%	3,808	24	16	4.3	2.9	6.8	6.4	1.5	77.6	—	93	624	6	6.7	6.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1989	—	PHI	16	—	290	532	54.5%	3,400	21	15	3.9	2.8	6.4	5.9	1.4	75.5	—	104	621	4	6.0	3.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1990	—	PHI	16	—	271	465	58.3%	3,466	30	13	6.5	2.8	7.5	7.5	2.3	91.6	—	118	942	5	8.0	4.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991	—	PHI	10	—	1	4	25.0%	19	0	0	0.0	0.0	4.8	4.8	—	46.9	—	0	0	0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992	—	PHI	15	—	233	384	60.7%	2,775	19	11	4.9	2.9	7.2	6.9	1.7	87.3	—	87	549	5	6.3	5.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	—	PHI	4	—	76	110	69.1%	850	5	5	4.5	4.5	7.7	6.6	1.0	88.1	—	18	110	1	6.1	5.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	—	PHI	14	—	265	490	54.1%	3,229	16	13	3.3	2.7	6.6	6.0	1.2	74.4	—	65	288	3	4.4	4.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	PHI	13	—	69	121	57.0%	605	3	5	2.5	4.1	5.0	3.6	0.6	61.5	—	21	98	0	4.7	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	MIN	12	—	44	88	50.0%	501	6	4	6.8	4.5	5.7	5.0	1.5	71.3	—	19	127	0	6.7	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	MIN	15	—	259	425	60.9%	3,704	34	10	8.0	2.4	8.7	9.3	3.4	106.0	—	32	132	1	4.1	3.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	MIN	6	—	122	195	62.6%	1,436	8	9	4.1	4.6	7.4	6.1	0.9	79.3	15	8	58	0	7.3	0.0	5	62.5	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	CHI	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.9	0.2	—	0	0
2000	—	DAL	6	—	73	124	58.9%	840	6	4	4.8	3.2	6.8	6.3	1.5	82.1	8	23	89	1	3.9	4.3	9	39.1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	JAX	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.9	13.2	—	0	0
2001	—	BAL	5	—	54	89	60.7%	573	3	2	3.4	2.2	6.4	6.1	1.5	81.3	12	14	40	1	2.9	7.1	3	21.4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.5	0.5	—	0	0
Career		—	192	—	2,426	4,283	56.6%	29,931	207	134	4.8	3.1	7.0	6.5	1.5	81.5	35	773	4,928	35	6.4	4.5	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	11.3	13.8	—	0	0

Career EPA25.1·11 passing · 14 rushing·8.4/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1985	22	PHI	13	—	34	81	42.0%	548	1	8	1.2	9.9	6.8	2.6	0.1	29.8	—	5.5
1986	23	PHI	15	—	111	209	53.1%	1,391	8	7	3.8	3.3	6.7	5.9	1.1	72.9	—	13.6
1987	24	PHI	12	—	223	406	54.9%	2,786	23	12	5.7	3.0	6.9	6.7	1.9	83.0	—	14.2
1988	25	PHI	16	—	301	560	53.8%	3,808	24	16	4.3	2.9	6.8	6.4	1.5	77.6	—	20.6
1989	26	PHI	16	—	290	532	54.5%	3,400	21	15	3.9	2.8	6.4	5.9	1.4	75.5	—	15.8
1990	27	PHI	16	—	271	465	58.3%	3,466	30	13	6.5	2.8	7.5	7.5	2.3	91.6	—	19.5
1991	28	PHI	10	—	1	4	25.0%	19	0	0	0.0	0.0	4.8	4.8	—	46.9	—	2.9
1992	29	PHI	15	—	233	384	60.7%	2,775	19	11	4.9	2.9	7.2	6.9	1.7	87.3	—	17.7
1993	30	PHI	4	—	76	110	69.1%	850	5	5	4.5	4.5	7.7	6.6	1.0	88.1	—	4.1
1994	31	PHI	14	—	265	490	54.1%	3,229	16	13	3.3	2.7	6.6	6.0	1.2	74.4	—	13.2
1995	32	PHI	13	—	69	121	57.0%	605	3	5	2.5	4.1	5.0	3.6	0.6	61.5	—	6.7
1997	34	MIN	12	—	44	88	50.0%	501	6	4	6.8	4.5	5.7	5.0	1.5	71.3	—	6.5
1998	35	MIN	15	—	259	425	60.9%	3,704	34	10	8.0	2.4	8.7	9.3	3.4	106.0	—	17.4
1999	36	MIN	6	—	122	195	62.6%	1,436	8	9	4.1	4.6	7.4	6.1	0.9	79.3	15	3.9
2000	37	DAL	6	—	73	124	58.9%	840	6	4	4.8	3.2	6.8	6.3	1.5	82.1	8	5
2001	38	BAL	5	—	54	89	60.7%	573	3	2	3.4	2.2	6.4	6.1	1.5	81.3	12	3.1
Career			188		2,426	4,283	56.6%	29,931	207	134	4.8	3.1	7.0	—	—	81.5	35	169.7

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1985	22	PHI	13	—	29	205	0	7.1	0.0	—	—	—
1986	23	PHI	15	—	66	540	5	8.2	7.6	—	—	—
1987	24	PHI	12	—	76	505	3	6.6	3.9	—	—	—
1988	25	PHI	16	—	93	624	6	6.7	6.5	—	—	—
1989	26	PHI	16	—	104	621	4	6.0	3.8	—	—	—
1990	27	PHI	16	—	118	942	5	8.0	4.2	—	—	—
1991	28	PHI	10	—	0	0	0	0.0	—	—	—	—
1992	29	PHI	15	—	87	549	5	6.3	5.7	—	—	—
1993	30	PHI	4	—	18	110	1	6.1	5.6	—	—	—
1994	31	PHI	14	—	65	288	3	4.4	4.6	—	—	—
1995	32	PHI	13	—	21	98	0	4.7	0.0	—	—	—
1997	34	MIN	12	—	19	127	0	6.7	0.0	—	—	—
1998	35	MIN	15	—	32	132	1	4.1	3.1	—	—	—
1999	36	MIN	6	—	8	58	0	7.3	0.0	5	62.5	1
2000	37	DAL	6	—	23	89	1	3.9	4.3	9	39.1	0
2001	38	BAL	5	—	14	40	1	2.9	7.1	3	21.4	0
Career			188		773	4,928	35	6.4	—	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	36	—	—	—	1.9	0.2	—
2000	37	—	—	—	5.9	13.2	—
2001	38	—	—	—	3.5	0.5	—
Career					—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 63 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 16 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 59.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 91%

What builds the career mark of 51

On-field 34.7

Availability 16.3

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative pass yds/g)

1985bestavg 46elite 702001

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 34% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

34% of the all-time Passing Yards leader34

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

8.37 EPA/season over 3 seasons53

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: 85%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average QBs aging curve. Group peak age: 29. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Passer Rating: 81.5 regular season → 74.3 playoffs (7 playoff seasons)

-9%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Passing

Cmp192Att365Cmp%52.6%Yds2,426TD12Int9TD%3.3Int%2.5Y/A6.6AdjY/A6.2TD:INT1.3Rate74.3

Rushing

Att49Yds273TD2Y/A5.6TD%4.1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-1.3

College Stats

UNLVCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (UNLV), 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.

1985 Draft Class· this player went #37

#19George AdamsRB #22William PerryDT #23Jessie HesterWR #26Steve SewellRB #27Lorenzo HamptonRB #28Trevor MatichC #31Vance JohnsonWR #35Greg AllenRB #41Jonathan HayesTE #42Chris BurkettWR #46Stacy RobinsonWR #50Chuck ScottWR #53Owen GillRB #57Frank ReichQB #68Jack Del RioMLB #75Ricky MooreRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Randall opened the Philadelphia Eagles QB lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Ty Detmer (1996–1997).

Randall Cunningham 1985–1995Ty Detmer 1996–1997Donovan McNabb 1999–2009Jeff Garcia 2006–2009Mike Vick 2009–2013Nick Foles 2012–2018

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2001team change
Joined BAL (from DAL)
2001final season
Last recorded season with BAL
2000team change
Joined DAL (from MIN)
1997team change
Joined MIN (from PHI)
1985draft
Drafted by PHI — Round 2, Pick 37

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 215 lb

Frame

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 16-season peers. See all →

Era Translator

Pass Yds 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 Pass Yds	Pass Yds/G	→ 2025 Pass Yds	→ 2025 /G
1985	548	42.2	2,750+2,202	161.8
1986	1,391	92.7	3,168+1,777	186.3
1987	2,786	232.2	4,201+1,415	247.1
1988	3,808	238	4,221+413	248.3
1989	3,400	212.5	4,043+643	237.8
1990	3,466	216.6	4,094+628	240.8
1991	19	1.9	2,438+2,419	143.4
1992	2,775	185	3,858+1,083	226.9
1993	850	212.5	4,061+3,211	238.9
1994	3,229	230.6	4,179+950	245.8
1995	605	46.5	2,163+1,558	127.2
1997	501	41.8	1,665+1,164	97.9
1998	3,704	246.9	4,530+826	266.5
1999	1,436	239.3	4,330+2,894	254.7
2000	840	140	2,956+2,116	173.9
2001	573	114.6	2,407+1,834	141.6

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

238 career value over replacement — #258 all-time of 4,642. 14.9/season above a replacement-level QB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #37 (Rd 2) · PHI · 1985 · +13.2 vs expected KV-H

63actual

49.8 expected · Δ+13.2

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

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1985 Draft Class· this player went #37

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