Randy Moss is a Hall of Fame receiver whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 97 in the Knox value model. Moss led his position in a major category 3 times — the definition of era-defining dominance.

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Randy Moss

★ HALL OF FAME6× Pro Bowl4× All-Pro5th youngest · 1,000 Receiving Yards Top 0% all-time WRsIron Legend🏟️ New England Patriots Icon 👑 #1 Wide Receiver · 2007 🏆 Clutch · +17% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2003Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #17

Height6'4"

Weight210 lb

BornFeb 13, 1977

Age49

CollegeMarshall; Florida State See College Stats

Rookie yr1998

Draft1998 · Rd 1, Pick 21 · MIN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

2ndReceiving Touchdowns·156 4thReceiving Yards·15,262 yds 22ndReceptions·980

Postseason all-time ranks

7thPlayoff Receiving Touchdowns·10 17thPlayoff Receiving Yards·964 yds 43rdPlayoff Receptions·53

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2007·Rec TD23 Led NFL2003·Rec TD17 Led NFL2000·Rec TD15 Led NFL1998·Rec TD17 1stsingle season·Rec TD2007 24thsingle season·Rec Yds2003

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber wide receiver (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 380 · #50 · All-Time

Worth 380 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 2% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 14 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +27.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

14 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+27.1

Avg surplus

peak +46

14 seasons × ~27.1 surplus ≈ VORP 380

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	Receiving									Rushing								Passing													Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1998	—	MIN	11	—	—	69	1,313	17	—	19.0	—	—	—	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	MIN	16	—	135	79	1,392	11	58.5%	17.6	10.3	—	50	4	43	0	10.8	0.0	3	75.0	0	1	1	100.0%	27	1	0	100.0	0.0	27.0	47.0	—	158.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	KC	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	—	MIN	16	—	126	76	1,428	15	60.3%	18.8	11.3	—	56	3	5	0	1.7	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	TB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	—	MIN	16	—	153	82	1,233	10	53.6%	15.0	8.1	—	60	3	38	0	12.7	0.0	2	66.7	0	1	1	100.0%	29	0	0	0.0	0.0	29.0	29.0	—	118.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	NYG	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2002	—	MIN	16	—	184	106	1,347	7	57.6%	12.7	7.3	—	66	6	51	0	8.5	0.0	3	50.0	0	1	3	33.3%	13	1	0	33.3	0.0	4.3	11.0	—	87.5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	DET	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	MIN	16	—	111	111	1,632	17	100.0%	14.7	14.7	—	74	6	18	0	3.0	0.0	1	16.7	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	LAC	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	MIN	11	—	49	49	767	13	100.0%	15.7	15.7	—	43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	50.0%	37	0	1	0.0	50.0	18.5	-4.0	0.0	56.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	CHI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2005	—	LV	15	—	60	60	1,005	8	100.0%	16.8	16.8	—	46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	KC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2006	—	LV	12	—	42	42	553	3	100.0%	13.2	13.2	—	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	DEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2007	—	NE	16	—	98	98	1,493	23	100.0%	15.2	15.2	—	75	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	NYJ	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2008	—	NE	16	—	70	69	1,008	11	98.6%	14.6	14.4	—	46	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	MIA	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	—	NE	16	—	138	83	1,264	13	60.1%	15.2	9.2	—	62	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	CAR	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	—	0	0
2010	—	TEN	13	—	63	28	393	5	44.4%	14.0	6.2	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	GB	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2012	—	SF	16	—	50	28	434	3	56.0%	15.5	8.7	—	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	233	—	1,279	980	15,262	156	76.6%	15.6	11.9	—	—	25	159	0	6.4	0.0	—	—	—	4	8	50.0%	106	2	1	25.0	12.5	13.3	12.6	2.0	95.8	0	29	29	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	—	0	0

Career EPA883.1·6 passing · 7 rushing · 871 receiving·67.9/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	VAL
1999	22	MIN	16	—	1	1	100.0%	27	1	0	100.0	0.0	27.0	47.0	—	158.3	18.9
2001	24	MIN	16	—	1	1	100.0%	29	0	0	0.0	0.0	29.0	29.0	—	118.8	18.8
2002	25	MIN	16	—	1	3	33.3%	13	1	0	33.3	0.0	4.3	11.0	—	87.5	17.6
2003	26	MIN	16	—	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	31.1
2004	27	MIN	11	—	1	2	50.0%	37	0	1	0.0	50.0	18.5	-4.0	0.0	56.3	14.3
Career			75		4	8	50.0%	106	2	1	25.0	12.5	13.3	—	—	95.8	252.9

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1998	21	MIN	11	—	1	4	4.0	0.0	—	—	—
1999	22	MIN	16	—	4	43	10.8	0.0	3	75.0	0
2000	23	MIN	16	—	3	5	1.7	0.0	0	0.0	0
2001	24	MIN	16	—	3	38	12.7	0.0	2	66.7	0
2002	25	MIN	16	—	6	51	8.5	0.0	3	50.0	0
2003	26	MIN	16	—	6	18	3.0	0.0	1	16.7	0
2008	31	NE	16	—	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
Career			107		25	159	6.4	—	—	—	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1998	21	MIN	11	—	—	69	1,313	17	—	19.0	—	—	—
1999	22	MIN	16	—	135	79	1,392	11	58.5%	17.6	10.3	—	50
2000	23	MIN	16	—	126	76	1,428	15	60.3%	18.8	11.3	—	56
2001	24	MIN	16	—	153	82	1,233	10	53.6%	15.0	8.1	—	60
2002	25	MIN	16	—	184	106	1,347	7	57.6%	12.7	7.3	—	66
2003	26	MIN	16	—	111	111	1,632	17	100.0%	14.7	14.7	—	74
2004	27	MIN	11	—	49	49	767	13	100.0%	15.7	15.7	—	43
2005	28	LV	15	—	60	60	1,005	8	100.0%	16.8	16.8	—	46
2006	29	LV	12	—	42	42	553	3	100.0%	13.2	13.2	—	29
2007	30	NE	16	—	98	98	1,493	23	100.0%	15.2	15.2	—	75
2008	31	NE	16	—	70	69	1,008	11	98.6%	14.6	14.4	—	46
2009	32	NE	16	—	138	83	1,264	13	60.1%	15.2	9.2	—	62
2010	33	TEN	13	—	63	28	393	5	44.4%	14.0	6.2	—	20
2012	35	SF	16	—	50	28	434	3	56.0%	15.5	8.7	—	22
Career			206		1,279	980	15,262	156	76.6%	15.6	11.9	—	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FR
1999	22	KC	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
2000	23	TB	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
2001	24	NYG	3	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
2002	25	DET	5	—	6	6	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
2003	26	LAC	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
2004	27	CHI	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
2005	28	KC	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
2006	29	DEN	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
2007	30	NYJ	2	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	0	1	—
2008	31	MIA	3	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
2009	32	CAR	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	1	1	—
2010	33	GB	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
Career			27		29	29	—	—	1	2	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
1999	22	—	—	—	3.3	2.8	44.8	0
2000	23	—	—	—	—	-1.3	80.1	0
2001	24	—	—	—	2.0	4.0	47.6	0
2002	25	—	—	—	2.5	2.6	30.3	0
2003	26	—	—	—	-0.4	-0.1	144.0	0
2004	27	—	—	—	-1.9	—	76.9	0
2005	28	—	—	—	—	—	90.4	0
2006	29	—	—	—	—	—	51.0	437
2007	30	—	—	—	—	—	153.5	1,123
2008	31	—	—	—	—	-1.2	87.3	676
2009	32	—	—	—	—	—	45.4	1,934
2010	33	—	—	—	—	—	8.0	1,084
2012	35	—	—	—	—	—	11.5	704
Career					—	—	—	5,958

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 97 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 97 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 14 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 83.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 97· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 76

On-field 57.2

Availability 18.8

On-field production Staying available

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

1998bestavg 75elite 702012

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #17 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

222

8 qualifying seasons

2001 MIN·5 team wins#3

Receiving Touchdowns · 10 · score 46

2005 LV·4 team wins#12

Receiving Touchdowns · 8 · score 42

2001 MIN·5 team wins#8

Receiving Yards · 1,233 · score 36

All-Time Standing

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

Strong

of 100

Reached 79% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.

79% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader79

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

67.93 EPA/season over 13 seasons73

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%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

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

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Reception: 15.6 regular season → 18.2 playoffs (7 playoff seasons)

+17%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

15 playoff games

Rushing

Att1Yds14Y/A14.0

Receiving

Tgt67Rec53Yds964TD10Ctch%79.1%Y/R18.2Y/Tgt14.4

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA0.8Rec EPA54.7Rec AirYd343

College Stats

Marshall; Florida StateImported college table

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1996	Marshall	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	—	—	—
1997	Marshall	2	29	1	14.5	50.0	—	—	—
Career		3	31	1	10.3	33.3	—	—	—

College Receiving

Season	School	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1996	Marshall	—	78	1,709	28	—	21.9	—	—	—
1997	Marshall	—	96	1,820	26	—	19.0	—	—	—
Career		0	174	3,529	54	—	20.3	—	—	—

Reference Graph

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

1998 Draft Class· this player went #21

#13Takeo SpikesILB #14Jason PeterDE #15Anthony SimmonsOLB #16Kevin DysonWR #17Brian SimmonsLB #18Robert EdwardsRB #19Vonnie HollidayDE #20Terry FairDB #22Tebucky JonesDB #23Mo CollinsG #24Shaun WilliamsS #25Donovin DariusDB #26Alan FanecaG #27Victor RileyOT #28R.W. McQuartersCB #29John AveryRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Randy inherited the Minnesota Vikings WR room from Chris Walsh (1995–2002), and handed it to Nate Burleson (2003–2005).

Anthony Carter 1985–1993Hassan Jones 1986–1992Cris Carter 1990–2001Jake Reed 1991–2001Qadry Ismail 1993–1996Chris Walsh

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2012team change
Joined SF (from TEN)
2012final season
Last recorded season with SF
2010team change
Joined TEN (from NE)
2007team change
Joined NE (from LV)
2005team change
Joined LV (from MIN)
1998draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 1, Pick 21

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 210 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2009	NE	0	W3Questionable· Back

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 14-season peers. See all →

peak 94

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

A1998

A1999

A2000

B+2001

A2002

A+2003

B+2004

B+2005

C+2006

A2007

B+2008

A2009

C+2010

C+2012

Era Translator

Rec 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 Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
1998	1,313	119.4	1,681+368	98.9
1999	1,392	87	1,282-110	75.4
2000	1,428	89.3	1,371-57	80.6
2001	1,233	77.1	1,240+7	73
2002	1,347	84.2	1,391+44	81.8
2003	1,632	102	1,763+131	103.7
2004	767	69.7	1,117+350	65.7
2005	1,005	67	1,053+48	61.9
2006	553	46.1	616+63	36.3
2007	1,493	93.3	1,604+111	94.4
2008	1,008	63	974-34	57.3
2009	1,264	79	1,291+27	75.9
2010	393	30.2	395+2	23.2
2012	434	27.1	340-94	20

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

380 career value over replacement — #50 all-time of 4,642. 27.1/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

Led league 3×18 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #21 (Rd 1) · MIN · 1998 · +40.5 vs expected KV-H

97actual

56.5 expected · Δ+40.5

💔+30.4 stolen VORP·1.12 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

College Rushing

College Receiving

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1998 Draft Class· this player went #21

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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