Ray Lewis is a Hall of Fame linebacker whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 93 in the Knox value model. Lewis's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Ray Lewis

★ HALL OF FAME12× Pro Bowl7× All-ProTop 0% all-time linebackersIron Legend🏟️ Baltimore Ravens Icon 👑 #1 Linebacker · 1999–2000 🌅 Early Bloomer · 1999

Height6'1"

Weight240 lb

BornMay 15, 1975

Age51

CollegeMiami See College Stats

Rookie yr1996

Draft1996 · Rd 1, Pick 26 · BAL

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

12x

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 reliable availability. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 311 · #120 · All-Time

Worth 311 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 4% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 13 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +23.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

13 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+23.9

Avg surplus

peak +38

13 seasons × ~23.9 surplus ≈ VORP 311

Combined Season Grid

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

1 grid split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1996	—	BAL	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.5	2.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	BAL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.0	4.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	BAL	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	BAL	15	—	128	93	35	15	3	2.5	20.5	2	7	0	—	0	1
2000	—	BAL	16	—	117	88	29	14	3	3.0	20.0	2	6	0	3	0	0
2001	—	BAL	16	—	128	80	48	13	4	3.5	20.5	3	10	1	1	0	0
2002	—	BAL	5	—	47	32	15	3	0	0.0	3.0	2	3	1	1	0	0
2003	—	BAL	16	—	136	94	42	0	0	1.5	1.5	6	14	2	2	1	0
2004	—	BAL	15	—	119	73	46	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	6	1	2	0	0
2005	—	BAL	6	—	40	32	8	0	0	1.0	1.0	1	2	0	1	0	0
2006	—	BAL	14	—	78	56	22	0	9	5.5	14.5	2	8	1	1	0	0
2007	—	BAL	14	—	98	60	38	0	0	2.0	2.0	2	10	2	1	1	0
2008	—	BAL	16	—	93	61	32	9	12	3.5	24.5	3	9	1	2	0	0
2009	—	BAL	16	—	109	70	39	10	7	3.0	20.0	0	8	2	1	0	0
2010	—	BAL	16	—	107	70	37	4	4	2.0	10.0	2	4	2	3	1	0
2011	—	BAL	12	—	83	60	23	3	4	2.0	9.0	1	7	2	—	0	0
2012	—	BAL	6	—	47	34	13	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Career		—	227	—	1,330	903	427	72	48	41.0	161.0	26	95	16	19	3	1

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1996	21	BAL	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.5	2.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.9
1997	22	BAL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.0	4.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	12.5
1998	23	BAL	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	10.3
1999	24	BAL	15	—	128	93	35	15	3	2.5	20.5	2	7	0	—	0	1	12.7
2000	25	BAL	16	—	117	88	29	14	3	3.0	20.0	2	6	0	3	0	0	12.9
2001	26	BAL	16	—	128	80	48	13	4	3.5	20.5	3	10	1	1	0	0	14.4
2002	27	BAL	5	—	47	32	15	3	0	0.0	3.0	2	3	1	1	0	0	4.4
2003	28	BAL	16	—	136	94	42	0	0	1.5	1.5	6	14	2	2	1	0	14.2
2004	29	BAL	15	—	119	73	46	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	6	1	2	0	0	8.9
2005	30	BAL	6	—	40	32	8	0	0	1.0	1.0	1	2	0	1	0	0	4.4
2006	31	BAL	14	—	78	56	22	0	9	5.5	14.5	2	8	1	1	0	0	11.7
2007	32	BAL	14	—	98	60	38	0	0	2.0	2.0	2	10	2	1	1	0	11.5
2008	33	BAL	16	—	93	61	32	9	12	3.5	24.5	3	9	1	2	0	0	14.4
2009	34	BAL	16	—	109	70	39	10	7	3.0	20.0	0	8	2	1	0	0	11.1
2010	35	BAL	16	—	107	70	37	4	4	2.0	10.0	2	4	2	3	1	0	11.5
2011	36	BAL	12	—	83	60	23	3	4	2.0	9.0	1	7	2	—	0	0	9.4
2012	37	BAL	6	—	47	34	13	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3.6
Career			227		1,330	903	427	72	48	—	—	26	95	16	19	3	1	177.8

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 93 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 93 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 14 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 79 × longevity 1 = KV-H 93· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 73

On-field 55.2

Availability 17.8

On-field production Staying available

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

1999bestavg 69elite 702012

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 21% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

21% of the all-time Sacks leader21

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: 92%.

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+).

Postseason Career

21 playoff games

Defense

Tkl192Solo113Ast79TFL8QBHits3Sk2.0Dis13.0Int2PD15FF6FR1TD1

College Stats

MiamiCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Miami), 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.

1996 Draft Class· this player went #26

#16Duane ClemonsDE #18Eddie KennisonWR #19Marvin HarrisonWR #20Daryl GardenerDT #21Pete KendallG #23Jeff HartingsC #24Eric MouldsWR #25Jermane MayberryG #28Jerome WoodsFS #29Jamain StephensOT #31Alex Van DykeWR #32Leeland McElroyRB #33Tony BrackensDE #34Amani ToomerWR #35Mike AlstottFB #36Lawyer MilloyS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ray opened the Baltimore Ravens LB lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Jamie Sharper (1997–2001).

Ray Lewis 1996–2012Jamie Sharper 1997–2001Cornell Brown 1997–2004Peter Boulware 1997–2005Adalius Thomas 2000–2006Edgerton Hartwell 2001–2004

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2012final season
Last recorded season with BAL
1996draft
Drafted by BAL — Round 1, Pick 26

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 240 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Designations
2011	BAL	W11Questionable· FootW12Questionable· FootW13Questionable· FootW14Questionable· FootW15Questionable· Foot
2010	BAL	W2Questionable· Foot
2009	BAL	W12Questionable· Foot

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 88

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

A1999

B+2000

A2001

C2002

A2003

A2004

C2005

B2006

B+2007

B2008

B+2009

B+2010

B2011

C2012

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
1999	128	8.5	148+20	8.7
2000	117	7.3	125+8	7.4
2001	128	8	137+9	8.1
2002	47	9.4	177+130	10.4
2003	136	8.5	155+19	9.1
2004	119	7.9	143+24	8.4
2005	40	6.7	112+72	6.6
2006	78	5.6	89+11	5.2
2007	98	7	118+20	7
2008	93	5.8	92-1	5.4
2009	109	6.8	110+1	6.5
2010	107	6.7	108+1	6.4
2011	83	6.9	111+28	6.5
2012	47	7.8	126+79	7.4

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

Career Value · VORP

311 career value over replacement — #120 all-time of 4,642. 22.2/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #26 (Rd 1) · BAL · 1996 · +38.1 vs expected KV-H

93actual

54.9 expected · Δ+38.1

💔+63.9 stolen VORP·2.89 szns lost

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1996 Draft Class· this player went #26

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography