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

Career Value · VORP

310 career value over replacement — #121 all-time of 4,695. 22.1/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #26 (Rd 1) · BAL · 1996 · +38.2 vs expected KV-H

93actual

54.8 expected · Δ+38.2

💔+63.9 stolen VORP·2.89 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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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	21	BAL	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.5	2.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	22	BAL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.0	4.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	23	BAL	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	24	BAL	15	—	128	93	35	15	3	2.5	20.5	2	7	0	—	0	1
2000	25	BAL	16	—	117	88	29	14	3	3.0	20.0	2	6	0	3	0	0
2001	26	BAL	16	—	128	80	48	13	4	3.5	20.5	3	10	1	1	0	0
2002	27	BAL	5	—	47	32	15	3	0	0.0	3.0	2	3	1	1	0	0
2003	28	BAL	16	—	136	94	42	0	0	1.5	1.5	6	14	2	2	1	0
2004	29	BAL	15	—	119	73	46	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	6	1	2	0	0
2005	30	BAL	6	—	40	32	8	0	0	1.0	1.0	1	2	0	1	0	0
2006	31	BAL	14	—	78	56	22	0	9	5.5	14.5	2	8	1	1	0	0
2007	32	BAL	14	—	98	60	38	0	0	2.0	2.0	2	10	2	1	1	0
2008	33	BAL	16	—	93	61	32	9	12	3.5	24.5	3	9	1	2	0	0
2009	34	BAL	16	—	109	70	39	10	7	3.0	20.0	0	8	2	1	0	0
2010	35	BAL	16	—	107	70	37	4	4	2.0	10.0	2	4	2	3	1	0
2011	36	BAL	12	—	83	60	23	3	4	2.0	9.0	1	7	2	—	0	0
2012	37	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

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

12x

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

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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 310 · #121 · All-Time

Worth 310 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 4% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 13 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +23.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

13 cleared

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+23.8

Avg surplus

peak +38

13 seasons × ~23.8 surplus ≈