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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All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 32% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

32% of the all-time Interceptions leader32

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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%.

Encyclopedia Coverage5/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Not available for this player

Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Understanding These Stats

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

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Postseason Career

21 playoff games

Defense

Tkl192Solo113Ast79TFL8QBHits3Sk2.0Dis13.0Int2

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.

Top Teammates

Matt StoverK13y Ed ReedFS11y Terrell SuggsOLB10y Todd HeapTE10y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ray opened the Baltimore Ravens LB lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Peter Boulware (1997–2005).

Ray Lewis 1996–2012Peter Boulware 1997–2005Adalius Thomas 2000–2006Terrell Suggs 2003–2018Pernell McPhee 2011–2021C.J. Mosley 2014–2018

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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

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 89

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 2025 NFL — 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	146+18	8.6
2000	117	7.3	125+8	7.4
2001	128	8	140+12	8.2
2002	47	9.4	178+131	10.5
2003	136	8.5	155+19	9.1
2004	119	7.9	144+25	8.5
2005	40	6.7	112+72	6.6
2006	78	5.6	87+9	5.1
2007	98	7	117+19	6.9
2008	93	5.8	90-3	5.3
2009	109	6.8	109	6.4
2010	107	6.7	106-1	6.2
2011	83	6.9	109+26	6.4
2012	47	7.8	124+77	7.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:player_stats_def, 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 8/31/2026