Rich Gannon ranks in the all-time elite tier for quarterbacks — a career that places Gannon in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Gannon a career score of 68, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

QBLV#12RES

Rich Gannon

4× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 8% all-time QBsElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2002Two-Way Profile

Height6'3"

Weight210 lb

BornDec 20, 1965

Age60

CollegeDelaware See College Stats

Rookie yr1987

Draft1987 · Rd 4, Pick 98 · NE

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

52ndPassing Yards·28,631 yds 54thPassing Touchdowns·180

Postseason all-time ranks

36thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·11 41stPlayoff Passing Yards·1,502 yds

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2002·Pass Yds4,689 yds

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 10% all-time quarterback who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 219 · #320 · Elite

Worth 219 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 8% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +27.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

5 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+27.4

Avg surplus

peak +46

8 seasons × ~27.4 surplus ≈ VORP 219

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								Receiving									Defense
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	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1987	—	MIN	4	—	2	6	33.3%	18	0	1	0.0	16.7	3.0	-4.5	0.0	2.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988	—	MIN	3	—	7	15	46.7%	90	0	0	0.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	—	66.0	3	4	29	0	7.3	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1990	—	MIN	14	—	182	349	52.1%	2,278	16	16	4.6	4.6	6.5	5.4	1.0	68.9	34	52	268	1	5.2	1.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991	—	MIN	15	—	211	354	59.6%	2,166	12	6	3.4	1.7	6.1	6.0	2.0	81.5	19	43	236	2	5.5	4.7	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	—	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992	—	MIN	12	—	159	279	57.0%	1,905	12	13	4.3	4.7	6.8	5.6	0.9	72.9	25	45	187	0	4.2	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	—	WAS	8	—	74	125	59.2%	704	3	7	2.4	5.6	5.6	3.6	0.4	59.5	16	21	88	1	4.2	4.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	KC	2	—	7	11	63.6%	57	0	0	0.0	0.0	5.2	5.2	—	76.7	0	8	25	1	3.1	12.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	KC	4	—	54	90	60.0%	491	6	1	6.7	1.1	5.5	6.3	6.0	92.4	5	12	81	0	6.8	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	KC	9	—	98	175	56.0%	1,144	7	4	4.0	2.3	6.5	6.3	1.8	79.8	13	33	109	2	3.3	6.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	KC	12	—	206	354	58.2%	2,305	10	6	2.8	1.7	6.5	6.3	1.7	80.1	25	44	168	3	3.8	6.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	LV	16	—	302	512	59.0%	3,819	24	13	4.7	2.5	7.5	7.3	1.8	87.4	49	45	272	2	6.0	4.4	13	28.9	0	1	1	-3	0	100.0%	-3.0	-3.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	SEA	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	6	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	—	LV	16	—	278	465	59.8%	3,343	28	11	6.0	2.4	7.2	7.3	2.5	92.1	27	84	475	4	5.7	4.8	30	35.7	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	LV	16	—	361	549	65.8%	3,828	27	9	4.9	1.6	7.0	7.2	3.0	95.5	27	63	231	2	3.7	3.2	17	27.0	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	ARI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2002	—	LV	16	—	418	618	67.6%	4,689	26	10	4.2	1.6	7.6	7.7	2.6	97.3	36	50	156	3	3.1	6.0	10	20.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	SEA	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	LV	7	—	124	224	55.4%	1,270	6	4	2.7	1.8	5.7	5.4	1.5	73.3	17	6	18	0	3.0	0.0	1	16.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	LV	3	—	41	68	60.3%	524	3	2	4.4	2.9	7.7	7.3	1.5	86.9	5	5	26	0	5.2	0.0	1	20.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	163	—	2,524	4,194	60.2%	28,631	180	103	4.3	2.5	6.8	6.6	1.7	84.8	301	515	2,369	21	4.6	4.1	72	14.0	5	1	2	-3	0	200.0%	-1.5	-3.0	—	0	8	8	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA411.0·382 passing · 30 rushing·68.5/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1987	22	MIN	4	—	2	6	33.3%	18	0	1	0.0	16.7	3.0	-4.5	0.0	2.8	0	0.8
1988	23	MIN	3	—	7	15	46.7%	90	0	0	0.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	—	66.0	3	—
1990	25	MIN	14	—	182	349	52.1%	2,278	16	16	4.6	4.6	6.5	5.4	1.0	68.9	34	10.6
1991	26	MIN	15	—	211	354	59.6%	2,166	12	6	3.4	1.7	6.1	6.0	2.0	81.5	19	13.7
1992	27	MIN	12	—	159	279	57.0%	1,905	12	13	4.3	4.7	6.8	5.6	0.9	72.9	25	9
1993	28	WAS	8	—	74	125	59.2%	704	3	7	2.4	5.6	5.6	3.6	0.4	59.5	16	4.3
1995	30	KC	2	—	7	11	63.6%	57	0	0	0.0	0.0	5.2	5.2	—	76.7	0	—
1996	31	KC	4	—	54	90	60.0%	491	6	1	6.7	1.1	5.5	6.3	6.0	92.4	5	4
1997	32	KC	9	—	98	175	56.0%	1,144	7	4	4.0	2.3	6.5	6.3	1.8	79.8	13	7.4
1998	33	KC	12	—	206	354	58.2%	2,305	10	6	2.8	1.7	6.5	6.3	1.7	80.1	25	10.4
1999	34	LV	16	—	302	512	59.0%	3,819	24	13	4.7	2.5	7.5	7.3	1.8	87.4	49	16.3
2000	35	LV	16	—	278	465	59.8%	3,343	28	11	6.0	2.4	7.2	7.3	2.5	92.1	27	19.1
2001	36	LV	16	—	361	549	65.8%	3,828	27	9	4.9	1.6	7.0	7.2	3.0	95.5	27	18.6
2002	37	LV	16	—	418	618	67.6%	4,689	26	10	4.2	1.6	7.6	7.7	2.6	97.3	36	21.6
2003	38	LV	7	—	124	224	55.4%	1,270	6	4	2.7	1.8	5.7	5.4	1.5	73.3	17	4.8
2004	39	LV	3	—	41	68	60.3%	524	3	2	4.4	2.9	7.7	7.3	1.5	86.9	5	—
Career			157		2,524	4,194	60.2%	28,631	180	103	4.3	2.5	6.8	—	—	84.8	301	140.6

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1988	23	MIN	3	—	4	29	0	7.3	0.0	—	—	—
1990	25	MIN	14	—	52	268	1	5.2	1.9	—	—	—
1991	26	MIN	15	—	43	236	2	5.5	4.7	—	—	—
1992	27	MIN	12	—	45	187	0	4.2	0.0	—	—	—
1993	28	WAS	8	—	21	88	1	4.2	4.8	—	—	—
1995	30	KC	2	—	8	25	1	3.1	12.5	—	—	—
1996	31	KC	4	—	12	81	0	6.8	0.0	—	—	—
1997	32	KC	9	—	33	109	2	3.3	6.1	—	—	—
1998	33	KC	12	—	44	168	3	3.8	6.8	—	—	—
1999	34	LV	16	—	45	272	2	6.0	4.4	13	28.9	0
2000	35	LV	16	—	84	475	4	5.7	4.8	30	35.7	2
2001	36	LV	16	—	63	231	2	3.7	3.2	17	27.0	3
2002	37	LV	16	—	50	156	3	3.1	6.0	10	20.0	0
2003	38	LV	7	—	6	18	0	3.0	0.0	1	16.7	0
2004	39	LV	3	—	5	26	0	5.2	0.0	1	20.0	0
Career			153		515	2,369	21	4.6	—	72	—	5

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1991	26	MIN	15	—	—	1	0	—	0.0	—	—	—
1999	34	LV	16	—	1	1	-3	100.0%	-3.0	-3.0	—	0
Career			31		1	2	-3	200.0%	-1.5	-3.0	—	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
1999	34	SEA	4	—	6	6	0.0	0.0	—
2001	36	ARI	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2002	37	SEA	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Career			6		8	8	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
1999	34	—	—	—	71.5	13.5	-0.9
2000	35	—	—	—	96.7	20.0	—
2001	36	—	—	—	98.3	-2.7	—
2002	37	—	—	—	131.6	2.1	—
2003	38	—	—	—	-25.6	-0.1	—
2004	39	—	—	—	9.4	-2.8	—
Career					—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 68 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 68 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 13 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 64.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 68· confidence 91%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 40.7

Availability 16.3

On-field production Staying available

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

1987bestavg 49elite 702003

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

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

32% of the all-time Passing Yards leader32

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

68.5 EPA/season over 6 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: 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: 84.8 regular season → 85.8 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

+1%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Passing

Cmp135Att213Cmp%63.4%Yds1,502TD11Int8TD%5.2Int%3.8Y/A7.1AdjY/A6.4TD:INT1.4Rate85.8Sk16

Rushing

Att25Yds85TD1Y/A3.4TD%4.01D71D%28.0

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA-6.9Rush EPA5.0

College Stats

DelawareCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Delaware), 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.

1987 Draft Class· this player went #98

#78Jamie MuellerRB #79Bob PerrymanRB #80Tim ManoaRB #82Jeff JaegerK #83Stephen BakerWR #87Ron HallTE #88Mark VlasicQB #95Kelvin MartinWR #99Troy StradfordRB #103Jim RiggsTE #106Bruce HillWR #110Steve BeuerleinQB #112Odessa TurnerWR #117Timmy SmithRB #119Tommie AgeeRB #121David AlexanderC

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Rich inherited the Las Vegas Raiders QB room from Jeff George (1997–1998), and handed it to Kerry Collins (2004–2005).

Marc Wilson 1980–1987Jay Schroeder 1988–1992Jeff Hostetler 1993–1996Jeff George 1997–1998Rich Gannon 1999–2004Kerry Collins

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2004final season
Last recorded season with LV
1999team change
Joined LV (from KC)
1995team change
Joined KC (from WAS)
1993team change
Joined WAS (from MIN)
1987draft
Drafted by NE — Round 4, Pick 98
1987team change
Joined MIN (from NE)

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 210 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 13-season peers. See all →

peak 76

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

F1987

C+1990

C+1991

C+1992

D1993

F1996

D1997

C+1998

B+1999

B2000

B+2001

A2002

D2003

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
1987	18	4.5	2,446+2,428	143.9
1990	2,278	162.7	3,676+1,398	216.2
1991	2,166	144.4	3,535+1,369	207.9
1992	1,905	158.8	3,638+1,733	214
1993	704	88	2,966+2,262	174.5
1996	491	122.8	2,947+2,456	173.3
1997	1,144	127.1	2,836+1,692	166.8
1998	2,305	192.1	3,760+1,455	221.2
1999	3,819	238.7	4,321+502	254.2
2000	3,343	208.9	3,870+527	227.6
2001	3,828	239.3	4,276+448	251.5
2002	4,689	293.1	4,928+239	289.9
2003	1,270	181.4	3,311+2,041	194.8

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 (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

219 career value over replacement — #320 all-time of 4,642. 16.8/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×7 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #98 (Rd 4) · NE · 1987 · +29.3 vs expected KV-H

68actual

38.7 expected · Δ+29.3

💔+79.5 stolen VORP·4.62 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1987 Draft Class· this player went #98

Franchise Succession

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Era Translator

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