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.

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Rich Gannon

4× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 9% all-time QBsElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2002

Height6'3"

Weight210 lb

Born

Career Value · VORP

219 career value over replacement — #323 all-time of 4,695. 16.8/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×7 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #98 (Rd 4) · NWE · 1987 · +30.5 vs expected KV-H

68actual

37.5 expected · Δ+30.5

💔+77.6 stolen VORP·4.62 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

3 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Receiving
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
1987	21–22	MIN	4	—	2	6	33.3%	18	0	1	0.0	16.7	3.0	-4.5	0.0	2.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988	22–23	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	24–25	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	25–26	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	26–27	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	27–28	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	29–30	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	30–31	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	31–32	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	32–33	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	33–34	OAK	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
2000	34–35	OAK	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	35–36	OAK	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	36–37	OAK	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	37–38	OAK	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	38–39	OAK	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		—	157	—	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

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

56thPassing Yards·28,631 yds 58thPassing Touchdowns·180

Postseason all-time ranks

37thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·11 42ndPlayoff Passing Yards·1,502 yds

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 219 · #323 · Elite

Worth 219 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 8% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 9 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +24.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

4 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+24.3

Avg surplus

peak +46

9 seasons × ~24.3 surplus ≈