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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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

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: 88%.

Encyclopedia Coverage4/8 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 StatsNot available for this player

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

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Passer Rating: 84.8 regular season → 85.8 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

+1%

vs reg season

Career Milestones9

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

19901K career passing yards
199125 career passing TDs
19925K career passing yards
199750 career passing TDs
19971K career rushing yards
199810K career passing yards
2000

Understanding These Stats

Passing

Cmp / Att — Completions and pass attempts.

Cmp% — Completion percentage — completions ÷ attempts × 100.

Yds — Passing yards — total air + yards after catch on completions.

TD / TD% — Passing touchdowns. TD% = TDs per 100 attempts, measuring scoring efficiency.

Int / Int% — Interceptions thrown. Int% = INTs per 100 attempts — the primary ball-security metric.

Y/A — Yards per attempt — passing yards ÷ attempts. The core passing efficiency rate.

AdjY/A — Adjusted yards per attempt: (Pass Yds + 20×TD − 45×INT) ÷ Att. Penalizes turnovers and rewards touchdowns — widely considered the most predictive single-season QB metric.

TD:INT — TD-to-interception ratio — passing touchdowns ÷ interceptions thrown. Elite QBs sustain career ratios above 3.0; HOF greats often exceed 4.0. Not shown when no interceptions.

Rate — NFL passer rating — the official formula combining Cmp%, Y/A, TD%, and INT% on a 0–158.3 scale. Good QB performance ≈ 90+; elite ≈ 110+.

Sk — Times sacked — how many times the QB was brought down behind the line of scrimmage.

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Passing

Cmp135Att213Cmp%63.4%Yds1,502TD11Int8TD%5.2Int%3.8Y/A7.1

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.

Top Teammates

Charles WoodsonFS6y Greg ManuskyLB6y Zack CrockettRB6y Tyrone WheatleyRB6y

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).

George Blanda 1967–1975Ken Stabler 1970–1979Marc Wilson 1980–1987Jay Schroeder 1988–1992Jeff Hostetler 1993–1996Jeff George

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 OAK
1999team change
Joined OAK (from KC)
1995team change
Joined KC (from WAS)
1993team change
Joined WAS (from MIN)
1987draft
Drafted by NWE — Round 4, Pick 98
1987team change
Joined MIN (from NWE)

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 2025 NFL — 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	2,467+2,449	145.1
1990	2,278	162.7	3,670+1,392	215.9
1991	2,166	144.4	3,518+1,352	206.9
1992	1,905	158.8	3,621+1,716	213
1993	704	88	2,957+2,253	174
1996	491	122.8	2,965+2,474	174.4
1997	1,144	127.1	2,973+1,829	174.9
1998	2,305	192.1	3,758+1,453	221.1
1999	3,819	238.7	4,327+508	254.5
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	3,319+2,049	195.2

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

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Canton Monitor · HOF

Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →

41%

Building a Case

What carries the case

All-Pro 35.4%Era Quality (KV-H) 20.4%Pro Bowls 17.7%Longevity 17.7%League Leads 5.9%All-Time Ranks 2.9%

Monitor score 67.8 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

What Would It Take?

To reach 50% HOF probability (score target: 109.1 · current: 67.8 · gap: +41.3)

4 more selections(First-Team All-Pro · 12 pts each · +48 pts total)

8 more more seasons started(Starter Seasons · 1.5 pts each · +12 pts total)

11 more seasons leading the NFL(League Lead · 4 pts each · +44 pts total)

Paths ranked cheapest first · accolade-based, data-calibrated vs actual enshrinement

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity75

Peak76

Accolades33

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

On the boards· Appears on 5 boards

Rich Gannon

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Passing

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Rushing

1987 Draft Class· this player went #98

Career Geography