Rob Gronkowski ranks in the all-time elite tier for tight ends — a career that places Gronkowski in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Gronkowski a career score of 96, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Rob Gronkowski

5× Pro Bowl4× All-ProTop 1% all-time TEsFranchise Cornerstone👑 3× #1 Tight End · 2011–2017 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2011Two-Way Profile

Career Value · VORP

425 career value over replacement — #36 all-time of 4,695. 38.6/season above a replacement-level TE.

Career Profile

Led league 1×7 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #42 (Rd 2) · NE · 2010 · +45.3 vs expected KV-H

96actual

50.7 expected · Δ+45.3

💔+80.7 stolen VORP·2.09 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2010	21	NE	16	—	59	42	546	10	71.2%	13.0	9.3	—	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	22	NE	16	—	124	90	1,327	17	72.6%	14.7	10.7	—	69	1	2	1	2.0	100.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	23	NE	11	—	80	55	790	11	68.8%	14.4	9.9	—	45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	24	NE	7	—	66	39	592	4	59.1%	15.2	9.0	—	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	384	72.1%	—	0.0%	1	0.4%
2014	25	NE	15	—	131	82	1,124	12	62.6%	13.7	8.6	—	60	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	826	77.9%	—	0.0%	1	0.2%
2015	26	NE	15	—	120	72	1,176	11	60.0%	16.3	9.8	—	52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	937	91.5%	—	0.0%	8	1.8%
2016	27	NE	8	—	38	25	540	3	65.8%	21.6	14.2	—	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	352	67.5%	—	0.0%	3	1.3%
2017	28	NE	14	—	105	69	1,084	8	65.7%	15.7	10.3	—	57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	903	90.3%	1	0.1%	4	1.1%
2018	29	NE	13	—	72	47	682	3	65.3%	14.5	9.5	—	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	838	91.8%	2	0.2%	2	0.5%
2020	31	TB	16	—	77	45	623	7	58.4%	13.8	8.1	—	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	808	74.9%	—	0.0%	2	0.5%
2021	32	TB	12	—	89	55	802	6	61.8%	14.6	9.0	—	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	634	75.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	143	—	961	621	9,286	92	64.6%	15.0	9.7	—	460	1	2	1	2.0	100.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

14thReceiving Touchdowns·92 63rdReceiving Yards·9,286 yds 92ndReceptions·621

Postseason all-time ranks

3rdPlayoff Receiving Touchdowns·15

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 1% all-time tight end with excellent availability over their career and excellent per-snap efficiency. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 425 · #36 · All-Time

Worth 425 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 2% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 11 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +38.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

11 cleared

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

+38.6

Avg surplus

peak +51

11 seasons × ~38.6 surplus ≈ VORP 425