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

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

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

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	—	—	—	—	—	—

Career arc · VAL by season

11 seasons · peak 16.8 in 2011

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

7.7 career wins over 11 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2011 · +1.3 wins

Receiving+1.3

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	VAL
2010	21	NE	16	—	59	42	546	10	71.2%	13.0	9.3	—	30	5.6
2011	22	NE	16	—	124	90	1,327	17	72.6%	14.7	10.7	—	69	16.8
2012	23	NE	11	—	80	55	790	11	68.8%	14.4	9.9	—	45	9.6
2013	24	NE	7	5*	66	39	592	4	59.1%	15.2	9.0	—	31	6.2
2014	25	NE	15	12*	131	82	1,124	12	62.6%	13.7	8.6	—	60	13.2
2015	26	NE	15	14*	120	72	1,176	11	60.0%	16.3	9.8	—	52	12.9
2016	27	NE	8	5*	38	25	540	3	65.8%	21.6	14.2	—	19	5.5
2017	28	NE	13	13*	105	69	1,084	8	65.7%	15.7	10.3	—	57	11.4
2018	29	NE	13	12*	72	47	682	3	65.3%	14.5	9.5	—	34	5.6
2020	31	TB	16	12*	77	45	623	7	58.4%	13.8	8.1	—	29	6.1
2021	32	TB	12	9*	89	55	802	6	61.8%	14.6	9.0	—	34	8.3
Career			142		961	621	9,286	92	64.6%	15.0	9.7	—	460	101.2

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2017	28	NE	1	1*	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
Career			1	1*	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	24	NE	7	5*	384	72.1%	—	0.0%	1	0.4%
2014	25	NE	15	12*	826	77.9%	—	0.0%	1	0.2%
2015	26	NE	15	14*	937	91.5%	—	0.0%	8	1.8%
2016	27	NE	8	5*	352	67.5%	—	0.0%	3	1.3%
2017	28	NE	14	13*	903	90.3%	1	0.1%	4	1.1%
2018	29	NE	13	12*	838	91.8%	2	0.2%	2	0.5%
2020	31	TB	16	12*	808	74.9%	—	0.0%	2	0.5%
2021	32	TB	12	9*	634	75.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			—		—	—	—	—	—	—

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2011	22	NE	16	—	1	2	1	2.0	100.0	1	100.0	0
Career			16		1	2	1	2.0	100.0	1	100.0	0

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2018	29	NE	13	12*	12.4	10.6	3.9	1	3	0.0	34	98.3
2020	31	TB	16	12*	11.0	8.4	5.5	1	2	0.0	29	104.0
2021	32	TB	12	9*	10.1	8.2	6.4	9	5	0.1	34	113.6
Career			41	33*	—	—	—	11	10	—	97	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ru Yds	FP
W1	DAL	8	8	90	2	—	21.0
W2	ATL	5	4	39	2	—	15.9
W3	LA	8	4	55	—	—	5.5
W8	NO	1	—	—	—	—	—
W11	NYG	8	6	71	—	—	7.1
W12	IND	9	7	123	—	—	12.3
W13	ATL	8	4	58	2	—	17.8
W14	BUF	9	5	62	—	—	6.2
W15	NO	11	2	29	—	—	2.9
W16	CAR	2	1	23	—	—	2.3
W17	NYJ	10	7	115	—	—	11.5
W18	CAR	10	7	137	—	—	13.7
PO19	PHI	6	5	31	1	—	9.1
PO20	LA	11	4	85	—	—	8.5

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 14 games

Splits

74 games · 2016–2021

Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.

Home / Away2 rows

Home / Away	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Home	39	245	150	2202	19	332.2
Away	35	213	137	2164	14	302.4

Wins / Losses2 rows

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 96 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 96 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 89.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 96· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 85

On-field 68.1

Wins / Losses	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Wins	56	343	228	3511	30	531.1
Losses	18	115	59	855	3	103.5

Regular season / Postseason	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Regular season	62	381	241	3731	27	535.1
Postseason	12	77	46	635	6	99.5

By opponent27 rows

By opponent	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
vs ATL	5	31	16	206	4	44.6
vs BUF	7	47	28	439	2	55.9
vs CAR	5	21	14	291	1	35.1
vs CHI	1	6	3	52	—	5.2
vs CIN	1	9	7	162	1	22.2
vs CLE	1	7	5	109	—	10.9
vs DAL	1	8	8	90	2	21
vs DEN	2	14	10	122	—	12.2
vs DET	2	7	6	109	2	22.9
vs GB	2	9	6	107	1	16.7
vs HOU	3	19	15	212	2	31.2
vs IND	2	16	13	198	—	19.8
vs JAX	2	7	3	36	—	3.6
vs KC	5	35	23	382	2	50.2
vs LA	4	32	16	252	—	25.2
vs LAC	3	13	7	111	1	17.1
vs LV	2	11	8	99	1	15.9
vs MIA	3	23	17	233	3	41.3
vs MIN	2	6	4	28	1	8.8
vs NO	6	35	12	172	1	23.2
vs NYG	2	12	10	112	1	17.2
vs NYJ	5	31	18	278	3	45.8
vs PHI	2	21	14	147	3	32.7
vs PIT	3	22	15	282	1	36.2
vs SEA	1	6	3	56	—	5.6
vs TEN	1	9	6	81	1	14.1
vs WAS	1	1	—	—	—	—

Division games	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Division	26	148	80	1195	13	197.5
Non-division	48	310	207	3171	20	437.1

By month	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
January	12	72	41	646	2	76.6
February	3	29	21	270	4	51
September	14	82	57	714	7	111.4
October	17	105	66	1191	8	167.1
November	13	76	46	724	5	102.4
December	15	94	56	821	7	126.1

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Rob Gronkowski

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Receiving

Defense

Snap Counts

Rushing

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Game Log

Splits

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · TE