Ronde Barber is a Hall of Fame defensive back whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 83 in the Knox value model. Barber's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Ronde Barber

★ HALL OF FAME5× Pro Bowl3× All-ProTop 2% all-time defensive backsIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 2001

Height5'10"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

260 career value over replacement — #204 all-time of 4,695. 18.6/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #66 (Rd 3) · TB · 1997 · +40 vs expected KV-H

83actual

43 expected · Δ+40

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Combined Season Grid

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

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1997	22	TB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	23	TB	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	24	TB	16	—	56	40	16	5	1	1.0	7.0	2	18	0	—	0	0
2000	25	TB	16	—	75	60	15	7	5	5.5	17.5	2	13	1	1	2	0
2001	26	TB	15	—	59	46	13	6	1	1.0	8.0	10	24	1	1	1	0
2002	27	TB	16	—	56	44	12	9	3	3.0	15.0	2	20	0	—	0	0
2003	28	TB	16	—	75	56	19	0	0	1.5	1.5	2	6	3	1	1	0
2004	29	TB	16	—	77	62	15	0	0	3.0	3.0	3	13	1	2	2	0
2005	30	TB	16	—	83	67	16	0	0	2.0	2.0	5	20	0	1	0	0
2006	31	TB	16	—	75	60	15	0	2	0.5	2.5	3	16	2	—	2	0
2007	32	TB	15	—	42	32	10	0	1	1.0	2.0	2	14	1	3	2	0
2008	33	TB	16	—	64	56	8	5	6	2.0	13.0	4	12	0	1	1	0
2009	34	TB	16	—	63	55	8	9	4	2.0	15.0	0	6	2	1	0	0
2010	35	TB	16	—	68	52	16	10	5	1.0	16.0	3	13	0	—	0	0
2011	36	TB	16	—	71	59	12	6	1	1.0	8.0	3	9	1	1	0	1
2012	37	TB	16	—	84	63	21	8	0	1.0	9.0	4	13	1	—	1	0
Career		—	239	—	948	752	196	65	29	28.5	122.5	45	197	13	12	12	1

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

42ndInterceptions·45

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

Season honors and record seasons

23rdsingle season·Int2001

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An all-time caliber defensive back (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 260 · #204 · Elite

Worth 260 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 5% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 13 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

13 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

+20

Avg surplus

peak +50

13 seasons × ~20 surplus ≈