Ryan Kerrigan ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Kerrigan in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Kerrigan a career score of 91, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

DEPHI#90ACT

Ryan Kerrigan

4× Pro BowlTop 2% all-time pass rushersIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 2014 Team Carrier · #171

Height6'4"

Weight265 lb

BornAug 16, 1988

Age37

CollegePurdue See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2011

Draft2011 · Rd 1, Pick 16 · WAS

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

45thSacks·95.5

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber edge rusher (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 330 · #97 · All-Time

Worth 330 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 3% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +33 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+33

Avg surplus

peak +47

10 seasons × ~33 surplus ≈ VORP 330

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2011	—	WAS	16	—	59	37	22	9	14	7.5	30.5	1	4	4	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	WAS	16	—	49	37	12	10	14	8.5	32.5	1	8	2	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	WAS	16	—	60	41	19	15	7	8.5	30.5	0	3	4	—	0	0	—	0.0%	974	95.3%	88	18.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	WAS	16	—	60	47	13	18	19	13.5	50.5	0	1	5	1	0	0	—	0.0%	978	94.4%	77	16.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	WAS	16	—	38	29	9	12	13	9.5	34.5	0	3	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	889	84.2%	59	14.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	WAS	14	—	29	22	7	15	20	11.0	46.0	0	2	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	786	71.8%	70	16.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	WAS	16	—	44	32	12	15	17	13.0	45.0	1	1	3	—	1	0	—	0.0%	820	75.2%	89	18.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	WAS	15	—	42	29	13	11	19	13.0	43.0	0	1	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	819	79.3%	65	16.8%	5	2	0.4	52.9	5.0	30	12	4	32	2	0.0
2019	—	WAS	12	—	23	14	9	6	14	5.5	25.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	642	76.6%	—	0.0%	8	8	1.0	92.2	2.5	25	11	6	35	2	0.1
2020	—	WAS	10	—	17	9	8	5	6	5.5	16.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	397	37.9%	94	21.5%	4	3	0.8	94.8	1.0	13	7	0	2	3	0.1
2021	—	PHI	4	—	2	2	0	1	2	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	330	31.3%	—	0.0%	1	1	1.0	118.7	2.0	10	9	1	0	0	0.0
Career		—	151	—	423	299	124	117	145	95.5	357.5	3	25	26	4	3	0	—	0.0%	6,635	71.8%	542	17.5%	18	14	—	—	—	78	39	11	69	7	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2011	23	WAS	16	—	59	37	22	9	14	7.5	30.5	1	4	4	—	1	18.8
2012	24	WAS	16	—	49	37	12	10	14	8.5	32.5	1	8	2	1	1	18.3
2013	25	WAS	16	15*	60	41	19	15	7	8.5	30.5	0	3	4	—	0	17.1
2014	26	WAS	16	15*	60	47	13	18	19	13.5	50.5	0	1	5	1	0	23.9
2015	27	WAS	16	13*	38	29	9	12	13	9.5	34.5	0	3	2	—	0	17.2
2016	28	WAS	14	11*	29	22	7	15	20	11.0	46.0	0	2	2	—	0	18.8
2017	29	WAS	16	12*	44	32	12	15	17	13.0	45.0	1	1	3	—	1	23.3
2018	30	WAS	15	13*	42	29	13	11	19	13.0	43.0	0	1	3	1	0	19.2
2019	31	WAS	12	9*	23	14	9	6	14	5.5	25.5	0	1	1	—	0	11.3
2020	32	WAS	10	0*	17	9	8	5	6	5.5	16.5	0	1	0	1	0	8.6
2021	33	PHI	4	0*	2	2	0	1	2	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	2.1
Career			151	88*	423	299	124	117	145	—	—	3	25	26	4	3	178.6

* 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	25	WAS	16	15*	—	0.0%	974	95.3%	88	18.3%
2014	26	WAS	16	15*	—	0.0%	978	94.4%	77	16.7%
2015	27	WAS	16	13*	—	0.0%	889	84.2%	59	14.1%
2016	28	WAS	16	11*	—	0.0%	786	71.8%	70	16.9%
2017	29	WAS	16	12*	—	0.0%	820	75.2%	89	18.6%
2018	30	WAS	16	13*	—	0.0%	819	79.3%	65	16.8%
2019	31	WAS	12	9*	—	0.0%	642	76.6%	—	0.0%
2020	32	WAS	16	0*	—	0.0%	397	37.9%	94	21.5%
2021	33	PHI	16	0*	—	0.0%	330	31.3%	—	0.0%
Career			140	88*	—	—	6,635	—	542	—

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

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	30	WAS	16	13*	5	2	0.4	52.9	5.0	30	12	4	32	2	0.0
2019	31	WAS	12	9*	8	8	1.0	92.2	2.5	25	11	6	35	2	0.1
2020	32	WAS	16	0*	4	3	0.8	94.8	1.0	13	7	0	2	3	0.1
2021	33	PHI	16	0*	1	1	1.0	118.7	2.0	10	9	1	0	0	0.0
Career			60	22*	18	14	—	—	—	78	39	11	69	7	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 91 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 91 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 88.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 91· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 83

On-field 64.7

Availability 18.3

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)

2011bestavg 78elite 702021

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #171 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2014 WAS·4 team wins#7

Sacks · 14 · score 57

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Solid

of 100

Reached 48% of the all-time Sacks leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

48% of the all-time Sacks leader48

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat 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: 96%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.951See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.951Snap share71.8%Def snaps6,635ReliableCV 0.34

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2011

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

EDGE · 2011 class

4.67s

40-Yard

Above avg · 72th pct

Pos 72thAll 48thClass Pos 81thClass All 47th

33.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 52th pct

Pos 52thAll 49thClass Pos 61thClass All 54th

122"

Broad Jump

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 74thClass Pos 83thClass All 80th

31 reps

Bench

Elite · 91th pct

Pos 91thAll 94thClass Pos 92thClass All 95th

7.18s

3-Cone

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 47thClass Pos 55thClass All 34th

4.39s

Shuttle

Below avg · 48th pct

Pos 48thAll 42thClass Pos 45thClass All 36th

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl7Solo3Ast4TFL2QBHits2Sk1.5Dis5.5PD1

College Stats

PurdueCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Purdue), 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.

2011 Draft Class· this player went #16

#8Jake LockerQB #9Tyron SmithOT #10Blaine GabbertQB #11J.J. WattDE #12Christian PonderQB #13Nick FairleyDT #14Robert QuinnDE #15Mike PounceyC #17Nate SolderOT #18Corey LiugetDT #19Prince AmukamaraCB #20Adrian ClaybornDE #21Phillip TaylorDT #22Anthony CastonzoOT #23Danny WatkinsG #24Cameron JordanDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ryan inherited the Washington Commanders DL room from Stephen Bowen (2011–2014), and handed it to Jason Hatcher (2014–2015).

Marc Boutte 1994–1999Rich Owens 1995–1997Kenard Lang 1997–2001Dana Stubblefield 1998–2000Dan Wilkinson 1998–2002Marco Coleman

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2021team change
Joined PHI (from WAS)
2021final season
Last recorded season with PHI
2011draft
Drafted by WAS — Round 1, Pick 16

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 265 lb

Frame

267 lb at 4.67s

Size-speed

33.5" vert / 122" broad

Explosion

31 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2019	WAS	1	W13Out· Concussion
2017	WAS	0	W17Questionable· Calf
2016	WAS	0	W5Questionable· ElbowW15Questionable· KneeW16Questionable· ElbowW17Questionable· Elbow
2015	WAS	0	W9Questionable· Hand

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 11-season peers. See all →

peak 97

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B+2011

A2012

B+2013

A+2014

A2015

A+2016

A+2017

A+2018

B+2019

B+2020

F2021

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

Era Translator

Sacks translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2011	7.5	0.5	8+0.5	0.5
2012	8.5	0.5	9+0.5	0.5
2013	8.5	0.5	9+0.5	0.5
2014	13.5	0.8	14+0.5	0.8
2015	9.5	0.6	10+0.5	0.6
2016	11	0.8	13+2	0.8
2017	13	0.8	13	0.8
2018	13	0.9	14+1	0.8
2019	5.5	0.5	8+2.5	0.5
2020	5.5	0.6	9+3.5	0.6
2021	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

330 career value over replacement — #97 all-time of 4,642. 30/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

3 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #16 (Rd 1) · WAS · 2011 · +33.5 vs expected KV-H

91actual

57.5 expected · Δ+33.5

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2011

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2011 Draft Class· this player went #16

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator