Sam Madison ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Madison in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Madison a career score of 77, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Sam Madison

4× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 4% all-time defensive backsIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 1998

Height5'11"

Weight180 lb

BornApr 23, 1974

Age52

CollegeLouisville

Combined Season Grid

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

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

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	23	MIA	14	—	21	16	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	5	2	—	—	—
1998	24	MIA	16	—	44	32	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	8	20	0	—	—	—
1999	25	MIA	15	—	41	34	7	4	0	0.0	4.0	7	12	1	—	1	1
2000	26	MIA	15	—	35	27	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	5	11	2	2	0	0
2001	27	MIA	13	—	23	16	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	13	0	—	0	0
2002	28	MIA	15	—	32	22	10	2	0	0.0	2.0	3	11	1	—	0	0
2003	29	MIA	16	—	45	42	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	10	0	1	1	0
2004	30	MIA	16	—	40	27	13	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	7	3	—	0	0
2005	31	MIA	15	—	49	39	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	12	1	—	0	0
2006	32	NYG	12	—	33	27	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	10	0	1	0	0
2007	33	NYG	16	—	61	53	8	0	2	1.0	3.0	4	14	1	1	0	0
2008	34	NYG	3	—	4	3	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	2	0	—	0	0
Career		—	166	—	428	338	73	9	2	2.0	13.0	38	127	11	5	2	1

Career Value · VORP

195 career value over replacement — #410 all-time of 4,695. 17.7/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #44 (Rd 2) · MIA · 1997 · +27.6 vs expected KV-H

77actual

49.4 expected · Δ+27.6

💔+29.7 stolen VORP·1.68 szns lost

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Career arc · VAL by season

11 seasons · peak 10.0 in 1998

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

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

Best season · 1998 · +0.8 wins

Estimated from the season line (early era)+0.8

Latest season · 2007 · +0.4 wins

Defence+0.4

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Position percentile · DB

#42 of 1,089 all-time defensive backs by KV-H

096th percentile100

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Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1997	23	MIA	14	—	21	16	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	5	2	—	—	—	0.7
1998	24	MIA	16	—	44	32	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	8	20	0	—	—	—	10
1999	25	MIA	15	—	41	34	7	4	0	0.0	4.0	7	12	1	—	1	1	7.7
2000	26	MIA	15	—	35	27	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	5	11	2	2	0	0	6.8
2001	27	MIA	13	—	23	16	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	13	0	—	0	0	2.8
2002	28	MIA	15	—	32	22	10	2	0	0.0	2.0	3	11	1	—	0	0	3.4
2003	29	MIA	16	—	45	42	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	10	0	1	1	0	3.4
2004	30	MIA	16	—	40	27	13	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	7	3	—	0	0	0
2005	31	MIA	15	—	49	39	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	12	1	—	0	0	2.3
2006	32	NYG	12	—	33	27	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	10	0	1	0	0	2
2007	33	NYG	16	—	61	53	8	0	2	1.0	3.0	4	14	1	1	0	0	5
2008	34	NYG	3	—	4	3	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—
Career			166		428	338	73	9	2	2.0	13.0	38	127	11	5	2	1	44.1