Santana Moss ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Moss in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Moss a career score of 73, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

WRWAS#89ACT

Santana Moss

1× Pro BowlTop 7% all-time WRsElite Playmaker📉 Fades · -12% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2005Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #109

Height5'10"

Weight193 lb

BornJun 1, 1979

Age47

CollegeMiami See College Stats

Rookie yr2001

Draft2001 · Rd 1, Pick 16 · NYJ

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

53rdReceiving Yards·10,283 yds 60thReceiving Touchdowns·66 60thReceptions·732

Postseason all-time ranks

80thPlayoff Receiving Touchdowns·4

Pro Bowls

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2005·Rec Yds1,483 yds

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time wide receiver who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 233 · #274 · Elite

Worth 233 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 7% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 12 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +19.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

12 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+19.4

Avg surplus

peak +41

12 seasons × ~19.4 surplus ≈ VORP 233

Combined Season Grid

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

4 grids split in one view

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%
2001	—	NYJ	5	—	17	2	40	0	11.8%	20.0	2.4	—	2	1	-6	0	-6.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	IND	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	NYJ	15	—	52	30	433	4	57.7%	14.4	8.3	—	20	7	48	0	6.9	0.0	3	42.9	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	CLE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	NYJ	16	—	74	74	1,105	10	100.0%	14.9	14.9	—	49	10	67	0	6.7	0.0	3	30.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	NE	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	NYJ	15	—	45	45	838	5	100.0%	18.6	18.6	—	35	6	18	0	3.0	0.0	2	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	HOU	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	WAS	16	—	84	84	1,483	9	100.0%	17.7	17.7	—	60	3	-3	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	CHI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	WAS	14	—	55	55	790	6	100.0%	14.4	14.4	—	36	7	82	0	11.7	0.0	3	42.9	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	CAR	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	WAS	14	—	61	61	808	3	100.0%	13.2	13.2	—	43	3	13	0	4.3	0.0	1	33.3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	BUF	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	WAS	15	—	79	79	1,044	6	100.0%	13.2	13.2	—	50	1	27	0	27.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	NYG	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	WAS	16	—	120	70	902	3	58.3%	12.9	7.5	—	40	2	8	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	PHI	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	WAS	16	—	145	93	1,115	6	64.1%	12.0	7.7	—	61	5	-6	0	-1.2	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	NYG	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	WAS	12	—	96	46	584	4	47.9%	12.7	6.1	—	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	MIN	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	WAS	16	—	62	41	573	8	66.1%	14.0	9.2	—	27	3	14	0	4.7	0.0	1	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	WAS	16	—	78	42	452	2	53.8%	10.8	5.8	—	28	3	25	0	8.3	0.0	1	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	551	48.2%	—	0.0%	33	14.3%
2013	—	DAL	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	WAS	5	—	15	10	116	0	66.7%	11.6	7.7	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	130	20.4%	—	0.0%	17	13.8%
Career		—	215	—	983	732	10,283	66	74.5%	14.0	10.5	—	492	51	287	0	5.6	0.0	15	29.4	1	23	23	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	681	34.3%	—	0.0%	50	14.0%

Career EPA552.9·-3 rushing · 556 receiving·39.5/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2001	22	NYJ	5	—	1	-6	-6.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	1.3
2002	23	NYJ	15	—	7	48	6.9	0.0	3	42.9	0	7.9
2003	24	NYJ	16	—	10	67	6.7	0.0	3	30.0	0	18.1
2004	25	NYJ	15	—	6	18	3.0	0.0	2	33.3	0	10.9
2005	26	WAS	16	—	3	-3	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	23.8
2006	27	WAS	14	—	7	82	11.7	0.0	3	42.9	0	11.7
2007	28	WAS	14	—	3	13	4.3	0.0	1	33.3	1	10.3
2008	29	WAS	15	—	1	27	27.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	14.9
2009	30	WAS	16	—	2	8	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	12
2010	31	WAS	16	—	5	-6	-1.2	0.0	0	0.0	0	15.5
2012	33	WAS	16	—	3	14	4.7	0.0	1	33.3	0	12.7
2013	34	WAS	16	0*	3	25	8.3	0.0	1	33.3	0	7.6
Career			174		51	287	5.6	—	15	—	1	158.3

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

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2001	22	NYJ	5	—	17	2	40	0	11.8%	20.0	2.4	—	2
2002	23	NYJ	15	—	52	30	433	4	57.7%	14.4	8.3	—	20
2003	24	NYJ	16	—	74	74	1,105	10	100.0%	14.9	14.9	—	49
2004	25	NYJ	15	—	45	45	838	5	100.0%	18.6	18.6	—	35
2005	26	WAS	16	—	84	84	1,483	9	100.0%	17.7	17.7	—	60
2006	27	WAS	14	—	55	55	790	6	100.0%	14.4	14.4	—	36
2007	28	WAS	14	—	61	61	808	3	100.0%	13.2	13.2	—	43
2008	29	WAS	15	—	79	79	1,044	6	100.0%	13.2	13.2	—	50
2009	30	WAS	16	—	120	70	902	3	58.3%	12.9	7.5	—	40
2010	31	WAS	16	—	145	93	1,115	6	64.1%	12.0	7.7	—	61
2011	32	WAS	12	—	96	46	584	4	47.9%	12.7	6.1	—	35
2012	33	WAS	16	—	62	41	573	8	66.1%	14.0	9.2	—	27
2013	34	WAS	16	0*	78	42	452	2	53.8%	10.8	5.8	—	28
2014	35	WAS	5	0*	15	10	116	0	66.7%	11.6	7.7	—	6
Career			191		983	732	10,283	66	74.5%	14.0	10.5	—	492

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2001	22	IND	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2002	23	CLE	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2003	24	NE	2	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2004	25	HOU	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2005	26	CHI	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2006	27	CAR	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2007	28	BUF	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2008	29	NYG	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2009	30	PHI	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2010	31	NYG	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
2011	32	MIN	4	—	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
2013	34	DAL	3	0*	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Career			24		23	23	—	—	—

* 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	34	WAS	16	0*	551	48.2%	—	0.0%	33	14.3%
2014	35	WAS	10	0*	130	20.4%	—	0.0%	17	13.8%
Career			26		681	—	—	—	50	—

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

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
2001	22	—	—	—	—	-0.8	-12.3	0
2002	23	—	—	—	—	1.4	12.5	0
2003	24	—	—	—	—	2.6	91.3	0
2004	25	—	—	—	—	-0.5	70.7	0
2005	26	—	—	—	—	-2.3	138.9	0
2006	27	—	—	—	—	3.0	66.8	552
2007	28	—	—	—	—	-9.0	66.5	633
2008	29	—	—	—	—	1.9	78.9	503
2009	30	—	—	—	—	-0.0	-2.6	1,110
2010	31	—	—	—	—	-0.1	17.8	1,385
2011	32	—	—	—	—	—	1.2	1,058
2012	33	—	—	—	—	-0.1	34.1	589
2013	34	—	—	0*	—	1.2	-12.3	641
2014	35	—	—	0*	—	—	4.0	111
Career					—	—	—	6,582

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 73 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 73 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 14 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 71.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 73· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 46.9

Availability 18.1

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)

2001bestavg 61elite 702014

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #109 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

5 qualifying seasons

2010 WAS·6 team wins#4

Receptions · 93 · score 22

2003 NYJ·6 team wins#8

Receiving Touchdowns · 10 · score 18

2010 WAS·6 team wins#10

Receiving Yards · 1,115 · score 16

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 47% of the all-time Receptions leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

47% of the all-time Receptions leader47

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

39.5 EPA/season over 14 seasons63

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Yards / snap:0.871 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.871Touch rate0.141EPA/snap-0.01Snap share34.3%Off snaps681Emerging

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within wide receivers, 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 wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2001

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

WR · 2001 class

4.31s

40-Yard

Elite · 97th pct

Pos 97thAll 99thClass Pos 98thClass All 99th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Reception: 14.0 regular season → 12.4 playoffs (6 playoff seasons)

-12%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Rushing

Att4Yds44Y/A11.01D21D%50.0

Receiving

Tgt47Rec36Yds446TD4Ctch%76.6%Y/R12.4Y/Tgt9.51D23

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA1.6Rec EPA27.9Rec AirYd97

College Stats

MiamiCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Miami), 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.

2001 Draft Class· this player went #16

#8David TerrellWR #9Koren RobinsonWR #10Jamal ReynoldsDE #11Dan MorganMLB #12Damione LewisDT #13Marcus StroudDE #14Kenyatta WalkerOT #15Rod GardnerWR #17Steve HutchinsonG #18Jeff BackusOT #19Casey HamptonNT #20Adam ArchuletaS #21Nate ClementsS #23Deuce McAllisterRB #24Willie MiddlebrooksDB #25Freddie MitchellWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Santana inherited the Washington Commanders WR room from Laveranues Coles (2003–2004), and handed it to Antwaan Randle El (2006–2009).

Art Monk 1980–1993Virgil Seay 1981–1984Charlie Brown 1982–1984Henry Ellard 1994–1998Leslie Shepherd 1994–1998Michael Westbrook

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2014final season
Last recorded season with WAS
2005team change
Joined WAS (from NYJ)
2001draft
Drafted by NYJ — Round 1, Pick 16

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 193 lb

Frame

184 lb at 4.31s

Size-speed

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2011	WAS	4	W8Out· HandW9Out· HandW10Out· HandW11Out· Hand
2010	WAS	0	W12Questionable· KneeW13Questionable· KneeW14Questionable· Knee

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 14-season peers. See all →

peak 81

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

F2001

C+2002

B+2003

B2004

A2005

B2006

B2007

B+2008

B2009

B+2010

B2011

C+2012

C+2013

F2014

Era Translator

Rec Yds 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 Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
2001	40	8	0-40	0
2002	433	28.9	339-94	19.9
2003	1,105	69.1	1,116+11	65.6
2004	838	55.9	840+2	49.4
2005	1,483	92.7	1,581+98	93
2006	790	56.4	826+36	48.6
2007	808	57.7	878+70	51.6
2008	1,044	69.6	1,099+55	64.6
2009	902	56.4	869-33	51.1
2010	1,115	69.7	1,111-4	65.3
2011	584	48.7	733+149	43.1
2012	573	35.8	493-80	29
2013	452	28.3	361-91	21.2
2014	116	23.2	269+153	15.8

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

233 career value over replacement — #274 all-time of 4,642. 16.6/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

Led league 1×6 top-10 Compiler36% in top 3 yrs

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #16 (Rd 1) · NYJ · 2001 · +15.5 vs expected KV-H

73actual

57.5 expected · Δ+15.5

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2001

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2001 Draft Class· this player went #16

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator