Saquon Barkley is one of the most consistent running backs of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Barkley delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.

On the boards· Appears on 5 boards

RBPHI#26ACT

Saquon Barkley

3× Pro Bowl1× All-Pro9th youngest · 1,000 Rushing Yards Top 3% all-time RBsAll-Time Great👑 #1 Running Back · 2024 🏆 Clutch · +16% playoffs

Career Value · VORP

187 career value over replacement — #440 all-time of 4,695. 26.7/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×7 top-10 2-phase playertwo-way Mr. ReliableCV 0.28

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #2 (Rd 1) · NYG · 2018 · +18.7 vs expected KV-H

82actual

63.3 expected · Δ+18.7

💔+62.5 stolen VORP·2.34 szns lost

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Height6'0"

Weight232 lb

BornFeb 9, 1997

Age29

CollegePenn State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 1, Pick 2 · NYG

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #29 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

163

7 qualifying seasons

2018 NYG·5 team wins#2

Rushing Yards · 1,307 · score 48

2018 NYG·5 team wins#5

Rushing Touchdowns · 11 · score 42

2019 NYG·4 team wins#16

Rushing Yards · 1,003 · score 30

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

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

47% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader47

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 92%.

Encyclopedia Coverage6/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:2.084 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap2.084Touch rate0.438EPA/snap0Snap share69.4%Off snaps5,408ReliableCV 0.28

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within running backs, 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 RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2018

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

RB · 2018 class

4.40s

40-Yard

Elite · 91th pct

Pos 91thAll 94thClass Pos 93thClass All 94th

41"

Vertical

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 97thClass Pos 98thClass All 98th

29 reps

Bench

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Carry: 4.6 regular season → 5.3 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

+16%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

11,268

8,600 rush · 2,668 recv

Total TDs

56 rush · 16 recv

Total Touches

2,233

1,869 carries · 364 rec

Yds / Touch

5.0

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones9

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

20181K career rushing yards
20191K career receiving yards
2019100 career receptions
20223K career rushing yards
202225 career rushing TDs
20235K career rushing yards

Understanding These Stats

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Rushing

Att135Yds719TD7Y/A5.3TD%5.21D271D%20.0

Receiving

Tgt30

College Stats

Penn StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Penn State), 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.

Top Teammates

Sterling ShepardWR6y Leonard WilliamsDE5y Dexter LawrenceDT5y Darius SlaytonWR5y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Saquon inherited the New York Giants RB room from Brandon Jacobs (2005–2013), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.

Alphonse Leemans 1936–1943Frank Gifford 1952–1964Joe Morris 1982–1988Dave Meggett 1989–1994Rodney Hampton 1990–1997Tiki Barber 1997–2006

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2026final season
Last recorded season with PHI
2024team change
Joined PHI (from NYG)
2018draft
Drafted by NYG — Round 1, Pick 2

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 232 lb

Frame

233 lb at 4.40s

Size-speed

29 reps

Bench power

585 lb x 2

Squat power

Eagles-shared training video was reported as Barkley squatting 585 pounds for two reps; historical reporting also notes prior claims around 600+ pounds.

10.90 100m

Track profile

High-school track profile includes a 10.90-second 100-meter mark and a 22-foot long jump at Whitehall.

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 85

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

A2018

B+2019

B2021

B+2022

B+2023

A+2024

B+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

74%

Media, Content & Socials

curated current links only; no guessed handles

Current social profiles

Instagram@saquon

Where to find them

SAQUONdocumentary

Documentary reported as a Prime Video release about Barkley's recovery, free agency, and Super Bowl run.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallontv

Reported guest appearance after Philadelphia's Super Bowl run.

Era Translator

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

Season	Actual Rush Yds	Rush Yds/G	→ 2025 Rush Yds	→ 2025 /G
2018	1,307	81.7	1,440+133	84.7
2019	1,003	77.2	1,379+376	81.1
2021	593	45.6	784+191	46.1
2022	1,312	82	1,420+108	83.6
2023	962	68.7	1,160+198	68.2
2024	2,005	125.3	2,095+90	123.2
2025	1,140	71.3	1,211+71	71.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:player_stats_def · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 10/29/2026

Defensive StatsNot available for this player

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro Day40-yard dash, vertical, broad jump, 3-cone, shuttle, bench press. Source: nflverse combine.csv.

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

Pos 96thAll 90thClass Pos 96thClass All 93th

4.24s

Shuttle

Above avg · 57th pct

Pos 57thAll 69thClass Pos 53thClass All 73th

250 career receptions

20258K career rushing yards

202550 career rushing TDs

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Snap Counts (2012–present)

Off / Off% — Offensive snaps played and share of team total. The most reliable usage metric for skill positions and OL.

Def / Def% — Defensive snaps played and share of team total.

ST / ST% — Special-teams snaps played and share of team total.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Saquon Barkley 2018–2023

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.

2020 · cause not documented · 13%2026 · cause not documented · 29%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Durable

Canton Monitor · HOF

Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →

20%

Active · Building

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 45.3%All-Pro 17.5%Longevity 15.3%Pro Bowls 13.1%League Leads 5.8%All-Time Ranks 2.9%

Monitor score 68.5 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

What Would It Take?

To reach 50% HOF probability (score target: 108.7 · current: 68.5 · gap: +40.2)

4 more selections(First-Team All-Pro · 12 pts each · +48 pts total)

9 more more seasons started(Starter Seasons · 1.5 pts each · +14 pts total)

11 more seasons leading the NFL(League Lead · 4 pts each · +44 pts total)

Paths ranked cheapest first · accolade-based, data-calibrated vs actual enshrinement

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity74

Peak85

Accolades21

Consistency72

Per-Snap50

Historical Rank · Era-Adjusted

Best single season, projected to Rushing Yards in a modern 17-game schedule. See all →

#35

2024 · RB · all-time

Wasted Talent#22 most affected

This player carries the statistical signature of a Hall-of-Fame candidate whose career was cut short by injury or circumstance. The gap between their ceiling and actual production is quantified below.

HOF Probability

2040%

active-building

Durability IQ

Durable

Availability Rate

7400%

of games played vs eligible

IR / Lost Seasons

seasons lost to injury

On the boards· Appears on 5 boards

Saquon Barkley

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2018

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Media, Content & Socials

Era Translator

2018 Draft Class· this player went #2