Shaun Alexander ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Alexander in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Alexander a career score of 79, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

Streaks5 straight · 1,000 rushing yards · 2001–05

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Shaun Alexander

3× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 4% all-time RBsIron Legend📉 Fades · -23% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2005

Height5'11"

Career Value · VORP

198 career value over replacement — #398 all-time of 4,695. 22/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

Led league 3×9 top-10 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #19 (Rd 1) · SEA · 2000 · +22.3 vs expected KV-H

79actual

56.7 expected · Δ+22.3

💔+29.7 stolen VORP·1.35 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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

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

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2000	23	SEA	16	—	64	313	2	4.9	3.1	20	31.3	2	11	5	41	0	45.5%	8.2	3.7	—	2
2001	24	SEA	16	—	309	1,318	14	4.3	4.5	61	19.7	4	59	44	343	2	74.6%	7.8	5.8	—	15
2002	25	SEA	16	—	295	1,175	16	4.0	5.4	61	20.7	1	78	59	460	2	75.6%	7.8	5.9	—	19
2003	26	SEA	16	—	326	1,435	14	4.4	4.3	79	24.2	3	42	42	295	2	100.0%	7.0	7.0	—	16
2004	27	SEA	16	—	353	1,696	16	4.8	4.5	77	21.8	3	23	23	170	4	100.0%	7.4	7.4	—	9
2005	28	SEA	16	—	370	1,880	27	5.1	7.3	107	28.9	1	15	15	78	1	100.0%	5.2	5.2	—	3
2006	29	SEA	10	—	252	896	7	3.6	2.8	54	21.4	3	12	12	48	0	100.0%	4.0	4.0	—	2
2007	30	SEA	13	—	207	716	4	3.5	1.9	37	17.9	0	14	14	76	1	100.0%	5.4	5.4	—	4
2008	31	WAS	4	—	11	24	0	2.2	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	1	9	0	100.0%	9.0	9.0	—	0
Career		—	123	—	2,187	9,453	100	4.3	4.6	496	22.7	17	255	215	1,520	12	84.3%	7.1	6.0	—	70

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

10thRushing Touchdowns·100 36thRushing Yards·9,453 yds

Postseason all-time ranks

15thPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·8 29thPlayoff Rushing Yards·564 yds

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An all-time caliber running back (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 198 · #398 · Elite

Worth 198 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 9% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 8 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +24.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 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

+24.8

Avg surplus

peak +38

8 seasons × ~24.8 surplus ≈