Sonny Jurgensen ranks in the all-time elite tier for quarterbacks — a career that places Jurgensen in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Jurgensen a career score of 70, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Career Value · VORP
340 career value over replacement — #86 all-time of 4,695. 22.7/season above a replacement-level QB.
💔+40.9 stolen VORP·1.8 szns lostFan Rating
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Passing | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | |||||
| 1957 | 23 | PHI | 10 | — | 33 | 70 | 47.1% | 470 | 5 | 8 | 7.1 | 11.4 | 6.7 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 53.6 | — |
| 1958 | 24 | PHI | — | — | 12 | 22 | 54.5% | 259 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 11.8 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 77.7 | — |
| 1959 | 25 | PHI | — | — | 3 | 5 | 60.0% | 27 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 9.4 | — | 114.2 | — |
| 1960 | 26 | PHI | — | — | 24 | 44 | 54.5% | 486 | 5 | 1 | 11.4 | 2.3 | 11.0 | 12.3 | 5.0 | 122.0 | — |
| 1961 | 27 | PHI | 14 | — | 235 | 416 | 56.5% | 3,723 | 32 | 24 | 7.7 | 5.8 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 1.3 | 88.1 | — |
| 1962 | 28 | PHI | 14 | — | 196 | 366 | 53.6% | 3,261 | 22 | 26 | 6.0 | 7.1 | 8.9 | 6.9 | 0.8 | 74.3 | — |
| 1963 | 29 | PHI | 9 | — | 99 | 184 | 53.8% | 1,413 | 11 | 13 | 6.0 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 0.8 | 69.4 | — |
| 1964 | 30 | WAS | 14 | — | 207 | 385 | 53.8% | 2,934 | 24 | 13 | 6.2 | 3.4 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 1.8 | 85.4 | — |
| 1965 | 31 | WAS | 13 | — | 190 | 356 | 53.4% | 2,367 | 15 | 16 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 69.6 | — |
| 1966 | 32 | WAS | 14 | — | 254 | 436 | 58.3% | 3,209 | 28 | 19 | 6.4 | 4.4 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 1.5 | 84.5 | — |
| 1967 | 33 | WAS | 14 | — | 288 | 508 | 56.7% | 3,747 | 31 | 16 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 1.9 | 87.3 | — |
| 1968 | 34 | WAS | 12 | — | 167 | 292 | 57.2% | 1,980 | 17 | 11 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 81.7 | — |
| 1969 | 35 | WAS | 14 | — | 274 | 442 | 62.0% | 3,102 | 22 | 15 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 85.4 | — |
| 1970 | 36 | WAS | 14 | — | 202 | 337 | 59.9% | 2,354 | 23 | 10 | 6.8 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 91.5 | — |
| 1971 | 37 | WAS | 5 | — | 16 | 28 | 57.1% | 170 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 45.2 | — |
| 1972 | 38 | WAS | 7 | — | 39 | 59 | 66.1% | 633 | 2 | 4 | 3.4 | 6.8 | 10.7 | 8.4 | 0.5 | 84.9 | — |
| 1973 | 39 | WAS | 14 | — | 87 | 145 | 60.0% | 904 | 6 | 5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 1.2 | 77.5 | — |
| 1974 | 40 | WAS | 14 | — | 107 | 167 | 64.1% | 1,185 | 11 | 5 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 2.2 | 94.5 | — |
| Career | — | — | — | 2,433 | 4,262 | 57.1% | 32,224 | 255 | 189 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 1.3 | 82.6 | 0 | |
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A high-end quarterback defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.
Worth 340 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 3% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 13 of 15 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +26.2 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
13 seasons × ~26.2 surplus ≈
John Elway
QB
78% match