Stephon Gilmore ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Gilmore in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Gilmore a career score of 78, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Stephon Gilmore

5× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 3% all-time defensive backsIron Legend

Height6'0"

Weight190 lb

BornSep 19, 1990

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Career Value · VORP

209 career value over replacement — #350 all-time of 4,695. 16.1/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #10 (Rd 1) · BUF · 2012 · +16.5 vs expected KV-H

78actual

61.5 expected · Δ+16.5

💔+31.4 stolen VORP·1.95 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2012	21–22	BUF	16	—	58	49	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	16	3	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	22–23	BUF	11	—	34	29	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	10	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	648	86.2%	69	21.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	23–24	BUF	14	—	38	30	8	3	0	0.0	3.0	3	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	837	89.4%	53	13.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	24–25	BUF	12	—	34	34	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	18	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	792	94.8%	53	14.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	25–26	BUF	15	—	43	37	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	5	12	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	981	97.2%	73	16.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	26–27	NE	13	—	47	44	3	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	9	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	816	93.8%	32	7.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	27–28	NE	16	—	44	39	5	1	1	1.0	3.0	2	20	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,014	97.3%	1	0.2%	95	46	0.5	73.9	14.1	1	0	0	2	1	0.0
2019	28–29	NE	16	—	49	40	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	6	20	0	1	2	0	—	0.0%	952	94.3%	—	0.0%	101	51	0.5	44.1	11.5	0	0	0	0	6	0.1
2020	29–30	NE	11	—	34	27	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	632	89.5%	—	0.0%	49	28	0.6	75.7	9.9	0	0	0	2	7	0.2
2021	30–31	CAR	8	—	13	12	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	305	56.9%	16	8.4%	25	17	0.7	78.6	8.8	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2022	31–32	IND	16	—	59	46	13	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	11	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,063	99.0%	1	0.3%	89	50	0.6	74.0	8.8	0	0	0	0	5	0.1
2023	32–33	DAL	17	—	64	50	14	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	13	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,002	93.2%	—	0.0%	95	53	0.6	82.7	10.1	0	0	0	0	4	0.1
2024	33–34	MIN	15	—	55	39	16	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	9	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	864	87.8%	—	0.0%	84	52	0.6	94.1	9.2	0	0	0	0	3	0.1
Career		—	180	—	572	476	96	9	1	1.0	11.0	32	149	8	2	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	538	297	—	—	—	1	0	0	4	26	—

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An all-time caliber defensive 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 209 · #350 · Elite

Worth 209 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 8% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 13 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

13 cleared

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+16.1

Avg surplus

peak +39

13 seasons × ~16.1 surplus ≈ VORP 209