Sterling Sharpe is a Hall of Fame receiver whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 83 in the Knox value model. Sharpe's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

On the boards· Appears on 4 boards

Streaks3 straight · 1,000 receiving yards · 1992–94

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Sterling Sharpe

★ HALL OF FAME5× Pro Bowl3× All-ProTop 2% all-time WRsIron Legend💭 What If? · 4+ seasons left 🌅 Early Bloomer · 1989

Career Value · VORP

205 career value over replacement — #364 all-time of 4,695. 29.3/season above a replacement-level WR.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #7 (Rd 1) · GNB · 1988 · +19.7 vs expected KV-H

83actual

63.3 expected · Δ+19.7

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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	Receiving									Rushing
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
1988	23	GB	16	—	—	55	791	1	—	14.4	—	—	—	4	-2	0	-0.5	0.0	—	—	—
1989	24	GB	16	—	—	90	1,423	12	—	15.8	—	—	—	2	25	0	12.5	0.0	—	—	—
1990	25	GB	16	—	—	67	1,105	6	—	16.5	—	—	—	2	14	0	7.0	0.0	—	—	—
1991	26	GB	16	—	—	69	961	4	—	13.9	—	—	—	4	4	0	1.0	0.0	—	—	—
1992	27	GB	16	—	—	108	1,461	13	—	13.5	—	—	—	4	8	0	2.0	0.0	—	—	—
1993	28	GB	16	—	—	112	1,274	11	—	11.4	—	—	—	4	8	0	2.0	0.0	—	—	—
1994	29	GB	16	—	—	94	1,119	18	—	11.9	—	—	—	3	15	0	5.0	0.0	—	—	—
Career		—	112	—	—	595	8,134	65	—	13.7	—	—	—	23	72	0	3.1	0.0	—	—	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

63rdReceiving Touchdowns·65

Postseason all-time ranks

78thPlayoff Receiving Touchdowns·4

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

Season honors and record seasons

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An all-time caliber wide receiver (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 205 · #364 · Elite

Worth 205 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 9% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 7 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +29.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 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

+29.3

Avg surplus

peak +37

7 seasons × ~29.3 surplus ≈ VORP 205