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	—	—	—

Career arc · VAL by season

7 seasons · peak 20.2 in 1992

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

8.0 career wins over 7 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 1992 · +1.5 wins

Estimated from the season line (early era)+1.5

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
Career			—		1	1	100.0%	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	—	79.2	—	105

Career line only: the source has this as a career total, without seasons.

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	1D	1D%	Fmb
1988	23	GB	16	—	4	-2	-0.5	—	—	—
1989	24	GB	16	—	2	25	12.5	—	—	—
1990	25	GB	16	—	2	14	7.0	—	—	—
1991	26	GB	16	—	4	4	1.0	—	—	—
1992	27	GB	16	—	4	8	2.0	—	—	—
1993	28	GB	16	—	4	8	2.0	—	—	—
1994	29	GB	16	—	3	15	5.0	—	—	—
Career			112		23	72	3.1	—	—	—

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1988	23	GB	16	—	—	55	791	1	—	14.4	—	—	—
1989	24	GB	16	—	—	90	1,423	12	—	15.8	—	—	—
1990	25	GB	16	—	—	67	1,105	6	—	16.5	—	—	—
1991	26	GB	16	—	—	69	961	4	—	13.9	—	—	—
1992	27	GB	16	—	—	108	1,461	13	—	13.5	—	—	—
1993	28	GB	16	—	—	112	1,274	11	—	11.4	—	—	—
1994	29	GB	16	—	—	94	1,119	18	—	11.9	—	—	—
Career			112		—	595	8,134	65	—	13.7	—	—	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 83 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 83 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 79.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 83· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 77

On-field 57.1

Availability 19.9

On-field production