Steve McNair is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places McNair in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and McNair's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Steve McNair

3× Pro BowlTop 16% all-time QBsIron Man📉 Fades · -20% playoffs Team Carrier · #133

Height6'2"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

216 career value over replacement — #331 all-time of 4,695. 19.6/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

5 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · HOU · 1995 · -2.3 vs expected KV-H

61actual

63.3 expected · Δ−2.3

💔+34.5 stolen VORP·1.76 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Passing													Rushing								Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1995	22–23	HOU	—	—	0.8	41	80	51.2%	569	3	1	3.8	1.3	7.1	7.3	3.0	81.7	—	11	38	0	3.5	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	23–24	HOU	—	—	6.4	88	143	61.5%	1,197	6	4	4.2	2.8	8.4	8.0	1.5	90.6	—	31	169	2	5.5	6.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	24–25	TEN	16	—	10.7	216	415	52.0%	2,665	14	13	3.4	3.1	6.4	5.7	1.1	70.4	—	101	674	8	6.7	7.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	25–26	TEN	16	—	16.9	289	492	58.7%	3,228	15	10	3.0	2.0	6.6	6.3	1.5	80.1	—	77	559	4	7.3	5.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	26–27	TEN	11	—	14.6	185	329	56.2%	2,152	12	8	3.6	2.4	6.5	6.2	1.5	78.2	16	71	328	8	4.6	11.3	33	46.5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	27–28	TEN	16	—	15.8	242	389	62.2%	2,757	15	13	3.9	3.3	7.1	6.4	1.2	82.4	23	72	403	0	5.6	0.0	23	31.9	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	28–29	TEN	15	—	16.0	264	431	61.3%	3,350	21	12	4.9	2.8	7.8	7.5	1.8	90.2	37	75	414	5	5.5	6.7	31	41.3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	29–30	TEN	16	—	27.9	301	492	61.2%	3,387	22	15	4.5	3.0	6.9	6.4	1.5	84.0	21	82	440	3	5.4	3.7	29	35.4	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	30–31	TEN	14	—	18.9	250	400	62.5%	3,246	24	7	6.0	1.8	8.1	8.5	3.4	100.7	20	37	138	4	3.7	10.8	9	24.3	2	1	1	4	0	100.0%	4.0	4.0	—	0
2004	31–32	TEN	8	—	3.4	129	215	60.0%	1,343	8	9	3.7	4.2	6.2	5.1	0.9	73.1	13	23	128	1	5.6	4.3	11	47.8	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	32–33	TEN	14	—	20.1	292	476	61.3%	3,161	16	11	3.4	2.3	6.6	6.3	1.5	82.4	20	32	139	1	4.3	3.1	12	37.5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	33–34	BAL	16	—	12.1	295	468	63.0%	3,050	16	12	3.4	2.6	6.5	6.0	1.3	82.5	14	45	119	1	2.6	2.2	16	35.6	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	34–35	BAL	6	—	0.0	133	205	64.9%	1,113	2	4	1.0	2.0	5.4	4.7	0.5	73.9	11	10	32	0	3.2	0.0	4	40.0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	—	—	163.6	2,725	4,535	60.1%	31,218	174	119	3.8	2.6	6.9	6.5	1.5	82.7	175	667	3,581	37	5.4	5.5	168	25.2	12	1	1	4	0	100.0%	4.0	4.0	—	0

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

49thPassing Yards·31,218 yds 60thPassing Touchdowns·174

Postseason all-time ranks

30thPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·6 38thPlayoff Passing Yards·1,736 yds

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A high-end quarterback defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 20% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 216 · #331 · Elite

Worth 216 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 8% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 10 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +21.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 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

+21.6

Avg surplus

peak +28

10 seasons × ~21.6 surplus ≈