T.J. Watt is building a case for Canton — a 80% HOF probability suggests his career already clears the historical enshrinement bar in most models. His overall career value places Watt in the top 1% of all pass rushers in the StatVault encyclopedia.

On the boards· Appears on 10 boards

Streaks4 straight · 10 sacks · 2018–21

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T.J. Watt

8× Pro Bowl4× All-ProTop 1% all-time pass rushersFranchise Cornerstone👑 2× #1 Edge Rusher · 2019–2023 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2019

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Career Value · VORP

382 career value over replacement — #47 all-time of 4,695. 42.4/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

Led league 3×6 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #30 (Rd 1) · PIT · 2017 · +42.2 vs expected KV-H

97actual

54.8 expected · Δ+42.2

💔+67.8 stolen VORP·1.6 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%
2017	22–23	PIT	15	—	50	37	13	10	13	7.0	30.0	1	7	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	751	82.1%	149	35.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	23–24	PIT	16	—	61	43	18	12	21	13.0	46.0	0	3	6	—	0	0	—	0.0%	902	86.3%	61	13.3%	27	22	0.8	109.6	5.0	38	18	7	46	14	0.2
2019	24–25	PIT	16	—	52	32	20	14	36	14.5	64.5	2	8	8	4	0	0	—	0.0%	935	86.3%	57	13.1%	5	2	0.4	8.3	3.6	59	23	19	80	8	0.1
2020	25–26	PIT	15	—	47	37	10	23	41	15.0	79.0	1	7	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	855	88.3%	45	10.6%	6	3	0.5	56.2	7.8	61	19	26	91	6	0.1
2021	26–27	PIT	15	—	58	42	16	21	39	22.5	82.5	0	7	5	3	0	0	—	0.0%	758	72.5%	32	7.5%	4	4	1.0	109.4	3.0	52	15	13	45	13	0.2
2022	27–28	PIT	10	—	32	20	12	8	12	5.5	25.5	2	5	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	502	84.1%	32	12.8%	3	3	1.0	60.4	2.3	13	2	4	36	3	0.1
2023	28–29	PIT	17	—	58	38	20	19	36	19.0	74.0	1	8	4	3	1	0	—	0.0%	931	82.3%	36	7.8%	8	5	0.6	40.1	1.6	50	12	18	23	10	0.1
2024	29–30	PIT	17	—	56	35	21	19	27	11.5	57.5	0	4	6	2	0	0	—	0.0%	938	86.3%	38	8.3%	5	5	1.0	94.2	-0.8	31	3	16	23	4	0.1
2025	30–31	PIT	14	—	53	21	32	10	19	7.0	36.0	2	8	3	2	0	0	—	0.0%	812	82.6%	28	7.5%	6	4	0.7	47.2	-2.5	27	9	10	31	5	0.1
2026	31–32	PIT	5	—	13	10	3	6	7	4.5	17.5	1	2	1	1	1	0	—	0.0%	211	68.2%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	140	—	480	315	165	142	251	119.5	512.5	10	59	37	15	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	64	48	—	—	—	331	101	113	375	63	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

24thSacks·119.5

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2023·Sacks19 Led NFL2021·Sacks22.5

Archetype Intelligence

Franchise CornerstoneExplore archetypes →

A top 1% all-time edge rusher with excellent availability over their career and elite per-snap production (top 5% in their position group). The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Record Chase →

#24 all-time in Sacks (119.5). 2 behind Simeon Rice for #23 — on pace in ~1 season

Career Value · VORP

VORP 382 · #47 · All-Time

Worth 382 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 2% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 9 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +42.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 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

+42.4

Avg surplus

peak +52

9 seasons × ~42.4 surplus ≈ VORP 382