Terance Mathis ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Mathis in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Mathis a career score of 70, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Terance Mathis

1× Pro BowlTop 9% all-time WRsIron Man🌅 Early Bloomer · 1994 Team Carrier · #218

Height5'10"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

188 career value over replacement — #437 all-time of 4,695. 14.5/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #140 (Rd 6) · NYJ · 1990 · +39.5 vs expected KV-H

70actual

30.5 expected · Δ+39.5

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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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
1990	23	NYJ	16	—	—	19	245	0	—	12.9	—	—	—	2	9	0	4.5	0.0	—	—	—
1991	24	NYJ	16	—	—	28	329	1	—	11.8	—	—	—	1	19	0	19.0	0.0	—	—	—
1992	25	NYJ	16	—	—	22	316	3	—	14.4	—	—	—	3	25	1	8.3	33.3	—	—	—
1993	26	NYJ	16	—	—	24	352	0	—	14.7	—	—	—	2	20	1	10.0	50.0	—	—	—
1994	27	ATL	16	—	—	111	1,342	11	—	12.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	28	ATL	14	—	—	78	1,039	9	—	13.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	29	ATL	16	—	—	69	771	7	—	11.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	30	ATL	16	—	—	62	802	6	—	12.9	—	—	—	3	35	0	11.7	0.0	—	—	—
1998	31	ATL	16	—	—	64	1,136	11	—	17.8	—	—	—	1	-6	0	-6.0	0.0	—	—	—
1999	32	ATL	16	—	153	81	1,016	6	52.9%	12.5	6.6	—	57	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2000	33	ATL	16	—	124	56	665	5	45.2%	11.9	5.4	—	42	1	-5	0	-5.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2001	34	ATL	16	—	105	51	564	2	48.6%	11.1	5.4	—	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	35	PIT	11	—	40	23	218	2	57.5%	9.5	5.5	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	201	—	422	688	8,795	63	163.0%	12.8	20.8	—	147	14	97	2	6.9	14.3	0	0.0	0

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

68thReceptions·688 75thReceiving Touchdowns·63 76thReceiving Yards·8,795 yds

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A high-end wide receiver defined as much by exceptional availability — almost never missed time as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 188 · #437 · Elite

Worth 188 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 10% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 12 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

12 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

+15.7

Avg surplus

peak +33

12 seasons × ~15.7 surplus ≈