Terrell Owens is a Hall of Fame receiver whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 96 in the Knox value model. Owens led his position in a major category 3 times — the definition of era-defining dominance.

WRCIN#81RES

Terrell Owens

"T.O."

★ HALL OF FAME6× Pro Bowl5× All-ProTop 0% all-time WRsIron Legend⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2000Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #53

Height6'3"

Weight224 lb

BornDec 7, 1973

Age52

CollegeTennessee-Chattanooga See College Stats

Rookie yr1996

Draft1996 · Rd 3, Pick 89 · SF

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

3rdReceiving Yards·15,912 yds 3rdReceiving Touchdowns·153 13thReceptions·1,075

Postseason all-time ranks

33rdPlayoff Receiving Yards·751 yds 39thPlayoff Receptions·54 53rdPlayoff Receiving Touchdowns·5

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2006·Rec TD13 Led NFL2002·Rec TD13 Led NFL2001·Rec TD16 20thsingle season·Rec TD2001

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber wide receiver (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 419 · #38 · All-Time

Worth 419 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 2% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 15 of 15 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +27.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

15 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+27.9

Avg surplus

peak +38

15 seasons × ~27.9 surplus ≈ VORP 419

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Passing													Defense
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	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1996	—	SF	10	—	—	35	520	4	—	14.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	SF	15	—	—	60	936	8	—	15.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	SF	10	—	—	67	1,097	14	—	16.4	—	—	—	4	53	1	13.3	25.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	SF	14	—	95	59	747	4	62.1%	12.7	7.9	—	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	SF	14	—	143	95	1,436	13	66.4%	15.1	10.0	—	64	2	6	0	3.0	0.0	0	0.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	CAR	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	—	SF	16	—	155	93	1,412	16	60.0%	15.2	9.1	—	70	4	21	0	5.3	0.0	1	25.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	LA	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
2002	—	SF	14	—	159	100	1,300	13	62.9%	13.0	8.2	—	61	7	79	1	11.3	14.3	3	42.9	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	SF	15	—	80	80	1,102	9	100.0%	13.8	13.8	—	55	3	-2	0	-0.7	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	LA	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	PHI	14	—	77	77	1,200	14	100.0%	15.6	15.6	—	51	3	-5	0	-1.7	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	WAS	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2005	—	PHI	7	—	47	47	763	6	100.0%	16.2	16.2	—	32	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	DEN	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2006	—	DAL	16	—	85	85	1,180	13	100.0%	13.9	13.9	—	62	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	NYG	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2007	—	DAL	15	—	81	81	1,355	15	100.0%	16.7	16.7	—	69	1	5	0	5.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2008	—	DAL	16	—	69	69	1,052	10	100.0%	15.2	15.2	—	38	7	33	0	4.7	0.0	2	28.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	PIT	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	—	BUF	16	—	109	55	829	5	50.5%	15.1	7.6	—	33	6	54	1	9.0	16.7	2	33.3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	NYJ	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	—	CIN	13	—	139	72	983	9	51.8%	13.7	7.1	—	47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	NYJ	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	226	—	1,239	1,075	15,912	153	86.8%	14.8	12.8	—	618	38	246	3	6.5	7.9	8	21.1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	24	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	1	—	0	0

Career EPA832.3·-1 rushing · 834 receiving·69.4/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
No regular-season passing rows are available in this profile artifact.

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1998	25	SF	10	—	4	53	1	13.3	25.0	—	—	—
2000	27	SF	14	—	2	6	0	3.0	0.0	0	0.0	1
2001	28	SF	16	—	4	21	0	5.3	0.0	1	25.0	0
2002	29	SF	14	—	7	79	1	11.3	14.3	3	42.9	0
2003	30	SF	15	—	3	-2	0	-0.7	0.0	0	0.0	0
2004	31	PHI	14	—	3	-5	0	-1.7	0.0	0	0.0	0
2005	32	PHI	7	—	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2007	34	DAL	15	—	1	5	0	5.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2008	35	DAL	16	—	7	33	0	4.7	0.0	2	28.6	0
2009	36	BUF	16	—	6	54	1	9.0	16.7	2	33.3	0
Career			137		38	246	3	6.5	—	8	—	1

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1996	23	SF	10	—	—	35	520	4	—	14.9	—	—	—
1997	24	SF	15	—	—	60	936	8	—	15.6	—	—	—
1998	25	SF	10	—	—	67	1,097	14	—	16.4	—	—	—
1999	26	SF	14	—	95	59	747	4	62.1%	12.7	7.9	—	36
2000	27	SF	14	—	143	95	1,436	13	66.4%	15.1	10.0	—	64
2001	28	SF	16	—	155	93	1,412	16	60.0%	15.2	9.1	—	70
2002	29	SF	14	—	159	100	1,300	13	62.9%	13.0	8.2	—	61
2003	30	SF	15	—	80	80	1,102	9	100.0%	13.8	13.8	—	55
2004	31	PHI	14	—	77	77	1,200	14	100.0%	15.6	15.6	—	51
2005	32	PHI	7	—	47	47	763	6	100.0%	16.2	16.2	—	32
2006	33	DAL	16	—	85	85	1,180	13	100.0%	13.9	13.9	—	62
2007	34	DAL	15	—	81	81	1,355	15	100.0%	16.7	16.7	—	69
2008	35	DAL	16	—	69	69	1,052	10	100.0%	15.2	15.2	—	38
2009	36	BUF	16	—	109	55	829	5	50.5%	15.1	7.6	—	33
2010	37	CIN	13	—	139	72	983	9	51.8%	13.7	7.1	—	47
Career			205		1,239	1,075	15,912	153	86.8%	14.8	12.8	—	618

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR
2000	27	CAR	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
2001	28	LA	3	—	4	3	1	0.0	0.0	0	1	—
2003	30	LA	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
2004	31	WAS	1	—	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
2005	32	DEN	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
2006	33	NYG	3	—	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
2007	34	DAL	4	—	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	1	0	—
2008	35	PIT	3	—	3	3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
2009	36	NYJ	2	—	2	2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
2010	37	NYJ	4	—	4	4	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—
Career			25		25	24	1	—	—	1	1	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Rec AirYd
1999	26	—	—	—	—	—	13.2	0
2000	27	—	—	—	—	-4.5	78.7	0
2001	28	—	—	—	—	-0.6	66.5	0
2002	29	—	—	—	—	5.6	76.8	0
2003	30	—	—	—	—	-3.3	94.5	0
2004	31	—	—	—	—	-1.0	103.1	0
2005	32	—	—	—	—	-0.5	66.9	0
2006	33	—	—	—	—	—	117.5	817
2007	34	—	—	—	—	0.2	138.9	1,002
2008	35	—	—	—	—	0.4	92.2	772
2009	36	—	—	—	—	2.4	-0.3	1,606
2010	37	—	—	—	—	—	-14.4	1,769
Career					—	—	—	5,966

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 96 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 96 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 15 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 82.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 96· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 76

On-field 58.4

Availability 17.6

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)

1996bestavg 76elite 702010

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #53 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

140

6 qualifying seasons

2010 CIN·4 team wins#16

Receiving Touchdowns · 9 · score 30

2000 SF·6 team wins#2

Receiving Yards · 1,436 · score 24

2010 CIN·4 team wins#18

Receiving Yards · 983 · score 24

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Strong

of 100

Reached 78% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.

78% of the all-time Receiving Touchdowns leader78

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

69.36 EPA/season over 12 seasons73

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 95%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Reception: 14.8 regular season → 13.9 playoffs (8 playoff seasons)

-6%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

12 playoff games

Passing

Cmp1Att1Cmp%100.0%Yds25Y/A25.0AdjY/A25.0Rate118.8

Receiving

Tgt45Rec54Yds751TD5Ctch%120.0%Y/R13.9Y/Tgt16.71D24

Defense

Tkl4Solo4

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA1.7Rec EPA22.9Rec AirYd65

College Stats

Tennessee-ChattanoogaImported college table

College Receiving

Season	School	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1992	Chattanooga	—	6	97	1	—	16.2	—	—	—
1993	Chattanooga	—	38	724	8	—	19.1	—	—	—
1994	Chattanooga	—	57	836	6	—	14.7	—	—	—
1995	Chattanooga	—	43	661	4	—	15.4	—	—	—
Career		0	144	2,318	19	—	16.1	—	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

1996 Draft Class· this player went #89

#75Moe WilliamsRB #76Ryan StewartDB #81Brian RocheTE #82Scott SlutzkerTE #83Jerald MooreRB #85Bobby HoyingQB #86Tedy BruschiILB #87Matt StevensFS #90Mike FlanaganC #92Jon WitmanFB #93Tyrone WilliamsDB #94Stepfret WilliamsWR #97Hunter GoodwinTE #98Donnie EdwardsOLB #99Phillip DanielsDE #100Jeff LewisQB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Terrell inherited the San Francisco 49ers WR room from J.J. Stokes (1995–2002), and handed it to Tai Streets (1999–2003).

Mike Wilson 1981–1990Jerry Rice 1985–2000John Taylor 1987–1995J.J. Stokes 1995–2002Terrell Owens 1996–2003Tai Streets

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2010team change
Joined CIN (from BUF)
2010final season
Last recorded season with CIN
2009team change
Joined BUF (from DAL)
2006team change
Joined DAL (from PHI)
2004team change
Joined PHI (from SF)
1996draft
Drafted by SF — Round 3, Pick 89

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 224 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2010	CIN	0	W15Questionable· Knee
2009	BUF	0	W10Questionable· HipW15Questionable· Illness

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 15-season peers. See all →

Era Translator

Rec Yds translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
1996	520	52	756+236	44.5
1997	936	62.4	887-49	52.2
1998	1,097	109.7	1,547+450	91
1999	747	53.4	785+38	46.2
2000	1,436	102.6	1,584+148	93.2
2001	1,412	88.3	1,445+33	85
2002	1,300	92.9	1,556+256	91.5
2003	1,102	73.5	1,202+100	70.7
2004	1,200	85.7	1,436+236	84.5
2005	763	109	1,917+1,154	112.8
2006	1,180	73.8	1,177-3	69.2
2007	1,355	90.3	1,543+188	90.8
2008	1,052	65.8	1,026-26	60.4
2009	829	51.8	783-46	46.1
2010	983	75.6	1,219+236	71.7

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

419 career value over replacement — #38 all-time of 4,642. 27.9/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

Led league 3×15 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #89 (Rd 3) · SF · 1996 · +57.3 vs expected KV-H

96actual

38.7 expected · Δ+57.3

💔+62.8 stolen VORP·2.25 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Passing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

College Receiving

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1996 Draft Class· this player went #89

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

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