Thomas Jones ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Jones in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Jones a career score of 74, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

RBKC#20ACT

Thomas Jones

1× Pro BowlTop 6% all-time RBsIron Man📈 Late Developer · 2009Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #135

Height5'10"

Weight212 lb

BornAug 19, 1978

Age47

CollegeVirginia See College Stats

Rookie yr2000

Draft2000 · Rd 1, Pick 7 · ARI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

27thRushing Yards·10,586 yds 43rdRushing Touchdowns·68

Postseason all-time ranks

39thPlayoff Rushing Yards·513 yds 43rdPlayoff Rushing Touchdowns·5

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Iron ManExplore archetypes →

A high-end running back 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 221 · #314 · Elite

Worth 221 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 8% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 12 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.4 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

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.4

Avg surplus

peak +29

12 seasons × ~18.4 surplus ≈ VORP 221

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	Rushing								Receiving									Passing													Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	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
2000	—	ARI	14	—	112	373	2	3.3	1.8	23	20.5	2	46	32	208	0	69.6%	6.5	4.5	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	BAL	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	—	ARI	16	—	112	380	5	3.4	4.5	22	19.6	1	24	21	151	0	87.5%	7.2	6.3	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	PHI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2002	—	ARI	9	—	138	511	2	3.7	1.4	21	15.2	2	30	20	113	0	66.7%	5.7	3.8	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	LAC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	TB	15	—	137	627	3	4.6	2.2	25	18.2	1	24	24	180	0	100.0%	7.5	7.5	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	ATL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	CHI	14	—	240	948	7	4.0	2.9	49	20.4	1	56	56	427	0	100.0%	7.6	7.6	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	CHI	15	—	314	1,335	9	4.3	2.9	61	19.4	2	26	26	143	0	100.0%	5.5	5.5	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	GB	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2006	—	CHI	16	—	297	1,205	6	4.1	2.0	61	20.5	1	36	36	154	0	100.0%	4.3	4.3	—	5	1	1	100.0%	-4	0	0	0.0	0.0	-4.0	-4.0	—	79.2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	GB	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2007	—	NYJ	16	—	310	1,119	1	3.6	0.3	56	18.1	0	28	28	217	1	100.0%	7.8	7.8	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	WAS	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2008	—	NYJ	16	—	290	1,312	13	4.5	4.5	63	21.7	1	36	36	207	2	100.0%	5.8	5.8	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	BUF	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	—	NYJ	16	—	332	1,402	14	4.2	4.2	64	19.3	0	18	10	58	0	55.6%	5.8	3.2	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	JAX	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	—	KC	16	—	245	896	6	3.7	2.4	39	15.9	1	20	14	122	0	70.0%	8.7	6.1	—	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	KC	16	—	153	478	0	3.1	0.0	19	12.4	0	7	5	43	0	71.4%	8.6	6.1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	194	—	2,680	10,586	68	4.0	2.5	503	18.8	12	351	308	2,023	3	87.7%	6.6	5.8	—	88	1	1	100.0%	-4	0	0	0.0	0.0	-4.0	-4.0	—	79.2	0	15	15	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA-205.6·-1 passing · -226 rushing · 22 receiving·-17.1/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2006	28	CHI	16	—	1	1	100.0%	-4	0	0	0.0	0.0	-4.0	-4.0	—	79.2	0	13.5
Career			16		1	1	100.0%	-4	0	0	0.0	0.0	-4.0	—	—	79.2	0	145.3

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2000	22	ARI	14	—	112	373	2	3.3	1.8	23	20.5	2
2001	23	ARI	16	—	112	380	5	3.4	4.5	22	19.6	1
2002	24	ARI	9	—	138	511	2	3.7	1.4	21	15.2	2
2003	25	TB	15	—	137	627	3	4.6	2.2	25	18.2	1
2004	26	CHI	14	—	240	948	7	4.0	2.9	49	20.4	1
2005	27	CHI	15	—	314	1,335	9	4.3	2.9	61	19.4	2
2006	28	CHI	16	—	297	1,205	6	4.1	2.0	61	20.5	1
2007	29	NYJ	16	—	310	1,119	1	3.6	0.3	56	18.1	0
2008	30	NYJ	16	—	290	1,312	13	4.5	4.5	63	21.7	1
2009	31	NYJ	16	—	332	1,402	14	4.2	4.2	64	19.3	0
2010	32	KC	16	—	245	896	6	3.7	2.4	39	15.9	1
2011	33	KC	16	—	153	478	0	3.1	0.0	19	12.4	0
Career			179		2,680	10,586	68	4.0	—	503	—	12

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2000	22	ARI	14	—	46	32	208	0	69.6%	6.5	4.5	—	9
2001	23	ARI	16	—	24	21	151	0	87.5%	7.2	6.3	—	6
2002	24	ARI	9	—	30	20	113	0	66.7%	5.7	3.8	—	4
2003	25	TB	15	—	24	24	180	0	100.0%	7.5	7.5	—	9
2004	26	CHI	14	—	56	56	427	0	100.0%	7.6	7.6	—	16
2005	27	CHI	15	—	26	26	143	0	100.0%	5.5	5.5	—	6
2006	28	CHI	16	—	36	36	154	0	100.0%	4.3	4.3	—	5
2007	29	NYJ	16	—	28	28	217	1	100.0%	7.8	7.8	—	8
2008	30	NYJ	16	—	36	36	207	2	100.0%	5.8	5.8	—	12
2009	31	NYJ	16	—	18	10	58	0	55.6%	5.8	3.2	—	4
2010	32	KC	16	—	20	14	122	0	70.0%	8.7	6.1	—	8
2011	33	KC	16	—	7	5	43	0	71.4%	8.6	6.1	—	1
Career			179		351	308	2,023	3	87.7%	6.6	5.8	—	88

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Sk	Dis	FR
2000	22	BAL	3	—	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
2001	23	PHI	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2002	24	LAC	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2003	25	ATL	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2005	27	GB	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2006	28	GB	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2007	29	WAS	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2008	30	BUF	2	—	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
2009	31	JAX	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
2011	33	NE	1	—	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Career			15		15	15	—	—	—

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2000	22	—	—	—	—	-24.4	-9.6	0	0
2001	23	—	—	—	—	-9.5	3.7	0	0
2002	24	—	—	—	—	-15.4	-8.9	0	0
2003	25	—	—	—	—	-13.1	5.6	0	0
2004	26	—	—	—	—	-16.7	12.7	0	0
2005	27	—	—	—	—	-35.6	2.6	0	0
2006	28	—	—	—	-1.1	-13.7	-5.1	-13	-57
2007	29	—	—	—	—	-35.4	10.9	0	0
2008	30	—	—	—	—	3.5	11.3	0	-18
2009	31	—	—	—	—	-0.1	-4.3	0	-20
2010	32	—	—	—	—	-34.2	2.4	0	33
2011	33	—	—	—	—	-31.4	0.2	0	-10
Career					—	—	—	-13	-72

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 74 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 74 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 72.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 74· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 69

On-field 50

Availability 19

On-field production Staying available

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

2000bestavg 68elite 702011

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #135 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

3 qualifying seasons

2007 NYJ·4 team wins#10

Rushing Yards · 1,119 · score 48

2004 CHI·5 team wins#19

Rushing Yards · 948 · score 14

2004 CHI·5 team wins#22

Rushing Touchdowns · 7 · score 8

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 58% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

58% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader58

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

-17.13 EPA/season over 12 seasons44

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: 91%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2000

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

RB · 2000 class

4.45s

40-Yard

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 86thClass Pos 90thClass All 91th

Playoff vs Regular Season

📊 Consistent

Yards / Carry: 4.0 regular season → 4.1 playoffs (4 playoff seasons)

+4%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

12,609

10,586 rush · 2,023 recv

Total TDs

68 rush · 3 recv

Total Touches

2,988

2,680 carries · 308 rec

Yds / Touch

4.2

rushing + receiving

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Rushing

Att125Yds513TD5Y/A4.1TD%4.01D241D%19.2

Receiving

Tgt13Rec12Yds90Ctch%92.3%Y/R7.5Y/Tgt6.91D5

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

Advanced (EPA)

Rush EPA-3.7Rec EPA0.6Rec AirYd-16

College Stats

VirginiaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Virginia), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

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

2000 Draft Class· this player went #7

#1Courtney BrownDE #2LaVar ArringtonOLB #3Chris SamuelsOT #4Peter WarrickWR #5Jamal LewisRB #6Corey SimonDT #8Plaxico BurressWR #9Brian UrlacherMLB #10Travis TaylorWR #11Ron DayneRB #12Shaun EllisDE #13John AbrahamOLB #14Bubba FranksTE #15Deltha O'NealCB #16Julian PetersonOLB #17Sebastian JanikowskiK

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Thomas inherited the Arizona Cardinals RB room from Joel Makovicka (1999–2002), and handed it to Marcel Shipp (2002–2007).

Stump Mitchell 1981–1989Earl Ferrell 1983–1989Ron Wolfley 1985–1990Vai Sikahema 1986–1990Johnny Johnson 1990–1992Larry Centers

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2011final season
Last recorded season with KC
2010team change
Joined KC (from NYJ)
2007team change
Joined NYJ (from CHI)
2004team change
Joined CHI (from TB)
2003team change
Joined TB (from ARI)
2000draft
Drafted by ARI — Round 1, Pick 7

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 212 lb

Frame

216 lb at 4.45s

Size-speed

Injury History

No game-status injuries on record since 2009 (nflverse weekly reports).

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 12-season peers. See all →

peak 77

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B2000

B2001

B2002

B2003

B+2004

B+2005

B+2006

B+2007

B+2008

B+2009

B2010

B2011

Availability

Era Translator

Rush 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 Rush Yds	Rush Yds/G	→ 2025 Rush Yds	→ 2025 /G
2000	373	26.6	619+246	36.4
2001	380	23.8	517+137	30.4
2002	511	56.8	965+454	56.8
2003	627	41.8	727+100	42.8
2004	948	67.7	1,063+115	62.5
2005	1,335	89	1,345+10	79.1
2006	1,205	75.3	1,104-101	64.9
2007	1,119	69.9	1,059-60	62.3
2008	1,312	82	1,234-78	72.6
2009	1,402	87.6	1,370-32	80.6
2010	896	56	935+39	55
2011	478	29.9	560+82	33

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

221 career value over replacement — #314 all-time of 4,642. 18.4/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

6 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Compiler35% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #7 (Rd 1) · ARI · 2000 · +12.2 vs expected KV-H

74actual

61.8 expected · Δ+12.2

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2000

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

College Stats

Reference Graph

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2000 Draft Class· this player went #7

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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