Tom Fears is a Hall of Fame receiver whose career earned a strong career value score of 73 in the Knox value model. Fears's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
Career games unavailable for incomplete season coverage. Verified career totals remain shown; career per-game figures require complete coverage.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 1948 | 25–26 | LAR | 12 | — | — | 51 | 698 | 4 | — | 13.7 | — | — | — |
| 1949 | 26–27 | LAR | 12 | — | — | 77 | 1,013 | 9 | — | 13.2 | — | — | — |
| 1950 | 27–28 | LAR | 12 | — | — | 84 | 1,116 | 7 | — | 13.3 | — | — | — |
| 1951 | 28–29 | LAR | 7 | — | — | 32 | 528 | 3 | — | 16.5 | — | — | — |
| 1952 | 29–30 | LAR | 12 | — | — | 38 | 600 | 6 | — | 15.8 | — | — | — |
| 1953 | 30–31 | LAR | 8 | — | — | 23 | 278 | 4 | — | 12.1 | — | — | — |
| 1954 | 31–32 | LAR | 10 | — | — | 36 | 546 | 3 | — | 15.2 | — | — | — |
| 1955 | 32–33 | LAR | 12 | — | — | 44 | 569 | 2 | — | 12.9 | — | — | — |
| 1956 | 33–34 | LAR | 2 | — | — | 5 | 49 | 0 | — | 9.8 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | — | — | 0 | 390 | 5,397 | 38 | — | 13.8 | — | — | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
138 career value over replacement — #746 all-time of 4,695. 19.7/season above a replacement-level WR.
💔+33.7 stolen VORP·1.71 szns lostFan Rating
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8 seasons · peak 12.8 in 1950
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
4.5 career wins over 8 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1950 · +1.0 wins
Latest season · 1955 · +0.4 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#87 of 1,332 all-time WRs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 25–26 | LAR | 12 | — | — | 51 | 698 | 4 | — | 13.7 | — | — | — | 7.5 |
| 1949 | 26–27 | LAR | 12 | — | — | 77 | 1,013 | 9 | — | 13.2 | — | — | — | 12.3 |
| 1950 | 27–28 | LAR | 12 | — | — | 84 | 1,116 | 7 | — | 13.3 | — | — | — | 12.8 |
| 1951 | 28–29 | LAR | 7 | — | — | 32 | 528 | 3 | — | 16.5 | — | — | — | 5.3 |
| 1952 | 29–30 | LAR | 12 | — | — | 38 | 600 | 6 | — | 15.8 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 1953 | 30–31 | LAR | 8 | — | — | 23 | 278 | 4 | — | 12.1 | — | — | — | 3.1 |
| 1954 | 31–32 | LAR | 10 | — | — | 36 | 546 | 3 | — | 15.2 | — | — | — | 5.5 |
| 1955 | 32–33 | LAR | 12 | — | — | 44 | 569 | 2 | — | 12.9 | — | — | — | 5.5 |
| 1956 | 33–34 | LAR | 2 | — | — | 5 | 49 | 0 | — | 9.8 | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 0 | 390 | 5,397 | 38 | — | 13.8 | — | — | 0 | 59 |
Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.
A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 73 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 7 scored seasons.
Blend 72.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 73· confidence 100%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)
1 pre-1999 season omitted — no era norm (honest coverage gap, not fabricated).
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