Troy Aikman is a Hall of Fame quarterback whose career earned a solid career value score of 69 in the Knox value model. Aikman's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Troy Aikman

★ HALL OF FAME6× Pro Bowl👑 Dynasty DNA · 6 seasons · 3 titles Top 8% all-time QBsIron Man🏆 Clutch · +9% playoffs ⚙️ Sustained Machine · 1992

Combined Season Grid

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

2 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Passing													Rushing
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1989	22–23	DAL	11	—	0.0	155	293	52.9%	1,749	9	18	3.1	6.1	6.0	3.8	0.5	55.7	—	38	302	0	7.9	0.0	—	—	—
1990	23–24	DAL	15	—	0.7	226	399	56.6%	2,579	11	18	2.8	4.5	6.5	5.0	0.6	66.6	—	40	172	1	4.3	2.5	—	—	—
1991	24–25	DAL	12	—	11.8	237	363	65.3%	2,754	11	10	3.0	2.8	7.6	7.0	1.1	86.7	—	16	5	1	0.3	6.3	—	—	—
1992	25–26	DAL	16	—	22.4	302	473	63.8%	3,445	23	14	4.9	3.0	7.3	6.9	1.6	89.5	—	37	105	1	2.8	2.7	—	—	—
1993	26–27	DAL	14	—	21.2	271	392	69.1%	3,100	15	6	3.8	1.5	7.9	8.0	2.5	99.0	—	32	125	0	3.9	0.0	—	—	—
1994	27–28	DAL	14	—	8.2	233	361	64.5%	2,676	13	12	3.6	3.3	7.4	6.6	1.1	84.9	—	30	62	1	2.1	3.3	—	—	—
1995	28–29	DAL	16	—	17.4	280	432	64.8%	3,304	16	7	3.7	1.6	7.6	7.7	2.3	93.6	—	21	32	1	1.5	4.8	—	—	—
1996	29–30	DAL	15	—	8.4	296	465	63.7%	3,126	12	13	2.6	2.8	6.7	6.0	0.9	80.1	—	35	42	1	1.2	2.9	—	—	—
1997	30–31	DAL	16	—	14.9	292	518	56.4%	3,283	19	12	3.7	2.3	6.3	6.0	1.6	78.0	—	25	79	0	3.2	0.0	—	—	—
1998	31–32	DAL	11	—	15.3	187	315	59.4%	2,330	12	5	3.8	1.6	7.4	7.4	2.4	88.5	—	22	69	2	3.1	9.1	—	—	—
1999	32–33	DAL	14	—	13.6	258	430	60.0%	2,920	17	11	4.0	2.6	6.8	6.4	1.5	82.9	19	21	10	1	0.5	4.8	3	14.3	0
2000	33–34	DAL	11	—	3.5	153	259	59.1%	1,616	7	14	2.7	5.4	6.2	4.3	0.5	63.8	13	10	13	0	1.3	0.0	5	50.0	0
Career		—	165	—	137.4	2,890	4,700	61.5%	32,882	165	140	3.5	3.0	7.0	6.4	1.2	81.8	32	327	1,016	9	3.1	2.8	8	2.4	0

Career Value · VORP

286 career value over replacement — #159 all-time of 4,695. 23.8/season above a replacement-level QB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #1 (Rd 1) · DAL · 1989 · +5.7 vs expected KV-H

69actual

63.3 expected · Δ+5.7

💔+40 stolen VORP·1.68 szns lost

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Career arc · VAL by season

12 seasons · peak 22.4 in 1992

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.

What he added · wins above replacement

10.5 career wins over 12 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 1992 · +1.7 wins

Estimated from the season line (early era)+1.7

Latest season · 2000 · +0.3 wins

Passing+0.3

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.

Position percentile · QB

#32 of 408 all-time QBs by KV-H

092th percentile100

StatVault · statvault.org/players/nfl/troy-aikmanJSON

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1989	22–23	DAL	11	—	155	293	52.9%	1,749	9	18	3.1	6.1	6.0	3.8	0.5	55.7	—	0
1990	23–24	DAL	15	—	226	399	56.6%	2,579	11	18	2.8	4.5	6.5	5.0	0.6	66.6	—	0.7
1991	24–25	DAL	12	—	237	363	65.3%	2,754	11	10	3.0	2.8	7.6	7.0	1.1	86.7	—	11.8
1992	25–26	DAL	16	—	302	473	63.8%	3,445	23	14	4.9	3.0	7.3	6.9	1.6	89.5	—	22.4
1993	26–27	DAL	14	—	271	392	69.1%	3,100	15	6	3.8	1.5	7.9	8.0	2.5	99.0	—	21.2
1994	27–28	DAL	14	—	233	361	64.5%	2,676	13	12	3.6	3.3	7.4	6.6	1.1	84.9	—	8.2
1995	28–29	DAL	16	—	280	432	64.8%	3,304	16	7	3.7	1.6	7.6	7.7	2.3	93.6	—	17.4
1996	29–30	DAL	15	—	296	465	63.7%	3,126	12	13	2.6	2.8	6.7	6.0	0.9	80.1	—	8.4
1997	30–31	DAL	16	—	292	518	56.4%	3,283	19	12	3.7	2.3	6.3	6.0	1.6	78.0	—	14.9
1998	31–32	DAL	11	—	187	315	59.4%	2,330	12	5	3.8	1.6	7.4	7.4	2.4	88.5	—	15.3
1999	32–33	DAL	14	—	258	430	60.0%	2,920	17	11	4.0	2.6	6.8	6.4	1.5	82.9	19	13.6
2000	33–34	DAL	11	—	153	259	59.1%	1,616	7	14	2.7	5.4	6.2	4.3	0.5	63.8	13	3.5
Career			165		2,890	4,700	61.5%	32,882	165	140	3.5	3.0	7.0	6.4	1.2	81.8	32	137.4

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1989	22–23	DAL	11	—	38	302	0	7.9	0.0	—	—	—
1990	23–24	DAL	15	—	40	172	1	4.3	2.5	—	—	—
1991	24–25	DAL	12	—	16	5	1	0.3	6.3	—	—	—
1992	25–26	DAL	16	—	37	105	1	2.8	2.7	—	—	—
1993	26–27	DAL	14	—	32	125	0	3.9	0.0	—	—	—
1994	27–28	DAL	14	—	30	62	1	2.1	3.3	—	—	—
1995	28–29	DAL	16	—	21	32	1	1.5	4.8	—	—	—
1996	29–30	DAL	15	—	35	42	1	1.2	2.9	—	—	—
1997	30–31	DAL	16	—	25	79	0	3.2	0.0	—	—	—
1998	31–32	DAL	11	—	22	69	2	3.1	9.1	—	—	—
1999	32–33	DAL	14	—	21	10	1	0.5	4.8	3	14.3	0
2000	33–34	DAL	11	—	10	13	0	1.3	0.0	5	50.0	0
Career			165		327	1,016	9	3.1	2.8	8	2.4	0

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
Career			—		—	2	-19	0	—	-9.5	—	—	—

Career line only: the source has this as a career total, without seasons.

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 69 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 69 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 63.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 69· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 42.6

Availability 17.4

On-field production Staying available

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

Pass Yds career shape vs similar quarterbacks

1989-2000

Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best Pass Yds season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.