Troy Polamalu is a Hall of Fame defensive back whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 84 in the Knox value model. Polamalu's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Troy Polamalu

★ HALL OF FAME8× Pro Bowl4× All-ProTop 1% all-time defensive backsAll-Time Great📈 Late Developer · 2010

Height5'10"

Weight207 lb

BornApr 19, 1981

Age45

CollegeUSC See College Stats

Rookie yr2003

Draft2003 · Rd 1, Pick 16 · PIT

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

89thInterceptions·32

Postseason all-time ranks

51stPlayoff Interceptions·3

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

Archetype Intelligence

All-Time GreatExplore archetypes →

A top 1% all-time defensive back — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history. Their average per-snap value underscores the elite level they operated at.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 179 · #474 · Elite

Worth 179 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 11% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +22.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

4 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+22.4

Avg surplus

peak +49

8 seasons × ~22.4 surplus ≈ VORP 179

Combined Season Grid

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

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2003	—	PIT	13	—	22	16	6	0	0	2.0	2.0	0	4	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	PIT	16	—	80	52	28	0	0	1.0	1.0	5	14	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	PIT	16	—	74	56	18	0	0	3.0	3.0	2	8	1	2	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	PIT	13	—	67	47	20	0	1	1.0	2.0	3	9	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	PIT	11	—	52	39	13	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	9	3	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	PIT	16	—	62	43	19	5	0	0.0	5.0	7	17	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	PIT	5	—	18	16	2	4	0	0.0	4.0	3	7	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	PIT	14	—	54	40	14	6	2	1.0	9.0	7	11	1	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	PIT	16	—	83	56	27	7	4	1.0	12.0	2	14	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	PIT	7	—	30	25	5	1	1	1.0	3.0	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	PIT	16	—	61	42	19	7	2	2.0	11.0	2	11	5	1	1	0	7	3.3%	1,070	100.0%	76	15.8%
2014	—	PIT	12	—	58	37	21	5	1	0.0	6.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	11	3.2%	699	93.2%	48	13.6%
Career		—	155	—	661	469	192	35	11	12.0	58.0	32	108	13	7	5	0	18	3.3%	1,769	96.6%	124	14.7%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2003	22	PIT	13	—	22	16	6	0	0	2.0	2.0	0	4	1	—	0	4.7
2004	23	PIT	16	—	80	52	28	0	0	1.0	1.0	5	14	0	—	1	12.2
2005	24	PIT	16	—	74	56	18	0	0	3.0	3.0	2	8	1	2	1	9.7
2006	25	PIT	13	—	67	47	20	0	1	1.0	2.0	3	9	1	—	0	8.8
2007	26	PIT	11	—	52	39	13	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	9	3	1	0	6.8
2008	27	PIT	16	—	62	43	19	5	0	0.0	5.0	7	17	0	—	0	13.6
2009	28	PIT	5	—	18	16	2	4	0	0.0	4.0	3	7	0	—	0	5.1
2010	29	PIT	14	—	54	40	14	6	2	1.0	9.0	7	11	1	1	1	12.8
2011	30	PIT	16	—	83	56	27	7	4	1.0	12.0	2	14	0	1	1	10.2
2012	31	PIT	7	—	30	25	5	1	1	1.0	3.0	1	3	0	—	0	3.5
2013	32	PIT	16	16*	61	42	19	7	2	2.0	11.0	2	11	5	1	1	11.5
2014	33	PIT	12	11*	58	37	21	5	1	0.0	6.0	0	1	1	1	0	4.6
Career			155	27*	661	469	192	35	11	—	—	32	108	13	7	5	103.5

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	32	PIT	16	16*	7	3.3%	1,070	100.0%	76	15.8%
2014	33	PIT	12	11*	11	3.2%	699	93.2%	48	13.6%
Career			28	27*	18	—	1,769	—	124	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 84 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 84 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 75.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 84· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 64

On-field 46.8

Availability 17.2

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)

2003bestavg 62elite 702014

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 15% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

15% of the all-time Interceptions leader15

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.092See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.092Snap share96.6%Def snaps1,769Emerging

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within defensive backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

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

Combine · 2003

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

DB · 2003 class

4.40s

40-Yard

Strong · 84th pct

Pos 84thAll 93thClass Pos 83thClass All 95th

Postseason Career

15 playoff games

Defense

Tkl62Solo37Ast25TFL1QBHits1Sk0.5Dis2.5Int3PD7TD1

College Stats

USCCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (USC), 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.

2003 Draft Class· this player went #16

#6Johnathan SullivanDT #7Byron LeftwichQB #8Jordan GrossOT #10Terrell SuggsOLB #11Marcus TrufantCB #12Jimmy KennedyDT #13Ty WarrenDT #15Jerome McDougleDE #17Bryant JohnsonWR #18Calvin PaceOLB #19Kyle BollerQB #20George FosterOT #21Jeff FaineC #22Rex GrossmanQB #23Willis McGaheeRB #24Dallas ClarkTE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Troy inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers DB room from Ike Taylor (2003–2014), and handed it to Tyrone Carter (2004–2009).

Rod Woodson 1987–1996Carnell Lake 1989–1998Darren Perry 1992–1998Myron Bell 1994–2001Lee Flowers 1995–2002Dewayne Washington

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2014final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2003draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 1, Pick 16

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 207 lb

Frame

206 lb at 4.40s

Size-speed

Injury History

19 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2014	PIT	2	W10Out· KneeW11Out· KneeW16Doubtful· KneeW17Questionable· Knee
2012	PIT	7	W2Questionable· CalfW3Out· CalfW6Out· CalfW7Out· CalfW8Out· CalfW9Out· CalfW10Out· CalfW11Out· CalfW12Doubtful· Calf
2010	PIT	1	W12Questionable· AnkleW15Doubtful· AnkleW16Out· AnkleW17Questionable· Ankle
2009	PIT	9	W2Out· KneeW3Out· KneeW4Out· KneeW5Doubtful· KneeW11Out· KneeW12Out· KneeW13Out· KneeW14Out· KneeW15Out· KneeW16Out· KneeW17Questionable· Knee

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 93

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

C2003

B+2004

C+2005

B2006

C2007

A+2008

C+2009

A+2010

B2011

C2012

B2013

C2014

Availability

Era Translator

INT 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 INT	INT/G	→ 2025 INT	→ 2025 /G
2003	0	0	0	0
2004	5	0.3	3-2	0.2
2005	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2006	3	0.2	3	0.2
2007	0	0	0	0
2008	7	0.4	6-1	0.3
2009	3	0.6	9+6	0.5
2010	7	0.5	7	0.4
2011	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2012	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2013	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2014	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

179 career value over replacement — #474 all-time of 4,642. 14.9/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #16 (Rd 1) · PIT · 2003 · +26.5 vs expected KV-H

84actual

57.5 expected · Δ+26.5

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2003

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2003 Draft Class· this player went #16

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography