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 backsIron Legend📈 Late Developer · 2010

Height5'10"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

180 career value over replacement — #479 all-time of 4,695. 15/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #16 (Rd 1) · PIT · 2003 · +26.8 vs expected KV-H

84actual

57.2 expected · Δ+26.8

💔+34.2 stolen VORP·2.28 szns lost

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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	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	22	PIT	13	—	22	16	6	0	0	2.0	2.0	0	4	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	23	PIT	16	—	80	52	28	0	0	1.0	1.0	5	14	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	24	PIT	16	—	74	56	18	0	0	3.0	3.0	2	8	1	2	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	25	PIT	13	—	67	47	20	0	1	1.0	2.0	3	9	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	26	PIT	11	—	52	39	13	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	9	3	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	27	PIT	16	—	62	43	19	5	0	0.0	5.0	7	17	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	28	PIT	5	—	18	16	2	4	0	0.0	4.0	3	7	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	29	PIT	14	—	54	40	14	6	2	1.0	9.0	7	11	1	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	30	PIT	16	—	83	56	27	7	4	1.0	12.0	2	14	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	31	PIT	7	—	30	25	5	1	1	1.0	3.0	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	32	PIT	16	—	61	42	19	7	2	2.0	11.0	2	11	5	1	1	0	7	0.6%	1,070	100.0%	76	15.8%
2014	33	PIT	12	—	58	37	21	5	1	0.0	6.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	11	1.3%	699	93.2%	48	13.6%
Career		—	155	—	661	469	192	35	11	12.0	58.0	32	108	13	7	5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

51stPlayoff Interceptions·3

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

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An all-time caliber defensive back (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with reliable availability. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 180 · #479 · Elite

Worth 180 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 11% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 8 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +22.5 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

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+22.5

Avg surplus

peak +49

8 seasons × ~22.5 surplus ≈