Tyrann Mathieu ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Mathieu in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Mathieu a career score of 85, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Tyrann Mathieu

3× Pro Bowl3× All-ProTop 1% all-time defensive backsIron Legend📈 Late Developer · 2020

Height5'9"

Weight190 lb

Career Value · VORP

258 career value over replacement — #211 all-time of 4,695. 21.5/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #69 (Rd 3) · ARI · 2013 · +42 vs expected KV-H

85actual

43 expected · Δ+42

💔+20.6 stolen VORP·0.96 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2013	21	ARI	13	—	67	64	3	6	3	1.0	10.0	2	9	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	779	87.5%	126	33.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	22	ARI	13	—	38	35	3	2	4	0.0	6.0	1	4	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	426	49.9%	24	6.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	23	ARI	14	—	83	74	9	11	3	1.0	15.0	5	17	1	—	1	0	—	0.0%	885	97.8%	113	27.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	24	ARI	10	—	34	32	2	3	1	1.0	5.0	1	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	560	81.7%	37	12.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	25	ARI	16	—	71	63	8	6	4	1.0	11.0	2	7	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,053	99.6%	208	43.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	26	HOU	16	—	88	69	19	5	4	3.0	12.0	2	8	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,045	97.5%	3	0.6%	79	52	0.7	98.6	8.1	5	1	1	27	8	0.1
2019	27	KC	16	—	71	59	12	3	2	2.0	7.0	4	12	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,080	96.8%	—	0.0%	80	45	0.6	57.8	8.1	3	1	0	43	14	0.2
2020	28	KC	15	—	61	47	14	3	2	0.0	5.0	6	9	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	979	97.7%	—	0.0%	67	42	0.6	60.2	9.3	3	2	1	31	8	0.1
2021	29	KC	16	—	73	57	16	2	2	1.0	5.0	3	6	0	3	1	0	—	0.0%	998	94.0%	—	0.0%	52	36	0.7	88.5	5.9	6	5	0	34	8	0.1
2022	30	NO	17	—	85	58	27	3	1	1.0	5.0	3	8	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,129	99.8%	—	0.0%	59	37	0.6	77.4	7.7	2	0	1	15	6	0.1
2023	31	NO	17	—	67	42	25	0	1	0.0	1.0	4	9	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	1,097	99.1%	—	0.0%	46	25	0.5	60.6	8.8	1	1	0	9	7	0.1
2024	32	NO	17	—	61	46	15	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	7	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,016	85.5%	—	0.0%	36	22	0.6	76.4	13.3	2	2	0	8	15	0.2
Career		—	180	—	799	646	153	45	27	11.0	83.0	36	100	7	8	4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	419	259	—	—	—	22	12	3	167	66	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

76thInterceptions·36

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber defensive back (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 258 · #211 · Elite

Worth 258 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 5% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 12 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +21.5 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

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+21.5

Avg surplus

peak +42

12 seasons × ~21.5 surplus ≈ VORP 258