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

BornMay 13, 1992

Age34

CollegeLSU See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 3, Pick 69 · ARI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

66thInterceptions·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 excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 261 · #203 · Elite

Worth 261 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 5% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 12 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +21.8 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

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+21.8

Avg surplus

peak +42

12 seasons × ~21.8 surplus ≈ VORP 261

Combined Season Grid

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

3 grids split in one view

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	—	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	—	ARI	12	—	38	35	3	2	4	0.0	6.0	1	4	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	426	49.9%	24	9.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	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	—	ARI	10	—	34	32	2	3	1	1.0	5.0	1	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	560	81.7%	37	16.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	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	—	HOU	16	—	88	69	19	5	4	3.0	12.0	2	8	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,045	97.5%	3	10.0%	79	52	0.7	98.6	8.1	5	1	1	27	8	0.1
2019	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	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		—	179	—	799	646	153	45	27	11.0	83.0	36	100	7	8	4	0	—	0.0%	11,047	90.6%	511	23.2%	419	259	—	—	—	22	12	3	167	66	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2013	21	ARI	13	11*	67	64	3	6	3	1.0	10.0	2	9	1	—	0	8.3
2014	22	ARI	12	0*	38	35	3	2	4	0.0	6.0	1	4	0	1	0	4.9
2015	23	ARI	14	14*	83	74	9	11	3	1.0	15.0	5	17	1	—	1	15.1
2016	24	ARI	10	8*	34	32	2	3	1	1.0	5.0	1	4	1	—	0	5.3
2017	25	ARI	16	16*	71	63	8	6	4	1.0	11.0	2	7	1	—	0	8.9
2018	26	HOU	16	16*	88	69	19	5	4	3.0	12.0	2	8	0	1	0	8.8
2019	27	KC	16	15*	71	59	12	3	2	2.0	7.0	4	12	0	—	0	11.8
2020	28	KC	15	15*	61	47	14	3	2	0.0	5.0	6	9	0	1	1	13
2021	29	KC	16	15*	73	57	16	2	2	1.0	5.0	3	6	0	3	1	9.5
2022	30	NO	17	17*	85	58	27	3	1	1.0	5.0	3	8	1	1	0	9.9
2023	31	NO	17	17*	67	42	25	0	1	0.0	1.0	4	9	0	—	1	11.2
2024	32	NO	17	15*	61	46	15	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	7	2	1	0	10.4
Career			179	159*	799	646	153	45	27	—	—	36	100	7	8	4	117.1

* 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	21	ARI	13	11*	—	0.0%	779	87.5%	126	33.4%
2014	22	ARI	13	0*	—	0.0%	426	49.9%	24	9.6%
2015	23	ARI	14	14*	—	0.0%	885	97.8%	113	27.0%
2016	24	ARI	10	8*	—	0.0%	560	81.7%	37	16.1%
2017	25	ARI	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,053	99.6%	208	43.3%
2018	26	HOU	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,045	97.5%	3	10.0%
2019	27	KC	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,080	96.8%	—	0.0%
2020	28	KC	15	15*	—	0.0%	979	97.7%	—	0.0%
2021	29	KC	16	15*	—	0.0%	998	94.0%	—	0.0%
2022	30	NO	17	17*	—	0.0%	1,129	99.8%	—	0.0%
2023	31	NO	17	17*	—	0.0%	1,097	99.1%	—	0.0%
2024	32	NO	17	15*	—	0.0%	1,016	85.5%	—	0.0%
Career			180	159*	—	—	11,047	—	511	—

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

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	26	HOU	16	16*	79	52	0.7	98.6	8.1	5	1	1	27	8	0.1
2019	27	KC	16	15*	80	45	0.6	57.8	8.1	3	1	0	43	14	0.2
2020	28	KC	15	15*	67	42	0.6	60.2	9.3	3	2	1	31	8	0.1
2021	29	KC	16	15*	52	36	0.7	88.5	5.9	6	5	0	34	8	0.1
2022	30	NO	17	17*	59	37	0.6	77.4	7.7	2	0	1	15	6	0.1
2023	31	NO	17	17*	46	25	0.5	60.6	8.8	1	1	0	9	7	0.1
2024	32	NO	17	15*	36	22	0.6	76.4	13.3	2	2	0	8	15	0.2
Career			114	110*	419	259	—	—	—	22	12	3	167	66	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 85 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 85 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 77.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 85· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 71

On-field 52.3

Availability 18.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2013bestavg 70elite 702024

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 16% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

16% of the all-time Interceptions leader16

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.046See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.046Snap share90.6%Def snaps11,047ReliableCV 0.38

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 · 2013

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

DB · 2013 class

4.50s

40-Yard

Below avg · 48th pct

Pos 48thAll 77thClass Pos 57thClass All 84th

34"

Vertical

Low · 23th pct

Pos 23thAll 54thClass Pos 22thClass All 61th

117"

Broad Jump

Low · 17th pct

Pos 17thAll 50thClass Pos 10thClass All 47th

4 reps

Bench

Low · 1th pct

Pos 1thAll 1thClass Pos 3thClass All 1th

6.87s

3-Cone

Above avg · 65th pct

Pos 65thAll 85thClass Pos 54thClass All 81th

4.14s

Shuttle

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 83thClass Pos 62thClass All 85th

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Defense

Tkl48Solo39Ast9TFL2QBHits1Dis3.0Int1PD4

College Stats

LSUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (LSU), 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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #69

#61Eddie LacyRB #62Christine MichaelRB #63Travis KelceTE #64Dwayne GratzCB #65Larry WarfordG #66Sio MooreOLB #67Bennie LoganDT #68Leon McFaddenDB #70Blidi Wreh-WilsonDB #71T.J. McDonaldS #72Brian WintersG #73Mike GlennonQB #74Terrance WilliamsWR #75Terron ArmsteadOT #76Keenan AllenWR #77Dallas ThomasG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Tyrann inherited the Arizona Cardinals DB room from Tony Jefferson (2013–2016), and handed it to D.J. Swearinger (2015–2019).

Cedric Mack 1983–1990Tim McDonald 1987–1992Aeneas Williams 1991–2000Terry Hoage 1994–1996Brent Alexander 1994–1997Kwamie Lassiter

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2024final season
Last recorded season with NO
2022team change
Joined NO (from KC)
2019team change
Joined KC (from HOU)
2018team change
Joined HOU (from ARI)
2013draft
Drafted by ARI — Round 3, Pick 69

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'9" / 190 lb

Frame

186 lb at 4.50s

Size-speed

34" vert / 117" broad

Explosion

4 reps

Bench power

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	NO	0	W7Questionable· FootW8Questionable· Foot
2022	NO	0	W1Questionable· Illness
2021	KC	0	W1Questionable· IllnessW21Questionable· Concussion
2020	KC	0	W14Questionable· Hip
2016	ARI	2	W10Out· ShoulderW11Questionable· ShoulderW12Questionable· ShoulderW13Doubtful· ShoulderW14Out· Shoulder
2014	ARI	2	W1Questionable· KneeW14Out· ThumbW15Out· Thumb

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 88

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

B2013

C+2014

A2015

C+2016

B2017

B2018

B+2019

A+2020

B2021

B+2022

B+2023

B+2024

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
2013	2	0.2	2	0.1
2014	1	0.1	1	0.1
2015	5	0.4	6+1	0.3
2016	1	0.1	1	0.1
2017	2	0.1	2	0.1
2018	2	0.1	2	0.1
2019	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2020	6	0.4	6	0.3
2021	3	0.2	3	0.2
2022	3	0.2	3	0.2
2023	4	0.2	4	0.2
2024	3	0.2	3	0.2

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

261 career value over replacement — #203 all-time of 4,642. 21.8/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #69 (Rd 3) · ARI · 2013 · +41.4 vs expected KV-H

85actual

43.6 expected · Δ+41.4

💔+20.9 stolen VORP·0.96 szns lost

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2013

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #69

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography