Vinny Testaverde is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Testaverde in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Testaverde's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
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372 career value over replacement — #55 all-time of 4,695. 19.6/season above a replacement-level QB.
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Pick #1 (Rd 1) · TAM · 1987 · +2.7 vs expected KV-H
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | VAL | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| 1987 | 23–24 | TB | 4 | — | 3.8 | 71 | 165 | 43.0% | 1,081 | 5 | 6 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 60.2 | — | 13 | 50 | 1 | 3.8 | 7.7 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 24–25 | TB | 15 | — | 0.0 | 222 | 466 | 47.6% | 3,240 | 13 | 35 | 2.8 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 48.8 | — | 28 | 138 | 1 | 4.9 | 3.6 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 25–26 | TB | 14 | — | 9.9 | 258 | 480 | 53.8% | 3,133 | 20 | 22 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 0.9 | 68.9 | — | 25 | 139 | 0 | 5.6 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 26–27 | TB | 14 | — | 9.0 | 203 | 365 | 55.6% | 2,818 | 17 | 18 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 0.9 | 75.6 | — | 38 | 280 | 1 | 7.4 | 2.6 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | 27–28 | TB | 13 | — | 0.0 | 166 | 326 | 50.9% | 1,994 | 8 | 15 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 59.0 | — | 32 | 101 | 0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 28–29 | TB | 14 | — | 10.2 | 206 | 358 | 57.5% | 2,554 | 14 | 16 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 0.9 | 74.2 | — | 36 | 197 | 2 | 5.5 | 5.6 | — | — | — |
| 1993 | 29–30 | CLE | 10 | — | 12.0 | 130 | 230 | 56.5% | 1,797 | 14 | 9 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 1.6 | 85.7 | — | 18 | 74 | 0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 30–31 | CLE | 14 | — | 7.4 | 207 | 376 | 55.1% | 2,575 | 16 | 18 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 70.7 | — | 21 | 37 | 2 | 1.8 | 9.5 | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 31–32 | CLE | 13 | — | 15.9 | 241 | 392 | 61.5% | 2,883 | 17 | 10 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 1.7 | 87.8 | — | 18 | 62 | 2 | 3.4 | 11.1 | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 32–33 | BAL | 16 | — | 28.6 | 325 | 549 | 59.2% | 4,177 | 33 | 19 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 1.7 | 88.7 | — | 34 | 188 | 2 | 5.5 | 5.9 | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 33–34 | BAL | 13 | — | 8.9 | 271 | 470 | 57.7% | 2,971 | 18 | 15 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 75.9 | — | 34 | 138 | 0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 34–35 | NYJ | 14 | — | 29.0 | 259 | 421 | 61.5% | 3,256 | 29 | 7 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 101.6 | — | 24 | 104 | 1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 35–36 | NYJ | 1 | — | — | 10 | 15 | 66.7% | 96 | 1 | 1 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 78.8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 36–37 | NYJ | 16 | — | 22.5 | 325 | 581 | 55.9% | 3,692 | 21 | 23 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 0.9 | 70.7 | 12 | 25 | 32 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 3 | 12.0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 37–38 | NYJ | 16 | — | 9.4 | 260 | 441 | 59.0% | 2,752 | 15 | 14 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 75.3 | 18 | 31 | 25 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 6.5 | 2 |
| 2002 | 38–39 | NYJ | 5 | — | 1.2 | 54 | 83 | 65.1% | 499 | 3 | 3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 78.3 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 39–40 | NYJ | 7 | — | 10.7 | 123 | 198 | 62.1% | 1,385 | 7 | 2 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 3.5 | 90.6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 |
| 2004 | 40–41 | DAL | 16 | — | 8.3 | 296 | 494 | 59.9% | 3,518 | 17 | 20 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 76.3 | 35 | 20 | 42 | 1 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 41–42 | NYJ | 6 | — | 0.0 | 60 | 106 | 56.6% | 777 | 1 | 6 | 0.9 | 5.7 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 59.4 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0.6 | 28.6 | 2 | 28.6 | 3 |
| 2006 | 42–43 | NE | 3 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 66.7% | 29 | 1 | 0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 16.3 | — | 137.5 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 0 | -1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 43–44 | CAR | 7 | — | 0.0 | 94 | 172 | 54.7% | 936 | 5 | 6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 65.5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 231 | — | 186.8 | 3,783 | 6,691 | 56.5% | 46,163 | 275 | 265 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 1.0 | 75.1 | 101 | 429 | 1,661 | 15 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 11 | 2.6 | 7 | |
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Postseason all-time ranks
A top 20% all-time quarterback who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.
Worth 372 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 2% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 15 of 19 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +24.8 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
15 seasons × ~24.8 surplus ≈
Mark Sanchez
QB
84% match
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