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.

QBCAR#16ACT

Vinny Testaverde

2× Pro BowlTop 11% all-time QBsElite Playmaker⚡ Breakout · 2000 🏆 Clutch · +8% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2000 Team Carrier · #373

Height6'5"

Weight233 lb

BornNov 13, 1963

Age62

CollegeMiami See College Stats

Rookie yr1987

Draft1987 · Rd 1, Pick 1 · TB

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

18thPassing Yards·46,163 yds 19thPassing Touchdowns·275

Postseason all-time ranks

50thPlayoff Passing Yards·1,320 yds 65thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·6

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time quarterback who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 374 · #58 · All-Time

Worth 374 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 2% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 15 of 19 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +24.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

15 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+24.9

Avg surplus

peak +40

15 seasons × ~24.9 surplus ≈ VORP 374

Combined Season Grid

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

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Defense													Advanced (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	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	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
1987	—	TB	4	—	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	—	TB	15	—	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	—	TB	14	—	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	—	TB	14	—	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	—	TB	13	—	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	—	TB	14	—	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	—	CLE	10	—	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	—	CLE	14	—	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	—	CLE	13	—	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	—	BAL	16	—	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	—	BAL	13	—	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	—	NYJ	14	—	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	—	NYJ	1	—	10	15	66.7%	96	1	1	6.7	6.7	6.4	4.7	1.0	78.8	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.7	—	—	0	0
2000	—	NYJ	16	—	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.6	-21.7	—	0	0
2001	—	NYJ	16	—	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	BUF	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2001	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.2	-35.2	—	0	0
2002	—	NYJ	5	—	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-31.6	-0.2	—	0	0
2003	—	NYJ	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.8	-0.1	—	0	0
2004	—	DAL	16	—	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8.6	-3.8	—	0	0
2005	—	NYJ	6	—	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	DEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-25.6	-13.6	—	0	0
2006	—	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.2	-6.7	—	11	0
2007	—	CAR	7	—	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-27.8	-4.0	—	1,245	0
Career		—	233	—	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	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	-45.9	-85.3	—	1,256	0

Career EPA-131.2·-46 passing · -85 rushing·-14.6/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1987	24	TB	4	—	71	165	43.0%	1,081	5	6	3.0	3.6	6.6	5.5	0.8	60.2	—	3.4
1988	25	TB	15	—	222	466	47.6%	3,240	13	35	2.8	7.5	7.0	4.1	0.4	48.8	—	6.8
1989	26	TB	14	—	258	480	53.8%	3,133	20	22	4.2	4.6	6.5	5.3	0.9	68.9	—	10.3
1990	27	TB	14	—	203	365	55.6%	2,818	17	18	4.7	4.9	7.7	6.4	0.9	75.6	—	11.3
1991	28	TB	13	—	166	326	50.9%	1,994	8	15	2.5	4.6	6.1	4.5	0.5	59.0	—	6.8
1992	29	TB	14	—	206	358	57.5%	2,554	14	16	3.9	4.5	7.1	5.9	0.9	74.2	—	12.6
1993	30	CLE	10	—	130	230	56.5%	1,797	14	9	6.1	3.9	7.8	7.3	1.6	85.7	—	8.5
1994	31	CLE	14	—	207	376	55.1%	2,575	16	18	4.3	4.8	6.8	5.5	0.9	70.7	—	9.6
1995	32	CLE	13	—	241	392	61.5%	2,883	17	10	4.3	2.6	7.4	7.1	1.7	87.8	—	11.3
1996	33	BAL	16	—	325	549	59.2%	4,177	33	19	6.0	3.5	7.6	7.3	1.7	88.7	—	18.6
1997	34	BAL	13	—	271	470	57.7%	2,971	18	15	3.8	3.2	6.3	5.7	1.2	75.9	—	10.2
1998	35	NYJ	14	—	259	421	61.5%	3,256	29	7	6.9	1.7	7.7	8.4	4.1	101.6	—	15.6
1999	36	NYJ	1	—	10	15	66.7%	96	1	1	6.7	6.7	6.4	4.7	1.0	78.8	0	—
2000	37	NYJ	16	—	325	581	55.9%	3,692	21	23	3.6	4.0	6.4	5.3	0.9	70.7	12	10.4
2001	38	NYJ	16	—	260	441	59.0%	2,752	15	14	3.4	3.2	6.2	5.5	1.1	75.3	18	9.1
2002	39	NYJ	5	—	54	83	65.1%	499	3	3	3.6	3.6	6.0	5.1	1.0	78.3	9	2.2
2003	40	NYJ	7	—	123	198	62.1%	1,385	7	2	3.5	1.0	7.0	7.2	3.5	90.6	6	6
2004	41	DAL	16	—	296	494	59.9%	3,518	17	20	3.4	4.0	7.1	6.0	0.8	76.3	35	10.4
2005	42	NYJ	6	—	60	106	56.6%	777	1	6	0.9	5.7	7.3	5.0	0.2	59.4	12	2.4
2006	43	NE	3	—	2	3	66.7%	29	1	0	33.3	0.0	9.7	16.3	—	137.5	0	—
2007	44	CAR	7	—	94	172	54.7%	936	5	6	2.9	3.5	5.4	4.5	0.8	65.5	9	3.7
Career			231		3,783	6,691	56.5%	46,163	275	265	4.1	4.0	6.9	—	—	75.1	101	169.2

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1987	24	TB	4	—	13	50	1	3.8	7.7	—	—	—
1988	25	TB	15	—	28	138	1	4.9	3.6	—	—	—
1989	26	TB	14	—	25	139	0	5.6	0.0	—	—	—
1990	27	TB	14	—	38	280	1	7.4	2.6	—	—	—
1991	28	TB	13	—	32	101	0	3.2	0.0	—	—	—
1992	29	TB	14	—	36	197	2	5.5	5.6	—	—	—
1993	30	CLE	10	—	18	74	0	4.1	0.0	—	—	—
1994	31	CLE	14	—	21	37	2	1.8	9.5	—	—	—
1995	32	CLE	13	—	18	62	2	3.4	11.1	—	—	—
1996	33	BAL	16	—	34	188	2	5.5	5.9	—	—	—
1997	34	BAL	13	—	34	138	0	4.1	0.0	—	—	—
1998	35	NYJ	14	—	24	104	1	4.3	4.2	—	—	—
2000	37	NYJ	16	—	25	32	0	1.3	0.0	3	12.0	2
2001	38	NYJ	16	—	31	25	0	0.8	0.0	2	6.5	2
2002	39	NYJ	5	—	2	23	0	11.5	0.0	1	50.0	0
2003	40	NYJ	7	—	6	13	0	2.2	0.0	1	16.7	0
2004	41	DAL	16	—	20	42	1	2.1	5.0	2	10.0	0
2005	42	NYJ	6	—	7	4	2	0.6	28.6	2	28.6	3
2006	43	NE	3	—	8	-8	0	-1.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2007	44	CAR	7	—	9	22	0	2.4	0.0	0	0.0	0
Career			230		429	1,661	15	3.9	—	11	—	7

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd
1999	36	—	—	—	4.7	—	—	0
2000	37	—	—	—	9.6	-21.7	—	0
2001	38	—	—	—	7.2	-35.2	—	0
2002	39	—	—	—	-31.6	-0.2	—	0
2003	40	—	—	—	2.8	-0.1	—	0
2004	41	—	—	—	8.6	-3.8	—	0
2005	42	—	—	—	-25.6	-13.6	—	0
2006	43	—	—	—	6.2	-6.7	—	11
2007	44	—	—	—	-27.8	-4.0	—	1,245
Career					—	—	—	1,256

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 66 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 66 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 19 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 63.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 66· confidence 93%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 41.7

Availability 16.3

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative pass yds/g)

1987bestavg 53elite 702007

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #373 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2004 DAL·6 team wins#12

Passing Yards · 3,518 · score 14

2004 DAL·6 team wins#20

Passing Touchdowns · 17 · score 6

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 52% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

52% of the all-time Passing Yards leader52

2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

-14.57 EPA/season over 9 seasons45

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: 86%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average QBs aging curve. Group peak age: 29. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Passer Rating: 75.1 regular season → 81.0 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

+8%

vs reg season

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Passing

Cmp114Att189Cmp%60.3%Yds1,320TD6Int5TD%3.2Int%2.6Y/A7.0AdjY/A6.4TD:INT1.2Rate81.0Sk1

Rushing

Att10Yds18Y/A1.8

Advanced (EPA)

Pass EPA9.6Rush EPA-2.4

College Stats

MiamiImported college table

College Passing

Season	School	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
1982	Miami	5	12	41.7%	79	1	0	8.3	0.0	6.6	8.3	—	92.0	—
1984	Miami	17	34	50.0%	184	0	1	0.0	2.9	5.4	4.1	0.0	54.0	—
1985	Miami	216	352	61.4%	3,238	21	15	6.0	4.3	9.2	8.5	1.4	93.7	—
1986	Miami	175	276	63.4%	2,557	26	9	9.4	3.3	9.3	9.7	2.9	111.3	—
Career		413	674	61.3%	6,058	48	25	7.1	3.7	9.0	8.7	1.9	98.9	0

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

1987 Draft Class· this player went #1

#2Cornelius BennettOLB #3Alonzo HighsmithRB #3Cris CarterWR #4Brent FullwoodRB #6Kelly StoufferQB #10Rod WoodsonFS #13Chris MillerQB #14D.J. DozierRB #19Paul PalmerRB #20Haywood JeffiresWR #21Roger VickRB #23Bruce ArmstrongOT #24Rod BernstineRB #25Terrence FlaglerRB #26Jim HarbaughQB #27Ricky NattielWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Vinny inherited the New York Jets QB room from Ray Lucas (1997–2000), and handed it to Chad Pennington (2000–2007).

Ken O'Brien 1984–1992Boomer Esiason 1993–1995Neil O'Donnell 1996–1997Ray Lucas 1997–2000Vinny Testaverde 1998–2005Chad Pennington

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2007team change
Joined CAR (from NE)
2007final season
Last recorded season with CAR
2006team change
Joined NE (from NYJ)
2005team change
Joined NYJ (from DAL)
2004team change
Joined DAL (from NYJ)
1998team change
Joined NYJ (from BAL)
1996team change
Joined BAL (from CLE)
1993team change
Joined CLE (from TB)
1987draft
Drafted by TB — Round 1, Pick 1

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 233 lb

Frame

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 19-season peers. See all →

peak 71

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

D1987

B1988

B1989

B1990

C+1991

B1992

C+1993

C+1994

B1995

B+1996

B1997

B1998

B2000

C+2001

F2002

C2003

B2004

F2005

F2007

Era Translator

Pass Yds 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 Pass Yds	Pass Yds/G	→ 2025 Pass Yds	→ 2025 /G
1987	1,081	270.3	4,494+3,413	264.4
1988	3,240	216	4,058+818	238.7
1989	3,133	223.8	4,130+997	242.9
1990	2,818	201.3	3,975+1,157	233.8
1991	1,994	153.4	3,604+1,610	212
1992	2,554	182.4	3,837+1,283	225.7
1993	1,797	179.7	3,773+1,976	221.9
1994	2,575	183.9	3,747+1,172	220.4
1995	2,883	221.8	4,094+1,211	240.8
1996	4,177	261.1	4,581+404	269.5
1997	2,971	228.5	4,227+1,256	248.6
1998	3,256	232.6	4,329+1,073	254.6
2000	3,692	230.8	4,159+467	244.7
2001	2,752	172	3,268+516	192.2
2002	499	99.8	2,273+1,774	133.7
2003	1,385	197.9	3,565+2,180	209.7
2004	3,518	219.9	3,921+403	230.6
2005	777	129.5	2,750+1,973	161.8
2007	936	133.7	2,872+1,936	169

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374 career value over replacement — #58 all-time of 4,642. 19.7/season above a replacement-level QB.

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Pick #1 (Rd 1) · TB · 1987 · +4.2 vs expected KV-H

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