Walt Harris ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Harris in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Harris a career score of 71, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Walt Harris

1× Pro BowlTop 9% all-time defensive backsIron Man📈 Late Developer · 2006

Height5'11"

Weight196 lb

BornAug 10, 1974

Age52

CollegeMississippi State See College Stats

Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1996	22	CHI	15	—	2.2	95	81	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	9	3	—	—	—
1997	23	CHI	16	—	5.9	81	73	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	5	16	4	—	—	—
1998	24	CHI	14	—	4.4	68	63	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	4	16	1	—	—	—
1999	25	CHI	14	—	1.3	62	52	10	1	1	1.0	3.0	1	14	0	1	0	0
2000	26	CHI	12	—	2.7	39	30	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	13	1	—	1	0
2001	27	CHI	15	—	1.5	45	43	2	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	10	1	2	1	0
2002	28	IND	15	—	3.3	39	30	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	17	1	2	0	0
2003	29	IND	16	—	0.0	48	29	19	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	12	1	1	0	0
2004	30	WAS	9	—	2.4	15	13	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	5	1	—	0	0
2005	31	WAS	13	—	1.5	54	46	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	11	0	—	0	0
2006	32	SF	15	—	10.6	62	51	11	0	0	1.0	1.0	8	20	4	2	1	0
2007	33	SF	14	—	4.7	56	45	11	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	13	1	—	0	0
2008	34	SF	15	—	3.6	53	43	10	0	1	1.0	2.0	3	14	0	—	0	0
Career		—	183	—	44.1	717	599	91	3	2	3.0	8.0	35	170	18	8	3	0

Career Value · VORP

181 career value over replacement — #470 all-time of 4,695. 13.9/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #13 (Rd 1) · CHI · 1996 · +9.5 vs expected KV-H

71actual

61.5 expected · Δ+9.5

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Career arc · VAL by season

13 seasons · peak 10.6 in 2006

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

3.4 career wins over 13 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2006 · +0.8 wins

Defence+0.9
Team defence (share)−0.1

Latest season · 2008 · +0.3 wins

Defence+0.3

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Position percentile · DB

#94 of 1,089 all-time defensive backs by KV-H

091th percentile100

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Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1996	22	CHI	15	—	95	81	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	9	3	—	—	—	2.2
1997	23	CHI	16	—	81	73	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	5	16	4	—	—	—	5.9
1998	24	CHI	14	—	68	63	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	4	16	1	—	—	—	4.4
1999	25	CHI	14	—	62	52	10	1	1	1.0	3.0	1	14	0	1	0	0	1.3
2000	26	CHI	12	—	39	30	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	13	1	—	1	0	2.7
2001	27	CHI	15	—	45	43	2	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	10	1	2	1	0	1.5
2002	28	IND	15	—	39	30	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	17	1	2	0	0	3.3
2003	29	IND	16	—	48	29	19	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0
2004	30	WAS	9	—	15	13	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	5	1	—	0	0	2.4
2005	31	WAS	13	—	54	46	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	11	0	—	0	0	1.5
2006	32	SF	15	—	62	51	11	0	0	1.0	1.0	8	20	4	2	1	0	10.6
2007	33	SF	14	—	56	45	11	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	13	1	—	0	0	4.7
2008	34	SF	15	—	53	43	10	0	1	1.0	2.0	3	14	0	—	0	0	3.6
Career			183		717	599	91	3	2	3.0	8.0	35	170	18	8	3	0	44.1