Xavien Howard ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Howard in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Howard a career score of 81, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Xavien Howard

4× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 2% all-time defensive backsAll-Time Great👑 2× #1 Defensive Back · 2018–2020 Team Carrier · #568

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Career Value · VORP

166 career value over replacement — #554 all-time of 4,695. 20.8/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×3 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #38 (Rd 2) · MIA · 2016 · +30.2 vs expected KV-H

81actual

50.8 expected · Δ+30.2

💔+44.9 stolen VORP·2.16 szns lost

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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%
2016	23	MIA	7	—	40	29	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	527	95.9%	4	1.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	24	MIA	16	—	44	38	6	3	1	1.0	5.0	4	13	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	1,017	97.3%	27	6.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	25	MIA	12	—	35	25	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	7	12	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	803	99.2%	29	9.3%	63	33	0.5	61.2	14.4	0	0	0	2	6	0.1
2019	26	MIA	5	—	17	12	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	322	89.8%	29	21.2%	26	17	0.7	117.0	11.0	0	0	0	1	3	0.1
2020	27	MIA	16	—	46	35	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	10	20	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	936	90.1%	2	0.4%	101	52	0.5	48.3	12.8	1	1	0	2	6	0.1
2021	28	MIA	16	—	46	35	11	0	1	1.0	2.0	5	16	2	2	2	0	—	0.0%	1,026	96.6%	5	1.3%	93	49	0.5	72.6	10.0	2	0	1	8	6	0.1
2022	29	MIA	15	—	39	29	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	12	0	2	1	0	—	0.0%	979	95.6%	—	0.0%	84	50	0.6	101.2	11.2	0	0	0	3	7	0.1
2023	30	MIA	13	—	42	33	9	1	1	0.0	2.0	1	12	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	745	87.4%	2	0.5%	62	39	0.6	81.3	11.3	1	0	1	3	6	0.1
2025	32	IND	4	—	11	7	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	211	83.3%	2	2.0%	21	14	0.7	124.3	9.4	0	0	0	0	1	0.1
Career		—	104	—	320	243	77	8	3	2.0	13.0	29	95	4	5	4	0	—	0.0%	6,566	93.8%	100	3.6%	450	254	—	—	—	4	1	2	19	35	—

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A top 5% all-time defensive back — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history. Their above-average snap-level impact underscores the elite level they operated at.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 166 · #554 · High-Value

Worth 166 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 13% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +27.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

2 replaced

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+27.7

Avg surplus

peak +50

6 seasons × ~27.7 surplus ≈