Xavier McKinney ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places McKinney in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns McKinney a career score of 77, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Xavier McKinney

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 4% all-time defensive backsIron Legend📈 Late Developer · 2024 Team Carrier · #203

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Career Value · VORP

124 career value over replacement — #857 all-time of 4,695. 20.7/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #36 (Rd 2) · NYG · 2020 · +22.2 vs expected KV-H

77actual

54.8 expected · Δ+22.2

💔+26.1 stolen VORP·1.26 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%
2020	21	NYG	6	—	24	14	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	210	47.8%	22	13.0%	13	12	0.9	65.4	5.9	0	0	0	7	1	0.0
2021	22	NYG	17	—	88	54	34	1	0	0.0	1.0	5	10	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	1,133	96.9%	—	0.0%	56	38	0.7	72.2	9.6	1	1	0	3	10	0.1
2022	23	NYG	9	—	40	24	16	2	1	1.0	4.0	0	5	1	—	0	0	3	0.6%	554	98.1%	53	21.1%	23	12	0.5	93.6	14.7	3	2	0	28	2	0.0
2023	24	NYG	17	—	105	67	38	2	1	0.5	3.5	3	11	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,128	100.0%	103	22.6%	65	41	0.6	69.8	8.5	3	2	0	42	8	0.1
2024	25	GB	17	—	80	54	26	2	1	1.0	4.0	8	11	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,067	97.7%	162	36.5%	49	36	0.7	78.5	13.0	2	1	0	13	3	0.0
2025	26	GB	16	—	105	52	53	0	2	1.0	3.0	2	10	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,053	100.0%	151	37.8%	40	23	0.6	69.2	12.2	2	0	1	8	6	0.1
2026	27	GB	5	—	18	12	6	1	1	1.0	3.0	3	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	334	97.6%	17	13.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	87	—	460	277	183	9	6	4.5	19.5	22	51	3	3	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	246	162	—	—	—	11	6	1	101	30	—

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An all-time caliber defensive back (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with reliable availability. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 124 · #857 · High-Value

Worth 124 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 19% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 4 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +31 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+31

Avg surplus

peak +51

4 seasons × ~31 surplus ≈