Yannick Ngakoue ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Ngakoue in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Ngakoue a career score of 85, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Yannick Ngakoue

1× Pro BowlTop 3% all-time pass rushersIron Legend⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2017 Team Carrier · #441

Height6'2"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

246 career value over replacement — #239 all-time of 4,695. 27.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #69 (Rd 3) · JAX · 2016 · +42 vs expected KV-H

85actual

43 expected · Δ+42

💔+22.1 stolen VORP·0.81 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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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	21	JAX	16	—	23	20	3	6	14	8.0	28.0	1	2	4	—	0	0	—	0.0%	706	64.9%	5	1.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	22	JAX	16	—	30	24	6	10	23	12.0	45.0	0	0	6	2	1	0	—	0.0%	767	74.3%	78	15.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	23	JAX	16	—	27	24	3	13	33	9.5	55.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	766	74.9%	72	17.0%	4	2	0.5	56.2	0.5	51	21	20	8	7	0.2
2019	24	JAX	15	—	39	34	5	13	15	8.0	36.0	1	6	4	1	1	0	—	0.0%	790	79.8%	2	0.4%	2	2	1.0	39.6	-4.0	27	10	9	1	10	0.2
2020	25	BAL / MIN	15	—	20	20	0	7	11	8.0	26.0	0	1	4	—	0	0	—	—	658	—	43	—	2	2	1.0	108.3	0.0	26	12	6	0	7	0.2
2021	26	LV	17	—	25	14	11	8	23	10.0	41.0	0	3	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	834	71.7%	15	3.2%	0	0	—	—	—	36	14	12	0	4	0.1
2022	27	IND	15	—	26	15	11	8	16	9.5	33.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	732	72.1%	1	0.3%	1	1	1.0	118.7	-1.0	27	10	5	0	3	0.1
2023	28	CHI	13	—	20	11	9	6	7	4.0	17.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	592	72.1%	11	3.3%	1	1	1.0	131.2	-2.0	11	4	3	3	4	0.2
2024	29	BAL / NE	11	—	12	3	9	1	6	1.5	8.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	239	—	17	—	0	0	—	—	—	8	4	2	6	1	0.1
Career		—	134	—	222	165	57	72	148	70.5	290.5	2	13	21	3	2	0	—	0.0%	6,084	68.4%	244	6.4%	10	8	—	—	—	186	75	57	18	36	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

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An all-time caliber edge rusher (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 246 · #239 · Elite

Worth 246 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 6% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 8 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +30.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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

+30.8

Avg surplus

peak +40

8 seasons × ~30.8 surplus ≈