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

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

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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	—

Career arc · VAL by season

9 seasons · peak 7.5 in 2017

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

3.5 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2017 · +0.6 wins

Defence+0.6

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.

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2016	21	JAX	15	10*	23	20	3	6	14	8.0	28.0	1	2	4	—	0	6.3
2017	22	JAX	16	12*	30	24	6	10	23	12.0	45.0	0	0	6	2	1	7.5
2018	23	JAX	15	12*	27	24	3	13	33	9.5	55.5	0	1	0	—	0	6.9
2019	24	JAX	15	12*	39	34	5	13	15	8.0	36.0	1	6	4	1	1	6.6
2020	25	All teams	14	—	20	20	0	7	11	8.0	26.0	0	1	4	—	0	5.3
2021	26	LV	14	12*	25	14	11	8	23	10.0	41.0	0	3	2	—	0	5.8
2022	27	IND	13	11*	26	15	11	8	16	9.5	33.5	0	0	1	—	0	5.8
2023	28	CHI	11	9*	20	11	9	6	7	4.0	17.0	0	0	0	—	0	1.8
2024	29	All teams	10	—	12	3	9	1	6	1.5	8.5	0	0	0	—	0	0.1
Career			123		222	165	57	72	148	70.5	290.5	2	13	21	3	2	46.1

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2016	21	JAX	16	10*	—	0.0%	706	64.9%	5	1.0%
2017	22	JAX	16	12*	—	0.0%	767	74.3%	78	15.8%
2018	23	JAX	16	12*	—	0.0%	766	74.9%	72	17.0%
2019	24	JAX	15	12*	—	0.0%	790	79.8%	2	0.4%
2020	25	All teams	15	—	—	—	658	—	43	—
2021	26	LV	17	12*	—	0.0%	834	71.7%	15	3.2%
2022	27	IND	15	11*	—	0.0%	732	72.1%	1	0.3%
2023	28	CHI	13	9*	—	0.0%	592	72.1%	11	3.3%
2024	29	All teams	11	—	—	—	239	—	17	—
Career			134		—	0.0%	6,084	68.4%	244	6.4%

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	23	JAX	16	12*	4	2	0.5	56.2	0.5	51	21	20	8	7	0.2
2019	24	JAX	15	12*	2	2	1.0	39.6	-4.0	27	10	9	1	10	0.2
2020	25	All teams*	15	—	2	2	1.0	108.3	0.0	26	12	6	0	7	0.2
2021	26	LV	17	12*	0	0	—	—	—	36	14	12	0	4	0.1
2022	27	IND	15	11*	1	1	1.0	118.7	-1.0	27	10	5	0	3	0.1
2023	28	CHI	13	9*	1	1	1.0	131.2	-2.0	11	4	3	3	4	0.2
2024	29	All teams*	11	—	0	0	—	—	—	8	4	2	6	1	0.1
Career			102		10	8	—	—	—	186	75	57	18	36	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

All teams* — this source provides a season total only; team splits are unavailable in this table.

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 85 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 85 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 83.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 85· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 80

On-field 62.9

Availability 17.1

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Yannick Ngakoue

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · EDGE