Za'Darius Smith ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Smith in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Smith a career score of 84, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Za'Darius Smith

3× Pro BowlTop 4% all-time pass rushersFranchise Cornerstone

Height6'4"

Weight270 lb

BornSep 8, 1992

Age34

Career Value · VORP

233 career value over replacement — #273 all-time of 4,695. 23.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #122 (Rd 4) · BAL · 2015 · +53.4 vs expected KV-H

84actual

30.6 expected · Δ+53.4

💔+69.9 stolen VORP·3 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%
2015	22–23	BAL	15	—	30	20	10	7	7	5.5	19.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	406	40.3%	98	22.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	23–24	BAL	13	—	19	9	10	4	4	1.0	9.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	494	60.1%	55	14.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	24–25	BAL	14	—	24	15	9	3	16	3.5	22.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	532	56.7%	69	16.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	25–26	BAL	16	—	43	24	19	10	25	8.5	43.5	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	690	66.0%	26	5.7%	8	5	0.6	79.7	1.6	35	12	13	49	2	0.0
2019	26–27	GB	16	—	55	41	14	17	37	13.5	67.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	872	83.9%	75	17.3%	3	2	0.7	78.5	-2.3	50	13	22	36	9	0.1
2020	27–28	GB	16	—	45	28	17	12	23	12.5	47.5	0	2	4	2	0	0	—	0.0%	858	83.3%	22	4.8%	0	0	—	—	—	39	12	11	56	7	0.1
2021	28–29	GB	1	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	18	29.0%	—	0.0%	0	0	—	—	—	0	0	0	2	1	0.5
2022	29–30	MIN	16	—	38	26	12	15	24	10.0	49.0	0	5	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	771	69.1%	—	0.0%	5	4	0.8	92.5	0.0	37	11	15	37	5	0.1
2023	30–31	CLE	16	—	23	14	9	8	20	5.5	33.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	584	58.6%	24	4.8%	3	2	0.7	78.5	-3.7	29	9	14	4	7	0.2
2024	31–32	CLE / DET	17	—	31	18	13	9	17	9.0	35.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	618	—	2	—	3	3	1.0	101.4	-3.0	25	8	7	2	4	0.1
2025	32–33	PHI	5	—	10	3	7	2	3	1.5	6.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	131	38.0%	—	0.0%	1	1	1.0	87.5	-1.0	5	3	0	1	1	0.1
2026	33–34	ATL	4	—	5	3	2	4	3	2.5	9.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	78	29.3%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	149	—	324	202	122	91	179	73.0	343.0	0	17	10	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	23	17	—	—	—	220	68	82	187	36	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

92ndSacks·73

Postseason all-time ranks

95thPlayoff Sacks·4

Pro Bowls

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A top 5% all-time edge rusher with reliable availability and above-average snap-level impact. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 233 · #273 · Elite

Worth 233 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 7% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 8 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +29.1 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

+29.1

Avg surplus

peak +47

8 seasons × ~29.1 surplus ≈