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

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

3 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

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	—

Career arc · VAL by season

11 seasons · peak 9.3 in 2019

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 11 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2019 · +0.7 wins

Defence+0.7

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2015	22–23	BAL	14	0*	30	20	10	7	7	5.5	19.5	1	0	—	3.3
2016	23–24	BAL	10	8*	19	9	10	4	4	1.0	9.0	1	1	—	0.2
2017	24–25	BAL	13	8*	24	15	9	3	16	3.5	22.5	1	1	—	1.3
2018	25–26	BAL	16	11*	43	24	19	10	25	8.5	43.5	2	1	—	6.2
2019	26–27	GB	15	13*	55	41	14	17	37	13.5	67.5	0	1	—	9.3
2020	27–28	GB	16	13*	45	28	17	12	23	12.5	47.5	2	4	2	8.7
2021	28–29	GB	1	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—	—
2022	29–30	MIN	16	11*	38	26	12	15	24	10.0	49.0	5	1	—	6.6
2023	30–31	CLE	16	9*	23	14	9	8	20	5.5	33.5	3	1	—	3
2024	31–32	All teams	16	—	31	18	13	9	17	9.0	35.0	1	0	—	5.1
2025	32–33	PHI	4	0*	10	3	7	2	3	1.5	6.5	0	0	—	0.8
2026	33–34	ATL	3	0*	5	3	2	4	3	2.5	9.5	1	0	—	1.4
Career			140		324	202	122	91	179	73.0	343.0	17	10	2	45.9

* 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%
2015	22–23	BAL	15	0*	—	0.0%	406	40.3%	98	22.7%
2016	23–24	BAL	13	8*	—	0.0%	494	60.1%	55	14.5%
2017	24–25	BAL	14	8*	—	0.0%	532	56.7%	69	16.6%
2018	25–26	BAL	16	11*	—	0.0%	690	66.0%	26	5.7%
2019	26–27	GB	16	13*	—	0.0%	872	83.9%	75	17.3%
2020	27–28	GB	16	13*	—	0.0%	858	83.3%	22	4.8%
2021	28–29	GB	1	—	—	0.0%	18	29.0%	—	0.0%
2022	29–30	MIN	16	11*	—	0.0%	771	69.1%	—	0.0%
2023	30–31	CLE	16	9*	—	0.0%	584	58.6%	24	4.8%
2024	31–32	All teams	17	—	—	—	618	—	2	—
2025	32–33	PHI	5	0*	—	0.0%	131	38.0%	—	0.0%
2026	33–34	ATL	4	0*	—	0.0%	78	29.3%	—	0.0%
Career			—		—	—	—	—	—	—

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.

* 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	25–26	BAL	16	11*	8	5	0.6	79.7	1.6	35	12	13	49	2	0.0
2019	26–27	GB	16	13*	3	2	0.7	78.5	-2.3	50	13	22	36	9	0.1
2020	27–28	GB	16	13*	0	0	—	—	—	39	12	11	56	7	0.1
2021	28–29	GB	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	0	0	0	2	1	0.5
2022	29–30	MIN	16	11*	5	4	0.8	92.5	0.0	37	11	15	37	5	0.1
2023	30–31	CLE	16	9*	3	2	0.7	78.5	-3.7	29	9	14	4	7	0.2
2024	31–32	All teams*	17	—	3	3	1.0	101.4	-3.0	25	8	7	2	4	0.1
2025	32–33	PHI	5	0*	1	1	1.0	87.5	-1.0	5	3	0	1	1	0.1
Career			103		23	17	—	—	—	220	68	82	187	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.

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	PIT	—	—	—
W2	CAR	—	—	—
W3	GB	—	—	—

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 3 games

Splits

7 games · 2025–2026

Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.

Home / Away2 rows

Home / Away	G
Home	2
Away	5

Wins / Losses2 rows

Wins / Losses	G
Wins	3
Losses	4

Regular season / Postseason1 row

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 84 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 84 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 83.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 84· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 77

On-field 59.1

Availability 17.9

On-field production

By opponent	G
vs CAR	1
vs DEN	1
vs GB	1
vs KC	1
vs NYG	1
vs PIT	1
vs TB	1

By month	G
September	5
October	2

Division games	G
Division	2
Non-division	5

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Za'Darius Smith

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Game Log

Splits

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · EDGE