Zach Cunningham ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Cunningham in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Cunningham a career score of 73, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Zach Cunningham

Top 4% all-time linebackersAll-Time Great⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2020

Height6'3"

Weight230 lb

BornDec 2, 1994

Age

Career Value · VORP

150 career value over replacement — #658 all-time of 4,695. 21.4/season above a replacement-level LB.

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Pick #57 (Rd 2) · HOU · 2017 · +26.9 vs expected KV-H

73actual

46.1 expected · Δ+26.9

💔+55.9 stolen VORP·2.61 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%
2017	22–23	HOU	16	—	76	39	37	5	2	1.5	8.5	0	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	812	79.3%	210	42.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	23–24	HOU	14	—	99	67	32	3	2	0.0	5.0	1	5	2	—	1	0	—	0.0%	753	80.4%	68	16.6%	67	51	0.8	103.2	6.2	3	2	1	26	16	0.1
2019	24–25	HOU	16	—	124	82	42	7	3	2.0	12.0	0	2	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	942	86.8%	134	31.4%	49	38	0.8	107.4	3.0	5	2	0	52	11	0.1
2020	25–26	HOU	16	—	150	92	58	7	4	3.0	14.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	945	85.6%	124	28.0%	43	37	0.9	126.0	4.4	7	3	1	35	17	0.1
2021	26–27	HOU / TEN	14	—	85	43	42	7	1	0.0	8.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	—	647	—	18	—	51	42	0.8	107.6	4.0	1	0	1	27	16	0.1
2022	27–28	TEN	6	—	18	9	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	205	50.7%	11	6.7%	19	12	0.6	96.2	3.6	0	0	0	7	1	0.0
2023	28–29	PHI	13	—	81	50	31	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	4	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	717	80.3%	22	6.3%	54	41	0.8	93.9	1.8	1	0	1	32	8	0.1
2024	29–30	DEN	7	—	3	1	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	15	4.0%	41	20.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	30–31	DET	4	—	7	5	2	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	14	5.3%	64	58.0%	1	1	1.0	118.7	12.0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career		—	106	—	643	388	255	32	13	6.5	51.5	1	23	5	3	1	0	—	0.0%	5,050	70.9%	692	22.9%	284	222	—	—	—	17	8	4	179	69	—

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A top 5% all-time linebacker — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history. Their lower snap-level production underscores the elite level they operated at.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 150 · #658 · High-Value

Worth 150 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 15% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +25 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 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

+25

Avg surplus

peak +38

6 seasons × ~25 surplus ≈