Career Arc Trajectories
Late Developer
747 playersPeaked in the back half of their career — got better with age.
Rankings as of 2026-06-29, as declared by the corpus that produced them.
Classification uses KV-H spark arrays from the 1999+ StatVault encyclopedia. HOF and VORP summaries are joined from the existing Canton Monitor and VORP artifacts; missing rows are excluded from averages and counted below.
HOF Eligible Rate
1%
6/429 eligible enshrined
Avg HOF Probability
4%
724 monitor rows
Avg VORP / Season
25.6
12 VORP-covered players shown
Peak Timing
0.77
0=early - 1=late
Top Late Developer by KV-H
Robert Mathis
OLB - peak 2013 - 13 seasons
88
KV-H
Calvin Johnson
WR - peak 2012 - 9 seasons
87
KV-H
John Abraham
OLB - peak 2008 - 14 seasons
87
KV-H
Maxx Crosby
DE - peak 2023 - 7 seasons
87
KV-H
Trey Hendrickson
DE - peak 2023 - 9 seasons
87
KV-H
Khalil Mack
OLB - peak 2023 - 12 seasons
86
KV-H
Aaron Schobel
DE - peak 2006 - 9 seasons
84
KV-H
Ja'Marr Chase
WR - peak 2024 - 5 seasons
84
KV-H
CeeDee Lamb
WR - peak 2023 - 6 seasons
82
KV-H
Everson Griffen
DE - peak 2017 - 11 seasons
82
KV-H
Greg Hardy
DE - peak 2013 - 5 seasons
82
KV-H
Michael Thomas
WR - peak 2019 - 6 seasons
82
KV-H
Most Efficient VORP Seasons
Peyton Manning
QB - peak 2013 - 16 seasons
37.7
VORP/s
Robert Mathis
OLB - peak 2013 - 13 seasons
36.9
VORP/s
John Abraham
OLB - peak 2008 - 14 seasons
35.1
VORP/s
Khalil Mack
OLB - peak 2023 - 12 seasons
34.6
VORP/s
Calvin Johnson
WR - peak 2012 - 9 seasons
33.7
VORP/s
Ben Roethlisberger
QB - peak 2018 - 17 seasons
30.4
VORP/s
Aaron Schobel
DE - peak 2006 - 9 seasons
29.0
VORP/s
Jerry Rice
WR - peak 2002 - 6 seasons
28.6
VORP/s
Tyreek Hill
WR - peak 2023 - 10 seasons
28.1
VORP/s
Joey Porter
OLB - peak 2008 - 13 seasons
27.2
VORP/s
tony-romo
QB - peak 2012 - 10 seasons
27.2
VORP/s
Evan Engram
TE - peak 2023 - 9 seasons
27.0
VORP/s