Career Arc Trajectories
Sustained Machine
71 playersElite for nearly their entire career — rare consistency at a high level over 8+ seasons.
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
10%
4/39 eligible enshrined
Avg HOF Probability
13%
65 monitor rows
Avg VORP / Season
29.6
12 VORP-covered players shown
Peak Timing
0.45
0=early - 1=late
Top Sustained Machine by KV-H
Myles Garrett
DE - peak 2021 - 9 seasons
96
KV-H
Danielle Hunter
DE - peak 2018 - 10 seasons
92
KV-H
DeMarcus Ware
OLB - peak 2007 - 12 seasons
92
KV-H
Zach Thomas
ILB - peak 2005 - 10 seasons
85
KV-H
Luke Kuechly
ILB - peak 2012 - 8 seasons
82
KV-H
Bobby Wagner
MLB - peak 2016 - 14 seasons
81
KV-H
Roquan Smith
ILB - peak 2023 - 8 seasons
81
KV-H
Terrell Owens
WR - peak 2000 - 12 seasons
81
KV-H
Yannick Ngakoue
DE - peak 2017 - 9 seasons
81
KV-H
London Fletcher
ILB - peak 2011 - 15 seasons
76
KV-H
Eric Kendricks
MLB - peak 2024 - 10 seasons
75
KV-H
Fred Warner
MLB - peak 2021 - 8 seasons
75
KV-H
Most Efficient VORP Seasons
Myles Garrett
DE - peak 2021 - 9 seasons
43.7
VORP/s
DeMarcus Ware
OLB - peak 2007 - 12 seasons
40.7
VORP/s
Danielle Hunter
DE - peak 2018 - 10 seasons
37.8
VORP/s
Roquan Smith
ILB - peak 2023 - 8 seasons
33.5
VORP/s
Luke Kuechly
ILB - peak 2012 - 8 seasons
33.3
VORP/s
Brett Favre
QB - peak 1999 - 12 seasons
32.9
VORP/s
Philip Rivers
QB - peak 2010 - 15 seasons
32.7
VORP/s
Bobby Wagner
MLB - peak 2016 - 14 seasons
32.6
VORP/s
Jared Goff
QB - peak 2024 - 10 seasons
29.9
VORP/s
Terrell Owens
WR - peak 2000 - 12 seasons
27.6
VORP/s
London Fletcher
ILB - peak 2011 - 15 seasons
27.2
VORP/s
Yannick Ngakoue
DE - peak 2017 - 9 seasons
27.0
VORP/s