Adam Thielen ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Thielen in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Thielen a career score of 73, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

WRPITACT

Adam Thielen

Top 6% all-time WRsIron Man🏆 Clutch · +13% playoffs Team Carrier · #115

Height6'2"

Weight200 lb

BornAug 22, 1990

Age36

CollegeMinnesota State See College Stats

Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Snap Counts						Advanced Rushing (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2014	24	MIN	7	—	13	8	137	1	61.5%	17.1	10.5	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	150	14.5%	—	0.0%	259	58.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	25	MIN	9	—	18	12	144	0	66.7%	12.0	8.0	—	5	4	89	0	22.3	0.0	4	100.0	0	217	20.6%	—	0.0%	259	59.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	26	MIN	16	—	92	69	967	5	75.0%	14.0	10.5	—	44	2	15	0	7.5	0.0	1	50.0	0	787	74.2%	—	0.0%	93	21.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	27	MIN	16	—	142	91	1,276	4	64.1%	14.0	9.0	—	59	1	11	0	11.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	1,032	92.6%	—	0.0%	4	0.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	28	MIN	16	—	153	113	1,373	9	73.9%	12.2	9.0	—	74	5	30	0	6.0	0.0	1	20.0	0	1,011	96.2%	—	0.0%	6	1.3%	13	2.6	17	3.4	0	—	1
2019	29	MIN	10	—	48	30	418	6	62.5%	13.9	8.7	—	18	4	6	1	1.5	25.0	1	25.0	0	436	70.0%	—	0.0%	3	1.3%	0	0.0	6	1.5	2	2.0	1
2020	30	MIN	15	—	108	74	925	14	68.5%	12.5	8.6	—	52	3	15	0	5.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	926	91.5%	—	0.0%	2	0.5%	7	2.3	8	2.7	1	3.0	0
2021	31	MIN	13	—	95	67	726	10	70.5%	10.8	7.6	—	37	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	758	84.0%	—	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0	2	2.0	0	—	0
2022	32	MIN	17	—	107	70	716	6	65.4%	10.2	6.7	—	45	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	1,042	89.0%	—	0.0%	2	0.3%	3	3.0	1	1.0	0	—	0
2023	33	CAR	17	—	137	103	1,014	4	75.2%	9.8	7.4	—	56	1	6	0	6.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	1,046	91.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	2	2.0	4	4.0	0	—	0
2024	34	CAR	10	—	62	48	615	5	77.4%	12.8	9.9	—	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	429	70.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	35	TOT	14	—	35	19	186	0	54.3%	9.8	5.3	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	387	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	35	MIN	9	—	18	8	69	0	44.4%	8.6	3.8	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	185	29.9%	—	0.0%	1	0.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	35	PIT	5	—	17	11	117	0	64.7%	10.6	6.9	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	202	60.4%	—	0.0%	1	0.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	174	—	1,010	704	8,497	64	69.7%	12.1	8.4	—	435	22	178	1	8.1	4.5	8	36.4	0	8,221	69.3%	—	0.0%	631	12.9%	25	—	38	—	3	—	2

Career Value · VORP

193 career value over replacement — #401 all-time of 4,649. 16.1/season above a replacement-level WR.

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8 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

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ConferenceNorthern Sun Intercollegiate

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Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	VAL
2015	25	MIN	9	0*	4	89	0	22.3	0.0	4	100.0	2.1
2016	26	MIN	16	12*	2	15	0	7.5	0.0	1	50.0	13.3
2017	27	MIN	16	15*	1	11	0	11.0	0.0	1	100.0	15.7
2018	28	MIN	16	15*	5	30	0	6.0	0.0	1	20.0	19.5
2019	29	MIN	10	7*	4	6	1	1.5	25.0	1	25.0	8.4
2020	30	MIN	15	14*	3	15	0	5.0	0.0	0	0.0	19.1
2021	31	MIN	13	11*	1	2	0	2.0	0.0	0	0.0	14.2
2022	32	MIN	17	15*	1	4	0	4.0	0.0	0	0.0	13
2023	33	CAR	17	15*	1	6	0	6.0	0.0	0	0.0	14.2
Career			129	104*	22	178	1	8.1	—	8	—	136.5

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2014	24	MIN	7	0*	13	8	137	1	61.5%	17.1	10.5	—	7
2015	25	MIN	9	0*	18	12	144	0	66.7%	12.0	8.0	—	5
2016	26	MIN	16	12*	92	69	967	5	75.0%	14.0	10.5	—	44
2017	27	MIN	16	15*	142	91	1,276	4	64.1%	14.0	9.0	—	59
2018	28	MIN	16	15*	153	113	1,373	9	73.9%	12.2	9.0	—	74
2019	29	MIN	10	7*	48	30	418	6	62.5%	13.9	8.7	—	18
2020	30	MIN	15	14*	108	74	925	14	68.5%	12.5	8.6	—	52
2021	31	MIN	13	11*	95	67	726	10	70.5%	10.8	7.6	—	37
2022	32	MIN	17	15*	107	70	716	6	65.4%	10.2	6.7	—	45
2023	33	CAR	17	15*	137	103	1,014	4	75.2%	9.8	7.4	—	56
2024	34	CAR	10	7*	62	48	615	5	77.4%	12.8	9.9	—	28
2025	35	TOT	14	—	35	19	186	0	54.3%	9.8	5.3	—	10
2025	35	MIN	9	—	18	8	69	0	44.4%	8.6	3.8	—	6
2025	35	PIT	5	—	17	11	117	0	64.7%	10.6	6.9	—	4
Career			160	111*	1,010	704	8,497	64	69.7%	12.1	8.4	—	435

* 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%
2014	24	MIN	16	0*	150	14.5%	—	0.0%	259	58.4%
2015	25	MIN	16	0*	217	20.6%	—	0.0%	259	59.2%
2016	26	MIN	16	12*	787	74.2%	—	0.0%	93	21.8%
2017	27	MIN	16	15*	1,032	92.6%	—	0.0%	4	0.8%
2018	28	MIN	16	15*	1,011	96.2%	—	0.0%	6	1.3%
2019	29	MIN	10	7*	436	70.0%	—	0.0%	3	1.3%
2020	30	MIN	15	14*	926	91.5%	—	0.0%	2	0.5%
2021	31	MIN	13	11*	758	84.0%	—	0.0%	1	0.3%
2022	32	MIN	17	15*	1,042	89.0%	—	0.0%	2	0.3%
2023	33	CAR	17	15*	1,046	91.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2024	34	CAR	10	7*	429	70.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2025	35	TOT	16	—	387	—	—	—	2	—
2025	35	MIN	11	—	185	29.9%	—	0.0%	1	0.4%
2025	35	PIT	5	—	202	60.4%	—	0.0%	1	0.8%
Career			178	111*	8,221	—	—	—	631	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2018	28	MIN	16	15*	13	2.6	17	3.4	0	—	1
2019	29	MIN	10	7*	0	0.0	6	1.5	2	2.0	1
2020	30	MIN	15	14*	7	2.3	8	2.7	1	3.0	0
2021	31	MIN	13	11*	0	0.0	2	2.0	0	—	0
2022	32	MIN	17	15*	3	3.0	1	1.0	0	—	0
2023	33	CAR	17	15*	2	2.0	4	4.0	0	—	0
Career			88	77*	25	—	38	—	3	—	2

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2018	28	MIN	16	15*	9.4	8.5	3.7	3	3	0.0	74	115.2
2019	29	MIN	10	7*	12.2	10.0	3.9	2	1	0.0	18	130.0
2020	30	MIN	15	14*	11.5	9.2	3.3	2	7	0.1	52	119.0
2021	31	MIN	13	11*	9.5	7.3	3.6	1	1	0.0	37	119.0
2022	32	MIN	17	15*	9.7	8.1	2.2	1	2	0.0	45	91.5
2023	33	CAR	17	15*	7.5	6.5	3.3	2	7	0.1	56	102.3
2024	34	CAR	10	7*	11.0	9.6	3.2	1	2	0.0	28	107.9
2025	35	TOT*	16	—	8.7	7.5	2.3	1	3	0.1	10	69.5
Career			114	84*	—	—	—	13	26	—	320	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

* Advanced source publishes an all-team season aggregate only. Exact team stints and team-specific counting stats remain available in the primary season tables.

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 73 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 73 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 70.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 73· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 47.8

Availability 17.2

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)

2014bestavg 62elite 702025

Rec Yds career shape vs similar wide receivers

2014-2025

Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best Rec Yds season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.