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.

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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

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #115 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2023 CAR·2 team wins#10

Receptions · 103 · score 80

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Solid

of 100

Reached 45% of the all-time Receptions leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

45% of the all-time Receptions leader

Career Value · VORP

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

Career Profile

8 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

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ConferenceNorthern Sun Intercollegiate

3 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader100

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 92%.

Encyclopedia Coverage5/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Defensive StatsNot available for this player

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

Per-Snap Impact

Wide Receivers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:1.055 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap1.055Touch rate0.126EPA/snap0Snap share72.2%Off snaps8,221ReliableCV 0.28

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within wide receivers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

🏆 Playoff Performer

Yards / Reception: 12.1 regular season → 13.7 playoffs (5 playoff seasons)

+13%

vs reg season

Career Milestones9

Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).

20161K career receiving yards
2017100 career receptions
20183K career receiving yards
2018250 career receptions
201925 career receiving TDs
20205K career receiving yards
2022500 career receptions
202250 career receiving TDs
20248K career receiving yards

Understanding These Stats

Rushing

Att — Rushing attempts (carries).

Yds — Rushing yards.

TD — Rushing touchdowns.

Y/A — Yards per carry — rushing yards ÷ carries. The core rushing efficiency rate; 4.5+ is solid, 5+ is elite.

TD% — Touchdown rate per carry (TDs ÷ carries × 100) — measures scoring efficiency per touch independent of volume. Red-zone workhorses lead here.

1D — First downs gained on rushing plays.

1D% — First-down conversion rate (first downs ÷ carries × 100) — how often a carry moves the chains. Top RBs convert on 25%+ of attempts.

Fmb — Rushing fumbles lost — the key ball-security stat for running backs. Below 1 per season is elite.

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Snap Counts (2012–present)

Off / Off% — Offensive snaps played and share of team total. The most reliable usage metric for skill positions and OL.

Def / Def% — Defensive snaps played and share of team total.

ST / ST% — Special-teams snaps played and share of team total.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Rushing

Att1Yds3Y/A3.0

Receiving

Tgt41Rec26Yds356Ctch%63.4%Y/R13.7Y/Tgt8.71D19

Snap Counts

Off320Off%70.0%ST17ST%10.1%

College Stats

Minnesota StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Minnesota State), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Adam inherited the Minnesota Vikings WR room from Jarius Wright (2012–2017), and handed it to Stefon Diggs (2015–2019).

Anthony Carter 1985–1993Hassan Jones 1986–1992Cris Carter 1990–2001Jake Reed 1991–2001Chris Walsh 1995–2002Randy Moss 1998–2010Nate Burleson 2003–2005Marcus Robinson 2004–2006Sidney Rice 2007–2010Bernard Berrian 2008–2011Percy Harvin 2009–2012Jarius Wright 2012–2017Adam Thielen 2014–2025Stefon Diggs 2015–2019K.J. Osborn 2020–2023Justin Jefferson 2020–2025Jordan Addison 2023–2025

Adam inherited the Carolina Panthers WR room from Robbie Chosen (2020–2022), and handed it to Xavier Legette (2024–2025).

Willie Green 1995–1996Mark Carrier 1995–1998Raghib Ismail 1996–1998Muhsin Muhammad 1996–2009Donald Hayes 1998–2001Patrick Jeffers 1999–2001Isaac Byrd

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined MIN (from CAR)
2025final season
Last recorded season with MIN
2023team change
Joined CAR (from MIN)
2014signing
Entered the NFL with MIN

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 200 lb

Frame

Injury History

6 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	CAR	2	W8Out· HamstringW9Doubtful· HamstringW10Out· HamstringW12Questionable· Hamstring
2023	CAR	0	W1Questionable· Ankle
2021	MIN	1	W14Out· AnkleW15Questionable· AnkleW16Questionable· Ankle
2019	MIN	3	W8Out· HamstringW9Questionable· HamstringW10Out· HamstringW11Out· HamstringW13Questionable· HamstringW14Doubtful· HamstringW19Questionable· Ankle
2017	MIN	0	W20Questionable· Back

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 12-season peers. See all →

peak 79

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

D2014

C2015

B+2016

A2017

A2018

C+2019

B+2020

B2021

B2022

B+2023

B2024

C2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 12 seasons.

90%

20142025

2019 · Hamstring · 63%2024 · Hamstring · 59%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Iron

Era Translator

Rec Yds translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
2014	137	19.6	209+72	12.3
2015	144	16	138-6	8.1
2016	967	60.4	933-34	54.9
2017	1,276	79.8	1,297+21	76.3
2018	1,373	85.8	1,378+5	81.1
2019	418	41.8	618+200	36.4
2020	925	61.7	971+46	57.1
2021	726	55.8	880+154	51.8
2022	716	42.1	645-71	38
2023	1,014	59.6	974-40	57.3
2024	615	61.5	1,032+417	60.7
2025	186	13.3	226+40	13.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026

Career Geography

Journeyman · 3 crestsLeague board →

Wore 3 distinct franchise crests across 12 seasons (2014–2025) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

MIN 2014–2025 CAR 2023–2024 PIT 2025

Adam Thielen 2023–2024

Adam Thielen

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

Snap Counts

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography