Brad Johnson ranks in the all-time elite tier for quarterbacks — a career that places Johnson in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Johnson a career score of 65, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Brad Johnson

2× Pro BowlTop 10% all-time QBsElite Playmaker⚡ Breakout · 1999 📉 Fades · -21% playoffs 🌅 Early Bloomer · 1999 Team Carrier · #501

Height6'5"

Weight235 lb

Born

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #501 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

1 qualifying season

2006 MIN·6 team wins#18

Passing Yards · 2,750 · score 8

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 33% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

33% of the all-time Passing Yards leader

Career Value · VORP

224 career value over replacement — #291 all-time of 4,649. 18.7/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

5 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #227 (Rd 9) · MIN · 1992 · +46.2 vs expected KV-H

65actual

18.8 expected · Δ+46.2

💔+63 stolen VORP·3.64 szns lost

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2 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader67

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: 91%.

Encyclopedia Coverage4/8 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)Not available for this player

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.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average QBs aging curve. Group peak age: 24. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Passer Rating: 82.6 regular season → 65.5 playoffs (4 playoff seasons)

-21%

vs reg season

Career Milestones8

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

19961K career passing yards
19975K career passing yards
199725 career passing TDs
199910K career passing yards
199950 career passing TDs
2002100 career passing TDs
200320K career passing yards
2005150 career passing TDs

Understanding These Stats

Passing

Cmp / Att — Completions and pass attempts.

Cmp% — Completion percentage — completions ÷ attempts × 100.

Yds — Passing yards — total air + yards after catch on completions.

TD / TD% — Passing touchdowns. TD% = TDs per 100 attempts, measuring scoring efficiency.

Int / Int% — Interceptions thrown. Int% = INTs per 100 attempts — the primary ball-security metric.

Y/A — Yards per attempt — passing yards ÷ attempts. The core passing efficiency rate.

AdjY/A — Adjusted yards per attempt: (Pass Yds + 20×TD − 45×INT) ÷ Att. Penalizes turnovers and rewards touchdowns — widely considered the most predictive single-season QB metric.

TD:INT — TD-to-interception ratio — passing touchdowns ÷ interceptions thrown. Elite QBs sustain career ratios above 3.0; HOF greats often exceed 4.0. Not shown when no interceptions.

Rate — NFL passer rating — the official formula combining Cmp%, Y/A, TD%, and INT% on a 0–158.3 scale. Good QB performance ≈ 90+; elite ≈ 110+.

Sk — Times sacked — how many times the QB was brought down behind the line of scrimmage.

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.

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

Passing

Cmp123Att221Cmp%55.7%Yds1,387TD7Int11TD%3.2Int%5.0Y/A6.3AdjY/A4.7TD:INT0.6Rate64.4Sk6

Rushing

Att13Yds29TD1Y/A2.2TD%7.71D21D%15.4

College Stats

Florida StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida 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

Brad inherited the Minnesota Vikings QB room from Warren Moon (1994–1996), and handed it to Randall Cunningham (1997–1999).

Wade Wilson 1981–1991Rich Gannon 1987–1992Warren Moon 1994–1996Brad Johnson 1994–2006Randall Cunningham 1997–1999Daunte Culpepper 1999–2005Gus Frerotte 2003–2008Shaun Hill 2005–2016Tarvaris Jackson 2006–2010Brett Favre 2009–2010Christian Ponder 2011–2014Teddy Bridgewater 2014–2017Kirk Cousins 2018–2023Sam Darnold 2024

Brad inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB room from Shaun King (1999–2003), and handed it to Brian Griese (2004–2008).

Vinny Testaverde 1987–1992Craig Erickson 1992–1994Trent Dilfer 1994–1999Shaun King 1999–2003Brad Johnson 2001–2004Brian Griese 2004–2008Jeff Garcia

Brad inherited the Washington Commanders QB room from Gus Frerotte (1994–1998), and handed it to Patrick Ramsey (2002–2005).

Jay Schroeder 1985–1987Mark Rypien 1988–1993Gus Frerotte 1994–1998Brad Johnson 1999–2000Patrick Ramsey 2002–2005Mark Brunell 2004–2006Jason Campbell

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

2008final season
Last recorded season with DAL
2007team change
Joined DAL (from MIN)
2005team change
Joined MIN (from TB)
2001team change
Joined TB (from WAS)
1999team change
Joined WAS (from MIN)
1992draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 9, Pick 227

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 235 lb

Frame

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 70

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

F1994

F1995

C+1996

B1997

B+1999

C+2000

B2001

B2002

B2003

F2004

C2005

C+2006

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 14 seasons.

70%

19942008

1994 · backup · 4/16 G1995 · backup · 5/16 G

Durability IQ

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

Typical

Era Translator

Pass 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 Pass Yds	Pass Yds/G	→ 2025 Pass Yds	→ 2025 /G
1994	150	37.5	2,508+2,358	147.5
1995	272	54.4	2,382+2,110	140.1
1996	2,258	188.2	3,744+1,486	220.2
1997	3,036	233.5	4,272+1,236	251.3
1999	3,988	249.3	4,493+505	264.3
2000	2,489	207.4	3,851+1,362	226.5
2001	3,406	212.9	3,881+475	228.3
2002	3,049	234.5	4,124+1,075	242.6
2003	3,821	238.8	4,194+373	246.7
2004	674	168.5	3,210+2,536	188.8
2005	1,885	171.4	3,304+1,419	194.4
2006	2,750	183.3	3,452+702	203.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026

Career Geography

Journeyman · 4 crestsLeague board →

Wore 4 distinct franchise crests across 15 seasons (1994–2008) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

MIN 1994–2006 WAS 1999–2000 TB 2001–2004 DAL 2007–2008

2004 · cause not documented · 25%2005 · cause not documented · 69%2007 · cause not documented · 19%2008 · cause not documented · 19%

Brad Johnson

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1992 Draft Class· this player went #227

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography