Champ Bailey is a Hall of Fame defensive back whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 89 in the Knox value model. Bailey's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Champ Bailey

★ HALL OF FAME12× Pro Bowl3× All-ProTop 1% all-time defensive backsIron Legend👑 #1 Defensive Back · 2006 ⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2006Two-Way Profile

Height6'0"

Weight192 lb

BornJun 22, 1978

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

26thInterceptions·52

Postseason all-time ranks

66thPlayoff Interceptions·2

12x

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

278 career value over replacement — #162 all-time of 4,649. 18.5/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #7 (Rd 1) · WAS · 1999 · +27.6 vs expected KV-H

89actual

61.4 expected · Δ+27.6

💔+30.2 stolen VORP·1.65 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

VORP 278 · #162 · All-Time

Worth 278 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 4% of all 4,649 ranked at the position. 14 of 15 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +19.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

14 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+19.9

Avg surplus

peak +50

14 seasons × ~19.9 surplus ≈ VORP 278