Drew Brees is a Hall of Fame quarterback whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 94 in the Knox value model. Brees led his position in a major category 10 times — the definition of era-defining dominance.

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Drew Brees

★ HALL OF FAME13× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 0% all-time QBsIron Legend🎯 Near-Miss Club 🏟️ Los Angeles Chargers Icon 👑 4× #1 Quarterback · 2006–2016 ⚡ Breakout · 2002

Height6'0"

Weight209 lb

BornJan 15, 1979

Age47

CollegePurdue See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2001

Draft2001 · Rd 2, Pick 32 · LAC

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

2ndPassing Yards·80,428 yds 2ndPassing Touchdowns·571

Postseason all-time ranks

8thPlayoff Passing Yards·5,366 yds 8thPlayoff Passing Touchdowns·37

13x

Career Value · VORP

692 career value over replacement — #2 all-time of 4,649. 36.4/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

Led league 10×28 top-10 Compiler20% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way Mr. ReliableCV 0.22

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #32 (Rd 2) · LAC · 2001 · +39.2 vs expected KV-H

94actual

54.8 expected · Δ+39.2

💔+41 stolen VORP·1.14 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

VORP 692 · #2 · All-Time

Worth 692 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 1% of all 4,649 ranked at the position. 19 of 19 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +36.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

19 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+36.4

Avg surplus

peak +54

19 seasons × ~36.4 surplus ≈ VORP 692

Drew Brees

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Career Value · VORP