Emmitt Smith is a Hall of Fame running back whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 97 in the Knox value model. Smith's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Emmitt Smith

★ HALL OF FAME8× Pro Bowl4× All-ProTop 0% all-time RBsIron Legend🏟️ Dallas Cowboys Icon 🌅 Early Bloomer · 1999 Team Carrier · #68

Height5'9"

Weight216 lb

Born

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

1stRushing Yards·18,344 yds 1stRushing Touchdowns·164

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL

Career Value · VORP

501 career value over replacement — #17 all-time of 4,649. 33.4/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #17 (Rd 1) · DAL · 1990 · +40.2 vs expected KV-H

97actual

56.8 expected · Δ+40.2

💔+30.8 stolen VORP·0.9 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

VORP 501 · #17 · All-Time

Worth 501 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 1% of all 4,649 ranked at the position. 15 of 15 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +33.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

15 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

+33.4

Avg surplus

peak +49

15 seasons × ~33.4 surplus ≈ VORP 501

Emmitt Smith

All-Time Rank & Honors

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Career Value · VORP