Jim McMahon is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places McMahon in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and McMahon's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Jim McMahon
All-Time Rank & Honors
career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title contextRegular-season all-time ranks
1x
Pro Bowls
A quality quarterback with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 177 · #478 · EliteWorth 177 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 11% of all 4,649 ranked at the position. 9 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +19.7 on average.
Career Value · VORP
177 career value over replacement — #478 all-time of 4,649. 13.6/season above a replacement-level QB.
Draft OutcomeMiss ↓
Pick #5 (Rd 1) · CHI · 1982 · -5.4 vs expected KV-H
56actual
61.4 expected · Δ−5.4
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