Jim Taylor is a Hall of Fame running back whose career earned a strong career value score of 70 in the Knox value model. Taylor's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Jim Taylor

★ HALL OF FAMETop 9% all-time RBsIron Man

BornSep 20, 1935

Age90

CollegeLSU See College Stats

Rookie yr1958

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 51% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

51% of the all-time Rushing Touchdowns leader51

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: 95%.

Encyclopedia Coverage

Career Value · VORP

134 career value over replacement — #743 all-time of 4,649. 13.4/season above a replacement-level RB.

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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 RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

10,353

8,597 rush · 1,756 recv

Total TDs

83 rush · 10 recv

Total Touches

2,166

1,941 carries · 225 rec

Yds / Touch

4.8

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones9

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

19601K career rushing yards
19613K career rushing yards
196125 career rushing TDs
196250 career rushing TDs
19635K career rushing yards
1964100 career receptions
196575 career rushing TDs
19651K career receiving yards
19668K career rushing yards

Understanding These Stats

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.

College Stats

LSUCollege listed; stat table pending import

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Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

Top Teammates

Paul HornungRB8y Herb AdderleyCB6y Doug AtkinsDE1y

Movementderived from season history

1967team change
Joined NO (from GB)
1967final season
Last recorded season with NO
1958signing
Entered the NFL with GB

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 76

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

C1958

C+1959

B+1960

B+1961

B+1962

B1963

B1964

B1965

C+1966

C1967

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

96%

19581967

Durability IQ

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

Iron

Canton Monitor · HOF

Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. See all →

✓

Enshrined

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 52.8%League Leads 37.7%All-Time Ranks 9.4%

Monitor score 31.8 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity88

Peak76

Accolades10

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

Era Translator

Rush 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 Rush Yds	Rush Yds/G	→ 2025 Rush Yds	→ 2025 /G
1958	247	20.6	0-247	0
1959	452	50.2	558+106	32.8
1960	1,101	91.8	1,266+165	74.4
1961	1,307	93.4	1,052-255	61.9
1962	1,474	105.3	1,209-265	71.1
1963	1,018	78.3	863-155	50.8
1964	1,169	89.9	985-184	58
1965	734	52.4	550-184	32.3
1966	705	50.4	504-201	29.6
1967	390	27.9	42-348	2.5

Data: wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), wikipedia:pfhof-inductee-list · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/10/2026