Jon Kitna is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Kitna in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Kitna's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Jon Kitna

Top 11% all-time QBsElite Playmaker⚡ Breakout · 2006 📉 Fades · -31% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2006 Team Carrier · #7

Height6'2"

Weight220 lb

BornSep 21, 1972

Age

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1997	24–25	SEA	10	—	31	45	68.9%	371	1	2	2.2	4.4	8.2	6.7	0.5	82.7	—	10	9	1	0.9	10.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	25–26	SEA	6	—	98	172	57.0%	1,177	7	8	4.1	4.7	6.8	5.6	0.9	72.3	—	20	67	1	3.4	5.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	26–27	SEA	15	—	267	487	54.8%	3,328	23	16	4.7	3.3	6.8	6.3	1.4	78.3	31	34	53	0	1.6	0.0	3	8.8	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	27–28	SEA	15	—	256	412	62.1%	2,643	18	19	4.4	4.6	6.4	5.2	0.9	75.9	32	47	119	1	2.5	2.1	14	29.8	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	28–29	CIN	16	—	313	581	53.9%	3,216	12	22	2.1	3.8	5.5	4.2	0.5	61.1	25	27	73	1	2.7	3.7	6	22.2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	29–30	CIN	13	—	294	473	62.2%	3,178	16	16	3.4	3.4	6.7	5.9	1.0	79.1	24	24	57	4	2.4	16.7	9	37.5	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	30–31	CIN	16	—	325	521	62.4%	3,605	26	15	5.0	2.9	6.9	6.6	1.7	87.5	37	38	117	0	3.1	0.0	7	18.4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	31–32	CIN	4	—	61	104	58.7%	623	5	4	4.8	3.8	6.0	5.2	1.3	75.9	6	10	42	0	4.2	0.0	2	20.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	32–33	CIN	3	—	17	29	58.6%	99	0	2	0.0	6.9	3.4	0.3	0.0	36.4	2	2	14	0	7.0	0.0	2	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	33–34	DET	16	—	372	596	62.4%	4,208	21	22	3.5	3.7	7.1	6.1	1.0	79.9	63	34	156	2	4.6	5.9	9	26.5	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	34–35	DET	16	—	355	563	63.1%	4,066	18	21	3.2	3.7	7.2	6.2	0.9	79.8	48	27	63	0	2.3	0.0	4	14.8	2	1	1	9	0	100.0%	9.0	9.0	—	0
2008	35–36	DET	4	—	68	120	56.7%	758	5	5	4.2	4.2	6.3	5.3	1.0	72.2	15	6	26	0	4.3	0.0	3	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	37–38	DAL	10	—	209	318	65.7%	2,365	16	12	5.0	3.8	7.4	6.7	1.3	88.9	21	31	147	1	4.7	3.2	6	19.4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	38–39	DAL	3	—	6	10	60.0%	87	1	2	10.0	20.0	8.7	1.7	0.5	82.1	0	3	-2	0	-0.7	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	147	—	2,672	4,431	60.3%	29,724	169	166	3.8	3.7	6.7	5.8	1.0	77.4	304	313	941	11	3.0	3.5	65	20.8	12	1	1	9	0	100.0%	9.0	9.0	—	0

Career Value · VORP

226 career value over replacement — #278 all-time of 4,649. 18.8/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

7 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

💔+89.5 stolen VORP·4.76 szns lost

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Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
1997	24–25	SEA	10	—	31	45	68.9%	371	1	2	2.2	4.4	8.2	6.7	0.5	82.7	—	5.4
1998	25–26	SEA	6	—	98	172	57.0%	1,177	7	8	4.1	4.7	6.8	5.6	0.9	72.3	—	4.1
1999	26–27	SEA	15	—	267	487	54.8%	3,328	23	16	4.7	3.3	6.8	6.3	1.4	78.3	31	11.6
2000	27–28	SEA	15	—	256	412	62.1%	2,643	18	19	4.4	4.6	6.4	5.2	0.9	75.9	32	10.1
2001	28–29	CIN	16	—	313	581	53.9%	3,216	12	22	2.1	3.8	5.5	4.2	0.5	61.1	25	6.8
2002	29–30	CIN	13	—	294	473	62.2%	3,178	16	16	3.4	3.4	6.7	5.9	1.0	79.1	24	10
2003	30–31	CIN	16	—	325	521	62.4%	3,605	26	15	5.0	2.9	6.9	6.6	1.7	87.5	37	15.3
2004	31–32	CIN	4	—	61	104	58.7%	623	5	4	4.8	3.8	6.0	5.2	1.3	75.9	6	2.7
2005	32–33	CIN	3	—	17	29	58.6%	99	0	2	0.0	6.9	3.4	0.3	0.0	36.4	2	—
2006	33–34	DET	16	—	372	596	62.4%	4,208	21	22	3.5	3.7	7.1	6.1	1.0	79.9	63	13.9
2007	34–35	DET	16	—	355	563	63.1%	4,066	18	21	3.2	3.7	7.2	6.2	0.9	79.8	48	11.7
2008	35–36	DET	4	—	68	120	56.7%	758	5	5	4.2	4.2	6.3	5.3	1.0	72.2	15	2.2
2010	37–38	DAL	10	—	209	318	65.7%	2,365	16	12	5.0	3.8	7.4	6.7	1.3	88.9	21	8.4
2011	38–39	DAL	3	—	6	10	60.0%	87	1	2	10.0	20.0	8.7	1.7	0.5	82.1	0	—
Career			147		2,672	4,431	60.3%	29,724	169	166	3.8	3.7	6.7	—	—	77.4	304	102.2

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
1997	24–25	SEA	10	—	10	9	1	0.9	10.0	—	—	—
1998	25–26	SEA	6	—	20	67	1	3.4	5.0	—	—	—
1999	26–27	SEA	15	—	34	53	0	1.6	0.0	3	8.8	1
2000	27–28	SEA	15	—	47	119	1	2.5	2.1	14	29.8	3
2001	28–29	CIN	16	—	27	73	1	2.7	3.7	6	22.2	2
2002	29–30	CIN	13	—	24	57	4	2.4	16.7	9	37.5	1
2003	30–31	CIN	16	—	38	117	0	3.1	0.0	7	18.4	0
2004	31–32	CIN	4	—	10	42	0	4.2	0.0	2	20.0	1
2005	32–33	CIN	3	—	2	14	0	7.0	0.0	2	100.0	0
2006	33–34	DET	16	—	34	156	2	4.6	5.9	9	26.5	2
2007	34–35	DET	16	—	27	63	0	2.3	0.0	4	14.8	2
2008	35–36	DET	4	—	6	26	0	4.3	0.0	3	50.0	0
2010	37–38	DAL	10	—	31	147	1	4.7	3.2	6	19.4	0
2011	38–39	DAL	3	—	3	-2	0	-0.7	0.0	0	0.0	0
Career			147		313	941	11	3.0	—	65	—	12

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2007	34–35	DET	16	—	1	1	9	0	100.0%	9.0	9.0	—	0
Career			16		1	1	9	0	100.0%	9.0	9.0	—	0

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 65 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 65 of 100, era-normalized against pass yds/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 62.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 65· confidence 90%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 40.4

Availability 16.6

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative pass yds/g)

1997bestavg 50elite 702010

Pass Yds career shape vs similar quarterbacks

1997-2011

Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best Pass Yds season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.