LaDainian Tomlinson is a Hall of Fame running back whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 87 in the Knox value model. Tomlinson led his position in a major category 5 times — the definition of era-defining dominance.
LaDainian Tomlinson
★ HALL OF FAME5× Pro Bowl3× All-ProTop 1% all-time RBsIron Legend🏅 Only Club · 3×👑 #1 Running Back · 2006–2007📉 Fades · -17% playoffs🌅 Early Bloomer · 2002Team Carrier · #10
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Rushing | Receiving | Passing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | |||||
| 2001 | 22 | SD | 16 | — | 339 | 1,236 | 10 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 67 | 19.8 | 4 | 74 | 59 | 367 | 0 | 79.7% | 6.2 | 5.0 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 23 | SD | 16 | — | 372 | 1,683 | 14 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 90 | 24.2 | 0 | 101 | 79 | 489 | 1 | 78.2% | 6.2 | 4.8 | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 24 | SD | 16 | — | 313 | 1,645 | 13 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 81 | 25.9 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 725 | 4 | 100.0% | 7.3 | 7.3 | — | 26 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 21 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 21.0 | 41.0 | — | 158.3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 25 | SD | 15 | — | 339 | 1,335 | 17 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 69 | 20.4 | 2 | 53 | 53 | 441 | 1 | 100.0% | 8.3 | 8.3 | — | 16 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | — | 95.8 | 2 |
| 2005 | 26 | SD | 16 | — | 340 | 1,464 | 18 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 72 | 21.2 | 0 | 51 | 51 | 370 | 2 | 100.0% | 7.3 | 7.3 | — | 15 | 3 | 4 | 75.0% | 47 | 3 | 0 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 26.8 | — | 153.1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 27 | SD | 16 | — | 349 | 1,815 | 28 | 5.2 | 8.0 | 81 | 23.2 | 1 | 56 | 56 | 508 | 3 | 100.0% | 9.1 | 9.1 | — | 22 | 2 | 3 | 66.7% | 20 | 2 | 0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 20.0 | — | 125.0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 28 | SD | 16 | — | 315 | 1,474 | 15 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 75 | 23.8 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 475 | 3 | 100.0% | 7.9 | 7.9 | — | 21 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 17 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 37.0 | — | 158.3 | 0 |
| 2008 | 29 | SD | 16 | — | 292 | 1,110 | 11 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 52 | 17.8 | 0 | 52 | 52 | 421 | 1 | 100.0% | 8.1 | 8.1 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 30 | SD | 14 | — | 223 | 730 | 12 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 40 | 17.9 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 154 | 0 | 66.7% | 7.7 | 5.1 | — | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 39.6 | 0 |
| 2010 | 31 | NYJ | 15 | — | 219 | 914 | 6 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 42 | 19.2 | 0 | 79 | 52 | 368 | 0 | 65.8% | 7.1 | 4.7 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 32 | NYJ | 14 | — | 75 | 280 | 1 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 15 | 20.0 | 0 | 61 | 42 | 449 | 2 | 68.9% | 10.7 | 7.4 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 170 | — | 3,176 | 13,686 | 145 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 684 | 21.5 | 8 | 717 | 624 | 4,767 | 17 | 87.0% | 7.6 | 6.6 | — | 189 | 8 | 12 | 66.7% | 143 | 7 | 0 | 58.3 | 0.0 | 11.9 | 23.6 | — | 146.9 | 2 | |
Career Value · VORP
276 career value over replacement — #169 all-time of 4,649. 25.1/season above a replacement-level RB.
Draft OutcomeSteal ↑
Pick #5 (Rd 1) · LAC · 2001 · +25.6 vs expected KV-H
87actual
61.4 expected · Δ+25.6
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