Also in other sports:nbaLarry Johnson (PF/SF · 1992–2001), mlbLarry Johnson (C · 1972–1978), nbaLarry Johnson (SG · 1978).

Larry Johnson packed more value into his peak seasons than almost any running back in NFL history — a comet career that burned brightest when it mattered most. His KV-H peak of 80 is historically rare; while longevity was not his calling card, the impact of his best seasons is undeniable.

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Larry Johnson

2× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 6% all-time RBsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2005 Team Carrier · #314

Height6'1"

Career Value · VORP

123 career value over replacement — #836 all-time of 4,649. 17.6/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

4 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks Comet69% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #27 (Rd 1) · KC · 2003 · +20.2 vs expected KV-H

75actual

54.8 expected · Δ+20.2

💔+56.3 stolen VORP·3.2 szns lost

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Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #314 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

1 qualifying season

2008 KC·2 team wins#20

Rushing Yards · 874 · score 30

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 34% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

34% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader34

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: 93%.

Encyclopedia Coverage5/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

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

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+).

Combine · 2003

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

RB · 2003 class

4.45s

40-Yard

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 87thClass Pos 89thClass All 90th

19 reps

Bench

Below avg · 41th pct

Pos 41thAll 38thClass Pos 25thClass All 31th

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

7,577

6,204 rush · 1,373 recv

Total TDs

55 rush · 6 recv

Total Touches

1,581

1,427 carries · 154 rec

Yds / Touch

4.8

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones7

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

20051K career rushing yards
200525 career rushing TDs
20063K career rushing yards
20061K career receiving yards
200750 career rushing TDs
2007100 career receptions
2008

Understanding These Stats

Passing

Cmp / Att — Completions and pass attempts.

Cmp% — Completion percentage — completions ÷ attempts × 100.

Yds — Passing yards — total air + yards after catch on completions.

TD / TD% — Passing touchdowns. TD% = TDs per 100 attempts, measuring scoring efficiency.

Int / Int% — Interceptions thrown. Int% = INTs per 100 attempts — the primary ball-security metric.

Y/A — Yards per attempt — passing yards ÷ attempts. The core passing efficiency rate.

AdjY/A — Adjusted yards per attempt: (Pass Yds + 20×TD − 45×INT) ÷ Att. Penalizes turnovers and rewards touchdowns — widely considered the most predictive single-season QB metric.

TD:INT — TD-to-interception ratio — passing touchdowns ÷ interceptions thrown. Elite QBs sustain career ratios above 3.0; HOF greats often exceed 4.0. Not shown when no interceptions.

Rate — NFL passer rating — the official formula combining Cmp%, Y/A, TD%, and INT% on a 0–158.3 scale. Good QB performance ≈ 90+; elite ≈ 110+.

Sk — Times sacked — how many times the QB was brought down behind the line of scrimmage.

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Rushing

Att13Yds32Y/A2.51D21D%15.4

Receiving

Tgt5Rec5Yds29

College Stats

Penn StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Penn State), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

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

Top Teammates

Tony GonzalezTE6y Derrick JohnsonLB5y Eddie KennisonWR5y Greg WesleyFS5y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Larry inherited the Kansas City Chiefs RB room from Derrick Blaylock (2002–2004), and handed it to Jamaal Charles (2008–2016).

Jim Hadnot 1980–1983Joe Delaney 1981–1982Billy Jackson 1981–1984Herman Heard 1984–1989Larry Moriarty 1986–1988Paul Palmer

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Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2011team change
Joined MIA (from WAS)
2011final season
Last recorded season with MIA
2010team change
Joined WAS (from CIN)
2009team change
Joined CIN (from KC)
2003draft
Drafted by KC — Round 1, Pick 27

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 235 lb

Frame

228 lb at 4.45s

Size-speed

19 reps

Bench power

Injury History

No game-status injuries on record since 2009 (nflverse weekly reports).

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 80

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

F2003

B2004

A2005

A2006

B2007

B2008

B2009

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

60%

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
2003	85	17	380+295	22.3
2004	581	72.6	1,109+528	65.3
2005	1,750	109.4	1,606-144	94.5
2006	1,789	111.8	1,595-194	93.8
2007	559	69.9	1,047+488	61.6
2008	874	72.8	1,089+215	64.1
2009	562	40.1	643+81	37.8

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026

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.

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

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.

Canton Monitor · HOF

Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →

12%

Longshot

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 47.5%All-Pro 24.2%Pro Bowls 12.1%Longevity 12.1%All-Time Ranks 4%

Monitor score 49.5 · 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

Longevity64

Peak80

Accolades15

Consistency48

Per-Snap50

Larry Johnson

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2003

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

2003 Draft Class· this player went #27

Career Geography