Marvin Harrison is a Hall of Fame receiver whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 96 in the Knox value model. Harrison led his position in a major category 3 times — the definition of era-defining dominance.
Ranked #129 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.
Career Value · VORP
350 career value over replacement — #69 all-time of 4,649. 26.9/season above a replacement-level WR.
Career Profile
Pick #19 (Rd 1) · IND · 1996 · +40.3 vs expected KV-H
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Reached 71% of the all-time Receptions leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.
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: 91%.
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Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average wide receivers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
Major career thresholds crossed, derived from regular-season totals (1999+).
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Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Marvin inherited the Indianapolis Colts WR room from Sean Dawkins (1993–1997), and handed it to Jerome Pathon (1998–2001).
The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Last recorded season with IND
Drafted by IND — Round 1, Pick 19
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Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 13 seasons.
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Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. See all →
What carries the case
Monitor score 145.7 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).
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Statistical profile across 5 dimensions
Best single season, projected to Receiving Yards in a modern 17-game schedule. See all →
Rec 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 Rec Yds | Rec Yds/G | → 2025 Rec Yds | → 2025 /G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 836 | 55.7 | 811-25 | 47.7 |
| 1997 | 866 | 57.7 | 834-32 | 49.1 |
| 1998 | 776 | 64.7 | 927+151 | 54.5 |
| 1999 | 1,635 | 102.2 | 1,487-148 | 87.5 |
| 2000 | 1,408 | 88 | 1,322-86 | 77.8 |
| 2001 | 1,524 | 95.3 | 1,552+28 | 91.3 |
| 2002 | 1,722 | 107.6 | 1,777+55 | 104.5 |
| 2003 | 1,272 | 84.8 | 1,398+126 | 82.2 |
| 2004 | 1,113 | 69.6 | 1,100-13 | 64.7 |
| 2005 | 1,146 | 76.4 | 1,231+85 | 72.4 |
| 2006 | 1,366 | 85.4 | 1,368+2 | 80.5 |
| 2007 | 247 | 49.4 | 699+452 | 41.1 |
| 2008 | 636 | 42.4 | 572-64 | 33.6 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:player_stats_def, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026
Stefon Diggs
WR
89% match
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Famous Partnership
Peyton Manning
11 shared seasons · combined KV-H 1638
Gave the Indianapolis Colts an entire corpus-attributed career — 13 seasons (1996–2008), one crest. The rarest loyalty in the sport.