Matt Ryan is one of the most consistent quarterbacks of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Ryan delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.
Career Value · VORP
491 career value over replacement — #20 all-time of 4,649. 32.7/season above a replacement-level QB.
Career Profile
Pick #3 (Rd 1) · ATL · 2008 · +18.6 vs expected KV-H
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Ranked #8 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.
Reached 70% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a strong all-time profile at the position.
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Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Matt inherited the Atlanta Falcons QB room from Matt Schaub (2004–2020), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.
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Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Joined IND (from ATL)
Last recorded season with IND
Drafted by ATL — Round 1, Pick 3
From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | IND | 2 | W8Out· right ShoulderW9Out· right Shoulder |
| 2019 | ATL | 0 | W8Questionable· Ankle |
| 2009 | ATL | 1 | W13Out· Toe |
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Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 15-season peers. See all →
Pass 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 Pass Yds | Pass Yds/G | → 2025 Pass Yds | → 2025 /G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3,440 | 215 | 3,807+367 | 223.9 |
| 2009 | 2,916 | 208.3 | 3,630+714 | 213.5 |
| 2010 | 3,705 | 231.6 | 3,884+179 | 228.5 |
| 2011 | 4,177 | 261.1 | 4,210+33 | 247.7 |
| 2012 | 4,719 | 294.9 | 4,669-50 | 274.7 |
| 2013 | 4,515 | 282.2 | 4,368-147 | 256.9 |
| 2014 | 4,694 | 293.4 | 4,517-177 | 265.7 |
| 2015 | 4,591 | 286.9 | 4,385-206 | 257.9 |
| 2016 | 4,944 | 309 | 4,643-301 | 273.1 |
| 2017 | 4,095 | 255.9 | 3,865-230 | 227.4 |
| 2018 | 4,924 | 307.8 | 4,646-278 | 273.3 |
| 2019 | 4,466 | 297.7 | 4,558+92 | 268.1 |
| 2020 | 4,581 | 286.3 | 4,429-152 | 260.5 |
| 2021 | 3,968 | 233.4 | 3,738-230 | 219.9 |
| 2022 | 3,057 | 254.8 | 4,162+1,105 | 244.8 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026
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10 shared seasons · combined KV-H 1551
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Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 15 seasons.
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What carries the case
Monitor score 76.7 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).
To reach 50% HOF probability (score target: 110 · current: 76.7 · gap: +33.3)
Paths ranked cheapest first · accolade-based, data-calibrated vs actual enshrinement
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Statistical profile across 5 dimensions