Ray Lewis is a Hall of Fame linebacker whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 93 in the Knox value model. Lewis's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.
Reached 21% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth 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: 92%.
Career Value · VORP
310 career value over replacement — #117 all-time of 4,649. 22.1/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #26 (Rd 1) · BAL · 1996 · +38.2 vs expected KV-H
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Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Ray opened the Baltimore Ravens LB lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Jamie Sharper (1997–2001).
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 BAL
Drafted by BAL — Round 1, Pick 26
From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | BAL | 0 | W11Questionable· FootW12Questionable· FootW13Questionable· FootW14Questionable· FootW15Questionable· Foot |
| 2010 | BAL | 0 | W2Questionable· Foot |
| 2009 | BAL | 0 | W12Questionable· Foot |
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Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 14-season peers. See all →
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 17 seasons.
Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →
Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. See all →
What carries the case
Monitor score 173.2 · 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 Tackles in a modern 17-game schedule. See all →
Tackles 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 Tackles | Tackles/G | → 2025 Tackles | → 2025 /G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 128 | 8.5 | 147+19 | 8.6 |
| 2000 | 117 | 7.3 | 125+8 | 7.3 |
| 2001 | 128 | 8 | 139+11 | 8.2 |
| 2002 | 47 | 9.4 | 178+131 | 10.5 |
| 2003 | 136 | 8.5 | 155+19 | 9.1 |
| 2004 | 119 | 7.9 | 144+25 | 8.5 |
| 2005 | 40 | 6.7 | 112+72 | 6.6 |
| 2006 | 78 | 5.6 | 87+9 | 5.1 |
| 2007 | 98 | 7 | 117+19 | 6.9 |
| 2008 | 93 | 5.8 | 90-3 | 5.3 |
| 2009 | 109 | 6.8 | 109 | 6.4 |
| 2010 | 107 | 6.7 | 106-1 | 6.2 |
| 2011 | 83 | 6.9 | 109+26 | 6.4 |
| 2012 | 47 | 7.8 | 123+76 | 7.3 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026
London Fletcher
ILB
91% match
1996 Draft ClassmatesFull class →
Famous Partnership
Ed Reed
11 shared seasons · combined KV-H 1610
Gave the Baltimore Ravens an entire corpus-attributed career — 17 seasons (1996–2012), one crest. The rarest loyalty in the sport.