Not to be confused withRicky Williams (RB · 1985–1987) or Ricky Williams (RB · 2002–2003).

Ricky Williams ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Williams in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Williams a career score of 76, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Ricky Williams

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 5% all-time RBsIron Legend📉 Fades · -12% playoffs

Height5'10"

Weight230 lb

Born

Career Value · VORP

218 career value over replacement — #312 all-time of 4,649. 21.8/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×6 top-10 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #5 (Rd 1) · NO · 1999 · +14.6 vs expected KV-H

76actual

61.4 expected · Δ+14.6

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All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 54% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

54% of the all-time Rushing Yards leader54

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: 92%.

Encyclopedia Coverage4/8 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

Defensive StatsNot available for this player

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Playoff vs Regular Season

📉 Regular Season Player

Yards / Carry: 4.1 regular season → 3.6 playoffs (3 playoff seasons)

-12%

vs reg season

From Scrimmage · Career

Scrimmage Yds

12,578

9,978 rush · 2,600 recv

Total TDs

66 rush · 8 recv

Total Touches

2,766

2,425 carries · 341 rec

Yds / Touch

4.5

rushing + receiving

Career Milestones9

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

20001K career rushing yards
20013K career rushing yards
20011K career receiving yards
2001100 career receptions
200225 career rushing TDs
20035K career rushing yards
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

4 playoff games

Rushing

Att22Yds80Y/A3.61D51D%22.7

Receiving

Tgt3Rec2Yds10

College Stats

TexasCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Texas), 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

Jason TaylorOLB5y Yeremiah BellS5y Ronnie BrownRB5y Channing CrowderILB5y

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

Movementderived from season history

2011team change
Joined BAL (from MIA)
2011final season
Last recorded season with BAL
2002team change
Joined MIA (from NO)
1999draft
Drafted by NO — Round 1, Pick 5

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 230 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2009	MIA	0	W17Questionable· Shoulder

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 82

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

B+1999

B+2000

B+2001

A2002

B+2003

B2005

B2008

B+2009

B2010

B2011

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

84%

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
1999	868	72.3	1,340+472	78.8
2000	985	98.5	1,573+588	92.5
2001	1,245	77.8	1,287+42	75.7
2002	1,853	115.8	1,747-106	102.8
2003	1,372	85.8	1,323-49	77.8
2005	743	61.9	964+221	56.7
2008	659	41.2	644-15	37.9
2009	1,121	70.1	1,084-37	63.8
2010	673	42.1	712+39	41.9
2011	444	27.8	529+85	31.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, 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.

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 →

14%

Longshot

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 47.8%All-Pro 22%Longevity 13.7%League Leads 7.3%Pro Bowls 5.5%All-Time Ranks 3.7%

Monitor score 54.6 · 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

Longevity82

Peak82

Accolades16

Consistency60

Per-Snap50

Ricky Williams

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

From Scrimmage · Career

Postseason Career

Rushing

Receiving

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

1999 Draft Class· this player went #5

Career Geography