Troy Aikman is a Hall of Fame quarterback whose career earned a solid career value score of 69 in the Knox value model. Aikman's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Troy Aikman

★ HALL OF FAME6× Pro Bowl👑 Dynasty DNA · 6 seasons · 3 titles Top 7% all-time QBsIron Man🏆 Clutch · +9% playoffs ⭐ Shooting Star · 1999

Height6'4"

Weight220 lb

BornNov 21, 1966

Age

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 37% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

37% of the all-time Passing Yards leader37

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: 89%.

Encyclopedia Coverage

Career Value · VORP

288 career value over replacement — #146 all-time of 4,649. 24/season above a replacement-level QB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #1 (Rd 1) · DAL · 1989 · +7.6 vs expected KV-H

69actual

61.4 expected · Δ+7.6

💔+39.8 stolen VORP·1.68 szns lost

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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.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

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.

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.

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.

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Troy inherited the Dallas Cowboys QB room from Steve Pelluer (1985–1988), and handed it to Quincy Carter (2001–2003).

Steve Pelluer 1985–1988Troy Aikman 1989–2000Quincy Carter 2001–2003Drew Bledsoe 2005–2006Tony Romo 2005–2016Dak Prescott 2016–2025

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.

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 12-season peers. See all →

peak 67

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

C+1989

C+1990

B1991

B1992

B1993

B1994

B1995

B1996

B1997

C+1998

B1999

C2000

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 12 seasons.

86%

19892000

1989 · cause not documented · 69%1998 · cause not documented · 69%2000 · cause not documented · 69%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Iron

Canton Monitor · HOF

Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. See all →

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Enshrined

What carries the case

Pro Bowls 38.6%Longevity 38.6%Era Quality (KV-H) 18.5%All-Time Ranks 4.3%

Monitor score 46.6 · 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

Longevity85

Peak67

Accolades15

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

Era Translator

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
1989	1,749	159	3,630+1,881	213.6
1990	2,579	171.9	3,756+1,177	220.9
1991	2,754	229.5	4,194+1,440	246.7
1992	3,445	215.3	4,117+672	242.2
1993	3,100	221.4	4,146+1,046	243.9
1994	2,676	191.1	3,858+1,182	226.9
1995	3,304	206.5	3,952+648	232.5
1996	3,126	208.4	3,941+815	231.8
1997	3,283	205.2	3,920+637	230.6
1998	2,330	211.8	4,013+1,683	236
1999	2,920	208.6	3,947+1,027	232.2
2000	1,616	146.9	3,044+1,428	179.1

Troy Aikman

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Passing

Rushing

College Stats

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Top Teammates

1989 Draft Class· this player went #1

Franchise Succession

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