Troy Polamalu is a Hall of Fame defensive back whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 84 in the Knox value model. Polamalu's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Troy Polamalu

★ HALL OF FAME8× Pro Bowl4× All-ProTop 1% all-time defensive backsAll-Time Great📈 Late Developer · 2010

Height5'10"

Weight207 lb

BornApr 19, 1981

Age45

CollegeUSC

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

88thInterceptions·32

Postseason all-time ranks

51stPlayoff Interceptions·3

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

180 career value over replacement — #465 all-time of 4,649. 15/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #16 (Rd 1) · PIT · 2003 · +27.1 vs expected KV-H

84actual

56.9 expected · Δ+27.1

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Career Value · VORP

VORP 180 · #465 · Elite

Worth 180 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 11% of all 4,649 ranked at the position. 8 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +22.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

4 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+22.5

Avg surplus

peak +49

8 seasons × ~22.5 surplus ≈ VORP 180