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.
Troy Polamalu
★ HALL OF FAME8× Pro Bowl4× All-ProTop 1% all-time defensive backsAll-Time Great📈 Late Developer · 2010
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | |||||||||||||||||
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| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | |||||
| 2003 | 22 | PIT | 13 | — | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 23 | PIT | 16 | — | 80 | 52 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 24 | PIT | 16 | — | 74 | 56 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 25 | PIT | 13 | — | 67 | 47 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 26 | PIT | 11 | — | 52 | 39 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 27 | PIT | 16 | — | 62 | 43 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 28 | PIT | 5 | — | 18 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 29 | PIT | 14 | — | 54 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 30 | PIT | 16 | — | 83 | 56 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 31 | PIT | 7 | — | 30 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 32 | PIT | 16 | — | 61 | 42 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.6% | 1,070 | 100.0% | 76 | 15.8% |
| 2014 | 33 | PIT | 12 | — | 58 | 37 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.3% | 699 | 93.2% | 48 | 13.6% |
| Career | — | 155 | — | 661 | 469 | 192 | 35 | 11 | 12.0 | 58.0 | 32 | 108 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.9% | 1,769 | 97.1% | 124 | 14.8% | |
Career Value · VORP
180 career value over replacement — #465 all-time of 4,649. 15/season above a replacement-level S.
Career Profile
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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