Wade Wilson is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Wilson in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Wilson's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Wade Wilson

1× Pro BowlTop 28% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter

Height6'3"

Weight210 lb

BornFeb 1, 1959

Age67

CollegeTexas A&M-Commerce See College Stats

Rookie yr1981

Draft

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 19% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

19% of the all-time Passing Yards leader19

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

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: 85%.

Encyclopedia Coverage

Career Value · VORP

127 career value over replacement — #800 all-time of 4,649. 9.1/season above a replacement-level QB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #210 (Rd 8) · MIN · 1981 · +33.2 vs expected KV-H

52actual

18.8 expected · Δ+33.2

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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.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average QBs aging curve. Group peak age: 24. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Career Milestones5

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

19841K career passing yards
198725 career passing TDs
19885K career passing yards
198910K career passing yards
198950 career passing TDs

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.

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.

College Stats

Texas A&M-CommerceCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Texas A&M-Commerce), 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.

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Wade opened the Minnesota Vikings QB lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Rich Gannon (1987–1992).

Wade Wilson 1981–1991Rich Gannon 1987–1992Warren Moon 1994–1996Brad Johnson 1994–2006Randall Cunningham 1997–1999Daunte Culpepper 1999–2005Gus Frerotte 2003–2008Shaun Hill 2005–2016Tarvaris Jackson 2006–2010Brett Favre 2009–2010Christian Ponder 2011–2014Teddy Bridgewater 2014–2017Kirk Cousins 2018–2023Sam Darnold 2024

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.

Movementderived from season history

1998team change
Joined OAK (from DAL)
1998final season
Last recorded season with OAK
1995team change
Joined DAL (from NO)
1993team change
Joined NO (from ATL)
1992team change
Joined ATL (from MIN)
1981draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 8, Pick 210

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 210 lb

Frame

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 14-season peers. See all →

peak 60

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

C1984

F1985

C1986

C+1987

B1988

C+1989

D1990

F1991

C1992

C+1993

F1994

F1995

F1997

F1998

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 17 seasons.

52%

Durability IQ

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

Fragile

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
1984	1,019	127.4	3,569+2,550	210
1985	404	101	3,256+2,852	191.5
1986	1,165	129.4	3,460+2,295	203.5
1987	2,106	175.5	3,767+1,661	221.6
1988	2,746	196.1	3,915+1,169	230.3
1989	2,543	181.6	3,811+1,268	224.2
1990	1,155	192.5	3,917+2,762	230.4
1991	825	165	3,709+2,884	218.2
1992	1,366	151.8	3,612+2,246	212.5
1993	2,457	175.5	3,766+1,309	221.5
1994	172	43	2,556+2,384	150.3
1995	391	55.9	2,398+2,007	141
1997	115	16.4	1,582+1,467	93.1
1998	568	113.6	2,795+2,227	164.4

Data: nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:players, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026

Career Geography

Journeyman · 5 crestsLeague board →

Wore 5 distinct franchise crests across 18 seasons (1981–1998) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

MIN 1981–1991 ATL 1992 NO 1993–1994 DAL 1995–1997 LV 1998

1981 · backup · 3/16 G1983 · backup · 1/16 G1985 · backup · 4/16 G

1984 · cause not documented · 50%1986 · cause not documented · 56%1990 · cause not documented · 38%1991 · cause not documented · 31%1992 · cause not documented · 56%1994 · cause not documented · 25%1995 · cause not documented · 44%1996 · cause not documented · 19%1997 · cause not documented · 44%1998 · cause not documented · 31%

Wade Wilson

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1981 Draft Class· this player went #210

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography