Wayne Martin ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Martin in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Martin a career score of 78, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Reached 42% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
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: 93%.
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265 career value over replacement — #189 all-time of 4,649. 24.1/season above a replacement-level DL.
Pick #19 (Rd 1) · NO · 1989 · +22.3 vs expected KV-H
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Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Wayne opened the New Orleans Saints DL lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Joel Smeenge (1991–1994).
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.
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Last recorded season with NO
Drafted by NO — Round 1, Pick 19
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Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 11-season peers. See all →
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.
Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →
Sacks 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 Sacks | Sacks/G | → 2025 Sacks | → 2025 /G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 1-1.5 | 0.1 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.2 |
| 1991 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 3-0.5 | 0.2 |
| 1992 | 15.5 | 1 | 12-3.5 | 0.7 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0.3 | 4-1 | 0.3 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0.6 | 9-1 | 0.5 |
| 1995 | 13 | 0.8 | 11-2 | 0.7 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0.7 | 10-1 | 0.6 |
| 1997 | 10.5 | 0.7 | 10-0.5 | 0.6 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.2 |
| 1999 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 4-0.5 | 0.2 |
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Gave the New Orleans Saints an entire corpus-attributed career — 11 seasons (1989–1999), one crest. The rarest loyalty in the sport.