Offensive Linemen: Joe Thomas (2023), Tony Boselli (2022) Alan Faneca (2021), Steve Hutchinson (2020) and Kevin Mawae (2019).

As we progress in football analytics, it is easier to calculate the effectiveness of Offensive Lineman more than ever before.  We will be adding more metrics in the future (time did not permit it for this year), but games are won and lost in the trenches, and football fans are visually divested there.

Here are the statistics that we are using based on the last group of Offensive Lineman to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame:

• Games Played: 174.8
• Approximate Value: 188
• Approximate Value per Games Played: 0.6760
• Games Started: 173
• Approximate Value per Games Started: 0.6832
• Approximate Value per Five-Year Peak: 65.4
• Approximate Value’s Best Five Results: 68.0
• Pro Bowls: 7.8
• First Team All-Pros*: 4.8
• Super Bowl Wins 0.4
• Super Bowl Appearances 0.2

*This is an aggregate of the Top Five finishes (5^th = 1, 4^th = 2, 3^rd = 3, 2^nd = 4^th, 1^st = 5)
**This is a reminder that the All-Pros we use are from the AP.

Tight Ends: Antonio Gates (2025), Tony Gonzalez (2019), Shannon Sharpe (2011).

Please note that there are only three Tight Ends who have been inducted in the last two decades and we will base the average only on these three players.  This should change in the next five years.

Here are the statistics that we are using based on the last group of Tight Ends to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame:

• Games Played: 236.7
• Approximate Value: 126.7
• Approximate Value per Games Played: 0.5352
• Games Started: 204.3
• Approximate Value per Games Started: 0.6198
• Approximate Value per Five-Year Peak: 54.3
• Approximate Value’s Best Five Results: 57.3
• Pro Bowls: 10
• First Team All-Pros*: 4.3
• Receiving Yards: 12,342.7
• Receiving Yards Five-Year Peak: 4,880
• Top Five Receiving Yards Finish: 0
• Receiving Touchdowns: 96.3
• Receiving Touchdowns Five-Year Peak: 38
• Top Five Receiving Touchdown Finishes**: 1.7
• Receptions: 1,032
• Receptions Five-Year Peak: 380.7
• Top Five Receptions**: 4
• Super Bowl Wins 1
• Super Bowl Appearances 1

*This is an aggregate of the Top Five finishes (5^th = 1, 4^th = 2, 3^rd = 3, 2^nd = 4^th, 1^st = 5)
**This is a reminder that the All-Pros we use are from the AP.

Wide Receivers: Isaac Bruce (2020), Andre Johnson (2024, Calvin Johnson (2021), Randy Moss (2018), Terrell Owens (2018).

Has the Wide Receiver position not been the most backlogged offensive position for the Pro Football Hall of Fame for decades?  This will only get harder with the increased receiving numbers we have seen over the past ten years, and we will see barring significant rule changes.

Here are the statistics that we are using based on the last group of Wide Receivers to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame:

• Games Played: 197.4
• Approximate Value: 143.8
• Approximate Value per Games Played: 0.7285
• Games Started: 182.4
• Approximate Value per Games Started: 0.7475
• Approximate Value per Five-Year Peak: 66
• Approximate Value’s Best Five Results: 71.8
• MVP Top Five Finishes* **: 0.6
• Offensive Player of the Year Finishes* **: 3.2
• Pro Bowls: 6
• First Team All-Pros*: 3
• Receiving Yards: 14,526.6
• Receiving Yards Five-Year Peak: 6,539.6
• Top Five Receiving Yards Finish: 13.4
• Receiving Touchdowns: 122.2
• Receiving Touchdowns Five-Year Peak: 15,098
• Top Five Receiving Touchdown Finishes**: 15.8
• Receptions: 923.4
• Receptions Five-Year Peak: 430.4
• Top Five Receptions**: 7.4
• Super Bowl Wins 0.8
• Super Bowl Appearances 0.2

*This is an aggregate of the Top Five finishes (5^th = 1, 4^th = 2, 3^rd = 3, 2^nd = 4^th, 1^st = 5)
**This is a reminder that the All-Pros we use are from the AP.