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Provisional 2018 Approximate Value Live on Pro-Football-Reference

Posted by Alex Bonilla on January 8, 2019

With last week's announcement of the 2018 All-Pro teams, we're pleased to report that we've added 2018 Approximate Value (AV) numbers to the site for all NFL players. Note that these numbers are just provisional right now; the final numbers will be released after the Pro Bowl rosters are finalized. However, there's already some interesting preliminary information to take a look at.

As of now, Patrick Mahomes is the clear AV leader at 22, with Jared Goff, Tyreek Hill, Mitchell Schwartz and Darius Leonard tied at 18. Leonard currently has the second-highest AV by a defensive rookie since 1960, only trailing Patrick Peterson's 20-AV season in 2011. As for Mahomes, his AV is second only to Priest Holmes' 2002 season in Kansas City Chiefs history.

Not sure what AV is? To learn more about PFR's attempt to put a single number on each player-season since 1960 (for the purposes of comparing players across position and era), check out this link. For this year's full AV leaderboard, go here.

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  1. Where Do the Colts’ Historic Rookies Rank Among All NFL Rookie Duos? – SportsHeadlines.News Says: January 10th, 2019 at 8:53 am

    […] it’s worth pointing out that Pro-Football-Reference’s AV numbers for 2018 are currently provisional. Making the Pro Bowl is part of the AV calculation for offensive linemen and defenders, and the […]