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Kareem Hunt

Kareem Hunt is a running back.

Scouting report

Kareem Hunt: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated September 24, 2026

Kareem Hunt at a glance

Kareem Hunt is a 31-year-old running back, listed at 5'11" and 216 pounds. The Kansas City Chiefs drafted Hunt 86th overall in the third round in 2017, out of Toledo; this is year ten in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Hunt at 32.6 PPR points for 2026, which ranks RB79 at the position and works out to 2.3 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 55 qualified running backs of 2025, Hunt ranks in the 75th percentile in rush TDs, the 41st percentile in rush yards and the 28th percentile in receptions. One of the 5 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 23rd percentile in yards per carry.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Hunt has finished as RB10 in 2020, RB49 in 2021, RB39 in 2022, RB41 in 2023, RB31 in 2024 and RB30 in 2025. Three of those 9 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 295.2 PPR points in 2017. Across 121 regular-season games on record, the totals read 5,775 rushing yards, 55 rushing touchdowns, 267 receptions and 2,209 receiving yards.

Kareem Hunt by the numbers

Hunt has been the highest-scoring running back of the week 2 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 11 times and finished in the top twelve 27 times. The career high is 45.6 PPR points, set in Week 1 of 2017 against NE, the top RB score of that week. The game log also shows 4 games of 30 or more PPR points, 11 100-yard rushing games, 1 100-yard receiving game and 3 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Hunt has reached 20 points in 18 games, 15% of career appearances.

Contract

Hunt is playing on a two-year, $12 million contract signed with the Cleveland Browns in 2020, an average of $6 million per year with $6.8 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2021 season.

Dynasty market

In dynasty formats Hunt carries a GV stock price of 2,339, which ranks 185th overall and RB27 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Hunt 130th overall. Value has moved down 0.5 since the previous model run. See where Hunt sits on the trade value chart.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
32.6
PPR / game
2.3

Kareem Hunt fantasy outlook

Kareem Hunt enters the 2026 season with KC and ranks RB115 and #405 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 32.6 PPR points across 14.4 games, or 2.3 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The current depth-chart role is still being established, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Kareem Hunt produced 145.4 PPR points in 17 games (8.6 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 36%, with a 0% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 0.5 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
42.9
Dynasty
22.7
Superflex redraft
55.7
Superflex dynasty
31.3
TE premium dynasty
13.7

Compare Kareem Hunt on the trade value chart

Career stats

SeasonTeamGCarRush ydsRush TDTgtRecRec ydsRec TDPPR
2025KC17163611825181431145.4
2024KC13200728732231760155.4
2023CLE1513541192115840118.5
2022CLE17123468344352101126.8
2021CLE878386527221740110.0
2020CLE16198841651383045218.5
2019CLE843179244372851101.4
2018KC11181824735263787230.2
2017KC162721,327863534553295.2

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Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.