CAR · RB
Chuba Hubbard
Chuba Hubbard is a running back for the Carolina Panthers. Depth chart: RB1.
Scouting report
Chuba Hubbard: the full picture
Chuba Hubbard at a glance
Chuba Hubbard is a 27-year-old running back for the Carolina Panthers, listed at 6'1" and 210 pounds. The Carolina Panthers drafted Hubbard 126th overall in the fourth round in 2021, out of Oklahoma State; this is year six in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Hubbard at 223.9 PPR points for 2026, which ranks RB13 at the position and works out to 15.6 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Hubbard has scored 38.1 PPR points, or 19.1 per game. That is 17.0% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Hubbard would finish with about 324 points, ahead of the 223.9 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 23.7 points in Week 1 against CHI, the RB10 finish that week. Hubbard has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable RB start in 2 of 2 games, a 100% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 59 qualified running backs of 2026, Hubbard ranks in the 86th percentile in rush yards over expected per attempt, the 79th percentile in receiving yards and the 74th percentile in yards per carry. Two of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Hubbard has finished as RB36 in 2021, RB49 in 2022, RB27 in 2023, RB14 in 2024 and RB38 in 2025. The high-water mark is 241.6 PPR points in 2024. Across 79 regular-season games on record, the totals read 3,788 rushing yards, 24 rushing touchdowns, 156 receptions and 1,021 receiving yards.
Chuba Hubbard by the numbers
Hubbard has finished in the weekly top five at the position 4 times and finished in the top twelve 16 times. The career high is 32.5 PPR points, set in Week 16 of 2024 against ARI. The game log also shows 1 game of 30 or more PPR points and 7 100-yard rushing games. In all, Hubbard has reached 20 points in 10 games, 13% of career appearances.
Contract
Hubbard is playing on a four-year, $33.2 million contract signed with the Carolina Panthers in 2024, an average of $8.3 million per year with $12.1 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2027 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Hubbard carries a GV stock price of 3,639, which ranks 178th overall and RB26 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Hubbard 57th overall. Value has moved up 3.4 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are D'Andre Swift, Kyren Williams and Derrick Henry. See where Hubbard sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 223.9
- PPR / game
- 15.6
Chuba Hubbard fantasy outlook
Chuba Hubbard enters the 2026 season with CAR and ranks RB13 and #50 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 223.9 PPR points across 14.4 games, or 15.6 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a strong starter tier. The preseason depth chart lists Chuba Hubbard as RB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Chuba Hubbard produced 125.4 PPR points in 15 games (8.4 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 60%, with a 71% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 3 projection
Chuba Hubbard is projected for 13.4 PPR points on the road at CLE in week 3, with a likely range of 2.3 to 27.0.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 3.4 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 54.4
- Dynasty
- 35.3
- Superflex redraft
- 64.1
- Superflex dynasty
- 49.2
- TE premium dynasty
- 21.2
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | CAR | 2 | 22 | 102 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 2 | 38.1 |
| 2025 | CAR | 15 | 134 | 511 | 1 | 39 | 30 | 223 | 3 | 125.4 |
| 2024 | CAR | 15 | 250 | 1,195 | 10 | 54 | 43 | 171 | 1 | 241.6 |
| 2023 | CAR | 17 | 238 | 902 | 5 | 44 | 39 | 233 | 0 | 182.5 |
| 2022 | CAR | 14 | 95 | 466 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 171 | 0 | 89.7 |
| 2021 | CAR | 16 | 172 | 612 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 174 | 1 | 137.6 |
Running backs ranked near Chuba Hubbard
- Derrick Henry RB10 · 257.6 PPR
- Breece Hall RB11 · 245.6 PPR
- Bucky Irving RB12 · 230.2 PPR
- D'Andre Swift RB14 · 218.4 PPR
- Ashton Jeanty RB15 · 217.3 PPR
- Omarion Hampton RB16 · 212.2 PPR
Carolina Panthers fantasy players
- Bryce Young QB · 246.7 PPR
- Tetairoa McMillan WR · 229.0 PPR
- Jalen Coker WR · 120.3 PPR
- Xavier Legette WR · 110.3 PPR
- Tommy Tremble TE · 86.7 PPR
- Trevor Etienne RB · 48.0 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.