Danielle Hunter ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Hunter in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Hunter a career score of 97, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 6 boards

Streaks4 straight · 10 sacks · 2022–25

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Danielle Hunter

5× Pro BowlTop 0% all-time pass rushersFranchise Cornerstone👑 #1 Edge Rusher · 2018 ⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2018

Height6'5"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

380 career value over replacement — #48 all-time of 4,695. 38/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

6 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #88 (Rd 3) · MIN · 2015 · +59.5 vs expected KV-H

97actual

37.5 expected · Δ+59.5

💔+54.3 stolen VORP·1.43 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2015	20–21	MIN	14	—	24	20	4	8	9	6.0	23.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	392	42.1%	140	36.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	21–22	MIN	16	—	52	30	22	11	19	12.5	42.5	0	1	1	1	1	1	—	0.0%	600	57.8%	57	13.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	22–23	MIN	16	—	44	26	18	12	11	7.0	30.0	0	2	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	772	77.3%	78	17.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	23–24	MIN	16	—	68	47	21	21	19	14.5	54.5	0	0	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	877	84.4%	146	32.5%	2	2	1.0	118.7	2.5	38	20	2	0	8	0.1
2019	24–25	MIN	16	—	67	49	18	15	22	14.5	51.5	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	0.2%	882	80.8%	130	30.7%	2	1	0.5	95.8	0.0	36	17	4	0	2	0.0
2021	26–27	MIN	7	—	37	22	15	6	11	6.0	23.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	384	81.6%	34	16.1%	2	2	1.0	95.8	-4.5	21	13	2	2	2	0.1
2022	27–28	MIN	17	—	57	38	19	12	22	10.5	44.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	906	77.4%	18	4.2%	8	8	1.0	100.0	1.3	34	11	11	23	3	0.0
2023	28–29	MIN	17	—	73	44	29	23	22	16.5	61.5	0	2	4	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,006	89.0%	10	2.4%	5	5	1.0	80.0	-1.6	41	17	7	46	4	0.0
2024	29–30	HOU	17	—	41	26	15	17	23	12.0	52.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	766	70.2%	12	2.4%	3	1	0.3	47.9	-6.0	34	10	11	8	4	0.1
2025	30–31	HOU	17	—	54	28	26	15	22	15.0	52.0	0	3	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	728	69.9%	7	1.5%	3	2	0.7	72.9	0.3	34	9	9	1	4	0.1
2026	31–32	HOU	5	—	12	6	6	2	6	3.0	11.0	0	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	256	77.6%	6	5.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	158	—	529	336	193	142	186	117.5	445.5	0	18	16	5	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	21	—	—	—	238	97	46	80	27	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

25thSacks·117.5

Postseason all-time ranks

15thPlayoff Sacks·7.5

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 1% all-time edge rusher with excellent availability over their career and excellent per-snap efficiency. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Record Chase →

#25 all-time in Sacks (117.5). 2 behind T.J. Watt for #24 — on pace in ~1 season

Career Value · VORP

VORP 380 · #48 · All-Time

Worth 380 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 2% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 10 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +38 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+38

Avg surplus

peak +48

10 seasons × ~38 surplus ≈ VORP 380