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 96, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Danielle Hunter

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

Height6'5"

Weight263 lb

BornOct 29, 1994

Age31

CollegeLSU See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 3, Pick 88 · MIN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

26thSacks·114.5

Postseason all-time ranks

15thPlayoff Sacks·7.5

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Franchise CornerstoneExplore archetypes →

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 →

#26 all-time in Sacks (114.5). 0.5 behind T.J. Watt for #25 — on pace in ~1 season

Career Value · VORP

VORP 375 · #57 · All-Time

Worth 375 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 2% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +37.5 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

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+37.5

Avg surplus

peak +48

10 seasons × ~37.5 surplus ≈ VORP 375

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

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	—	MIN	13	—	24	20	4	8	9	6.0	23.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	392	42.1%	140	36.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	MIN	16	—	52	30	22	11	19	12.5	42.5	0	1	1	1	1	1	—	0.0%	600	57.8%	57	16.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	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	—	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	—	MIN	15	—	67	49	18	15	22	14.5	51.5	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	1.5%	882	80.8%	130	32.7%	2	1	0.5	95.8	0.0	36	17	4	0	2	0.0
2021	—	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	—	MIN	17	—	57	38	19	12	22	10.5	44.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	906	77.4%	18	14.4%	8	8	1.0	100.0	1.3	34	11	11	23	3	0.0
2023	—	MIN	17	—	73	44	29	23	22	16.5	61.5	0	2	4	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,006	89.0%	10	8.2%	5	5	1.0	80.0	-1.6	41	17	7	46	4	0.0
2024	—	HOU	16	—	41	26	15	17	23	12.0	52.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	766	70.2%	12	6.7%	3	1	0.3	47.9	-6.0	34	10	11	8	4	0.1
2025	—	HOU	16	—	54	28	26	15	22	15.0	52.0	0	3	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	728	69.9%	7	3.6%	3	2	0.7	72.9	0.3	34	9	9	1	4	0.1
Career		—	149	—	517	330	187	140	180	114.5	434.5	0	14	15	5	2	1	2	1.5%	7,313	73.0%	632	18.4%	25	21	—	—	—	238	97	46	80	27	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2015	21	MIN	13	0*	24	20	4	8	9	6.0	23.0	0	1	—	0	0	11.7
2016	22	MIN	16	9*	52	30	22	11	19	12.5	42.5	1	1	1	1	1	20.4
2017	23	MIN	16	12*	44	26	18	12	11	7.0	30.0	2	1	1	0	0	15.1
2018	24	MIN	16	14*	68	47	21	21	19	14.5	54.5	0	0	1	1	0	22.9
2019	25	MIN	15	13*	67	49	18	15	22	14.5	51.5	0	3	1	0	0	21.9
2021	27	MIN	7	6*	37	22	15	6	11	6.0	23.0	0	0	—	0	0	9.6
2022	28	MIN	17	13*	57	38	19	12	22	10.5	44.5	3	1	—	0	0	19.1
2023	29	MIN	17	15*	73	44	29	23	22	16.5	61.5	2	4	—	0	0	24.2
2024	30	HOU	16	12*	41	26	15	17	23	12.0	52.0	3	1	—	0	0	21.4
2025	31	HOU	16	12*	54	28	26	15	22	15.0	52.0	3	3	1	0	0	22.8
Career			149	106*	517	330	187	140	180	—	—	14	15	5	2	1	189.1

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2015	21	MIN	14	0*	—	0.0%	392	42.1%	140	36.3%
2016	22	MIN	16	9*	—	0.0%	600	57.8%	57	16.0%
2017	23	MIN	16	12*	—	0.0%	772	77.3%	78	17.6%
2018	24	MIN	16	14*	—	0.0%	877	84.4%	146	32.5%
2019	25	MIN	16	13*	2	1.5%	882	80.8%	130	32.7%
2021	27	MIN	7	6*	—	0.0%	384	81.6%	34	16.1%
2022	28	MIN	17	13*	—	0.0%	906	77.4%	18	14.4%
2023	29	MIN	17	15*	—	0.0%	1,006	89.0%	10	8.2%
2024	30	HOU	17	12*	—	0.0%	766	70.2%	12	6.7%
2025	31	HOU	17	12*	—	0.0%	728	69.9%	7	3.6%
Career			153	106*	2	—	7,313	—	632	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	24	MIN	16	14*	2	2	1.0	118.7	2.5	38	20	2	0	8	0.1
2019	25	MIN	16	13*	2	1	0.5	95.8	0.0	36	17	4	0	2	0.0
2021	27	MIN	7	6*	2	2	1.0	95.8	-4.5	21	13	2	2	2	0.1
2022	28	MIN	17	13*	8	8	1.0	100.0	1.3	34	11	11	23	3	0.0
2023	29	MIN	17	15*	5	5	1.0	80.0	-1.6	41	17	7	46	4	0.0
2024	30	HOU	17	12*	3	1	0.3	47.9	-6.0	34	10	11	8	4	0.1
2025	31	HOU	17	12*	3	2	0.7	72.9	0.3	34	9	9	1	4	0.1
Career			107	85*	25	21	—	—	—	238	97	46	80	27	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 96 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 96 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 92.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 96· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 90

On-field 71.2

Availability 18.8

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)

2015bestavg 89elite 702025

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Solid

of 100

Reached 58% of the all-time Sacks leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

58% of the all-time Sacks leader58

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 98%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Elite

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:6.338See leaderboard →

Disruption/1006.338Snap share73%Def snaps7,313Elite · ConsistentCV 0.16

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2015

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

EDGE · 2015 class

4.57s

40-Yard

Elite · 92th pct

Pos 92thAll 64thClass Pos 88thClass All 69th

25 reps

Bench

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 74thClass Pos 70thClass All 75th

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Defense

Tkl35Solo23Ast12TFL6QBHits15Sk7.5Dis28.5PD1FF3

College Stats

LSUImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2012	LSU	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—
2013	LSU	—	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	—	—
2014	LSU	—	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—
Career		0	52	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	0	2	1	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2015 Draft Class· this player went #88

#80Alex CarterCB #81John MillerG #82Lorenzo MauldinOLB #83Craig MagerCB #84Jordan HicksMLB #85Tyler KroftTE #86David JohnsonRB #87Sammie CoatesWR #89Sean MannionQB #90Carl DavisDT #91Chaz GreenOT #92Jeff HeuermanTE #93Henry AndersonDE #94Ty MontgomeryWR #95Matt JonesRB #96Xavier CooperDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Danielle inherited the Minnesota Vikings DL room from Shamar Stephen (2014–2020), and handed it to Sheldon Richardson (2018–2021).

Chris Doleman 1985–1999Joe Phillips 1986–1999Henry Thomas 1987–1994John Randle 1990–2000Roy Barker 1993–1995Fernando Smith

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with HOU
2024team change
Joined HOU (from MIN)
2015draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 3, Pick 88

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 263 lb

Frame

252 lb at 4.57s

Size-speed

25 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	MIN	0	W15Questionable· Neck

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 10-season peers. See all →

peak 97

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B+2015

A+2016

B+2017

A+2018

A+2019

B+2021

A2022

A+2023

A+2024

A+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

93%

Era Translator

Sacks translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2015	6	0.5	8+2	0.5
2016	12.5	0.8	13+0.5	0.8
2017	7	0.4	7	0.4
2018	14.5	0.9	15+0.5	0.9
2019	14.5	1	16+1.5	0.9
2021	6	0.9	14+8	0.8
2022	10.5	0.6	11+0.5	0.6
2023	16.5	1	17+0.5	1
2024	12	0.8	13+1	0.8
2025	15	0.9	16+1	0.9

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

375 career value over replacement — #57 all-time of 4,642. 37.5/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

6 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #88 (Rd 3) · MIN · 2015 · +57.3 vs expected KV-H

96actual

38.7 expected · Δ+57.3

💔+26.3 stolen VORP·0.7 szns lost

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2015

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

College Defense

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2015 Draft Class· this player went #88

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator