Jamaal Charles packed more value into his peak seasons than almost any running back in NFL history — a comet career that burned brightest when it mattered most. His KV-H peak of 84 is historically rare; while longevity was not his calling card, the impact of his best seasons is undeniable.

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Streaks3 straight · 1,000 rushing yards · 2012–14

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Jamaal Charles

4× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 4% all-time RBsAll-Time Great🏆 Clutch · +55% playoffs ⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2012Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #25

Career Value · VORP

157 career value over replacement — #606 all-time of 4,695. 19.6/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×5 top-10 Comet56% in top 3 yrs 2-phase playertwo-way

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #73 (Rd 3) · KC · 2008 · +37.8 vs expected KV-H

78actual

40.2 expected · Δ+37.8

💔+69 stolen VORP·3.52 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

4 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									Snap Counts						Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2008	21–22	KC	16	—	67	357	0	5.3	0.0	17	25.4	1	27	27	272	1	100.0%	10.1	10.1	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	22–23	KC	15	—	190	1,120	7	5.9	3.7	54	28.4	2	56	40	297	1	71.4%	7.4	5.3	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2010	23–24	KC	16	—	230	1,467	5	6.4	2.2	70	30.4	1	64	45	468	3	70.3%	10.4	7.3	—	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	24–25	KC	2	—	12	83	0	6.9	0.0	3	25.0	1	6	5	9	1	83.3%	1.8	1.5	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	25–26	KC	16	—	285	1,509	5	5.3	1.8	62	21.8	3	48	35	236	1	72.9%	6.7	4.9	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	26–27	KC	15	—	259	1,287	12	5.0	4.6	72	27.8	2	104	70	693	7	67.3%	9.9	6.7	—	32	845	83.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	27–28	KC	15	—	206	1,033	9	5.0	4.4	50	24.3	2	59	40	291	5	67.8%	7.3	4.9	—	15	649	71.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	28–29	KC	5	—	71	364	4	5.1	5.6	21	29.6	1	30	21	177	1	70.0%	8.4	5.9	—	10	263	77.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	29–30	KC	3	—	12	40	1	3.3	8.3	3	25.0	0	3	2	14	0	66.7%	7.0	4.7	—	1	27	13.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	30–31	DEN	14	—	69	296	1	4.3	1.4	16	23.2	2	28	23	129	0	82.1%	5.6	4.6	—	6	206	21.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	31–32	JAX	2	—	6	7	0	1.2	0.0	0	0.0	0	3	2	7	0	66.7%	3.5	2.3	—	0	20	19.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	119	—	1,407	7,563	44	5.4	3.1	368	26.2	15	428	310	2,593	20	72.4%	8.4	6.1	—	118	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career arc · VAL by season

8 seasons · peak 15.6 in 2010

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

4.4 career wins over 8 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2010 · +1.2 wins

Rushing+1.0

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2008	21–22	KC	16	—	67	357	0	5.3	0.0	17	25.4	1	0.9
2009	22–23	KC	15	—	190	1,120	7	5.9	3.7	54	28.4	2	9.4
2010	23–24	KC	16	—	230	1,467	5	6.4	2.2	70	30.4	1	15.6
2011	24–25	KC	2	—	12	83	0	6.9	0.0	3	25.0	1	—
2012	25–26	KC	16	—	285	1,509	5	5.3	1.8	62	21.8	3	5.1
2013	26–27	KC	15	13*	259	1,287	12	5.0	4.6	72	27.8	2	14.1
2014	27–28	KC	15	11*	206	1,033	9	5.0	4.4	50	24.3	2	8.5
2015	28–29	KC	5	4*	71	364	4	5.1	5.6	21	29.6	1	3.7
2016	29–30	KC	3	—	12	40	1	3.3	8.3	3	25.0	0	—
2017	30–31	DEN	13	0*	69	296	1	4.3	1.4	16	23.2	2	0
2018	31–32	JAX	2	—	6	7	0	1.2	0.0	0	0.0	0	—
Career			118		1,407	7,563	44	5.4	3.1	368	26.2	15	57.3

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

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2008	21–22	KC	16	—	27	27	272	1	100.0%	10.1	10.1	—	9
2009	22–23	KC	15	—	56	40	297	1	71.4%	7.4	5.3	—	11
2010	23–24	KC	16	—	64	45	468	3	70.3%	10.4	7.3	—	21
2011	24–25	KC	2	—	6	5	9	1	83.3%	1.8	1.5	—	2
2012	25–26	KC	16	—	48	35	236	1	72.9%	6.7	4.9	—	11
2013	26–27	KC	15	13*	104	70	693	7	67.3%	9.9	6.7	—	32
2014	27–28	KC	15	11*	59	40	291	5	67.8%	7.3	4.9	—	15
2015	28–29	KC	5	4*	30	21	177	1	70.0%	8.4	5.9	—	10
2016	29–30	KC	3	—	3	2	14	0	66.7%	7.0	4.7	—	1
2017	30–31	DEN	13	0*	28	23	129	0	82.1%	5.6	4.6	—	6
2018	31–32	JAX	2	—	3	2	7	0	66.7%	3.5	2.3	—	0
Career			118		428	310	2,593	20	72.4%	8.4	6.1	—	118

* 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%
2013	26–27	KC	15	13*	845	83.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	27–28	KC	15	11*	649	71.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	28–29	KC	5	4*	263	77.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	29–30	KC	3	—	27	13.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	30–31	DEN	14	0*	206	21.2%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	31–32	JAX	2	—	20	19.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			—		—	—	—	—	—	—

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2009	22–23	KC	1	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			1		0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2018	31–32	JAX	2	—	3	0.5	4	0.7	1	6.0	—
Career			2		3	—	4	—	1	—	—

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2018	31–32	JAX	2	—	1.3	1.0	2.5	0	1	0.3	—	70.1
Career			2		—	—	—	0	1	—	—	—

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Tgt	Rec Yds	FP
W6	DAL	5	5	—	1	2	5	1.0
W7	HOU	1	2	—	1	1	2	0.4

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 2 games

Splits

18 games · 2016–2018

Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.

Home / Away2 rows

Home / Away	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	FPts
Home	9	42	185	—	11	7	36	20.1
Away	9	45	158	2	23

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 78 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 78 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 76.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 78· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 71

On-field 52.8

Availability 18.2

On-field production

By opponent	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	FPts
vs BUF	1	9	56	1	1	1	1	11.7
vs CIN	1	3	7	—	—	—	—	0.7
vs DAL	2	14	51	—	3	2	11	6.2
vs HOU	1	1	2	—	1	1	2	0.4
vs KC	1	8	39	—	1	1	5	2.4
vs LAC	2	14	42	—	5	4	20	4.2
vs LV	3	15	69	1	6	5	35	16.4
vs MIA	1	3	12	—	5	5	39	5.1
vs NE	1	8	38	—	1	—	—	3.8
vs NO	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
vs NYG	1	5	19	—	3	1	2	2.1
vs NYJ	1	—	—	—	3	3	12	1.2
vs PHI	1	4	1	—	4	4	23	2.4
vs PIT	1	2	7	—	1	—	—	0.7

By month	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	FPts
September	3	28	142	1	3	2	7	18.9
October	9	40	140	1	15	11	62	24.2
November	4	16	49	—	8	6	30	7.9
December	2	3	12	—	8	8	51	6.3

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Jamaal Charles

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Rushing

Receiving

Snap Counts

Defense

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Game Log

Splits

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · RB