Danielle Hunter

DE · MIN/HOU · 2015–2026

Born October 29, 1994 · College LSU · Drafted 2015, round 3, pick 88 (MIN) · 6-5, 263 lb

2nd-team All-Pro ×2 (2018, 2025) · Pro Bowl ×5 (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024)

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2015	MIN	14	33	6.0	9	8	0	1
2015 playoffs	MIN	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
2016	MIN	16	56	12.5	19	11	1	1
2017	MIN	16	45	7.0	11	12	2	1
2017 playoffs	MIN	2	9	1.0	2	2	0	0
2018	MIN	16	72	14.5	19	21	0	0
2019	MIN	15	70	14.5	22	15	0	3
2019 playoffs	MIN	2	10	2.5	5	1	1	1
2021	MIN	7	38	6.0	11	6	0	0
2022	MIN	17	65	10.5	22	12	3	1
2022 playoffs	MIN	1	4	1.0	2	1	0	0
2023	MIN	17	83	16.5	22	23	2	4
2024	HOU	16	46	12.0	23	17	3	1
2024 playoffs	HOU	2	7	0.0	3	0	0	0
2025	HOU	16	54	15.0	22	15	3	3
2025 playoffs	HOU	2	5	3.0	3	2	0	2
2026	HOU	8	19	4.0	9	3	4	1
Career	HOU	158	581	118.5	189	143	18	16

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2018	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2019	Pro Bowl
2022	Pro Bowl
2023	Pro Bowl
2024	Pro Bowl
2025	2nd-team All-Pro

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2016	MIN	16	–	–	598	58.2
2017	MIN	16	–	–	761	77.4
2017 playoffs	MIN	2	–	–	99	76.7
2018	MIN	16	–	–	864	84.2
2019	MIN	16	–	–	878	80.8
2019 playoffs	MIN	2	–	–	108	89.3
2021	MIN	7	–	–	379	80.5
2022	MIN	17	–	–	894	78.1
2022 playoffs	MIN	1	–	–	57	83.8
2023	MIN	17	–	–	984	88.9
2024	HOU	17	–	–	756	69.9
2024 playoffs	HOU	2	–	–	90	85.7
2025	HOU	17	–	–	717	69.8
2025 playoffs	HOU	2	–	–	91	75.8

Game logs

2026 game log (8 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2026-09-13	vs BUF	L 31–36	0	0.0	1
2	2026-09-20	vs CIN	L 6–20	1	1.0	1
3	2026-09-27	@ IND	L 17–19	6	0.5	1
4	2026-10-04	vs DAL	L 30–34	2	0.5	0
5	2026-10-11	@ TEN	W 26–3	3	1.0	1
6	2026-10-18	@ JAX	W 34–31	3	0.0	0
7	2026-10-25	vs NYG	L 21–27 OT	2	1.0	0
9	2026-11-08	@ LAC	W 44–22	2	0.0	0

2025 game log (18 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2025-09-07	@ LA	L 9–14	3	0.0	0
2	2025-09-15	vs TB	L 19–20	5	2.0	0
3	2025-09-21	@ JAX	L 10–17	0	0.0	0
4	2025-09-28	vs TEN	W 26–0	4	2.0	0
7	2025-10-20	@ SEA	L 19–27	4	0.0	0
8	2025-10-26	vs SF	W 26–15	1	0.0	0
9	2025-11-02	vs DEN	L 15–18	3	0.0	1
10	2025-11-09	vs JAX	W 36–29	7	3.5	0
11	2025-11-16	@ TEN	W 16–13	4	1.5	0
12	2025-11-20	vs BUF	W 23–19	6	2.0	0
13	2025-11-30	@ IND	W 20–16	1	0.0	1
14	2025-12-07	@ KC	W 20–10	4	0.0	1
15	2025-12-14	vs ARI	W 40–20	3	1.0	0
16	2025-12-21	vs LV	W 23–21	3	1.0	0
17	2025-12-27	@ LAC	W 20–16	4	1.0	0
18	2026-01-04	vs IND	W 38–30	2	1.0	0
P19	2026-01-12	@ PIT	W 30–6	1	1.0	0
P20	2026-01-18	@ NE	L 16–28	4	2.0	0

2024 game log (18 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2024-09-08	@ IND	W 29–27	1	0.0	1
2	2024-09-15	vs CHI	W 19–13	5	1.5	0
3	2024-09-22	@ MIN	L 7–34	2	0.0	0
4	2024-09-29	vs JAX	W 24–20	2	0.0	0
5	2024-10-06	vs BUF	W 23–20	3	0.0	0
6	2024-10-13	@ NE	W 41–21	2	1.0	0
7	2024-10-20	@ GB	L 22–24	2	1.0	0
8	2024-10-27	vs IND	W 23–20	2	2.0	0
9	2024-10-31	@ NYJ	L 13–21	1	0.0	1
10	2024-11-10	vs DET	L 23–26	7	0.0	0
11	2024-11-18	@ DAL	W 34–10	3	2.0	1
12	2024-11-24	vs TEN	L 27–32	7	3.0	0
13	2024-12-01	@ JAX	W 23–20	1	0.0	0
15	2024-12-15	vs MIA	W 20–12	4	1.5	0
16	2024-12-21	@ KC	L 19–27	2	0.0	0
17	2024-12-25	vs BAL	L 2–31	2	0.0	0
P19	2025-01-11	vs LAC	W 32–12	3	0.0	0
P20	2025-01-18	@ KC	L 14–23	4	0.0	0

2023 game log (17 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2023-09-10	vs TB	L 17–20	7	1.0	1
2	2023-09-14	@ PHI	L 28–34	8	3.0	0
3	2023-09-24	vs LAC	L 24–28	4	1.0	0
4	2023-10-01	@ CAR	W 21–13	4	0.0	0
5	2023-10-08	vs KC	L 20–27	2	1.0	0
6	2023-10-15	@ CHI	W 19–13	7	2.0	1
7	2023-10-23	vs SF	W 22–17	2	1.0	0
8	2023-10-29	@ GB	W 24–10	3	1.0	0
9	2023-11-05	@ ATL	W 31–28	9	0.0	0
10	2023-11-12	vs NO	W 27–19	2	1.0	0
11	2023-11-19	@ DEN	L 20–21	3	1.0	0
12	2023-11-27	vs CHI	L 10–12	9	1.5	0
14	2023-12-10	@ LV	W 3–0	2	0.0	0
15	2023-12-16	@ CIN	L 24–27 OT	5	2.0	0
16	2023-12-24	vs DET	L 24–30	7	0.0	0
17	2023-12-31	vs GB	L 10–33	3	0.0	0
18	2024-01-07	@ DET	L 20–30	6	1.0	0

2022 game log (18 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2022-09-11	vs GB	W 23–7	3	1.0	1
2	2022-09-19	@ PHI	L 7–24	5	0.0	0
3	2022-09-25	vs DET	W 28–24	3	0.0	0
4	2022-10-02	@ NO	W 28–25	4	0.0	0
5	2022-10-09	vs CHI	W 29–22	6	1.0	0
6	2022-10-16	@ MIA	W 24–16	6	1.0	0
8	2022-10-30	vs ARI	W 34–26	3	0.0	1
9	2022-11-06	@ WAS	W 20–17	7	2.0	0
10	2022-11-13	@ BUF	W 33–30 OT	2	1.0	0
11	2022-11-20	vs DAL	L 3–40	4	0.0	0
12	2022-11-24	vs NE	W 33–26	2	1.0	0
13	2022-12-04	vs NYJ	W 27–22	3	0.0	1
14	2022-12-11	@ DET	L 23–34	2	0.0	0
15	2022-12-17	vs IND	W 39–36 OT	5	1.5	0
16	2022-12-24	vs NYG	W 27–24	7	2.0	0
17	2023-01-01	@ GB	L 17–41	1	0.0	0
18	2023-01-08	@ CHI	W 29–13	2	0.0	0
P19	2023-01-15	vs NYG	L 24–31	4	1.0	0

2021 game log (7 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2021-09-12	@ CIN	L 24–27 OT	6	1.0
2	2021-09-19	@ ARI	L 33–34	7	3.0
3	2021-09-26	vs SEA	W 30–17	3	0.0
4	2021-10-03	vs CLE	L 7–14	7	1.0
5	2021-10-10	vs DET	W 19–17	4	1.0
6	2021-10-17	@ CAR	W 34–28 OT	6	0.0
8	2021-10-31	vs DAL	L 16–20	5	0.0

2019 game log (17 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2019-09-08	vs ATL	W 28–12	4	1.0	0
2	2019-09-15	@ GB	L 16–21	9	1.0	0
3	2019-09-22	vs LV	W 34–14	2	1.0	0
4	2019-09-29	@ CHI	L 6–16	6	0.0	0
5	2019-10-06	@ NYG	W 28–10	7	2.0	0
6	2019-10-13	vs PHI	W 38–20	3	1.0	0
7	2019-10-20	@ DET	W 42–30	3	1.0	0
8	2019-10-24	vs WAS	W 19–9	5	1.0	0
9	2019-11-03	@ KC	L 23–26	3	0.5	0
10	2019-11-10	@ DAL	W 28–24	2	0.0	0
11	2019-11-17	vs DEN	W 27–23	3	0.0	0
13	2019-12-02	@ SEA	L 30–37	5	1.0	0
14	2019-12-08	vs DET	W 20–7	8	3.0	0
15	2019-12-15	@ LAC	W 39–10	5	1.0	0
16	2019-12-23	vs GB	L 10–23	5	1.0	0
P18	2020-01-05	@ NO	W 26–20 OT	5	1.5	1
P19	2020-01-11	@ SF	L 10–27	5	1.0	0

2018 game log (16 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2018-09-09	vs SF	W 24–16	4	1.0
2	2018-09-16	@ GB	T 29–29 OT	6	1.0
3	2018-09-23	vs BUF	L 6–27	5	1.0
4	2018-09-27	@ LA	L 31–38	6	1.0
5	2018-10-07	@ PHI	W 23–21	2	1.0
6	2018-10-14	vs ARI	W 27–17	5	2.0
7	2018-10-21	@ NYJ	W 37–17	4	1.0
8	2018-10-28	vs NO	L 20–30	2	0.0
9	2018-11-04	vs DET	W 24–9	9	3.5
11	2018-11-18	@ CHI	L 20–25	5	0.0
12	2018-11-25	vs GB	W 24–17	4	0.0
13	2018-12-02	@ NE	L 10–24	6	0.0
14	2018-12-10	@ SEA	L 7–21	3	1.0
15	2018-12-16	vs MIA	W 41–17	5	2.0
16	2018-12-23	@ DET	W 27–9	2	0.0
17	2018-12-30	vs CHI	L 10–24	4	0.0

2017 game log (18 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2017-09-11	vs NO	W 29–19	1	0.0	0
2	2017-09-17	@ PIT	L 9–26	4	0.0	0
3	2017-09-24	vs TB	W 34–17	3	0.0	0
4	2017-10-01	vs DET	L 7–14	5	2.0	1
5	2017-10-09	@ CHI	W 20–17	2	0.0	1
6	2017-10-15	vs GB	W 23–10	2	0.0	0
7	2017-10-22	vs BAL	W 24–16	2	1.0	0
8	2017-10-29	@ CLE	W 33–16	1	0.0	0
10	2017-11-12	@ WAS	W 38–30	4	1.0	0
11	2017-11-19	vs LA	W 24–7	3	1.0	0
12	2017-11-23	@ DET	W 30–23	2	1.0	0
13	2017-12-03	@ ATL	W 14–9	1	0.0	0
14	2017-12-10	@ CAR	L 24–31	5	0.0	0
15	2017-12-17	vs CIN	W 34–7	3	1.0	0
16	2017-12-23	@ GB	W 16–0	4	0.0	0
17	2017-12-31	vs CHI	W 23–10	3	0.0	0
P19	2018-01-14	vs NO	W 29–24	3	0.0	0
P20	2018-01-21	@ PHI	L 7–38	6	1.0	0

2016 game log (16 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2016-09-11	@ TEN	W 25–16	4	1.0	0
2	2016-09-18	vs GB	W 17–14	4	1.0	0
3	2016-09-25	@ CAR	W 22–10	5	1.0	0
4	2016-10-03	vs NYG	W 24–10	2	0.0	0
5	2016-10-09	vs HOU	W 31–13	3	1.0	1
7	2016-10-23	@ PHI	L 10–21	3	0.0	0
8	2016-10-31	@ CHI	L 10–20	2	0.0	0
9	2016-11-06	vs DET	L 16–22 OT	1	0.0	0
10	2016-11-13	@ WAS	L 20–26	4	1.0	0
11	2016-11-20	vs ARI	W 30–24	2	2.0	0
12	2016-11-24	@ DET	L 13–16	2	0.5	0
13	2016-12-01	vs DAL	L 15–17	6	2.0	0
14	2016-12-11	@ JAX	W 25–16	6	1.0	0
15	2016-12-18	vs IND	L 6–34	1	0.0	0
16	2016-12-24	@ GB	L 25–38	6	1.5	0
17	2017-01-01	vs CHI	W 38–10	5	0.5	0

2015 game log (15 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2015-09-14	@ SF	L 3–20	1	0.0
4	2015-10-04	@ DEN	L 20–23	2	0.0
6	2015-10-18	vs KC	W 16–10	4	0.5
7	2015-10-25	@ DET	W 28–19	1	0.0
8	2015-11-01	@ CHI	W 23–20	1	1.0
9	2015-11-08	vs LA	W 21–18 OT	2	0.0
10	2015-11-15	@ LV	W 30–14	2	1.0
11	2015-11-22	vs GB	L 13–30	3	0.0
12	2015-11-29	@ ATL	W 20–10	1	0.0
13	2015-12-06	vs SEA	L 7–38	3	0.0
14	2015-12-10	@ ARI	L 20–23	3	1.0
15	2015-12-20	vs CHI	W 38–17	6	1.5
16	2015-12-27	vs NYG	W 49–17	3	1.0
17	2016-01-03	@ GB	W 20–13	1	0.0
P18	2016-01-10	vs SEA	L 9–10	1	0.0