Kenneth
Walker III
RB
#9
Kenneth Walker III
Kansas City ChiefsHeight : 5' 9" · Weight : 211 lbs · Age : 25
NFL record
| Year | Team | GP | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FD | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kansas City Chiefs | 3 | 65 | 360 | 5.5 | 2 | 60 | 19 | 0 |
| 2025 | Seattle Seahawks | 17 | 221 | 1,027 | 4.6 | 5 | 55 | 46 | 0 |
| 2024 | Seattle Seahawks | 12 | 153 | 573 | 3.7 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 1 |
| 2023 | Seattle Seahawks | 15 | 219 | 905 | 4.1 | 8 | 45 | 46 | 1 |
| 2022 | Seattle Seahawks | 15 | 228 | 1,050 | 4.6 | 9 | 74 | 51 | 0 |
ContractKansas City Chiefs payroll →
- 2026 cap number
- 5.68 M$
- Average per year
- 14.35 M$
- Total value
- 43.1 M$
- Seasons left
- 3 · through 2028
2026
5.68 M$
Guaranteed
2027
18.68 M$
Guaranteed
2028
18.68 M$
Not guaranteed
Cap number: the season's salary plus the share of the signing bonus spread over the contract. Total value and average per year cover the whole contract, from its signing.
Advanced stats, 2026Running backsNFL stats →
2026 season, in progress (3 games played). The percentile ranks the player among regular running backs: 90th means better than 90% of them.
EPA per carry
+0.09
94th percentile
Rush yards over expected
+2.28 yd/att
99th percentile
Carries
65
90th percentile
Rushing yards
360
99th percentile
Yards per carry
5.5
88th percentile
Rushing TDs
2
78th percentile
Targets
18
94th percentile
Receiving yards
82
78th percentile
EPA per target
+0.08
63th percentile
Games
3
Regular season. Data: nflverse (play-by-play, snap counts), Next Gen Stats, Pro Football Reference. EPA: expected points added. CPOE: completion percentage over expected.
2026 end-of-season projectionNFL trends →
Projected WAR
0.3
Games
17
WAR 2026
0.2
Games played
3
WAR already earned, plus his pace (WAR per game over the last three seasons, 60/25/15, pulled toward the group average) over his team's remaining games, given his availability so far.
Trend
→ Stable (+5)
- 20230.2 WAR · 0.013 per game
- 20240.0 WAR · 0.000 per game
- 20250.1 WAR · 0.006 per game
- 20260.2 WAR · 0.067 per game
The trend compares this season's WAR per game with last season's, weighted by games played.
Outlook, age included
+15 · 25 y.o. · prime years
It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.
Player ratings, 2026All ratings →
Ratings from 0 to 100, computed over four seasons from data, never by hand, against regulars in the same position group. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.
OV · Overall
84
Very good
- RUN
- Rushing
- 76
- ELU
- Elusiveness
- 88
- REC
- Receiving
- 81
- BAL
- Ball skills
- 95
- DUR
- Durability
- 67
- EX
- Experience
- 58
Why these ratings?Hide details
- RUN — Rushing : Expected points added and success rate per carry
- ELU — Elusiveness : Yards over expected, after contact or catch, broken tackles
- REC — Receiving : Expected points added and yards per target
- BAL — Ball skills : Ball carrier: fumbles avoided. Defender: interceptions and passes defended
- DUR — Durability : Games played out of his team's, over several seasons
- EX — Experience : Seasons in the NFL
WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →
WAR: the EPA (expected points added) of every play, above replacement level, shared among those who made it, then converted to wins (35.3 points = one win). PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same group (50 = median).
WAR
0.2
#1 of 39 regular running backs
PAL Rating
99 / 100
#1 of 39 regular running backs
Value Rating · 2025
32 / 100
2025 PAL (47) against 2026 salary: the contract's average per year (APY), $14.4M.PAL expected for this salary: 71PAL: dimensions
Where WAR comes from (in wins)
45% of the EPA of his carries (the line gets the rest), above replacement.
25% of the EPA of passes thrown his way (the QB and line get the rest), above replacement.
| Season | Team | G | WAR | PAL | OV | Rush yds | TD | Rec yds | EPA/car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | KC | 3 | 0.2 | 99 | 84 | 360 | 2 | 82 | +0.09 |
| 2025 | SEA | 17 | 0.1 | 47 | 75 | 1,027 | 5 | 282 | −0.07 |
| 2024 | SEA | 11 | 0.0 | 71 | 72 | 573 | 7 | 299 | −0.08 |
| 2023 | SEA | 15 | 0.2 | 61 | 73 | 905 | 8 | 259 | −0.04 |
| 2022 | SEA | 15 | 0.0 | 16 | 67 | 1,050 | 9 | 165 | −0.07 |