NO · RB
Alvin Kamara
Alvin Kamara is a running back for the New Orleans Saints. Injury status: Questionable. Depth chart: RB1.
Scouting report
Alvin Kamara: the full picture
Alvin Kamara at a glance
Alvin Kamara is a 31-year-old running back for the New Orleans Saints, listed at 5'10" and 215 pounds. The New Orleans Saints drafted Kamara 67th overall in the third round in 2017, out of Tennessee, and 2026 is Kamara's 10th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Kamara for 102.1 PPR points in 2026, which ranks RB49 at the position and works out to 7.5 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 5 games of 2026, Kamara has scored 52.6 PPR points, or 10.5 per game. That is 51.5% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Kamara would finish with about 179 points, ahead of the 102.1 projected. The best week so far is 22.8 points in Week 4 against ATL, the RB9 finish that week. Kamara has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable RB start in 2 of 5 games, a 40% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 54 qualified running backs of 2026, Kamara ranks in the 77th percentile in receptions, the 59th percentile in rush TDs and the 59th percentile in receiving yards. One of the 6 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 5th percentile in rush yards over expected per attempt.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Kamara has finished as RB1 in 2020, RB8 in 2021, RB16 in 2022, RB11 in 2023, RB9 in 2024 and RB46 in 2025. That is three top-five positional finishes in 9 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 377.8 PPR points in 2020. Across 131 regular-season games on record, the totals read 7,370 rushing yards, 63 rushing touchdowns, 621 receptions and 5,024 receiving yards.
Alvin Kamara by the numbers
Kamara has been the highest-scoring running back of the week 15 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 32 times and finished in the top twelve 66 times. The career high is 56.2 PPR points, set in Week 16 of 2020 against MIN, the top RB score of that week. The game log also shows 15 games of 30 or more PPR points, 11 100-yard rushing games, 5 100-yard receiving games and 7 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Kamara has reached 20 points in 46 games, 35% of career appearances.
Contract
Kamara is playing on a one-year, $6 million contract signed with the New Orleans Saints in 2026, an average of $6 million per year with $3.5 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Kamara carries a GV stock price of 2,318, which ranks 321st overall and RB60 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Kamara 209th overall. Value has moved down 2.7 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Rhamondre Stevenson, Kenny Gainwell and Jaylen Warren. See where Kamara sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 102.1
- PPR / game
- 7.5
Alvin Kamara fantasy outlook
Alvin Kamara enters the 2026 season with NO and ranks RB55 and #197 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 102.1 PPR points across 13.5 games, or 7.5 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The preseason depth chart lists Alvin Kamara as RB2, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Alvin Kamara produced 100.7 PPR points in 11 games (9.2 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 41%, with a 0% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 3 projection
Alvin Kamara is projected for 7.7 PPR points at home against LV in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 18.0.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 2.7 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 30.9
- Dynasty
- 22.5
- Superflex redraft
- 46.3
- Superflex dynasty
- 30.8
- TE premium dynasty
- 13.5
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | NO | 5 | 35 | 120 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 76 | 1 | 52.6 |
| 2025 | NO | 11 | 131 | 471 | 1 | 39 | 33 | 186 | 0 | 100.7 |
| 2024 | NO | 14 | 228 | 950 | 6 | 89 | 68 | 543 | 2 | 265.3 |
| 2023 | NO | 13 | 180 | 694 | 5 | 86 | 75 | 466 | 1 | 233.0 |
| 2022 | NO | 15 | 223 | 897 | 2 | 77 | 57 | 490 | 2 | 211.7 |
| 2021 | NO | 13 | 240 | 898 | 4 | 67 | 47 | 439 | 5 | 234.7 |
| 2020 | NO | 15 | 187 | 932 | 16 | 107 | 83 | 756 | 5 | 377.8 |
| 2019 | NO | 14 | 171 | 797 | 5 | 97 | 81 | 533 | 1 | 248.5 |
| 2018 | NO | 15 | 194 | 883 | 14 | 105 | 81 | 709 | 4 | 354.2 |
| 2017 | NO | 16 | 120 | 728 | 8 | 100 | 81 | 826 | 5 | 320.4 |
Running backs ranked near Alvin Kamara
- Braelon Allen RB46 · 102.9 PPR
- Keaton Mitchell RB47 · 102.9 PPR
- Tyjae Spears RB48 · 102.9 PPR
- Devin Singletary RB50 · 102.1 PPR
- Seth McGowan RB51 · 95.1 PPR
- Emmett Johnson RB52 · 90.3 PPR
New Orleans Saints fantasy players
- Tyler Shough QB · 241.5 PPR
- Chris Olave WR · 228.6 PPR
- Travis Etienne RB · 167.2 PPR
- Juwan Johnson TE · 126.4 PPR
- Jordyn Tyson WR · 102.2 PPR
- Devaughn Vele WR · 100.0 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-10-20.