Alvin Kamara

RB · NO · 2017–2026

Born July 25, 1995 · College Tennessee; Hutchinson CC; Alabama · Drafted 2017, round 3, pick 67 (NO) · 5-10, 215 lb

Offensive Rookie of the Year (2017) · 2nd-team All-Pro ×2 (2017, 2020) · Pro Bowl ×5 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)

EPA per carry by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2017	NO	16	120	728	8	6.07	+0.200	−0.075−0.134 to −0.016	43.7	+25.2	+0.21
2017 playoffs	NO	2	21	66	1	3.14	−0.194		36.4	−4.3	−0.15
2018	NO	15	194	883	14	4.55	+0.041	−0.063−0.119 to −0.007	42.4	+8.1	+0.07
2018 playoffs	NO	2	24	86	0	3.58	−0.218		33.3	−5.2	−0.04
2019	NO	14	171	797	5	4.66	−0.147	−0.122−0.179 to −0.065	40.1	−26.0	−0.23
2019 playoffs	NO	1	7	21	1	3.00	−0.163		14.3	−1.1	−0.00
2020	NO	15	187	932	16	4.98	+0.032	−0.040−0.096 to +0.016	45.0	+6.1	+0.32
2020 playoffs	NO	2	41	184	1	4.49	+0.011		51.2	+0.5	+0.03
2021	NO	13	240	898	4	3.74	−0.171	−0.096−0.150 to −0.041	36.9	−41.8	−0.48
2022	NO	15	223	897	2	4.02	−0.178	−0.095−0.150 to −0.040	37.6	−40.3	−0.63
2023	NO	13	180	694	5	3.86	−0.030	−0.087−0.143 to −0.030	37.7	−5.5	+0.09
2024	NO	14	228	950	6	4.17	−0.084	−0.072−0.126 to −0.017	40.3	−19.9	−0.33
2025	NO	11	131	471	1	3.60	−0.225	−0.108−0.167 to −0.050	32.1	−30.2	−0.18
2026	NO	7	47	157	2	3.34	−0.114	−0.112−0.174 to −0.050	29.8	−5.3	−0.14
Career	NO	133	1,721	7,407	63	4.30	−0.074		39.3	−129.7	−1.30

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2017	NO	16	100	81	826	5	81.0	+0.378	18.9	2.4	+37.8	+0.44
2017 playoffs	NO	2	10	5	72	1	50.0	+0.167	14.1	6.9	+1.7	+0.00
2018	NO	15	105	81	709	4	77.1	+0.200	21.4	1.8	+21.0	+0.28
2018 playoffs	NO	2	17	15	131	0	88.2	+0.207	22.4	1.1	+3.5	+0.19
2019	NO	14	97	81	533	1	83.5	+0.016	20.2	0.3	+1.5	+0.07
2019 playoffs	NO	1	9	8	34	0	88.9	−0.610	27.3	-0.1	−5.5	−0.10
2020	NO	15	107	83	756	5	77.6	+0.076	22.3	0.6	+8.2	+0.34
2020 playoffs	NO	2	8	5	37	0	62.5	−0.703	11.3	2.9	−5.6	−0.23
2021	NO	13	67	47	439	5	70.1	+0.161	20.1	1.1	+10.8	+0.26
2022	NO	15	77	57	490	2	74.0	−0.044	18.1	0.9	−3.4	−0.05
2023	NO	13	86	75	466	1	87.2	+0.027	19.0	0.1	+2.3	−0.15
2024	NO	14	89	68	543	2	76.4	−0.069	21.4	0.9	−6.1	−0.10
2025	NO	11	39	33	186	0	84.6	−0.299	10.5	0.8	−11.7	−0.22
2026	NO	7	31	25	150	1	80.6	−0.026	12.8	0.5	−0.8	+0.10
Career	NO	133	798	631	5,098	26	79.1	+0.075	18.9	1.0	+59.6	+0.97

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	Forced fumbles
2017 playoffs	NO	2	1	1
2019 playoffs	NO	1	1	0
2020	NO	15	2	0
2021	NO	13	1	0
2023	NO	13	1	0
2024	NO	14	1	0
2025	NO	11	1	0
Career	NO	133	6	0

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
2017	Offensive Rookie of the Year, 2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2018	Pro Bowl
2019	Pro Bowl
2020	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2021	Pro Bowl

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
2017	NO	16	461	45.5	–	–
2017 playoffs	NO	2	81	65.3	–	–
2018	NO	15	647	66.7	–	–
2018 playoffs	NO	2	93	67.9	–	–
2019	NO	14	610	68.5	–	–
2019 playoffs	NO	1	41	74.5	–	–
2020	NO	15	654	66.1	–	–
2020 playoffs	NO	2	108	77.1	–	–
2021	NO	13	618	75.8	–	–
2022	NO	15	631	69.7	–	–
2023	NO	13	549	63.4	–	–
2024	NO	14	638	71.3	–	–
2025	NO	11	452	63.1	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	77	85.7	4	6.1	5	40.0
2023	86	93.0	3	3.8	4	25.0
2024	89	85.4	6	7.9	3	33.3
2025	39	92.3	2	5.6	5	60.0
2026	31	87.1	1	3.7	2	50.0

Game logs

2026 game log (7 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
2	2026-09-20	@ BAL	W 24–17	9	15	0	−3.8	6	5	7	0	−3.5
3	2026-09-27	vs LV	L 27–35	9	36	0	−1.2	1	1	5	0	−0.3
4	2026-10-05	vs ATL	L 24–45	7	23	2	+3.1	7	5	35	0	−0.3
5	2026-10-11	vs MIN	L 13–23	3	12	0	−0.5	2	2	-6	0	−2.8
6	2026-10-18	@ NYG	W 34–27	7	34	0	+0.1	4	2	35	1	+1.9
7	2026-10-25	vs PIT	L 10–16	6	5	0	−3.6	7	7	57	0	+4.2
9	2026-11-08	vs CLE	W 23–22 OT	6	32	0	+0.6	4	3	17	0	−0.1

2025 game log (11 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2025-09-07	vs ARI	L 13–20	11	45	1	−2.0	2	2	12	+0.8	0
2	2025-09-14	vs SF	L 21–26	21	99	0	+0.4	6	6	21	−6.4	0
3	2025-09-21	@ SEA	L 13–44	18	42	0	−7.3	2	1	14	−0.8	0
4	2025-09-28	@ BUF	L 19–31	15	70	0	−1.4	5	4	2	−5.0	0
5	2025-10-05	vs NYG	W 26–14	8	27	0	−2.6	6	4	28	−1.2	0
6	2025-10-12	vs NE	L 19–25	10	31	0	−1.2	5	5	45	+2.1	0
7	2025-10-19	@ CHI	L 14–26	11	28	0	−4.6	3	3	1	−0.4	1
8	2025-10-26	vs TB	L 3–23	6	21	0	−0.7	2	2	24	+1.5	0
9	2025-11-02	@ LA	L 10–34	6	14	0	−8.2	3	1	3	−2.5	0
10	2025-11-09	@ CAR	W 17–7	22	83	0	−2.3	3	3	32	+1.7	0
12	2025-11-23	vs ATL	L 10–24	3	11	0	−0.3	2	2	4	−1.4	0

2024 game log (14 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	vs CAR	W 47–10	15	83	1	+4.5	5	5	27	0	−0.2	0
2	2024-09-15	@ DAL	W 44–19	20	115	3	+7.2	3	2	65	1	+5.4	0
3	2024-09-22	vs PHI	L 12–15	26	87	0	−10.9	3	3	40	0	+2.7	0
4	2024-09-29	@ ATL	L 24–26	19	77	1	+0.1	9	7	42	0	+0.8	0
5	2024-10-07	@ KC	L 13–26	11	26	0	−2.0	8	6	40	0	+2.0	0
6	2024-10-13	vs TB	L 27–51	13	40	1	−1.5	8	5	24	0	−2.7	0
7	2024-10-17	vs DEN	L 10–33	7	10	0	−2.6	7	6	14	0	−5.5	0
8	2024-10-27	@ LAC	L 8–26	10	67	0	−1.5	11	6	55	0	−2.9	0
9	2024-11-03	@ CAR	L 22–23	29	155	0	+1.7	9	6	60	0	−0.7	0
10	2024-11-10	vs ATL	W 20–17	17	55	0	−3.4	6	5	54	0	−0.2	0
11	2024-11-17	vs CLE	W 35–14	16	67	0	−0.4	4	4	22	0	−0.7	0
13	2024-12-01	vs LA	L 14–21	23	112	0	−3.6	6	4	7	0	−4.6	0
14	2024-12-08	@ NYG	W 14–11	17	44	0	−5.8	5	5	35	0	+0.6	0
15	2024-12-15	vs WAS	L 19–20	5	12	0	−1.8	5	4	58	1	−0.1	1

2023 game log (13 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2023-10-01	vs TB	L 9–26	11	51	0	−1.8	14	13	33	0	−3.5	0
5	2023-10-08	@ NE	W 34–0	22	80	1	+0.7	3	3	17	0	+0.6	0
6	2023-10-15	@ HOU	L 13–20	19	68	0	−2.3	8	7	36	0	−5.4	0
7	2023-10-19	vs JAX	L 24–31	17	62	0	+3.2	14	12	91	0	+4.4	0
8	2023-10-29	@ IND	W 38–27	17	59	1	−1.8	5	4	51	1	+2.4	0
9	2023-11-05	vs CHI	W 24–17	9	26	0	−1.5	5	4	44	0	+1.0	0
10	2023-11-12	@ MIN	L 19–27	9	42	0	+2.5	7	7	33	0	−0.5	0
12	2023-11-26	@ ATL	L 15–24	15	69	0	+0.9	5	4	50	0	+2.6	0
13	2023-12-03	vs DET	L 28–33	14	51	2	+0.2	8	6	58	0	+5.6	0
14	2023-12-10	vs CAR	W 28–6	12	56	1	+2.2	4	3	-11	0	−4.6	0
15	2023-12-17	vs NYG	W 24–6	16	66	0	−4.0	5	5	44	0	+1.7	0
16	2023-12-21	@ LA	L 22–30	9	19	0	−3.8	6	5	16	0	−1.7	1
17	2023-12-31	@ TB	W 23–13	10	45	0	−0.2	2	2	4	0	−0.2	0

2022 game log (15 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2022-09-11	@ ATL	W 27–26	9	39	0	−1.0	4	3	7	0	−2.3
3	2022-09-25	@ CAR	L 14–22	15	61	0	−9.9	7	2	12	0	−2.5
5	2022-10-09	vs SEA	W 39–32	23	103	0	−0.1	6	6	91	0	+2.0
6	2022-10-16	vs CIN	L 26–30	19	99	0	−1.2	9	6	25	0	−3.9
7	2022-10-20	@ ARI	L 34–42	11	49	0	−1.8	9	7	56	0	+1.7
8	2022-10-30	vs LV	W 24–0	18	62	1	−1.2	10	9	96	2	+6.1
9	2022-11-07	vs BAL	L 13–27	9	30	0	−2.7	4	3	32	0	+0.9
10	2022-11-13	@ PIT	L 10–20	8	26	0	−3.3	4	3	19	0	−1.8
11	2022-11-20	vs LA	W 27–20	12	42	0	−1.7	5	4	47	0	+2.8
12	2022-11-27	@ SF	L 0–13	7	13	0	−6.8	7	6	37	0	−5.2
13	2022-12-05	@ TB	L 16–17	12	26	0	−4.5	3	2	11	0	−0.9
15	2022-12-18	vs ATL	W 21–18	21	91	0	−2.8	2	2	13	0	+1.2
16	2022-12-24	@ CLE	W 17–10	20	76	1	−0.6	4	2	34	0	−0.0
17	2023-01-01	@ PHI	W 20–10	16	73	0	+1.3	1	1	7	0	+0.4
18	2023-01-08	vs CAR	L 7–10	23	107	0	−3.9	2	1	3	0	−1.9

2021 game log (13 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs GB	W 38–3	20	83	0	−1.8	4	3	8	1	+0.4	0
2	2021-09-19	@ CAR	L 7–26	8	5	0	−6.0	6	4	25	0	−2.0	0
3	2021-09-26	@ NE	W 28–13	24	89	0	−2.7	4	3	29	1	+3.9	0
4	2021-10-03	vs NYG	L 21–27 OT	26	120	0	−2.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2021-10-10	@ WAS	W 33–22	16	71	1	−1.6	8	5	51	1	+2.4	1
7	2021-10-25	@ SEA	W 13–10	20	51	0	−9.2	11	10	128	1	+7.3	0
8	2021-10-31	vs TB	W 36–27	19	61	1	−4.3	4	3	15	0	−1.1	0
9	2021-11-07	vs ATL	L 25–27	13	50	1	−2.1	7	4	54	0	+2.9	0
14	2021-12-12	@ NYJ	W 30–9	27	120	1	−0.9	5	4	25	0	−0.9	0
15	2021-12-19	@ TB	W 9–0	11	18	0	−3.3	6	2	13	0	−3.5	0
16	2021-12-27	vs MIA	L 3–20	13	52	0	−3.9	4	2	7	0	−2.7	0
17	2022-01-02	vs CAR	W 18–10	13	32	0	−5.6	6	5	68	1	+4.0	0
18	2022-01-09	@ ATL	W 30–20	30	146	0	+2.0	2	2	16	0	+0.1	0

2020 game log (17 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	vs TB	W 34–23	12	16	1	−8.7	8	5	51	1	+1.1	0
2	2020-09-21	@ LV	L 24–34	13	79	2	+3.1	9	9	95	0	+1.9	0
3	2020-09-27	vs GB	L 30–37	6	58	0	+0.2	14	13	139	2	+5.7	0
4	2020-10-04	@ DET	W 35–29	19	83	1	+3.3	4	3	36	0	+4.1	0
5	2020-10-12	vs LAC	W 30–27 OT	11	45	0	−1.9	10	8	74	0	−1.1	0
7	2020-10-25	vs CAR	W 27–24	14	83	0	+0.5	8	8	65	0	+4.1	0
8	2020-11-01	@ CHI	W 26–23 OT	12	67	0	−0.9	13	9	96	0	+0.5	0
9	2020-11-08	@ TB	W 38–3	9	40	1	+0.6	6	5	9	0	−2.7	0
10	2020-11-15	vs SF	W 27–13	8	15	2	+0.7	8	7	83	1	+4.3	0
11	2020-11-22	vs ATL	W 24–9	13	45	1	−0.4	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
12	2020-11-29	@ DEN	W 31–3	11	54	0	+1.3	2	1	-2	0	−2.1	1
13	2020-12-06	@ ATL	W 21–16	15	88	1	−1.2	3	2	9	0	−1.2	0
14	2020-12-13	@ PHI	L 21–24	11	50	1	+0.4	10	7	44	0	−5.9	1
15	2020-12-20	vs KC	L 29–32	11	54	0	−0.9	6	3	40	1	+0.9	0
16	2020-12-25	vs MIN	W 52–33	22	155	6	+10.0	5	3	17	0	−0.9	0
P18	2021-01-10	vs CHI	W 21–9	23	99	1	−0.9	2	2	17	0	+2.3	0
P19	2021-01-17	vs TB	L 20–30	18	85	0	+1.4	6	3	20	0	−8.0	0

2019 game log (15 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-09	vs HOU	W 30–28	13	97	0	+1.6	8	7	72	0	+4.4	0
2	2019-09-15	@ LA	L 9–27	13	45	0	−4.3	3	1	15	0	−1.2	0
3	2019-09-22	@ SEA	W 33–27	16	69	1	−1.0	10	9	92	1	+7.2	0
4	2019-09-29	vs DAL	W 12–10	17	69	0	−3.4	3	3	20	0	−0.3	0
5	2019-10-06	vs TB	W 31–24	16	62	0	+0.5	7	6	42	0	−2.8	0
6	2019-10-13	@ JAX	W 13–6	11	31	0	−2.8	8	7	35	0	−2.8	0
10	2019-11-10	vs ATL	L 9–26	4	24	0	+0.6	10	8	50	0	−0.4	0
11	2019-11-17	@ TB	W 34–17	13	75	0	−0.2	10	10	47	0	+0.8	0
12	2019-11-24	vs CAR	W 34–31	11	54	0	−5.9	9	9	48	0	+0.7	0
13	2019-11-28	@ ATL	W 26–18	11	61	0	−0.3	8	4	23	0	−3.1	0
14	2019-12-08	vs SF	L 46–48	13	25	0	−11.6	6	4	18	0	−0.4	0
15	2019-12-16	vs IND	W 34–7	14	66	0	−2.9	5	5	23	0	+0.1	0
16	2019-12-22	@ TEN	W 38–28	11	80	2	+2.2	7	6	30	0	−1.0	0
17	2019-12-29	@ CAR	W 42–10	8	39	2	+1.4	3	2	18	0	+0.3	0
P18	2020-01-05	vs MIN	L 20–26 OT	7	21	1	−1.1	9	8	34	0	−5.5	1

2018 game log (17 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2018-09-09	vs TB	L 40–48	8	29	2	+1.1	12	9	112	1	+3.2
2	2018-09-16	vs CLE	W 21–18	13	46	0	−0.4	6	6	53	0	+4.3
3	2018-09-23	@ ATL	W 43–37 OT	16	66	0	−2.3	20	15	124	0	+0.6
4	2018-09-30	@ NYG	W 33–18	19	134	3	+8.6	9	5	47	0	+1.1
5	2018-10-08	vs WAS	W 43–19	6	24	0	−2.3	4	3	15	0	+0.0
7	2018-10-21	@ BAL	W 24–23	17	64	1	+0.5	2	2	11	0	−0.8
8	2018-10-28	@ MIN	W 30–20	13	45	1	−2.0	8	7	31	1	+1.0
9	2018-11-04	vs LA	W 45–35	19	82	2	+1.8	5	4	34	1	+4.1
10	2018-11-11	@ CIN	W 51–14	12	56	2	+4.0	5	4	46	0	+3.4
11	2018-11-18	vs PHI	W 48–7	13	71	0	+1.2	1	1	37	1	+6.1
12	2018-11-22	vs ATL	W 31–17	14	89	0	+1.4	1	1	9	0	+1.8
13	2018-11-29	@ DAL	L 10–13	11	36	0	−5.8	11	8	36	0	−9.7
14	2018-12-09	@ TB	W 28–14	12	51	0	−1.0	6	5	36	0	+2.6
15	2018-12-17	@ CAR	W 12–9	14	67	1	+2.8	9	7	36	0	−2.2
16	2018-12-23	vs PIT	W 31–28	7	23	2	+0.5	6	4	82	0	+5.5
P19	2019-01-13	vs PHI	W 20–14	16	71	0	+0.2	4	4	35	0	−0.0
P20	2019-01-20	vs LA	L 23–26 OT	8	15	0	−5.5	13	11	96	0	+3.6

2017 game log (18 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-11	@ MIN	L 19–29	7	18	0	−0.1	6	4	20	0	−1.4	0
2	2017-09-17	vs NE	L 20–36	1	3	0	−0.4	7	3	51	0	−0.6	0
3	2017-09-24	@ CAR	W 34–13	2	37	1	+4.1	5	3	5	0	−1.8	0
4	2017-10-01	@ MIA	W 20–0	5	25	0	+1.6	10	10	71	1	+6.1	0
6	2017-10-15	vs DET	W 52–38	10	75	0	+4.4	3	3	12	0	−1.4	0
7	2017-10-22	@ GB	W 26–17	9	57	0	−0.1	7	5	50	0	+3.5	0
8	2017-10-29	vs CHI	W 20–12	8	28	1	−0.2	3	3	48	0	+2.9	0
9	2017-11-05	vs TB	W 30–10	10	68	1	−0.8	7	6	84	1	+4.3	0
10	2017-11-12	@ BUF	W 47–10	12	106	1	+9.3	5	5	32	0	+1.7	0
11	2017-11-19	vs WAS	W 34–31 OT	8	42	0	+0.1	9	6	74	1	+2.0	0
12	2017-11-26	@ LA	L 20–26	5	87	1	+6.2	6	6	101	1	+11.3	0
13	2017-12-03	vs CAR	W 31–21	9	60	2	+6.6	6	5	66	0	+3.4	0
14	2017-12-07	@ ATL	L 17–20	1	2	0	−0.4	3	3	25	0	+0.7	0
15	2017-12-17	vs NYJ	W 31–19	12	44	0	−2.0	7	6	45	1	+0.5	0
16	2017-12-24	vs ATL	W 23–13	12	32	0	−4.7	9	7	58	0	+0.7	0
17	2017-12-31	@ TB	L 24–31	9	44	1	+1.6	7	6	84	0	+6.1	0
P18	2018-01-07	vs CAR	W 31–26	10	23	1	−3.3	3	1	10	0	−1.3	1
P19	2018-01-14	@ MIN	L 24–29	11	43	0	−0.9	7	4	62	1	+3.0	0