C.J. Anderson

RB · DEN/LA/DET · 2013–2019

Born February 10, 1991 · College California; Laney College · Undrafted · 5-8, 225 lb

Pro Bowl (2014)

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)
2013	DEN	2	7	38	0	5.43	+0.240	−0.099−0.164 to −0.035	71.4	+1.7	+0.03
2013 playoffs	DEN	1	2	9	0	4.50	−0.632		0.0	−1.3	−0.00
2014	DEN	14	179	849	8	4.74	−0.006	−0.084−0.141 to −0.028	43.1	−1.1	−0.18
2014 playoffs	DEN	1	18	80	0	4.44	+0.008		50.0	+0.1	−0.01
2015	DEN	15	152	720	5	4.74	−0.137	−0.135−0.192 to −0.077	32.1	−21.4	+0.13
2015 playoffs	DEN	3	54	234	2	4.33	−0.172		23.6	−9.5	−0.06
2016	DEN	7	110	437	4	3.97	−0.136	−0.118−0.177 to −0.059	36.0	−15.5	−0.24
2017	DEN	16	245	1,007	3	4.11	−0.128	−0.108−0.163 to −0.054	33.9	−32.6	−0.55
2018	LA	9	67	403	2	6.01	+0.181	−0.084−0.145 to −0.022	60.3	+12.3	+0.09
2018 playoffs	LA	3	46	189	2	4.11	+0.076		43.5	+3.5	−0.10
2019	DET	2	16	43	0	2.69	−0.437	−0.132−0.196 to −0.069	31.2	−7.0	−0.09
Career	DET	65	776	3,497	22	4.51	−0.079		38.5	−63.5	−0.81

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2013	DEN	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.491	1.3	5.0	−0.5	−0.04
2013 playoffs	DEN	1	1	1	14	0	100.0	+0.662	2.0	1.0	+0.7	+0.00
2014	DEN	14	44	34	324	2	77.3	+0.315	8.4	1.9	+13.8	+0.23
2014 playoffs	DEN	1	6	6	29	0	100.0	−0.400	13.3	0.5	−2.4	−0.06
2015	DEN	15	36	25	183	0	69.4	−0.279	6.5	1.4	−10.1	−0.10
2015 playoffs	DEN	3	10	9	39	0	90.0	−0.557	11.0	1.7	−5.6	−0.13
2016	DEN	7	24	16	128	1	66.7	−0.032	10.4	2.0	−0.8	+0.01
2017	DEN	16	40	28	224	1	70.0	−0.024	7.3	1.4	−0.9	−0.03
2018	LA	9	9	5	41	1	55.6	−0.744	3.5	-0.3	−6.7	+0.01
2018 playoffs	LA	3	5	3	17	0	60.0	−0.233	4.9	-1.8	−1.2	−0.02
Career	DET	65	154	108	900	5	70.1	−0.033	6.8	1.5	−5.1	+0.08

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
2014	DEN	14	1
2015	DEN	15	5
2018	LA	9	1
Career	DET	65	7

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
2014	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
2016	DEN	7	309	66.3	–	–
2017	DEN	16	607	54.6	–	–
2018	CAR/LA	11	150	21.6	–	–
2018 playoffs	LA	3	88	42.9	–	–
2019	DET	2	35	24.8	–	–

Game logs

2019 game log (2 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA
1	2019-09-08	@ ARI	T 27–27 OT	11	35	0	−4.9
2	2019-09-15	vs LAC	W 13–10	5	8	0	−2.1

2018 game log (12 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	vs DAL	W 16–8	7	35	0	+1.8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2018-09-16	@ ATL	L 24–31	3	31	0	+1.4	2	0	0	0	−7.8	0
3	2018-09-23	vs CIN	W 31–21	2	9	0	−0.0	1	1	24	1	+3.6	0
5	2018-10-07	vs NYG	W 33–31	4	9	0	−2.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2018-10-28	vs BAL	W 36–21	5	20	0	−0.7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2018-11-04	vs TB	W 42–28	1	1	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2018-11-08	@ PIT	L 21–52	2	-1	0	−0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2018-12-23	@ ARI	W 31–9	20	167	1	+10.0	3	1	-5	0	−2.8	1
17	2018-12-30	vs SF	W 48–32	23	132	1	+2.6	3	3	22	0	+0.3	0
P19	2019-01-12	vs DAL	W 30–22	23	123	2	+7.8	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
P20	2019-01-20	@ NO	W 26–23 OT	16	44	0	−2.9	1	1	5	0	−0.3	0
P21	2019-02-03	vs NE	L 3–13	7	22	0	−1.4	3	2	12	0	−0.4	0

2017 game log (16 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2017-09-11	vs LAC	W 24–21	20	81	0	−2.9	3	1	7	0	−0.7
2	2017-09-17	vs DAL	W 42–17	25	118	1	−0.5	3	3	36	1	+6.1
3	2017-09-24	@ BUF	L 16–26	8	36	0	−2.3	2	2	7	0	−0.8
4	2017-10-01	vs LV	W 16–10	20	95	0	−4.7	4	4	17	0	−2.7
6	2017-10-15	vs NYG	L 10–23	9	17	0	−6.6	0	0	0	0	0.0
7	2017-10-22	@ LAC	L 0–21	10	44	0	+1.0	2	1	17	0	−2.7
8	2017-10-30	@ KC	L 19–29	15	78	0	+0.9	1	1	7	0	+0.3
9	2017-11-05	@ PHI	L 23–51	9	13	0	−5.1	1	0	0	0	−0.1
10	2017-11-12	vs NE	L 16–41	10	54	0	−1.1	1	1	1	0	−0.3
11	2017-11-19	vs CIN	L 17–20	13	37	1	−5.5	3	2	19	0	−0.6
12	2017-11-26	@ LV	L 14–21	5	12	0	−1.8	0	0	0	0	0.0
13	2017-12-03	@ MIA	L 9–35	15	67	0	−1.1	7	4	43	0	+1.1
14	2017-12-10	vs NYJ	W 23–0	22	48	0	−6.6	2	2	25	0	+1.5
15	2017-12-14	@ IND	W 25–13	30	158	0	+3.2	1	0	0	0	−1.0
16	2017-12-24	@ WAS	L 11–27	16	88	1	+2.1	9	7	45	0	−0.9
17	2017-12-31	vs KC	L 24–27	18	61	0	−1.6	1	0	0	0	−0.3

2016 game log (7 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2016-09-08	vs CAR	W 21–20	20	92	1	+3.1	5	4	47	1	+2.8
2	2016-09-18	vs IND	W 34–20	20	74	1	−4.3	5	3	19	0	−1.8
3	2016-09-25	@ CIN	W 29–17	14	37	0	−6.7	4	1	4	0	−2.6
4	2016-10-02	@ TB	W 27–7	19	49	1	−6.1	1	1	3	0	+0.5
5	2016-10-09	vs ATL	L 16–23	11	41	0	−2.4	4	3	21	0	−0.0
6	2016-10-13	@ LAC	L 13–21	10	37	0	−1.9	5	4	34	0	+0.3
7	2016-10-24	vs HOU	W 27–9	16	107	1	+2.7	0	0	0	0	0.0

2015 game log (18 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	vs BAL	W 19–13	12	29	0	−2.9	8	4	19	−5.8	0
2	2015-09-17	@ KC	W 31–24	12	27	0	−4.6	1	1	2	−0.2	0
3	2015-09-27	@ DET	W 24–12	8	18	0	−4.3	1	1	9	+0.7	0
4	2015-10-04	vs MIN	W 23–20	11	43	0	−3.4	1	1	27	+1.6	0
5	2015-10-11	@ LV	W 16–10	11	22	0	−5.9	2	2	18	−0.9	1
6	2015-10-18	@ CLE	W 26–23 OT	13	41	0	−2.9	4	4	25	−0.2	2
8	2015-11-01	vs GB	W 29–10	14	101	1	+4.0	1	1	5	−1.0	0
9	2015-11-08	@ IND	L 24–27	7	34	0	−0.4	2	1	4	−0.8	0
10	2015-11-15	vs KC	L 13–29	2	9	0	−2.0	1	0	0	−0.9	2
11	2015-11-22	@ CHI	W 17–15	12	59	0	+0.2	2	2	13	+1.8	0
12	2015-11-29	vs NE	W 30–24 OT	15	113	2	+5.8	4	4	40	+3.5	0
13	2015-12-06	@ LAC	W 17–3	7	42	0	+1.1	1	1	12	+0.0	0
15	2015-12-20	@ PIT	L 27–34	4	14	0	−2.4	3	1	6	−3.4	0
16	2015-12-28	vs CIN	W 20–17 OT	9	73	1	−1.8	2	1	8	−1.8	0
17	2016-01-03	vs LAC	W 27–20	15	95	1	−1.8	3	1	-5	−2.7	0
P19	2016-01-17	vs PIT	W 23–16	15	72	1	−0.5	3	2	11	−3.4	0
P20	2016-01-24	vs NE	W 20–18	16	72	0	−3.8	3	3	18	−0.1	0
P21	2016-02-07	vs CAR	W 24–10	23	90	1	−5.2	4	4	10	−2.1	0

2014 game log (15 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	vs IND	W 31–24	4	27	0	+2.2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2014-09-14	vs KC	W 24–17	5	31	0	+0.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2014-09-21	@ SEA	L 20–26 OT	2	-3	0	−2.4	1	1	1	0	−0.3	0
7	2014-10-19	vs SF	W 42–17	2	9	0	+0.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2014-10-23	vs LAC	W 35–21	1	0	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2014-11-02	@ NE	L 21–43	3	18	0	−0.7	4	3	33	0	+1.9	0
10	2014-11-09	@ LV	W 41–17	13	90	0	+2.8	7	4	73	1	+4.1	0
11	2014-11-16	@ LA	L 7–22	9	29	0	−1.0	10	8	86	0	+3.0	1
12	2014-11-23	vs MIA	W 39–36	27	167	1	+5.8	4	4	28	0	+3.0	0
13	2014-11-30	@ KC	W 29–16	32	168	0	+0.3	3	2	17	1	+1.6	0
14	2014-12-07	vs BUF	W 24–17	21	58	3	−2.9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2014-12-14	@ LAC	W 22–10	29	85	0	−11.2	2	2	11	0	+0.1	0
16	2014-12-22	@ CIN	L 28–37	18	83	1	+0.0	10	8	55	0	+0.9	0
17	2014-12-28	vs LV	W 47–14	13	87	3	+5.8	3	2	20	0	−0.5	0
P19	2015-01-11	vs IND	L 13–24	18	80	0	+0.1	6	6	29	0	−2.4	0

2013 game log (3 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
8	2013-10-27	vs WAS	W 45–21	4	22	+1.0	0	0	0	0.0
12	2013-11-24	@ NE	L 31–34 OT	3	16	+0.6	1	0	0	−0.5
P21	2014-02-02	vs SEA	L 8–43	2	9	−1.3	1	1	14	+0.7