Cedric Benson

RB · CHI/CIN/GB · 2005–2012

Born December 28, 1982 · College Texas · Drafted 2005, round 1, pick 4 (CHI) · 5-11, 227 lb

EPA per carry by season

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

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2005	CHI	9	67	272	0	4.06	−0.252	−0.118−0.179 to −0.057	33.8	−17.1	−0.02
2006	CHI	15	157	647	6	4.12	−0.023	−0.082−0.139 to −0.024	37.0	−3.7	−0.28
2006 playoffs	CHI	3	38	104	1	2.74	−0.152		43.6	−5.9	−0.19
2007	CHI	11	196	674	4	3.44	−0.203	−0.112−0.168 to −0.056	31.5	−40.5	−1.11
2008	CIN	12	214	747	2	3.49	−0.173	−0.086−0.141 to −0.030	32.4	−37.3	−0.32
2009	CIN	13	301	1,251	6	4.16	−0.098	−0.068−0.120 to −0.015	36.1	−30.4	+0.00
2009 playoffs	CIN	1	21	169	1	8.05	+0.168		47.8	+3.9	+0.12
2010	CIN	16	321	1,111	7	3.46	−0.216	−0.122−0.174 to −0.070	35.5	−71.8	−0.97
2011	CIN	15	273	1,067	6	3.91	−0.124	−0.081−0.135 to −0.028	39.6	−35.0	−0.87
2011 playoffs	CIN	1	7	14	1	2.00	−0.225		28.6	−1.6	−0.01
2012	GB	5	71	248	1	3.49	−0.088	−0.098−0.159 to −0.037	37.0	−6.4	−0.11
Career	GB	96	1,600	6,017	32	3.76	−0.147		35.6	−242.3	−3.68

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2005	CHI	9	1	1	3	0	100.0	−0.196	0.5	–	−0.2	−0.00
2006	CHI	15	10	8	54	0	80.0	+0.221	2.1	-2.0	+2.2	−0.01
2006 playoffs	CHI	3	4	3	24	0	75.0	+0.189	4.3	0.2	+0.8	+0.02
2007	CHI	11	27	17	123	0	63.0	+0.029	7.0	0.2	+0.8	+0.10
2008	CIN	12	26	20	185	0	76.9	+0.028	6.8	-0.6	+0.7	+0.04
2009	CIN	13	24	17	111	0	70.8	−0.097	5.9	-0.3	−2.3	+0.02
2009 playoffs	CIN	1	3	3	12	0	100.0	+0.010	8.3	1.7	+0.0	−0.02
2010	CIN	16	37	28	178	1	75.7	+0.065	6.4	0.5	+2.4	+0.11
2011	CIN	15	22	15	82	0	68.2	−0.029	4.4	0.5	−0.6	−0.07
2011 playoffs	CIN	1	2	1	-2	0	50.0	−1.324	4.8	1.0	−2.6	−0.05
2012	GB	5	15	14	97	0	93.3	+0.432	8.2	-0.4	+6.5	+0.07
Career	GB	96	162	120	833	1	74.1	+0.058	5.2	-0.1	+9.4	+0.26

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

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2008	CIN	12	1	–	–
2009	CIN	13	2	0	0
2011	CIN	15	2	0	0
2012	GB	5	3	0	0
Career	GB	96	8	0	0

2012 game log (5 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-09	vs SF	L 22–30	9	18	0	−3.2	0	0	0	0.0	1
2	2012-09-13	vs CHI	W 23–10	20	81	0	−0.7	4	4	35	+2.9	1
3	2012-09-24	@ SEA	L 12–14	17	45	1	−0.5	5	4	19	−0.1	0
4	2012-09-30	vs NO	W 28–27	18	84	0	−1.0	4	4	22	+0.4	1
5	2012-10-07	@ IND	L 27–30	7	20	0	−1.0	2	2	21	+3.2	0

2011 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2011-09-11	@ CLE	W 27–17	25	121	1	+4.8	1	1	2	−0.5	0
2	2011-09-18	@ DEN	L 22–24	16	59	0	−4.5	3	3	17	+0.2	0
3	2011-09-25	vs SF	L 8–13	17	64	0	−2.8	1	0	0	−0.4	0
4	2011-10-02	vs BUF	W 23–20	19	104	0	+2.9	1	0	0	−0.4	0
5	2011-10-09	@ JAX	W 30–20	24	53	0	−11.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2011-10-16	vs IND	W 27–17	16	57	1	−2.7	1	1	5	−0.0	0
9	2011-11-06	@ TEN	W 24–17	20	78	0	−2.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2011-11-13	vs PIT	L 17–24	15	57	0	−2.2	1	1	5	−0.4	1
11	2011-11-20	@ BAL	L 24–31	15	41	2	+0.3	1	0	0	−0.5	1
12	2011-11-27	vs CLE	W 23–20	21	106	1	−2.9	5	4	24	+0.5	0
13	2011-12-04	@ PIT	L 7–35	13	52	0	−1.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2011-12-11	vs HOU	L 19–20	21	91	0	−0.1	1	1	0	−0.5	0
15	2011-12-18	@ LA	W 20–13	22	76	1	−3.7	2	1	11	+2.0	0
16	2011-12-24	vs ARI	W 23–16	16	57	0	−8.4	2	1	8	−0.0	0
17	2012-01-01	vs BAL	L 16–24	13	51	0	−0.4	3	2	10	−0.7	0
P18	2012-01-07	@ HOU	L 10–31	7	14	1	−1.6	2	1	-2	−2.6	0

2010 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2010-09-12	@ NE	L 24–38	15	43	1	−2.4	2	1	11	0	+0.3
2	2010-09-19	vs BAL	W 15–10	23	78	0	−4.1	1	0	0	0	−0.5
3	2010-09-26	@ CAR	W 20–7	27	81	1	−6.4	3	2	9	1	+0.8
4	2010-10-03	@ CLE	L 20–23	15	60	0	−2.0	0	0	0	0	0.0
5	2010-10-10	vs TB	L 21–24	23	144	0	+4.5	3	2	19	0	+0.7
7	2010-10-24	@ ATL	L 32–39	20	70	0	−6.5	2	1	6	0	−0.4
8	2010-10-31	vs MIA	L 14–22	20	69	0	−1.4	3	3	12	0	−1.1
9	2010-11-08	vs PIT	L 21–27	18	54	1	−2.5	2	2	20	0	+1.6
10	2010-11-14	@ IND	L 17–23	14	24	0	−9.2	5	5	27	0	+0.6
11	2010-11-21	vs BUF	L 31–49	25	124	1	−5.8	3	3	22	0	+1.0
12	2010-11-25	@ NYJ	L 10–26	18	41	0	−6.5	3	1	0	0	−1.3
13	2010-12-05	vs NO	L 30–34	19	49	2	−6.3	2	2	14	0	+0.3
14	2010-12-12	@ PIT	L 7–23	8	19	0	−3.1	3	3	26	0	+1.2
15	2010-12-19	vs CLE	W 19–17	31	150	1	+2.9	1	0	0	0	−0.6
16	2010-12-26	vs LAC	W 34–20	24	52	0	−16.2	0	0	0	0	0.0
17	2011-01-02	@ BAL	L 7–13	21	53	0	−6.6	4	3	12	0	−0.2

2009 game log (14 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-13	vs DEN	L 7–12	21	76	1	−3.6	4	4	32	+1.2	0
2	2009-09-20	@ GB	W 31–24	29	141	0	−1.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2009-09-27	vs PIT	W 23–20	16	76	1	−0.8	2	1	5	−1.9	0
4	2009-10-04	@ CLE	W 23–20 OT	18	74	0	−2.3	3	1	12	−0.4	0
5	2009-10-11	@ BAL	W 17–14	27	120	1	+1.3	3	2	16	−0.4	0
6	2009-10-18	vs HOU	L 17–28	16	44	1	−3.8	2	2	1	−1.2	1
7	2009-10-25	vs CHI	W 45–10	37	189	1	−2.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2009-11-08	vs BAL	W 17–7	34	117	1	−6.5	1	0	0	−0.4	0
10	2009-11-15	@ PIT	W 18–12	7	22	0	−0.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2009-12-06	vs DET	W 23–13	36	110	0	−4.1	2	2	15	+1.1	0
14	2009-12-13	@ MIN	L 10–30	16	96	0	−0.9	2	1	4	−0.6	1
15	2009-12-20	@ LAC	L 24–27	15	53	0	−3.2	3	2	19	+0.4	0
16	2009-12-27	vs KC	W 17–10	29	133	0	−2.5	2	2	7	−0.2	0
P18	2010-01-09	vs NYJ	L 14–24	21	169	1	+3.9	3	3	12	+0.0	0

2008 game log (12 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
5	2008-10-05	@ DAL	L 22–31	10	30	0	−0.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2008-10-12	@ NYJ	L 14–26	4	6	0	−1.5	1	0	0	−0.5	0
7	2008-10-19	vs PIT	L 10–38	14	52	0	−2.4	2	1	10	+0.0	0
8	2008-10-26	@ HOU	L 6–35	13	49	0	+0.4	2	2	20	+1.0	0
9	2008-11-02	vs JAX	W 21–19	24	104	1	−1.5	2	1	5	−0.8	0
11	2008-11-16	vs PHI	T 13–13 OT	23	42	0	−8.9	6	6	37	−1.0	0
12	2008-11-20	@ PIT	L 10–27	16	35	0	−6.6	2	1	4	−0.6	0
13	2008-11-30	vs BAL	L 3–34	10	17	0	−5.0	2	2	1	−1.2	0
14	2008-12-07	@ IND	L 3–35	16	57	0	−2.5	2	2	1	−1.0	0
15	2008-12-14	vs WAS	W 20–13	21	73	0	−3.3	5	3	88	+4.1	0
16	2008-12-21	@ CLE	W 14–0	38	171	0	−6.7	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2008-12-28	vs KC	W 16–6	25	111	1	+1.3	2	2	19	+0.6	0

2007 game log (11 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2007-09-09	@ LAC	L 3–14	19	42	0	−12.9	2	1	11	+0.0
2	2007-09-16	vs KC	W 20–10	24	101	0	−1.9	1	1	9	+0.7
3	2007-09-23	vs DAL	L 10–34	16	46	1	−7.6	1	1	8	+0.5
4	2007-09-30	@ DET	L 27–37	15	50	0	−1.9	7	5	24	+0.2
5	2007-10-07	@ GB	W 27–20	27	64	1	−6.4	2	1	5	−1.2
6	2007-10-14	vs MIN	L 31–34	18	67	0	−3.6	5	2	18	−2.1
7	2007-10-21	@ PHI	W 19–16	17	46	0	−3.7	1	1	19	+1.7
8	2007-10-28	vs DET	L 7–16	13	50	0	−0.2	4	2	10	−0.6
10	2007-11-11	@ LV	W 17–6	28	72	1	−3.9	2	2	21	+2.7
11	2007-11-18	@ SEA	L 23–30	11	89	1	+0.1	2	1	-2	−1.0
12	2007-11-25	vs DEN	W 37–34 OT	8	47	0	+1.5	0	0	0	0.0

2006 game log (18 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2006-09-10	@ GB	W 26–0	11	34	0	−3.1	1	0	0	−0.7
2	2006-09-17	vs DET	W 34–7	10	25	0	−2.8	0	0	0	0.0
4	2006-10-01	vs SEA	W 37–6	11	37	0	−1.8	0	0	0	0.0
5	2006-10-08	vs BUF	W 40–7	14	48	2	+3.4	2	2	14	+1.8
6	2006-10-16	@ ARI	W 24–23	1	4	0	−0.0	1	1	8	+0.5
8	2006-10-29	vs SF	W 41–10	8	26	1	−1.3	1	1	3	−0.5
9	2006-11-05	vs MIA	L 13–31	8	34	0	+1.2	0	0	0	0.0
10	2006-11-12	@ NYG	W 38–20	6	7	0	−3.4	1	1	-1	−0.6
11	2006-11-19	@ NYJ	W 10–0	10	51	0	+0.3	0	0	0	0.0
12	2006-11-26	@ NE	L 13–17	10	46	1	+0.7	0	0	0	0.0
13	2006-12-03	vs MIN	W 23–13	9	60	1	+4.6	0	0	0	0.0
14	2006-12-11	@ LA	W 42–27	16	64	0	+0.3	0	0	0	0.0
15	2006-12-17	vs TB	W 34–31 OT	15	53	1	−3.5	1	0	0	−0.4
16	2006-12-24	@ DET	W 26–21	15	49	0	−1.9	2	2	8	−0.0
17	2006-12-31	vs GB	L 7–26	13	109	0	+3.8	1	1	22	+2.2
P19	2007-01-14	vs SEA	W 27–24 OT	12	45	0	+0.3	4	3	24	+0.8
P20	2007-01-21	vs NO	W 39–14	24	60	1	−1.5	0	0	0	0.0
P21	2007-02-04	vs IND	L 17–29	2	-1	0	−4.7	0	0	0	0.0

2005 game log (9 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2005-09-11	@ WAS	L 7–9	3	10	−0.7	0	0	0	0.0
2	2005-09-18	vs DET	W 38–6	16	49	−4.1	0	0	0	0.0
5	2005-10-09	@ CLE	L 10–20	5	6	−8.8	0	0	0	0.0
6	2005-10-16	vs MIN	W 28–3	3	2	−1.7	0	0	0	0.0
7	2005-10-23	vs BAL	W 10–6	2	6	−1.6	0	0	0	0.0
8	2005-10-30	@ DET	W 19–13 OT	3	35	+1.9	0	0	0	0.0
9	2005-11-06	@ NO	W 20–17	14	79	−0.6	0	0	0	0.0
10	2005-11-13	vs SF	W 17–9	12	50	−0.2	0	0	0	0.0
17	2006-01-01	@ MIN	L 10–34	9	35	−1.5	1	1	3	−0.2