Colin Kaepernick

QB · SF · 2011–2016

Born November 3, 1987 · College Nevada · Drafted 2011, round 2, pick 36 (SF) · 6-4, 230 lb

EPA per dropback by season

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

Passing

Season	Team	G	Cmp	Att	Cmp %	Yds	TD	INT	Dropbacks	EPA/db	Stabilised EPA/db	WPA/db (WP pts)	Total WPA (wins)	CPOE	Success %	ANY/A	Rank (EPA/db)
2011	SF	2	3	5	60.0	35	0	0	5	+0.422	−0.114−0.250 to +0.022	−0.00	−0.00	−1.7	40.0	7.00	–
2012	SF	13	136	218	62.4	1,814	10	3	270	+0.221	+0.070−0.037 to +0.176	+0.37	+1.00	+4.5	47.4	7.55	6
2012 playoffs	SF	3	49	80	61.2	798	4	2	98	+0.343		+0.20	+0.20	+3.0	54.1	8.89	2
2013	SF	16	243	416	58.4	3,197	21	8	528	+0.162	+0.129+0.038 to +0.220	+0.18	+0.95	−1.5	44.9	6.65	8
2013 playoffs	SF	3	45	82	54.9	576	3	3	97	+0.214		+0.66	+0.64	−2.1	49.5	5.40	3
2014	SF	16	289	478	60.5	3,369	19	10	625	+0.072	+0.090+0.003 to +0.177	+0.20	+1.23	−2.1	44.8	5.58	20
2015	SF	9	144	244	59.0	1,615	6	5	305	−0.042	−0.015−0.120 to +0.089	+0.21	+0.64	−5.2	39.7	4.94	33
2016	SF	11	196	331	59.2	2,241	16	4	418	+0.036	+0.045−0.052 to +0.142	−0.01	−0.03	−4.7	42.6	5.94	24
Career	SF	67	1,011	1,692	59.8	12,271	72	30	2,151	+0.090		+0.18	+3.79	−2.1	44.0	6.07	–

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2012	SF	13	33	220	5	6.67	−0.017	51.5	−0.6	−0.10
2012 playoffs	SF	3	15	159	2	10.60	+0.680	40.0	+10.2	+0.39
2013	SF	16	35	129	4	3.69	+0.052	51.4	+1.8	−0.00
2013 playoffs	SF	3	20	153	1	7.65	+0.367	60.0	+7.3	+0.39
2014	SF	16	41	146	0	3.56	−0.440	35.7	−18.5	−0.97
2015	SF	9	17	92	1	5.41	−0.020	64.7	−0.3	+0.00
2016	SF	11	29	143	1	4.93	−0.201	46.9	−6.4	−0.00
Career	SF	67	155	730	11	4.71	−0.151	47.8	−24.0	−1.07

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
2013	SF	16	1
2013 playoffs	SF	3	1
2016	SF	11	1
Career	SF	67	2

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	SF	12	684	88.4	–	–

Pressure and play action

Regular season. Pressure from 2016; play action, blitzes and interception-worthy throws (per attempt) from 2022. The sources changed in 2023, so compare a season with its league, not across years. Pressure and time to throw: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on); play action, blitzes and interception-worthy throws: FTN Data via nflverse (2022 on). Both CC BY-SA 4.0; aggregated by Red Zone Math, and this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Dropbacks	Pressured %	EPA/db pressured	EPA/db clean	Time to throw (s)	Play action %	EPA/db with play action	Blitzed %	EPA/db vs a blitz	Interception- worthy %
2016	418	20.6	−0.14	+0.22	2.77	–	–	–	–	–

Game logs

2016 game log (11 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Tackles
6	2016-10-16	@ BUF	L 16–45	13/29	187	1	0	+0.06	+18.8	3	14	0	+0.9	0
7	2016-10-23	vs TB	L 17–34	16/34	143	1	1	−0.14	−13.6	3	20	0	+1.2	0
9	2016-11-06	vs NO	L 23–41	24/39	398	2	1	+0.17	+4.6	3	2	0	−4.9	0
10	2016-11-13	@ ARI	L 20–23	17/30	210	1	0	+0.09	+6.8	4	20	1	+2.3	0
11	2016-11-20	vs NE	L 17–30	16/30	206	2	0	+0.08	−4.4	2	1	0	−1.2	0
12	2016-11-27	@ MIA	L 24–31	29/45	296	3	1	+0.20	−4.6	4	33	0	+1.6	0
13	2016-12-04	@ CHI	L 6–26	1/5	4	0	0	−0.76	−21.6	3	5	0	−1.0	0
14	2016-12-11	vs NYJ	L 17–23 OT	15/26	133	1	0	−0.26	−14.8	1	13	0	+1.0	0
15	2016-12-18	@ ATL	L 13–41	20/33	183	2	0	+0.02	−2.1	2	17	0	+0.2	0
16	2016-12-24	@ LA	W 22–21	28/37	266	2	1	+0.18	+9.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2017-01-01	vs SEA	L 23–25	17/22	215	1	0	+0.10	+18.7	4	18	0	−6.5	1

2015 game log (9 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA
1	2015-09-14	vs MIN	W 20–3	17/26	165	0	0	+0.20	+24.9	1	4	0	+0.2
2	2015-09-20	@ PIT	L 18–43	33/46	335	2	0	+0.15	−4.7	5	35	0	−2.8
3	2015-09-27	@ ARI	L 7–47	9/19	67	0	4	−0.88	−18.4	3	22	1	+4.0
4	2015-10-04	vs GB	L 3–17	13/25	160	0	1	−0.23	−5.3	6	30	0	−0.9
5	2015-10-11	@ NYG	L 27–30	23/35	262	2	0	+0.37	+38.2	0	0	0	0.0
6	2015-10-18	vs BAL	W 25–20	16/27	340	2	0	+0.42	+54.7	1	-1	0	−0.6
7	2015-10-22	vs SEA	L 3–20	13/24	124	0	0	−0.38	−11.3	0	0	0	0.0
8	2015-11-01	@ LA	L 6–27	20/41	162	0	0	−0.30	−10.9	1	2	0	−0.3
9	2015-11-08	vs ATL	W 17–16	0/1	0	0	0	−0.93	−3.3	0	0	0	0.0

2014 game log (16 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA
1	2014-09-07	@ DAL	W 28–17	16/23	201	2	0	+0.42	+14.2	3	13	−2.3
2	2014-09-14	vs CHI	L 20–28	21/34	248	1	3	−0.03	−41.7	5	18	−4.4
3	2014-09-21	@ ARI	L 14–23	29/37	245	1	0	+0.23	+22.9	6	26	−1.4
4	2014-09-28	vs PHI	W 26–21	17/30	218	2	1	−0.10	+4.1	2	19	+2.8
5	2014-10-05	vs KC	W 22–17	14/26	201	1	0	+0.12	+14.1	3	1	−2.2
6	2014-10-13	@ LA	W 31–17	22/35	343	3	0	+0.57	+51.6	2	14	+1.8
7	2014-10-19	@ DEN	L 17–42	24/39	263	1	1	−0.09	−3.6	1	7	+0.0
9	2014-11-02	vs LA	L 10–13	22/33	237	1	0	−0.08	+5.5	3	9	−4.9
10	2014-11-09	@ NO	W 27–24 OT	14/32	210	1	0	−0.10	−14.9	2	6	−0.5
11	2014-11-16	@ NYG	W 16–10	15/29	193	1	0	+0.28	+24.0	4	9	−1.5
12	2014-11-23	vs WAS	W 17–13	20/29	256	1	1	+0.26	+25.6	3	2	−2.8
13	2014-11-27	vs SEA	L 3–19	16/29	121	0	2	−0.30	−25.1	0	0	0.0
14	2014-12-07	@ LV	L 13–24	18/33	174	1	2	−0.03	−9.1	1	-7	−1.6
15	2014-12-14	@ SEA	L 7–17	11/19	141	0	0	−0.13	−4.7	5	30	+0.2
16	2014-12-20	vs LAC	L 35–38 OT	15/24	114	1	0	+0.08	+36.7	1	-1	−1.8
17	2014-12-28	vs ARI	W 20–17	15/26	204	2	0	+0.32	+23.4	0	0	0.0

2013 game log (19 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Tackles
1	2013-09-08	vs GB	W 34–28	27/39	412	3	0	+0.55	+81.7	3	-8	0	−2.1	0
2	2013-09-15	@ SEA	L 3–29	13/28	127	0	3	−0.58	−39.1	5	21	0	+1.0	0
3	2013-09-22	vs IND	L 7–27	13/27	150	0	1	−0.29	−21.6	1	-5	0	−1.1	0
4	2013-09-26	@ LA	W 35–11	15/23	167	2	0	+0.24	+21.3	1	0	0	−5.3	0
5	2013-10-06	vs HOU	W 34–3	6/15	113	1	0	+0.32	+6.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2013-10-13	vs ARI	W 32–20	16/29	252	2	1	+0.01	−4.0	2	2	0	−1.9	0
7	2013-10-20	@ TEN	W 31–17	13/21	199	0	0	+0.47	+22.7	6	42	1	+4.9	0
8	2013-10-27	@ JAX	W 42–10	10/16	164	1	0	+0.75	+1.4	4	24	2	+5.9	0
10	2013-11-10	vs CAR	L 9–10	11/22	91	0	1	−0.28	−76.9	1	-6	0	−1.7	1
11	2013-11-17	@ NO	L 20–23	17/31	127	2	1	−0.00	−13.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2013-11-25	@ WAS	W 27–6	15/24	235	3	0	+0.46	+9.7	2	10	0	+0.0	0
13	2013-12-01	vs LA	W 23–13	19/28	275	1	0	+0.42	+18.9	1	6	0	+0.2	0
14	2013-12-08	vs SEA	W 19–17	15/29	175	1	1	−0.02	−2.0	4	13	0	−0.5	0
15	2013-12-15	@ TB	W 33–14	19/29	203	2	0	+0.29	+19.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2013-12-23	vs ATL	W 34–24	13/21	197	1	0	+0.32	+7.7	3	15	1	+2.1	0
17	2013-12-29	@ ARI	W 23–20	21/34	310	2	0	+0.26	+62.3	2	15	0	+0.3	0
P18	2014-01-05	@ GB	W 23–20	16/30	227	1	1	+0.14	+29.9	7	98	0	+5.9	1
P19	2014-01-12	@ CAR	W 23–10	15/28	196	1	0	+0.46	+37.0	7	8	1	+1.5	0
P20	2014-01-19	@ SEA	L 17–23	14/24	153	1	2	+0.05	−2.8	6	47	0	−0.1	0

2012 game log (16 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA
1	2012-09-09	@ GB	W 30–22	–	0	0	0	–	0.0	1	17	0	+0.3
4	2012-09-30	@ NYJ	W 34–0	0/1	0	0	0	−0.47	−1.3	3	54	1	+7.4
5	2012-10-07	vs BUF	W 45–3	1/1	7	0	0	−0.08	−0.2	3	37	1	+0.5
6	2012-10-14	vs NYG	L 3–26	4/7	82	0	0	−0.05	+4.0	1	-1	0	−1.1
7	2012-10-18	vs SEA	W 13–6	–	0	0	0	–	0.0	1	-1	0	−1.0
10	2012-11-11	vs LA	T 24–24 OT	11/17	117	0	0	−0.09	−16.9	3	21	1	+3.6
11	2012-11-19	vs CHI	W 32–7	16/23	243	2	0	+0.49	+30.5	1	3	0	−0.5
12	2012-11-25	@ NO	W 31–21	16/25	231	1	1	+0.35	+33.1	4	9	1	−0.0
13	2012-12-02	@ LA	L 13–16 OT	21/32	208	0	0	+0.18	+24.7	4	18	0	−7.2
14	2012-12-09	vs MIA	W 27–13	18/23	185	0	0	+0.10	+2.1	3	57	1	+6.0
15	2012-12-16	@ NE	W 41–34	14/25	221	4	1	+0.33	+28.3	6	9	0	−6.5
16	2012-12-23	@ SEA	L 13–42	19/36	244	1	1	+0.07	−9.5	2	2	0	−0.4
17	2012-12-30	vs ARI	W 27–13	16/28	276	2	0	+0.53	+5.3	1	-5	0	−1.6
P19	2013-01-12	vs GB	W 45–31	17/31	263	2	1	+0.23	+10.5	12	149	2	+10.1
P20	2013-01-20	@ ATL	W 28–24	16/21	233	1	0	+0.64	+31.5	1	-2	0	−0.8
P21	2013-02-03	vs BAL	L 31–34	16/28	302	1	1	+0.25	−22.4	2	12	0	+0.8

2011 game log (2 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
5	2011-10-09	vs TB	W 48–3	3/3	35	0	0	+1.40	+0.0
13	2011-12-04	vs LA	W 26–0	0/2	0	0	0	−1.05	−0.0