Darren McFadden

RB · LV/DAL · 2008–2017

Born August 27, 1987 · College Arkansas · Drafted 2008, round 1, pick 4 (LV) · 6-1, 222 lb

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)
2008	LV	13	113	499	4	4.42	−0.044	−0.072−0.131 to −0.013	36.5	−5.0	+0.20
2009	LV	12	104	356	1	3.42	−0.301	−0.126−0.186 to −0.067	28.0	−32.2	−0.61
2010	LV	13	223	1,157	7	5.19	−0.044	−0.079−0.134 to −0.024	36.2	−10.0	+0.02
2011	LV	7	113	614	4	5.43	+0.009	−0.082−0.141 to −0.023	34.2	+1.1	+0.30
2012	LV	12	216	707	2	3.27	−0.269	−0.127−0.182 to −0.072	29.3	−59.7	−0.93
2013	LV	10	114	379	5	3.32	−0.203	−0.119−0.178 to −0.060	28.9	−23.2	−0.06
2014	LV	16	155	534	2	3.45	−0.215	−0.138−0.195 to −0.080	28.1	−34.4	−0.29
2015	DAL	16	239	1,089	3	4.56	−0.077	−0.099−0.153 to −0.044	39.8	−19.0	−0.24
2016	DAL	3	24	87	0	3.62	−0.064	−0.113−0.176 to −0.050	41.7	−1.5	−0.02
2017	DAL	1	1	-2	0	-2.00	−1.025	−0.133−0.197 to −0.068	0.0	−1.0	−0.01
Career	DAL	103	1,302	5,420	28	4.16	−0.139		33.4	−185.1	−1.63

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2008	LV	13	38	29	269	0	76.3	+0.023	11.7	0.7	+0.9	+0.11
2009	LV	12	36	21	245	0	58.3	−0.065	9.4	3.9	−2.4	+0.05
2010	LV	13	61	47	507	3	77.0	+0.363	14.7	0.0	+22.2	+0.22
2011	LV	7	23	19	154	1	82.6	−0.015	10.8	0.0	−0.4	+0.25
2012	LV	12	62	42	258	1	67.7	−0.241	13.7	0.9	−15.0	−0.31
2013	LV	10	25	17	108	0	68.0	+0.041	7.8	1.0	+1.0	−0.00
2014	LV	16	56	36	212	0	64.3	−0.310	9.0	-0.0	−17.4	−0.28
2015	DAL	16	53	40	328	0	75.5	−0.192	10.2	-0.1	−10.2	−0.43
2016	DAL	3	5	3	17	0	60.0	−0.167	5.9	-2.0	−0.8	+0.00
Career	DAL	103	359	254	2,098	5	70.8	−0.061	10.7	0.7	−22.0	−0.39

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	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2008	LV	13	5	–	–
2009	LV	12	1	0	0
2010	LV	13	2	0	0
2011	LV	7	2	0	0
2012	LV	12	3	0	0
2014	LV	16	3	0	0
2015	DAL	16	4	0	0
Career	DAL	103	20	0	0

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	DAL	3	48	25.9	–	–
2016 playoffs	DAL	1	1	1.5	–	–
2017	DAL	1	1	1.6	–	–

Game logs

2017 game log (1 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA
10	2017-11-12	@ ATL	L 7–27	1	-2	0	−1.0

2016 game log (3 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
15	2016-12-18	vs TB	W 26–20	3	10	+1.3	1	1	-2	−0.8
16	2016-12-26	vs DET	W 42–21	14	49	−0.8	1	0	0	−1.0
17	2017-01-01	@ PHI	L 13–27	7	28	−2.1	3	2	19	+1.0

2015 game log (16 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 NYG	W 27–26	6	16	0	−1.1	1	1	19	+1.1	0
2	2015-09-20	@ PHI	W 20–10	10	31	0	−2.3	2	2	21	+0.8	0
3	2015-09-27	vs ATL	L 28–39	6	35	1	+1.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2015-10-04	@ NO	L 20–26 OT	10	31	0	−2.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2015-10-11	vs NE	L 6–30	5	16	0	−2.6	10	9	62	+2.1	1
7	2015-10-25	@ NYG	L 20–27	29	152	1	+4.6	2	2	10	−0.0	0
8	2015-11-01	vs SEA	L 12–13	20	64	0	−3.0	8	6	49	+0.1	0
9	2015-11-08	vs PHI	L 27–33 OT	27	117	0	+2.0	2	1	5	−10.9	0
10	2015-11-15	@ TB	L 6–10	17	32	0	−5.6	4	3	26	+0.2	0
11	2015-11-22	@ MIA	W 24–14	29	129	0	−0.2	3	3	20	−1.0	1
12	2015-11-26	vs CAR	L 14–33	10	11	0	−3.8	6	4	45	+0.5	0
13	2015-12-07	@ WAS	W 19–16	14	53	1	−9.5	1	1	6	+0.2	0
14	2015-12-13	@ GB	L 7–28	9	111	0	+5.3	2	0	0	−3.1	0
15	2015-12-19	vs NYJ	L 16–19	16	100	0	+1.5	3	2	13	−1.1	0
16	2015-12-27	@ BUF	L 6–16	19	99	0	+0.2	1	1	-1	−0.9	1
17	2016-01-03	vs WAS	L 23–34	12	92	0	−3.5	8	5	53	+1.7	1

2014 game log (16 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	@ NYJ	L 14–19	4	15	0	−0.0	1	1	6	+0.1	0
2	2014-09-14	vs HOU	L 14–30	12	37	1	−2.5	3	2	31	−3.8	1
3	2014-09-21	@ NE	L 9–16	18	59	0	−3.4	4	4	6	−1.5	0
4	2014-09-28	vs MIA	L 14–38	11	40	0	−0.9	5	4	32	+2.3	1
6	2014-10-12	vs LAC	L 28–31	14	80	0	+0.1	4	2	6	−1.0	0
7	2014-10-19	vs ARI	L 13–24	14	48	1	−0.4	8	4	7	−6.0	0
8	2014-10-26	@ CLE	L 13–23	12	59	0	−8.5	6	4	26	+0.2	0
9	2014-11-02	@ SEA	L 24–30	13	20	0	−6.2	5	4	47	+2.1	0
10	2014-11-09	vs DEN	L 17–41	7	14	0	−2.5	7	4	22	−0.6	0
11	2014-11-16	@ LAC	L 6–13	8	21	0	−3.3	3	0	0	−2.8	0
12	2014-11-20	vs KC	W 24–20	12	29	0	−4.2	2	2	5	−1.4	0
13	2014-11-30	@ LA	L 0–52	11	27	0	−2.6	2	2	18	+0.9	1
14	2014-12-07	vs SF	W 24–13	4	5	0	−1.9	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2014-12-14	@ KC	L 13–31	2	13	0	+0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2014-12-21	vs BUF	W 26–24	9	54	0	+2.3	2	1	0	−1.1	0
17	2014-12-28	@ DEN	L 14–47	4	13	0	−0.8	4	2	6	−4.7	0

2013 game log (10 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2013-09-08	@ IND	L 17–21	17	48	1	−0.1	5	3	18	−1.6
2	2013-09-15	vs JAX	W 19–9	19	129	0	−4.4	4	4	28	+2.9
3	2013-09-23	@ DEN	L 21–37	12	9	1	−4.6	1	0	0	−0.5
4	2013-09-29	vs WAS	L 14–24	5	29	0	−0.1	0	0	0	0.0
6	2013-10-13	@ KC	L 7–24	16	52	0	−2.3	3	3	31	+3.1
8	2013-10-27	vs PIT	W 21–18	24	73	2	−3.2	2	2	5	−0.5
9	2013-11-03	vs PHI	L 20–49	5	12	0	−1.6	2	1	3	−1.3
13	2013-11-28	@ DAL	L 24–31	5	13	0	−1.4	1	0	0	−0.2
16	2013-12-22	@ LAC	L 13–26	4	8	1	+0.4	3	1	8	−0.7
17	2013-12-29	vs DEN	L 14–34	7	6	0	−5.9	4	3	15	−0.2

2012 game log (12 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-10	vs LAC	L 14–22	15	32	0	−3.5	18	13	86	0	−2.8	0
2	2012-09-16	@ MIA	L 13–35	11	22	0	−4.3	7	2	19	0	−2.3	0
3	2012-09-23	vs PIT	W 34–31	18	113	1	+1.0	2	2	2	0	−1.1	1
4	2012-09-30	@ DEN	L 6–37	13	34	0	−5.5	1	1	4	0	+0.6	0
6	2012-10-14	@ ATL	L 20–23	27	70	1	−14.1	4	3	28	0	+1.3	1
7	2012-10-21	vs JAX	W 26–23 OT	19	53	0	−5.5	7	4	28	0	−2.0	1
8	2012-10-28	@ KC	W 26–16	29	114	0	−5.5	6	4	23	0	−1.5	0
9	2012-11-04	vs TB	L 32–42	7	17	0	−1.6	3	2	0	0	−3.0	0
14	2012-12-06	vs DEN	L 13–26	11	52	0	−2.6	4	2	12	1	+1.7	0
15	2012-12-16	vs KC	W 15–0	30	110	0	−5.3	4	4	39	0	−2.7	0
16	2012-12-23	@ CAR	L 6–17	17	33	0	−9.1	4	3	15	0	−2.5	0
17	2012-12-30	@ LAC	L 21–24	19	57	0	−3.6	2	2	2	0	−0.6	0

2011 game log (7 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2011-09-12	@ DEN	W 23–20	22	150	0	+6.0	1	1	6	0	+0.2	0
2	2011-09-18	@ BUF	L 35–38	20	72	1	−3.3	8	7	71	1	+5.3	0
3	2011-09-25	vs NYJ	W 34–24	19	171	2	+8.0	3	3	7	0	−1.6	0
4	2011-10-02	vs NE	L 19–31	14	75	0	−1.2	6	4	48	0	−4.0	1
5	2011-10-09	@ HOU	W 25–20	16	51	0	−7.7	3	2	17	0	+0.3	0
6	2011-10-16	vs CLE	W 24–17	20	91	1	−0.1	1	1	2	0	−0.4	1
7	2011-10-23	vs KC	L 0–28	2	4	0	−0.8	1	1	3	0	−0.1	0

2010 game log (13 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2010-09-12	@ TEN	L 13–38	18	95	0	+0.2	9	6	55	1	+3.6	0
2	2010-09-19	vs LA	W 16–14	30	145	0	−0.9	4	2	8	0	−0.9	0
3	2010-09-26	@ ARI	L 23–24	25	105	1	−1.9	3	2	17	0	+0.7	0
4	2010-10-03	vs HOU	L 24–31	12	47	0	−0.5	7	6	82	0	+3.1	0
7	2010-10-24	@ DEN	W 59–14	16	165	3	+11.4	2	2	31	1	+5.4	0
8	2010-10-31	vs SEA	W 33–3	21	111	0	−4.4	2	2	24	0	+1.1	0
9	2010-11-07	vs KC	W 23–20 OT	17	89	0	−6.0	4	4	25	0	+0.3	0
11	2010-11-21	@ PIT	L 3–35	10	14	0	−4.1	4	2	16	0	−0.0	0
12	2010-11-28	vs MIA	L 17–33	8	2	0	−4.7	10	7	63	0	+0.7	1
13	2010-12-05	@ LAC	W 28–13	19	97	1	+3.6	3	3	30	0	+1.1	1
14	2010-12-12	@ JAX	L 31–38	16	123	2	+5.1	3	3	86	1	+8.7	0
15	2010-12-19	vs DEN	W 39–23	20	119	0	−4.8	4	4	39	0	+0.8	0
16	2010-12-26	vs IND	L 26–31	11	45	0	−2.9	6	4	31	0	−2.4	0

2009 game log (12 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-14	vs LAC	L 20–24	17	68	0	−4.2	4	2	25	−0.3	0
2	2009-09-20	@ KC	W 13–10	12	35	1	−1.6	5	2	20	−1.0	0
3	2009-09-27	vs DEN	L 3–23	12	45	0	−6.0	2	2	3	−0.4	1
4	2009-10-04	@ HOU	L 6–29	6	-3	0	−4.5	2	1	5	−0.5	0
10	2009-11-15	vs KC	L 10–16	4	11	0	−2.0	1	0	0	−0.5	0
11	2009-11-22	vs CIN	W 20–17	6	25	0	−0.3	4	3	10	−0.1	0
12	2009-11-26	@ DAL	L 7–24	6	23	0	−1.0	5	4	43	+2.1	0
13	2009-12-06	@ PIT	W 27–24	9	25	0	−2.3	2	0	0	−2.9	0
14	2009-12-13	vs WAS	L 13–34	8	21	0	−1.9	4	3	84	+3.5	0
15	2009-12-20	@ DEN	W 20–19	12	74	0	−5.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2009-12-27	@ CLE	L 9–23	7	23	0	−1.1	5	4	55	−0.4	0
17	2010-01-03	vs BAL	L 13–21	5	9	0	−1.9	2	0	0	−1.7	0

2008 game log (13 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-08	vs DEN	L 14–41	9	46	0	−0.8	1	1	11	+1.3	0
2	2008-09-14	@ KC	W 23–8	21	164	1	+4.8	1	1	9	+0.9	1
3	2008-09-21	@ BUF	L 23–24	14	42	0	−0.3	3	3	6	−1.7	0
4	2008-09-28	vs LAC	L 18–28	7	20	0	−1.9	3	2	17	−3.8	1
6	2008-10-12	@ NO	L 3–34	8	30	0	−1.0	1	0	0	−0.5	0
7	2008-10-19	vs NYJ	W 16–13 OT	8	39	0	−0.0	4	3	50	+3.6	0
11	2008-11-16	@ MIA	L 15–17	3	13	0	−0.8	2	2	1	−2.2	0
12	2008-11-23	@ DEN	W 31–10	10	38	2	+4.8	2	2	14	+1.1	0
13	2008-11-30	vs KC	L 13–20	7	13	0	−3.2	5	3	34	+0.8	0
14	2008-12-04	@ LAC	L 7–34	1	0	0	−1.4	4	2	8	−4.4	3
15	2008-12-14	vs NE	L 26–49	12	46	1	+0.7	3	3	68	+4.2	0
16	2008-12-21	vs HOU	W 27–16	12	46	0	−4.3	6	5	41	+3.4	0
17	2008-12-28	@ TB	W 31–24	1	2	0	−1.6	3	2	10	−1.8	0