David Montgomery

RB · CHI/DET/HOU · 2019–2026

Born June 7, 1997 · College Iowa State · Drafted 2019, round 3, pick 73 (CHI) · 5-11, 230 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)
2019	CHI	16	242	889	6	3.67	−0.181	−0.120−0.174 to −0.065	32.8	−44.8	−0.28
2020	CHI	15	247	1,070	8	4.33	−0.059	−0.050−0.104 to +0.004	38.0	−14.7	−0.04
2020 playoffs	CHI	1	12	31	0	2.58	−0.312		8.3	−3.7	−0.01
2021	CHI	13	224	846	7	3.78	−0.110	−0.081−0.136 to −0.026	36.0	−25.2	−0.09
2022	CHI	16	201	801	5	3.99	−0.100	−0.077−0.133 to −0.021	35.6	−20.7	−0.27
2023	DET	14	219	1,015	13	4.63	+0.043	−0.057−0.112 to −0.002	44.1	+9.5	+0.86
2023 playoffs	DET	3	39	183	2	4.69	+0.021		48.7	+0.8	+0.26
2024	DET	14	185	775	12	4.19	−0.065	−0.076−0.133 to −0.020	47.3	−12.2	−0.19
2024 playoffs	DET	1	7	28	0	4.00	+0.131		62.5	+1.1	+0.03
2025	DET	17	158	716	8	4.53	−0.035	−0.069−0.126 to −0.012	41.7	−5.7	+0.08
2026	HOU	5	52	138	2	2.65	−0.345	−0.130−0.192 to −0.068	25.0	−18.0	−0.43
Career	HOU	110	1,528	6,250	61	4.09	−0.085		38.5	−131.8	−0.35

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2019	CHI	16	35	25	185	1	71.4	−0.060	6.2	2.7	−2.1	+0.12
2020	CHI	15	68	54	438	2	79.4	+0.051	12.0	0.9	+3.5	+0.39
2020 playoffs	CHI	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	−1.330	3.7	4.0	−1.3	−0.02
2021	CHI	13	51	42	301	0	82.4	+0.103	12.1	0.9	+5.3	+0.26
2022	CHI	16	40	34	316	1	85.0	+0.168	11.8	1.3	+6.7	+0.12
2023	DET	14	24	16	117	0	66.7	−0.341	5.2	-0.8	−8.2	+0.01
2023 playoffs	DET	3	7	6	45	0	85.7	+0.392	6.5	1.0	+2.7	+0.12
2024	DET	14	38	36	341	0	94.7	+0.419	8.9	-0.5	+15.9	+0.32
2025	DET	17	29	24	192	0	82.8	+0.108	5.3	0.4	+3.1	+0.06
2026	HOU	5	7	7	48	1	100.0	+0.653	4.1	3.6	+4.6	+0.10
Career	HOU	110	292	238	1,938	5	81.5	+0.099	8.3	0.9	+28.8	+1.39

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
2019	CHI	16	2
2020	CHI	15	1
2021	CHI	13	1
2023	DET	14	1
Career	HOU	110	5

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
2019	CHI	16	606	57.3	–	–
2020	CHI	15	747	74.2	–	–
2020 playoffs	CHI	1	36	73.5	–	–
2021	CHI	13	631	74.7	–	–
2022	CHI	16	622	65.3	–	–
2023	DET	14	444	48.1	–	–
2023 playoffs	DET	3	102	52.6	–	–
2024	DET	14	389	42.1	–	–
2024 playoffs	DET	1	17	25.8	–	–
2025	DET	17	405	37.3	–	–

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	40	87.5	1	2.9	0	–
2023	24	79.2	2	10.5	2	0.0
2024	38	94.7	0	0.0	1	100.0
2025	29	82.8	0	0.0	0	–
2026	7	100.0	0	0.0	0	–

Game logs

2026 game log (5 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2026-09-13	vs BUF	L 31–36	20	60	2	−0.3	3	3	19	1	+2.6
2	2026-09-20	vs CIN	L 6–20	6	10	0	−6.4	2	2	14	0	+0.4
3	2026-09-27	@ IND	L 17–19	11	33	0	−5.8	2	2	15	0	+1.5
4	2026-10-04	vs DAL	L 30–34	10	24	0	−3.6	0	0	0	0	0.0
5	2026-10-11	@ TEN	W 26–3	5	11	0	−1.9	0	0	0	0	0.0

2025 game log (17 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2025-09-07	@ GB	L 13–27	11	25	0	−2.5	4	4	18	+0.0
2	2025-09-14	vs CHI	W 52–21	11	57	1	−1.2	1	1	4	−0.2
3	2025-09-22	@ BAL	W 38–30	12	151	2	+9.6	1	1	13	+0.8
4	2025-09-28	vs CLE	W 34–10	9	12	0	−4.6	1	0	0	−1.5
5	2025-10-05	@ CIN	W 37–24	18	65	1	+0.5	1	1	6	+1.1
6	2025-10-12	@ KC	L 17–30	4	24	0	−0.1	2	2	37	+2.3
7	2025-10-20	vs TB	W 24–9	13	21	0	−6.3	3	2	18	−0.1
9	2025-11-02	vs MIN	L 24–27	11	40	1	−2.8	4	2	10	−1.6
10	2025-11-09	@ WAS	W 44–22	15	71	0	−1.2	1	1	0	−0.7
11	2025-11-16	@ PHI	L 9–16	6	27	0	−1.0	1	1	10	+0.6
12	2025-11-23	vs NYG	W 34–27 OT	5	18	0	+0.6	3	3	19	−0.2
13	2025-11-27	vs GB	L 24–31	8	32	1	+0.0	2	2	16	+1.0
14	2025-12-04	vs DAL	W 44–30	6	60	1	+4.6	1	1	13	+1.0
15	2025-12-14	@ LA	L 34–41	7	32	1	+1.4	1	0	0	−0.5
16	2025-12-21	vs PIT	L 24–29	4	14	0	−0.8	0	0	0	0.0
17	2025-12-25	@ MIN	L 10–23	10	25	0	−1.7	2	2	15	+0.4
18	2026-01-04	@ CHI	W 19–16	8	42	0	+0.0	1	1	13	+0.8

2024 game log (15 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2024-09-08	vs LA	W 26–20 OT	17	91	1	+6.5	1	1	2	−0.6
2	2024-09-15	vs TB	L 16–20	11	35	1	+0.6	4	4	35	+0.4
3	2024-09-22	@ ARI	W 20–13	23	105	1	−3.2	3	3	17	+0.9
4	2024-09-30	vs SEA	W 42–29	12	40	1	−1.6	1	1	40	+2.3
6	2024-10-13	@ DAL	W 47–9	12	80	2	+5.6	1	1	0	−0.6
7	2024-10-20	@ MIN	W 31–29	9	31	0	−13.5	4	3	39	+1.4
8	2024-10-27	vs TEN	W 52–14	9	33	1	+1.6	1	1	5	+0.5
9	2024-11-03	@ GB	W 24–14	17	73	0	−1.6	3	3	23	+1.4
10	2024-11-10	@ HOU	W 26–23	12	32	1	−1.4	2	1	24	+0.9
11	2024-11-17	vs JAX	W 52–6	15	75	2	+2.5	3	3	20	+1.2
12	2024-11-24	@ IND	W 24–6	8	37	1	−1.1	3	3	36	+2.4
13	2024-11-28	vs CHI	W 23–20	21	88	0	−2.9	3	3	36	+2.8
14	2024-12-05	vs GB	W 34–31	14	51	1	+0.2	5	5	33	+1.7
15	2024-12-15	vs BUF	L 42–48	5	4	0	−4.0	4	4	31	+1.2
P20	2025-01-18	vs WAS	L 31–45	7	28	0	+1.1	0	0	0	0.0

2023 game log (17 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-07	@ KC	W 21–20	21	74	1	−2.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2023-09-17	vs SEA	L 31–37 OT	16	67	1	−5.8	1	1	7	+0.7	0
4	2023-09-28	@ GB	W 34–20	32	121	3	+2.8	2	2	20	+1.4	0
5	2023-10-08	vs CAR	W 42–24	19	109	1	+4.6	6	2	20	−2.8	0
6	2023-10-15	@ TB	W 20–6	6	14	0	−1.9	1	1	19	+1.1	0
10	2023-11-12	@ LAC	W 41–38	12	116	1	+6.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2023-11-19	vs CHI	W 31–26	12	76	1	+2.8	2	2	22	+1.1	0
12	2023-11-23	vs GB	L 22–29	15	71	1	+2.5	1	0	0	−0.6	0
13	2023-12-03	@ NO	W 33–28	18	56	1	−3.9	2	1	-1	−2.1	0
14	2023-12-10	@ CHI	L 13–28	10	66	0	+3.1	3	3	19	+1.7	0
15	2023-12-16	vs DEN	W 42–17	17	85	0	+0.9	3	2	-3	−3.7	0
16	2023-12-24	@ MIN	W 30–24	17	55	1	−0.5	2	2	14	+1.1	0
17	2023-12-30	@ DAL	L 19–20	14	65	1	+1.3	1	0	0	−6.1	1
18	2024-01-07	vs MIN	W 30–20	10	40	1	−1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
P19	2024-01-14	vs LA	W 24–23	14	57	1	−0.1	1	1	11	+1.1	0
P20	2024-01-21	vs TB	W 31–23	10	33	0	−2.5	4	3	14	+0.1	0
P21	2024-01-28	@ SF	L 31–34	15	93	1	+3.3	2	2	20	+1.6	0

2022 game log (16 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	vs SF	W 19–10	17	26	0	−8.7	4	3	24	0	+1.2
2	2022-09-18	@ GB	L 10–27	15	122	0	+7.0	2	2	14	0	−0.8
3	2022-09-25	vs HOU	W 23–20	3	11	0	−1.9	0	0	0	0	0.0
5	2022-10-09	@ MIN	L 22–29	12	20	1	−3.1	4	4	62	0	+4.3
6	2022-10-13	vs WAS	L 7–12	15	67	0	+2.2	1	1	13	0	+1.1
7	2022-10-24	@ NE	W 33–14	15	62	1	−0.1	0	0	0	0	0.0
8	2022-10-30	@ DAL	L 29–49	15	53	0	+1.8	3	3	22	0	−6.3
9	2022-11-06	vs MIA	L 32–35	14	36	0	−3.9	2	1	8	0	+0.1
10	2022-11-13	vs DET	L 30–31	9	37	0	−3.6	1	1	7	0	−0.4
11	2022-11-20	@ ATL	L 24–27	17	67	1	−1.7	4	3	54	0	+1.2
12	2022-11-27	@ NYJ	L 10–31	14	79	0	+2.1	4	3	34	0	+1.8
13	2022-12-04	vs GB	L 19–28	14	61	1	+0.8	5	4	6	0	−1.8
15	2022-12-18	vs PHI	L 20–25	12	53	1	+1.1	3	3	38	1	+4.7
16	2022-12-24	vs BUF	L 13–35	16	62	0	−9.5	4	4	22	0	+2.8
17	2023-01-01	@ DET	L 10–41	6	24	0	−0.3	3	2	12	0	−0.9
18	2023-01-08	vs MIN	L 13–29	7	21	0	−3.0	0	0	0	0	0.0

2021 game log (13 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	@ LA	L 14–34	16	108	1	+4.6	1	1	10	+0.8	0
2	2021-09-19	vs CIN	W 20–17	20	61	0	−7.6	4	3	18	+1.3	0
3	2021-09-26	@ CLE	L 6–26	10	34	0	−2.9	4	2	21	−0.6	0
4	2021-10-03	vs DET	W 24–14	23	106	2	+4.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2021-11-08	@ PIT	L 27–29	13	63	0	+0.6	2	2	17	−0.6	0
11	2021-11-21	vs BAL	L 13–16	14	58	0	−3.4	1	1	9	−0.1	0
12	2021-11-25	@ DET	W 16–14	17	46	0	−5.6	3	3	28	+2.9	0
13	2021-12-05	vs ARI	L 22–33	20	87	1	+2.8	9	8	51	−3.6	1
14	2021-12-12	@ GB	L 30–45	10	42	0	−0.7	7	6	39	−0.5	0
15	2021-12-20	vs MIN	L 9–17	18	60	0	−8.6	6	5	23	+1.5	0
16	2021-12-26	@ SEA	W 25–24	21	45	1	−4.7	9	7	61	+2.0	0
17	2022-01-02	vs NYG	W 29–3	22	64	2	−3.1	2	2	17	+1.7	0
18	2022-01-09	@ MIN	L 17–31	20	72	0	−1.1	3	2	7	+0.4	0

2020 game log (16 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	@ DET	W 27–23	13	64	0	+1.7	3	1	10	0	−0.6	0
2	2020-09-20	vs NYG	W 17–13	16	82	0	−1.8	3	3	45	1	+5.5	1
3	2020-09-27	@ ATL	W 30–26	14	45	0	−3.4	3	2	9	0	−0.1	0
4	2020-10-04	vs IND	L 11–19	10	27	0	−1.4	6	3	30	0	+0.4	0
5	2020-10-08	vs TB	W 20–19	10	29	1	−1.9	8	7	30	0	−0.4	0
6	2020-10-18	@ CAR	W 23–16	19	58	0	−3.4	5	4	39	0	+0.2	0
7	2020-10-26	@ LA	L 10–24	14	48	0	−2.2	5	5	21	0	−1.6	0
8	2020-11-01	vs NO	L 23–26 OT	21	89	0	−3.2	5	2	16	0	−0.6	0
9	2020-11-08	@ TEN	L 17–24	14	30	0	−7.5	3	3	12	0	−8.7	0
12	2020-11-29	@ GB	L 25–41	11	103	0	+6.1	6	5	40	1	+4.6	0
13	2020-12-06	vs DET	L 30–34	17	72	2	−3.5	4	4	39	0	+2.4	0
14	2020-12-13	vs HOU	W 36–7	11	113	1	+5.4	4	3	42	0	+1.2	0
15	2020-12-20	@ MIN	W 33–27	32	146	2	+1.6	2	1	16	0	+0.8	0
16	2020-12-27	@ JAX	W 41–17	23	95	1	+2.1	2	2	26	0	+1.4	0
17	2021-01-03	vs GB	L 16–35	22	69	1	−3.3	9	9	63	0	−1.1	0
P18	2021-01-10	@ NO	L 9–21	12	31	0	−3.7	1	0	0	0	−1.3	0

2019 game log (16 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	2019-09-05	vs GB	L 3–10	6	18	0	−0.4	1	1	27	0	+1.7	0
2	2019-09-15	@ DEN	W 16–14	18	62	1	−0.3	3	1	6	0	−0.9	0
3	2019-09-23	@ WAS	W 31–15	13	67	0	+0.1	3	3	14	0	+0.3	0
4	2019-09-29	vs MIN	W 16–6	21	53	0	−7.7	5	3	14	0	−1.4	0
5	2019-10-06	@ LV	L 21–24	11	25	1	−4.3	1	1	11	0	+1.9	0
7	2019-10-20	vs NO	L 25–36	2	6	0	−5.7	2	2	13	0	+0.4	1
8	2019-10-27	vs LAC	L 16–17	27	135	1	−0.0	5	4	12	0	−1.6	0
9	2019-11-03	@ PHI	L 14–22	14	40	2	−1.4	4	3	36	0	+0.1	0
10	2019-11-10	vs DET	W 20–13	17	60	0	−0.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2019-11-17	@ LA	L 7–17	14	31	0	−5.8	3	1	19	0	−2.0	0
12	2019-11-24	vs NYG	W 19–14	13	22	0	−6.6	3	2	9	0	−0.8	1
13	2019-11-28	@ DET	W 24–20	16	75	0	−2.0	2	2	12	1	+2.0	0
14	2019-12-05	vs DAL	W 31–24	20	86	0	−6.5	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
15	2019-12-15	@ GB	L 13–21	14	39	0	−4.1	1	1	10	0	+0.1	0
16	2019-12-22	vs KC	L 3–26	13	57	0	−0.8	1	1	2	0	−1.4	0
17	2019-12-29	@ MIN	W 21–19	23	113	1	+1.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0