Derek Anderson

QB · CLE/ARI/CAR/BUF · 2006–2018

Born June 15, 1983 · College Oregon State · Drafted 2005, round 6, pick 213 (BAL) · 6-6, 235 lb

Pro Bowl (2007)

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)
2006	CLE	4	66	117	56.4	793	5	8	127	−0.227	−0.165−0.285 to −0.045	−0.74	−0.94	−2.2	41.7	3.77	–
2007	CLE	16	298	527	56.5	3,786	29	19	570	+0.086	+0.095+0.006 to +0.184	+0.48	+2.72	−1.2	46.3	6.36	14
2008	CLE	10	142	283	50.2	1,615	9	8	321	−0.058	−0.025−0.128 to +0.078	−0.11	−0.35	−10.1	41.7	4.51	29
2009	CLE	8	81	182	44.5	888	3	10	201	−0.323	−0.159−0.272 to −0.047	−0.54	−1.09	−14.1	31.3	2.20	35
2010	ARI	12	169	327	51.7	2,065	7	10	368	−0.135	−0.045−0.145 to +0.054	−0.26	−0.96	−8.2	40.2	4.49	33
2012	CAR	2	4	4	100.0	58	0	0	6	+0.363	−0.117−0.253 to +0.019	+1.70	+0.10	+40.4	66.7	14.50	–
2014	CAR	5	65	97	67.0	701	5	0	105	+0.253	−0.039−0.162 to +0.083	+0.55	+0.58	+8.0	52.4	7.84	–
2015	CAR	2	4	6	66.7	36	0	0	6	−0.001	−0.109−0.245 to +0.027	+0.02	+0.00	+12.4	33.3	6.00	–
2016	CAR	4	36	53	67.9	453	2	5	58	−0.106	−0.112−0.240 to +0.017	−0.46	−0.27	+4.4	58.6	5.06	–
2017	CAR	2	2	8	25.0	17	0	0	8	−0.524	−0.147−0.283 to −0.011	−0.22	−0.02	−34.0	12.5	2.12	–
2017 playoffs	CAR	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	−0.893		−2.48	−0.02	−89.4	0.0	0.00	–
2018	BUF	2	42	70	60.0	465	0	4	77	−0.510	−0.165−0.291 to −0.039	−0.27	−0.21	−4.8	37.7	3.36	–
Career	BUF	68	909	1,674	54.3	10,877	60	64	1,847	−0.072		−0.02	−0.43	−5.1	42.6	4.94	–

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2006	CLE	4	2	44	0	22.00	+1.838	100.0	+3.7	+0.28
2007	CLE	16	7	26	3	3.71	+0.020	85.7	+0.1	+0.14
2008	CLE	10	12	14	0	1.17	−0.725	15.4	−9.4	−0.19
2009	CLE	8	8	10	2	1.25	+0.326	70.0	+3.3	+0.24
2010	ARI	12	2	0	0	0.00	−2.883	0.0	−5.8	−0.13
2013	CAR	1	1	2	0	2.00	−2.433	0.0	−2.4	+0.00
2014	CAR	5	4	5	0	1.25	+0.133	50.0	+0.5	+0.01
2015	CAR	2	3	2	0	0.67	−1.251	33.3	−3.8	−0.00
Career	BUF	68	39	103	5	2.64	−0.328	47.6	−13.8	+0.33

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
2006	CLE	4	1	–	–
2007	CLE	16	1	–	–
Career	BUF	68	2	0	0

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
2007	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	CAR	5	85	26.0	–	–
2017	CAR	3	13	6.8	–	–
2017 playoffs	CAR	1	1	1.4	–	–
2018	BUF	2	117	98.3	–	–

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	58	26.4	−0.58	+0.14	2.59	–	–	–	–	–
2017	8	12.5	−0.46	−0.53	2.40	–	–	–	–	–
2018	77	35.7	−0.16	−0.41	2.63	–	–	–	–	–

Game logs

2018 game log (2 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
7	2018-10-21	@ IND	L 5–37	20/31	175	0	3	−0.66	−6.9
8	2018-10-29	vs NE	L 6–25	22/39	290	0	1	−0.39	−13.7

2017 game log (3 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
3	2017-09-24	vs NO	L 13–34	2/7	17	−0.40	−0.1
16	2017-12-24	vs TB	W 22–19	0/1	0	−1.37	−1.6
P18	2018-01-07	@ NO	L 26–31	0/1	0	−0.89	−2.5

2016 game log (4 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
3	2016-09-25	vs MIN	L 10–22	1/1	3	0	0	−0.58	−0.9
4	2016-10-02	@ ATL	L 33–48	17/23	172	2	2	+0.15	−0.5
5	2016-10-10	vs TB	L 14–17	18/28	278	0	2	−0.15	−15.8
13	2016-12-04	@ SEA	L 7–40	0/1	0	0	1	−5.25	−9.6

2015 game log (2 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
11	2015-11-22	vs WAS	W 44–16	–	0	0	0	–	0.0	2	2	0	−1.0
14	2015-12-13	vs ATL	W 38–0	4/6	36	0	0	−0.00	+0.1	1	0	0	−2.7

2014 game log (5 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA
1	2014-09-07	@ TB	W 20–14	24/33	230	2	+0.26	+26.1	2	2	+1.4
3	2014-09-21	vs PIT	L 19–37	5/6	80	1	+1.04	+0.0	0	0	0.0
4	2014-09-28	@ BAL	L 10–38	6/9	71	0	+0.01	−0.0	0	0	0.0
7	2014-10-19	@ GB	L 17–38	5/8	43	1	+0.35	+0.0	0	0	0.0
15	2014-12-14	vs TB	W 19–17	25/40	277	1	+0.18	+31.8	2	3	−0.8

2013 game log (1 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA
13	2013-12-01	vs TB	W 27–6	1	2	0	−2.4

2012 game log (2 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
3	2012-09-20	vs NYG	L 7–36	3/3	46	0	0	−0.06	−0.0
17	2012-12-30	@ NO	W 44–38	1/1	12	0	0	+1.21	+10.2

2010 game log (12 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush EPA
1	2010-09-12	@ LA	W 17–13	22/41	297	1	0	+0.16	+27.6	0	0.0
2	2010-09-19	@ ATL	L 7–41	17/31	161	0	2	−0.36	−7.3	0	0.0
3	2010-09-26	vs LV	W 24–23	12/26	122	2	1	−0.02	+0.2	0	0.0
4	2010-10-03	@ LAC	L 10–41	7/14	64	0	2	−0.66	−6.4	0	0.0
5	2010-10-10	vs NO	W 30–20	1/2	6	0	0	−0.20	−0.8	0	0.0
7	2010-10-24	@ SEA	L 10–22	8/17	96	0	0	−0.02	−2.1	0	0.0
8	2010-10-31	vs TB	L 35–38	16/24	234	1	2	−0.08	−38.9	0	0.0
9	2010-11-07	@ MIN	L 24–27 OT	15/26	179	1	0	+0.01	−5.0	1	−0.3
10	2010-11-14	vs SEA	L 18–36	23/45	322	1	1	−0.26	−29.5	0	0.0
11	2010-11-21	@ KC	L 13–31	25/46	295	1	0	+0.06	−0.4	0	0.0
12	2010-11-29	vs SF	L 6–27	16/35	196	0	1	−0.30	−5.2	1	−5.4
13	2010-12-05	vs LA	L 6–19	7/20	93	0	1	−0.42	−27.8	0	0.0

2009 game log (8 games)

2009 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
3	2009-09-27	@ BAL	L 3–34	11/19	92	0	3	−0.24	−0.3	0	0	0	0.0
4	2009-10-04	vs CIN	L 20–23 OT	26/47	269	1	1	−0.16	−40.5	2	2	1	+3.2
5	2009-10-11	@ BUF	W 6–3	2/17	23	0	1	−0.86	−47.9	1	2	0	+0.4
6	2009-10-18	@ PIT	L 14–27	9/24	122	1	1	−0.51	−6.5	0	0	0	+0.7
7	2009-10-25	vs GB	L 3–31	12/29	99	0	1	−0.38	+2.2	2	3	0	−1.4
8	2009-11-01	@ CHI	L 6–30	6/17	76	0	2	−0.85	−18.8	2	1	1	−3.9
16	2009-12-27	vs LV	W 23–9	8/17	121	1	0	+0.28	+5.1	0	0	0	0.0
17	2010-01-03	vs JAX	W 23–17	7/11	86	0	1	+0.05	−2.1	1	2	0	+4.2

2008 game log (10 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA
1	2008-09-07	vs DAL	L 10–28	11/24	114	1	0	+0.19	+8.9	2	3	−2.3
2	2008-09-14	vs PIT	L 6–10	18/32	166	0	2	−0.11	−11.7	1	1	−1.1
3	2008-09-21	@ BAL	L 10–28	14/37	125	1	3	−0.52	−27.5	0	0	0.0
4	2008-09-28	@ CIN	W 20–12	15/24	138	1	1	+0.06	+11.3	2	1	−0.3
6	2008-10-13	vs NYG	W 35–14	18/29	310	2	0	+0.66	+65.1	1	0	−0.7
7	2008-10-19	@ WAS	L 11–14	14/37	136	1	0	−0.18	−17.4	3	4	−0.7
8	2008-10-26	@ JAX	W 23–17	14/27	246	1	0	+0.37	+27.8	0	0	0.0
9	2008-11-02	vs BAL	L 27–37	17/33	219	2	1	−0.21	−40.5	0	0	0.0
12	2008-11-23	vs HOU	L 6–16	5/14	51	0	1	−0.30	−7.4	1	0	−5.0
13	2008-11-30	vs IND	L 6–10	16/26	110	0	0	−0.32	−43.8	2	5	+0.7

2007 game log (16 games)

2007 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	2007-09-09	vs PIT	L 7–34	13/28	184	1	1	+0.08	−1.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2007-09-16	vs CIN	W 51–45	20/33	328	5	1	+0.53	+82.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2007-09-23	@ LV	L 24–26	18/34	248	1	2	−0.06	+61.5	1	1	1	+1.1	0
4	2007-09-30	vs BAL	W 27–13	10/18	204	2	1	+0.15	+15.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2007-10-07	@ NE	L 17–34	22/42	287	2	3	−0.21	−2.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2007-10-14	vs MIA	W 41–31	18/25	245	3	0	+0.82	+42.0	1	1	1	+0.7	0
8	2007-10-28	@ LA	W 27–20	18/25	248	3	0	+0.61	+52.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2007-11-04	vs SEA	W 33–30 OT	29/48	364	0	1	+0.26	+68.9	2	21	0	+2.0	0
10	2007-11-11	@ PIT	L 28–31	16/32	123	3	0	+0.08	+19.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2007-11-18	@ BAL	W 33–30 OT	24/38	274	0	1	−0.12	−9.6	2	3	1	+1.2	0
12	2007-11-25	vs HOU	W 27–17	24/35	253	2	1	+0.09	+10.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2007-12-02	@ ARI	L 21–27	21/40	304	2	2	+0.04	−14.2	1	0	0	−4.8	1
14	2007-12-09	@ NYJ	W 24–18	16/29	185	2	1	+0.10	+12.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2007-12-16	vs BUF	W 8–0	9/24	137	0	0	−0.23	−5.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2007-12-23	@ CIN	L 14–19	29/48	250	2	4	−0.23	−50.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2007-12-30	vs SF	W 20–7	11/20	152	1	1	−0.13	−8.2	0	0	0	0.0	0

2006 game log (4 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
13	2006-12-03	vs KC	W 31–28 OT	12/21	171	2	1	+0.26	−30.4	2	44	+3.7	0
14	2006-12-07	@ PIT	L 7–27	21/36	276	1	1	−0.04	−1.8	0	0	0.0	1
15	2006-12-17	@ BAL	L 17–27	23/32	223	2	2	−0.33	−9.0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2006-12-24	vs TB	L 7–22	10/27	123	0	4	−0.70	−53.1	0	0	0.0	0