Deshaun Watson

QB · HOU/CLE · 2017–2026

Born September 14, 1995 · College Clemson · Drafted 2017, round 1, pick 12 (HOU) · 6-3, 223 lb

Pro Bowl ×3 (2018, 2019, 2020)

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)
2017	HOU	7	126	204	61.8	1,699	19	8	264	+0.217	+0.055−0.052 to +0.162	+0.71	+1.87	+2.3	49.2	7.25	5
2018	HOU	16	345	505	68.3	4,165	26	9	663	+0.165	+0.155+0.070 to +0.240	+0.48	+3.20	+4.6	50.5	6.94	13
2018 playoffs	HOU	1	29	49	59.2	235	1	1	59	−0.176		−0.33	−0.19	−10.1	44.1	3.69	12
2019	HOU	15	333	495	67.3	3,852	26	12	616	+0.183	+0.155+0.068 to +0.243	+0.52	+3.18	+2.0	49.8	6.66	9
2019 playoffs	HOU	2	51	77	66.2	635	3	0	99	+0.098		+0.81	+0.80	+2.9	45.5	7.37	4
2020	HOU	16	382	544	70.2	4,823	33	7	680	+0.238	+0.216+0.132 to +0.301	+0.56	+3.79	+6.5	53.2	8.25	6
2022	CLE	6	99	170	58.2	1,102	7	5	214	−0.080	−0.071−0.182 to +0.041	−0.24	−0.52	−3.3	41.1	4.85	32
2023	CLE	6	105	171	61.4	1,115	7	4	215	−0.021	−0.060−0.172 to +0.051	−0.47	−1.01	−0.3	41.9	5.29	27
2024	CLE	7	137	216	63.4	1,148	5	3	289	−0.215	−0.084−0.189 to +0.022	−0.55	−1.58	−2.2	34.6	3.70	40
2026	CLE	8	163	249	65.5	1,806	7	3	327	+0.040	+0.080−0.022 to +0.183	+0.51	+1.65	−0.1	46.5	5.80	21
Career	CLE	81	1,690	2,554	66.2	19,710	130	51	3,268	+0.113		+0.32	+10.59	+2.4	47.9	6.54	–

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2017	HOU	7	16	82	1	5.12	+0.224	56.2	+3.6	+0.17
2018	HOU	16	32	144	4	4.50	−0.074	46.9	−2.4	−0.12
2018 playoffs	HOU	1	3	24	0	8.00	+0.487	66.7	+1.5	+0.01
2019	HOU	15	28	122	3	4.36	+0.219	57.1	+6.1	+0.43
2019 playoffs	HOU	2	9	52	2	5.78	−0.128	40.0	−1.3	−0.16
2020	HOU	16	18	59	2	3.28	−0.506	44.4	−9.1	−0.44
2022	CLE	6	15	83	1	5.53	+0.219	53.3	+3.3	+0.13
2023	CLE	6	8	38	1	4.75	−0.018	50.0	−0.1	−0.03
2024	CLE	7	9	17	1	1.89	−0.824	33.3	−7.4	−0.34
2026	CLE	8	20	45	1	2.25	−0.279	52.4	−5.9	−0.07
Career	CLE	81	146	590	14	4.04	−0.081	50.3	−11.9	−0.28

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2019	HOU	15	1	1	6	1	100.0	+1.303		0.2	0.0	+1.3	+0.01

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
2017	HOU	7	2
2018	HOU	16	1
2019	HOU	15	1
2020	HOU	16	1
2022	CLE	6	1
Career	CLE	81	6

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
2018	Pro Bowl
2019	Pro Bowl
2020	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
2017	HOU	7	457	92.5	–	–
2018	HOU	16	1,076	100.0	–	–
2018 playoffs	HOU	1	70	100.0	–	–
2019	HOU	15	983	99.5	–	–
2019 playoffs	HOU	2	143	99.3	–	–
2020	HOU	16	962	99.8	–	–
2022	CLE	6	375	98.7	–	–
2023	CLE	6	377	84.0	–	–
2024	CLE	7	413	87.3	–	–

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 %
2017	264	34.7	−0.02	+0.45	3.10	–	–	–	–	–
2018	663	36.9	+0.09	+0.46	3.01	–	–	–	–	–
2019	616	25.2	+0.08	+0.35	2.82	–	–	–	–	–
2020	680	27.5	+0.12	+0.49	2.85	–	–	–	–	–
2022	214	28.6	−0.24	+0.12	3.27	22.4	−0.05	19.6	+0.31	6.0
2023	215	35.8	−0.50	+0.24	2.87	23.7	+0.12	26.0	−0.45	4.1
2024	289	43.3	−0.55	+0.04	2.77	26.0	−0.35	35.6	−0.40	4.2
2026	327	–	–	–	–	18.0	+0.04	32.1	−0.05	2.4

Game logs

2026 game log (8 games)

2026 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	2026-09-13	@ JAX	L 10–34	16/22	205	1	1	−0.12	−13.7	3	18	0	+1.1
2	2026-09-20	@ TB	W 23–19	24/30	238	2	0	+0.34	+53.6	2	10	0	+1.1
3	2026-09-27	vs CAR	W 21–18	16/30	144	2	0	+0.17	+33.0	4	2	0	−4.5
4	2026-10-01	vs PIT	W 27–24	24/33	268	1	1	+0.34	+60.9	3	-4	0	−5.8
5	2026-10-11	@ NYJ	L 12–17	15/33	155	1	0	−0.19	−30.4	3	4	0	−2.1
6	2026-10-18	vs BAL	W 13–10	16/26	164	0	0	−0.16	+22.5	2	3	0	+0.9
7	2026-10-25	@ TEN	W 27–24	25/36	308	0	1	+0.10	+47.4	2	12	1	+4.2
8	2026-11-01	@ PIT	L 6–27	27/39	324	0	0	−0.09	−7.9	1	0	0	−0.8

2024 game log (7 games)

2024 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	2024-09-08	vs DAL	L 17–33	24/45	169	1	2	−0.36	−33.3	0	0	0	0.0
2	2024-09-15	@ JAX	W 18–13	22/34	186	0	0	+0.03	+11.7	3	12	1	−0.8
3	2024-09-22	vs NYG	L 15–21	21/37	196	2	0	−0.32	−53.0	1	0	0	−5.4
4	2024-09-29	@ LV	L 16–20	24/32	176	1	1	−0.20	−61.9	1	0	0	−1.2
5	2024-10-06	@ WAS	L 13–34	15/28	125	1	0	−0.41	−23.9	0	0	0	0.0
6	2024-10-13	@ PHI	L 16–20	16/23	168	0	0	+0.01	−0.3	2	5	0	+0.5
7	2024-10-20	vs CIN	L 14–21	15/17	128	0	0	−0.03	+3.2	2	0	0	−0.6

2023 game log (6 games)

2023 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	2023-09-10	vs CIN	W 24–3	16/29	154	1	1	−0.26	−21.9	2	26	1	+4.4
2	2023-09-18	@ PIT	L 22–26	22/40	235	1	1	−0.29	−98.3	3	0	0	−6.1
3	2023-09-24	vs TEN	W 27–3	27/33	289	2	0	+0.50	+22.7	3	12	0	+1.5
7	2023-10-22	@ IND	W 39–38	1/5	5	0	1	−1.18	−10.1	0	0	0	0.0
9	2023-11-05	vs ARI	W 27–0	19/29	219	2	0	+0.08	−4.1	0	0	0	0.0
10	2023-11-12	@ BAL	W 33–31	20/34	213	1	1	+0.03	+10.5	0	0	0	0.0

2022 game log (6 games)

2022 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
13	2022-12-04	@ HOU	W 27–14	12/22	131	0	1	−0.16	−18.1	3	11	0	−1.1	0
14	2022-12-11	@ CIN	L 10–23	26/41	276	1	1	−0.04	−0.6	3	14	0	+1.8	0
15	2022-12-17	vs BAL	W 13–3	18/28	161	1	0	+0.06	+10.0	2	6	0	−0.2	0
16	2022-12-24	vs NO	L 10–17	15/31	135	0	1	−0.45	−59.9	3	24	1	+3.1	0
17	2023-01-01	@ WAS	W 24–10	9/18	169	3	0	+0.19	+18.1	3	26	0	−0.0	0
18	2023-01-08	@ PIT	L 14–28	19/28	230	2	2	−0.05	−1.7	1	2	0	−0.3	1

2020 game log (16 games)

2020 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	2020-09-10	@ KC	L 20–34	20/32	253	1	1	+0.11	+4.3	1	1	1	+1.4	0
2	2020-09-20	vs BAL	L 16–33	25/35	275	1	1	−0.00	−4.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2020-09-27	@ PIT	L 21–28	19/27	264	2	1	+0.21	+17.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2020-10-04	vs MIN	L 23–31	20/33	300	2	0	+0.16	+9.0	1	0	0	−3.1	0
5	2020-10-11	vs JAX	W 30–14	25/35	359	3	2	+0.37	+22.2	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2020-10-18	@ TEN	L 36–42 OT	28/36	335	4	0	+0.59	+88.0	1	8	0	+1.1	0
7	2020-10-25	vs GB	L 20–35	29/39	309	2	0	+0.20	+1.5	1	-1	0	−3.5	0
9	2020-11-08	@ JAX	W 27–25	19/32	281	2	0	+0.42	+32.9	1	0	0	−1.1	0
10	2020-11-15	@ CLE	L 7–10	20/30	163	1	0	+0.06	+0.9	5	25	0	−0.5	0
11	2020-11-22	vs NE	W 27–20	28/37	344	2	0	+0.43	+70.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2020-11-26	@ DET	W 41–25	17/25	318	4	0	+0.56	+31.2	1	1	0	−1.2	0
13	2020-12-06	vs IND	L 20–26	26/38	341	0	1	+0.05	+15.0	2	11	1	−3.5	0
14	2020-12-13	@ CHI	L 7–36	21/30	219	1	0	−0.02	+3.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2020-12-20	@ IND	L 20–27	33/41	373	2	0	+0.31	+15.2	3	9	0	+2.6	0
16	2020-12-27	vs CIN	L 31–37	24/33	324	3	0	+0.22	+30.5	2	5	0	−1.3	0
17	2021-01-03	vs TEN	L 38–41	28/39	365	3	1	+0.22	+41.3	0	0	0	0.0	0

2019 game log (17 games)

2019 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	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-09	@ NO	L 28–30	20/30	268	3	1	+0.29	+73.8	2	21	1	+3.8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2019-09-15	vs JAX	W 13–12	16/29	159	0	0	−0.19	−5.5	2	2	1	+0.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2019-09-22	@ LAC	W 27–20	25/34	351	3	0	+0.57	+71.3	2	-4	0	−6.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2019-09-29	vs CAR	L 10–16	21/32	160	0	0	−0.31	−59.9	1	1	1	+0.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2019-10-06	vs ATL	W 53–32	28/33	426	5	0	+0.98	+52.5	3	17	0	+2.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2019-10-13	@ KC	W 31–24	30/42	280	1	2	+0.35	+51.4	3	20	0	+0.7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2019-10-20	@ IND	L 23–30	23/34	308	1	2	+0.04	−7.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2019-10-27	vs LV	W 27–24	27/39	279	3	0	+0.28	+67.2	3	24	0	+3.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2019-11-03	@ JAX	W 26–3	22/28	201	2	0	+0.45	+32.8	4	18	0	+0.7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2019-11-17	@ BAL	L 7–41	18/29	169	0	1	−0.34	−17.2	1	2	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2019-11-21	vs IND	W 20–17	19/30	298	2	1	+0.23	+48.3	3	10	0	+0.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2019-12-01	vs NE	W 28–22	18/25	234	3	0	+0.41	+33.3	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	1	+1.3	0
14	2019-12-08	vs DEN	L 24–38	28/49	292	1	2	+0.06	−43.7	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2019-12-15	@ TEN	W 24–21	19/27	243	2	2	+0.21	+27.5	3	9	0	−0.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2019-12-21	@ TB	W 23–20	19/32	184	0	1	−0.10	−6.4	1	2	0	+1.9	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
P18	2020-01-04	vs BUF	W 22–19 OT	20/25	247	1	0	+0.07	+61.9	6	35	1	−1.2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
P19	2020-01-12	@ KC	L 31–51	31/51	388	2	0	+0.11	+18.2	3	17	1	−0.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

2018 game log (17 games)

2018 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	2018-09-09	@ NE	L 20–27	17/34	176	1	1	−0.09	−16.7	2	-4	0	−6.8	0
2	2018-09-16	@ TEN	L 17–20	22/31	310	2	1	+0.22	+7.8	1	0	0	−1.3	0
3	2018-09-23	vs NYG	L 22–27	24/38	385	2	1	+0.30	+3.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2018-09-30	@ IND	W 37–34 OT	29/40	375	2	1	+0.25	+90.1	3	17	1	+3.0	0
5	2018-10-07	vs DAL	W 19–16 OT	33/44	375	1	1	+0.22	+45.6	4	-1	0	−4.4	0
6	2018-10-14	vs BUF	W 20–13	15/25	177	1	2	−0.29	+4.9	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2018-10-21	@ JAX	W 20–7	12/24	139	1	0	+0.02	+2.9	2	4	0	+0.3	0
8	2018-10-25	vs MIA	W 42–23	16/20	239	5	0	+0.75	+28.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2018-11-04	@ DEN	W 19–17	17/24	213	2	0	+0.30	+26.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2018-11-18	@ WAS	W 23–21	16/24	208	1	2	+0.02	−7.6	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2018-11-26	vs TEN	W 34–17	19/23	210	2	0	+0.25	+19.9	2	17	1	+1.8	0
13	2018-12-02	vs CLE	W 29–13	22/31	224	1	0	+0.18	+21.3	1	2	0	+0.4	0
14	2018-12-09	vs IND	L 21–24	27/38	267	1	0	+0.14	+10.9	2	14	0	+0.4	0
15	2018-12-15	@ NYJ	W 29–22	22/28	294	2	0	+0.21	+30.0	2	23	0	+0.9	0
16	2018-12-23	@ PHI	L 30–32	29/40	339	2	0	+0.24	+51.3	2	8	1	+1.1	0
17	2018-12-30	vs JAX	W 20–3	25/35	234	0	0	+0.00	+1.6	11	64	1	+2.2	0
P18	2019-01-05	vs IND	L 7–21	29/49	235	1	1	−0.18	−19.5	3	24	0	+1.5	0

2017 game log (7 games)

2017 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	2017-09-10	vs JAX	L 7–29	12/23	102	1	1	−0.30	+4.4	0	0	0	0.0	1
2	2017-09-14	@ CIN	W 13–9	15/24	125	0	0	+0.04	+22.3	1	1	0	−0.3	0
3	2017-09-24	@ NE	L 33–36	22/33	301	2	2	+0.24	+23.9	4	20	0	+0.7	0
4	2017-10-01	vs TEN	W 57–14	25/34	283	4	1	+0.67	+43.1	3	14	1	+1.2	0
5	2017-10-08	vs KC	L 34–42	16/29	261	5	0	+0.39	+14.1	1	13	0	+0.8	1
6	2017-10-15	vs CLE	W 33–17	17/29	225	3	1	−0.03	+6.9	3	12	0	+0.4	0
8	2017-10-29	@ SEA	L 38–41	19/30	402	4	3	+0.39	+72.5	4	22	0	+0.8	0