Ezekiel Elliott

RB · DAL/NE · 2016–2024

Born July 22, 1995 · College Ohio State · Drafted 2016, round 1, pick 4 (DAL) · 6-0, 226 lb

1st-team All-Pro (2016) · 2nd-team All-Pro (2018) · Pro Bowl ×3 (2016, 2018, 2019)

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)
2016	DAL	15	322	1,631	15	5.07	+0.011	−0.039−0.091 to +0.012	43.2	+3.8	+0.14
2016 playoffs	DAL	1	22	125	0	5.68	+0.096		50.0	+2.1	−0.03
2017	DAL	10	242	983	7	4.06	−0.029	−0.082−0.136 to −0.027	40.2	−7.0	+0.13
2018	DAL	15	304	1,434	6	4.72	−0.071	−0.070−0.122 to −0.017	39.7	−22.4	+0.31
2018 playoffs	DAL	2	46	184	2	4.00	−0.118		30.6	−5.8	+0.04
2019	DAL	16	301	1,357	12	4.51	−0.041	−0.068−0.121 to −0.016	41.1	−12.7	−0.38
2020	DAL	15	244	979	6	4.01	−0.116	−0.067−0.121 to −0.012	40.7	−28.9	−0.17
2021	DAL	17	237	1,002	10	4.23	−0.085	−0.072−0.127 to −0.017	41.8	−20.2	−0.08
2021 playoffs	DAL	1	12	31	0	2.58	−0.195		41.7	−2.3	−0.04
2022	DAL	15	231	876	12	3.79	−0.072	−0.064−0.119 to −0.010	40.9	−17.1	+0.20
2022 playoffs	DAL	2	23	53	0	2.30	−0.225		30.4	−5.2	−0.08
2023	NE	17	184	642	3	3.49	−0.157	−0.115−0.171 to −0.058	33.0	−29.5	−0.43
2024	DAL	15	74	226	3	3.05	−0.238	−0.109−0.170 to −0.049	32.9	−18.1	−0.23
Career	DAL	135	2,139	9,130	74	4.27	−0.069		40.1	−152.2	−0.52

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2016	DAL	15	40	32	363	1	80.0	+0.337	8.9	-0.0	+13.5	+0.23
2016 playoffs	DAL	1	1	1	-2	0	100.0	−0.653	2.7	-4.0	−0.7	−0.01
2017	DAL	10	38	26	249	2	68.4	−0.192	11.9	0.2	−7.3	−0.54
2018	DAL	15	95	77	567	3	81.1	−0.000	20.0	0.3	−0.0	+0.79
2018 playoffs	DAL	2	10	6	51	0	60.0	−0.348	15.6	1.4	−3.5	−0.04
2019	DAL	16	71	54	420	2	76.1	+0.071	12.3	0.6	+5.0	−0.20
2020	DAL	15	71	52	338	2	73.2	−0.259	12.1	-0.2	−18.4	−0.33
2021	DAL	17	65	47	273	2	72.3	−0.017	10.2	0.3	−1.1	+0.04
2021 playoffs	DAL	1	4	1	0	0	25.0	−0.884	9.5	-2.0	−3.5	−0.13
2022	DAL	15	23	17	92	0	73.9	−0.160	4.8	0.0	−3.7	−0.04
2022 playoffs	DAL	2	6	3	16	0	50.0	−0.302	8.7	0.7	−1.8	−0.06
2023	NE	17	65	51	313	2	78.5	−0.156	12.0	-0.6	−10.1	−0.11
2024	DAL	15	15	12	69	0	80.0	−0.054	2.8	-1.8	−0.8	−0.08
Career	DAL	135	483	368	2,684	14	76.2	−0.047	10.5	0.0	−22.9	−0.24

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
2016	DAL	15	1
2018	DAL	15	2
2019	DAL	16	2
2020	DAL	15	1
2021	DAL	17	1
2022	DAL	15	1
2022 playoffs	DAL	2	1
2023	NE	17	1
2024	DAL	15	1
Career	DAL	135	10

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
2016	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2018	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2019	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	DAL	15	696	70.7	–	–
2016 playoffs	DAL	1	54	81.8	–	–
2017	DAL	10	581	85.4	–	–
2018	DAL	15	878	89.0	–	–
2018 playoffs	DAL	2	123	95.3	–	–
2019	DAL	16	924	83.5	–	–
2020	DAL	15	775	71.9	–	–
2021	DAL	17	786	65.7	–	–
2021 playoffs	DAL	1	45	62.5	–	–
2022	DAL	15	550	54.6	–	–
2022 playoffs	DAL	2	75	58.6	–	–
2023	NE	17	532	51.2	–	–
2024	DAL	15	256	25.5	–	–

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	23	78.3	2	11.1	0	–
2023	65	83.1	3	5.6	2	50.0
2024	15	86.7	0	0.0	0	–

Game logs

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	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	@ CLE	W 33–17	10	40	1	−0.1	2	2	9	−0.2	0
2	2024-09-15	vs NO	L 19–44	6	16	0	−1.2	3	2	16	+1.4	1
3	2024-09-22	vs BAL	L 25–28	3	6	0	−1.2	2	1	6	−1.6	0
4	2024-09-26	@ NYG	W 20–15	5	19	0	−3.0	1	1	5	−0.0	0
5	2024-10-06	@ PIT	W 20–17	6	17	0	−1.8	1	0	0	−0.4	0
6	2024-10-13	vs DET	L 9–47	8	17	0	−2.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2024-10-27	@ SF	L 24–30	10	34	1	−0.3	1	1	4	−0.1	0
10	2024-11-10	vs PHI	L 6–34	6	22	0	−6.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2024-11-18	vs HOU	L 10–34	1	8	0	+0.2	3	3	16	+0.0	0
12	2024-11-24	@ WAS	W 34–26	3	6	0	−1.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2024-11-28	vs NYG	W 27–20	1	4	0	+0.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2024-12-09	vs CIN	L 20–27	2	4	0	−0.5	1	1	2	−1.0	0
15	2024-12-15	@ CAR	W 30–14	9	30	0	+0.5	1	1	11	+1.2	0
16	2024-12-22	vs TB	W 26–24	1	1	1	+0.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2024-12-29	@ PHI	L 7–41	3	2	0	−1.6	0	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 TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs PHI	L 20–25	7	29	0	+0.2	7	5	14	0	−10.6	0
2	2023-09-17	vs MIA	L 17–24	5	13	0	−2.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2023-09-24	@ NYJ	W 15–10	16	80	0	+0.1	1	1	7	0	−0.3	0
4	2023-10-01	@ DAL	L 3–38	6	16	0	−1.5	3	2	6	0	−0.6	0
5	2023-10-08	vs NO	L 0–34	8	21	0	−2.6	4	4	17	0	−1.0	0
6	2023-10-15	@ LV	L 17–21	7	34	1	+3.1	1	1	15	0	+1.1	0
7	2023-10-22	vs BUF	W 29–25	11	31	1	+0.6	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
8	2023-10-29	@ MIA	L 17–31	7	36	0	−0.7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2023-11-05	vs WAS	L 17–20	6	17	0	−1.5	5	3	15	0	−1.4	0
10	2023-11-12	vs IND	L 6–10	13	54	0	−0.7	2	2	34	0	+2.5	0
12	2023-11-26	@ NYG	L 7–10	9	46	0	+0.5	2	2	6	0	+0.9	0
13	2023-12-03	vs LAC	L 0–6	17	52	0	−5.3	5	4	40	0	+1.0	0
14	2023-12-07	@ PIT	W 21–18	22	68	0	−5.3	8	7	72	1	+4.3	1
15	2023-12-17	vs KC	L 17–27	11	25	0	−4.6	6	5	21	0	−2.0	0
16	2023-12-24	@ DEN	W 26–23	12	27	0	−6.0	11	9	33	1	−0.7	0
17	2023-12-31	@ BUF	L 21–27	14	39	1	−2.4	2	1	6	0	−0.2	0
18	2024-01-07	vs NYJ	L 3–17	13	54	0	−1.3	7	5	27	0	−2.8	0

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	vs TB	L 3–19	10	52	0	+1.2	2	1	-3	−1.4	0
2	2022-09-18	vs CIN	W 20–17	15	53	0	−3.1	2	1	-4	−2.4	0
3	2022-09-26	@ NYG	W 23–16	15	73	1	+3.5	1	1	2	−0.2	0
4	2022-10-02	vs WAS	W 25–10	19	49	0	−7.0	2	2	32	+1.6	0
5	2022-10-09	@ LA	W 22–10	22	78	0	−4.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2022-10-16	@ PHI	L 17–26	13	81	1	+5.0	1	1	5	+0.8	0
7	2022-10-23	vs DET	W 24–6	15	57	2	−0.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2022-11-20	@ MIN	W 40–3	15	42	2	+1.5	1	1	5	+0.3	0
12	2022-11-24	vs NYG	W 28–20	16	92	1	−0.2	1	1	3	−0.1	0
13	2022-12-04	vs IND	W 54–19	17	77	1	+1.9	3	3	14	−1.9	0
14	2022-12-11	vs HOU	W 27–23	15	62	1	−2.0	5	3	19	−1.1	1
15	2022-12-18	@ JAX	L 34–40 OT	16	58	1	−1.5	2	2	13	+1.1	0
16	2022-12-24	vs PHI	W 40–34	16	55	1	−1.4	1	1	6	+1.6	0
17	2022-12-29	@ TEN	W 27–13	19	37	1	−5.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	2023-01-08	@ WAS	L 6–26	8	10	0	−4.8	2	0	0	−1.9	0
P19	2023-01-16	@ TB	W 31–14	13	27	0	−3.4	2	1	9	+0.5	0
P20	2023-01-22	@ SF	L 12–19	10	26	0	−1.8	4	2	7	−2.3	1

2021 game log (18 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-09	@ TB	L 29–31	11	33	0	−3.2	2	2	6	0	−0.4	0
2	2021-09-19	@ LAC	W 20–17	16	71	1	+0.7	2	2	12	0	+1.0	0
3	2021-09-27	vs PHI	W 41–21	17	95	2	+3.7	3	3	21	0	+1.9	0
4	2021-10-03	vs CAR	W 36–28	20	143	1	+2.3	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
5	2021-10-10	vs NYG	W 44–20	21	110	1	+1.4	3	2	2	1	−2.9	1
6	2021-10-17	@ NE	W 35–29 OT	17	69	0	−3.7	9	7	50	0	+0.6	0
8	2021-10-31	@ MIN	W 20–16	16	50	0	−4.1	6	4	23	0	+1.6	0
9	2021-11-07	vs DEN	L 16–30	10	51	0	−2.3	3	3	25	0	+2.0	0
10	2021-11-14	vs ATL	W 43–3	14	41	2	−5.7	3	3	15	0	−0.1	0
11	2021-11-21	@ KC	L 9–19	9	32	0	−1.9	6	6	36	0	−0.4	0
12	2021-11-25	vs LV	L 33–36	9	25	1	−0.8	8	6	24	0	−3.3	0
13	2021-12-02	@ NO	W 27–17	13	45	0	−4.6	3	2	2	0	−1.2	0
14	2021-12-12	@ WAS	W 27–20	12	45	0	+0.2	6	1	15	0	−1.2	0
15	2021-12-19	@ NYG	W 21–6	16	52	1	−0.7	4	3	20	0	+0.4	0
16	2021-12-26	vs WAS	W 56–14	9	37	1	+1.9	1	1	5	1	+2.3	0
17	2022-01-02	vs ARI	L 22–25	9	16	0	−5.2	2	1	14	0	+1.4	0
18	2022-01-08	@ PHI	W 51–26	18	87	0	+1.7	3	1	3	0	−2.3	0
P19	2022-01-16	vs SF	L 17–23	12	31	0	−2.3	4	1	0	0	−3.5	0

2020 game log (15 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	@ LA	L 17–20	22	96	1	+0.4	4	3	31	1	+2.5	0
2	2020-09-20	vs ATL	W 40–39	22	89	1	−4.3	7	6	33	0	+0.9	0
3	2020-09-27	@ SEA	L 31–38	14	34	1	+0.1	11	6	24	0	−4.0	0
4	2020-10-04	vs CLE	L 38–49	12	54	0	−4.2	8	8	71	0	+2.9	0
5	2020-10-11	vs NYG	W 37–34	19	91	2	+5.1	2	1	14	0	−7.6	0
6	2020-10-19	vs ARI	L 10–38	12	49	0	−6.0	10	8	31	0	−7.8	0
7	2020-10-25	@ WAS	L 3–25	12	45	0	−0.7	2	1	6	0	−3.6	1
8	2020-11-01	@ PHI	L 9–23	19	63	0	−3.5	2	1	10	0	+0.6	0
9	2020-11-08	vs PIT	L 19–24	18	51	0	−4.5	3	2	18	0	+0.5	0
11	2020-11-22	@ MIN	W 31–28	21	103	0	+2.5	2	2	11	1	+1.6	0
12	2020-11-26	vs WAS	L 16–41	10	32	0	−7.7	3	1	7	0	−8.4	0
13	2020-12-08	@ BAL	L 17–34	18	77	0	−2.8	6	4	18	0	+0.7	0
14	2020-12-13	@ CIN	W 30–7	12	48	0	−2.0	3	2	11	0	+0.1	0
16	2020-12-27	vs PHI	W 37–17	19	105	0	+0.5	4	4	34	0	+1.8	0
17	2021-01-03	@ NYG	L 19–23	14	42	1	−1.7	4	3	19	0	+1.5	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	2019-09-08	vs NYG	W 35–17	13	53	1	−1.0	2	1	10	0	+0.7	0
2	2019-09-15	@ WAS	W 31–21	23	111	1	+0.8	2	2	9	0	+0.3	0
3	2019-09-22	vs MIA	W 31–6	19	125	0	−0.9	3	2	14	0	+0.3	0
4	2019-09-29	@ NO	L 10–12	18	35	1	−8.1	7	6	30	0	−2.3	1
5	2019-10-06	vs GB	L 24–34	12	62	1	−1.0	3	2	29	0	+0.8	1
6	2019-10-13	@ NYJ	L 22–24	28	105	1	−2.5	6	5	48	0	+3.2	0
7	2019-10-20	vs PHI	W 37–10	22	111	1	−0.7	7	6	36	0	+1.2	0
9	2019-11-04	@ NYG	W 37–18	23	139	0	+2.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2019-11-10	vs MIN	L 24–28	20	47	0	−7.5	3	2	16	0	−2.2	0
11	2019-11-17	@ DET	W 35–27	16	45	1	−5.5	3	2	28	1	+3.4	0
12	2019-11-24	@ NE	L 9–13	21	86	0	−0.9	4	4	40	0	+2.5	0
13	2019-11-28	vs BUF	L 15–26	12	71	0	−0.2	10	7	66	0	−0.1	0
14	2019-12-05	@ CHI	L 24–31	19	81	2	+3.2	5	2	12	0	−3.8	0
15	2019-12-15	vs LA	W 44–21	24	117	2	+6.2	4	3	43	0	+1.9	0
16	2019-12-22	@ PHI	L 9–17	13	47	0	+0.8	7	7	37	0	+0.5	0
17	2019-12-29	vs WAS	W 47–16	18	122	1	+2.4	5	3	2	1	−1.3	0

2018 game log (17 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	@ CAR	L 8–16	15	69	1	−0.9	4	3	17	0	−1.7	0
2	2018-09-16	vs NYG	W 20–13	17	78	1	−0.5	6	5	9	0	−5.9	0
3	2018-09-23	@ SEA	L 13–24	16	127	0	−3.5	8	3	11	0	−4.6	1
4	2018-09-30	vs DET	W 26–24	25	152	0	+5.5	4	4	88	1	+8.7	0
5	2018-10-07	@ HOU	L 16–19 OT	20	54	0	−8.2	7	7	30	0	−0.6	1
6	2018-10-14	vs JAX	W 40–7	24	106	1	+1.9	1	1	11	0	+0.7	0
7	2018-10-21	@ WAS	L 17–20	15	33	0	−3.8	6	2	9	0	−4.2	0
9	2018-11-05	vs TEN	L 14–28	17	61	0	−1.8	5	4	51	0	+0.9	0
10	2018-11-11	@ PHI	W 27–20	19	151	1	+6.2	7	6	36	1	+1.6	0
11	2018-11-18	@ ATL	W 22–19	23	122	1	+3.8	8	7	79	0	+2.1	0
12	2018-11-22	vs WAS	W 31–23	26	121	1	−4.4	6	5	22	0	−1.3	0
13	2018-11-29	vs NO	W 13–10	23	75	0	−8.4	6	6	60	1	+4.1	0
14	2018-12-09	vs PHI	W 29–23 OT	28	113	0	−4.4	13	12	79	0	+1.0	0
15	2018-12-16	@ IND	L 0–23	18	87	0	−0.4	8	7	41	0	+2.4	0
16	2018-12-23	vs TB	W 27–20	18	85	0	−3.3	6	5	24	0	−3.3	0
P18	2019-01-05	vs SEA	W 24–22	26	137	1	−2.7	5	4	32	0	−1.6	0
P19	2019-01-12	@ LA	L 22–30	20	47	1	−3.1	5	2	19	0	−1.9	0

2017 game log (10 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2017-09-10	vs NYG	W 19–3	24	104	0	+0.6	5	5	36	0	−0.1
2	2017-09-17	@ DEN	L 17–42	9	8	0	−2.9	5	4	14	0	−1.6
3	2017-09-25	@ ARI	W 28–17	22	80	1	−2.0	4	3	14	0	−2.5
4	2017-10-01	vs LA	L 30–35	21	85	1	+0.9	5	4	54	1	+4.6
5	2017-10-08	vs GB	L 31–35	29	116	0	−1.5	2	1	-4	0	−2.1
7	2017-10-22	@ SF	W 40–10	26	147	2	+5.7	3	1	72	1	+4.6
8	2017-10-29	@ WAS	W 33–19	33	150	2	+1.0	2	1	4	0	−0.8
9	2017-11-05	vs KC	W 28–17	27	93	1	−2.4	0	0	0	0	0.0
16	2017-12-24	vs SEA	L 12–21	24	97	0	+1.2	7	4	21	0	−9.8
17	2017-12-31	@ PHI	W 6–0	27	103	0	−7.6	5	3	38	0	+0.5

2016 game log (16 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	vs NYG	L 19–20	20	51	1	−5.1	2	1	1	0	−3.0	0
2	2016-09-18	@ WAS	W 27–23	21	83	1	−4.3	2	2	4	0	−1.0	1
3	2016-09-25	vs CHI	W 31–17	30	140	0	−1.2	2	2	20	0	+0.8	0
4	2016-10-02	@ SF	W 24–17	23	138	1	+4.7	1	1	19	0	+1.9	0
5	2016-10-09	vs CIN	W 28–14	15	134	2	+4.3	4	3	37	0	+2.5	0
6	2016-10-16	@ GB	W 30–16	28	157	0	+1.5	4	2	17	0	−0.2	0
8	2016-10-30	vs PHI	W 29–23 OT	22	96	0	−2.6	4	4	52	0	+4.2	0
9	2016-11-06	@ CLE	W 35–10	18	92	2	+5.4	1	1	5	0	+0.1	0
10	2016-11-13	@ PIT	W 35–30	21	114	2	+5.0	2	2	95	1	+9.1	0
11	2016-11-20	vs BAL	W 27–17	25	97	0	−4.6	5	4	30	0	+1.8	0
12	2016-11-24	vs WAS	W 31–26	20	97	2	−1.4	2	2	23	0	+1.1	0
13	2016-12-01	@ MIN	W 17–15	20	86	1	−4.3	5	4	19	0	−3.5	0
14	2016-12-11	@ NYG	L 7–10	24	107	0	+2.2	2	0	0	0	−1.0	0
15	2016-12-18	vs TB	W 26–20	23	159	1	+0.3	3	3	29	0	−0.0	0
16	2016-12-26	vs DET	W 42–21	12	80	2	+3.9	1	1	12	0	+0.8	0
P19	2017-01-15	vs GB	L 31–34	22	125	0	+2.1	1	1	-2	0	−0.7	0