Jamaal Charles

RB · KC/DEN/JAX · 2008–2018

Born December 27, 1986 · College Texas · Drafted 2008, round 3, pick 73 (KC) · 5-11, 199 lb

1st-team All-Pro ×2 (2010, 2013) · 2nd-team All-Pro (2012) · Pro Bowl ×4 (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)

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	KC	16	67	357	0	5.33	−0.031	−0.072−0.134 to −0.011	44.1	−2.1	+0.04
2009	KC	15	190	1,120	7	5.89	+0.106	−0.036−0.092 to +0.020	43.5	+20.4	+0.97
2010	KC	16	230	1,467	5	6.38	+0.135	−0.027−0.082 to +0.028	45.6	+32.4	+0.81
2010 playoffs	KC	1	9	82	1	9.11	−0.362		55.6	−3.3	−0.06
2011	KC	2	12	83	0	6.92	−0.275	−0.103−0.166 to −0.039	25.0	−3.3	−0.06
2012	KC	16	285	1,509	5	5.29	−0.025	−0.049−0.102 to +0.004	38.8	−7.3	−0.05
2013	KC	15	259	1,287	12	4.97	−0.016	−0.053−0.107 to +0.001	39.9	−4.3	+0.17
2013 playoffs	KC	1	3	18	0	6.00	+0.459		100.0	+1.4	+0.02
2014	KC	15	206	1,033	9	5.01	+0.006	−0.073−0.129 to −0.018	42.7	+1.3	+0.03
2015	KC	5	71	364	4	5.13	+0.039	−0.118−0.179 to −0.057	47.9	+2.8	−0.27
2016	KC	3	12	40	1	3.33	+0.065	−0.111−0.175 to −0.047	33.3	+0.8	+0.09
2017	DEN	13	69	296	1	4.29	−0.215	−0.140−0.201 to −0.079	36.6	−15.3	−0.06
2018	JAX	2	6	7	0	1.17	−0.528	−0.117−0.181 to −0.053	0.0	−3.2	−0.03
Career	JAX	118	1,407	7,563	44	5.38	+0.015		41.6	+22.2	+1.65

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2008	KC	16	40	27	272	1	67.5	−0.181	7.5	1.2	−7.2	+0.12
2009	KC	15	56	40	297	1	71.4	−0.103	11.5	3.5	−5.7	−0.15
2010	KC	16	64	45	468	3	70.3	+0.277	13.8	2.1	+17.7	+0.26
2010 playoffs	KC	1	2	1	15	0	50.0	+0.776	12.5	4.5	+1.6	+0.06
2011	KC	2	6	5	9	1	83.3	+0.164	10.2	2.7	+1.0	+0.01
2012	KC	16	48	35	236	1	72.9	−0.146	10.3	-0.7	−7.0	−0.00
2013	KC	15	104	70	693	7	67.3	+0.198	20.6	1.3	+20.6	+0.38
2014	KC	15	59	40	291	5	67.8	−0.010	12.8	-0.5	−0.6	−0.03
2015	KC	5	30	21	177	1	70.0	+0.016	17.8	-0.5	+0.5	+0.01
2016	KC	3	3	2	14	0	66.7	−0.408	3.2	-2.3	−1.2	−0.02
2017	DEN	13	28	23	129	0	82.1	−0.121	6.1	-0.8	−3.4	−0.12
2018	JAX	2	3	2	7	0	66.7	−0.340	4.5	1.3	−1.0	−0.00
Career	JAX	118	441	310	2,593	20	70.3	+0.031	11.7	1.0	+13.6	+0.45

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	Forced fumbles
2008	KC	16	3	–	–	0
2009	KC	15	7	0	0	0
2010	KC	16	1	0	0	0
2010 playoffs	KC	1	2	0	0	1
2011	KC	2	1	0	0	0
2012	KC	16	1	0	0	0
2013	KC	15	4	0	0	0
2014	KC	15	1	0	0	0
2015	KC	5	1	0	0	0
2017	DEN	13	1	0	0	0
Career	JAX	118	20	0	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
2010	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2012	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2013	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2014	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	KC	3	27	14.4	–	–
2017	DEN	14	206	21.1	–	–
2018	JAX	2	20	17.2	–	–

Game logs

2018 game log (2 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
6	2018-10-14	@ DAL	L 7–40	5	5	0	−2.9	2	1	5	0	−0.2
7	2018-10-21	vs HOU	L 7–20	1	2	0	−0.3	1	1	2	0	−0.8

2017 game log (13 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-11	vs LAC	W 24–21	10	40	0	−4.5	1	0	0	−0.4	0
2	2017-09-17	vs DAL	W 42–17	9	46	0	−1.0	1	1	6	+0.2	0
3	2017-09-24	@ BUF	L 16–26	9	56	1	+3.9	1	1	1	−0.8	0
4	2017-10-01	vs LV	W 16–10	5	33	0	+0.8	1	1	14	+1.9	0
6	2017-10-15	vs NYG	L 10–23	5	19	0	−0.5	3	1	2	−1.2	1
7	2017-10-22	@ LAC	L 0–21	4	2	0	−3.4	4	4	20	−1.0	0
8	2017-10-30	@ KC	L 19–29	8	39	0	−7.7	1	1	5	+0.2	0
9	2017-11-05	@ PHI	L 23–51	4	1	0	−1.8	4	4	23	−0.4	0
10	2017-11-12	vs NE	L 16–41	8	38	0	+1.2	1	0	0	−1.1	0
11	2017-11-19	vs CIN	L 17–20	3	7	0	−0.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2017-11-26	@ LV	L 14–21	1	3	0	−0.3	3	2	7	−0.2	0
13	2017-12-03	@ MIA	L 9–35	3	12	0	−1.3	5	5	39	+0.5	0
14	2017-12-10	vs NYJ	W 23–0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	12	−1.1	0

2016 game log (3 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
4	2016-10-02	@ PIT	L 14–43	2	7	0	−0.1	1	0	0	−0.5
6	2016-10-16	@ LV	W 26–10	9	33	1	+1.4	2	2	14	−0.8
7	2016-10-23	vs NO	W 27–21	1	0	0	−0.5	0	0	0	0.0

2015 game log (5 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	@ HOU	W 27–20	16	57	0	−4.1	8	5	46	1	+2.3	0
2	2015-09-17	vs DEN	L 24–31	21	125	1	−0.7	5	4	2	0	−6.4	1
3	2015-09-28	@ GB	L 28–38	11	49	3	+3.7	7	5	33	0	−0.9	0
4	2015-10-04	@ CIN	L 21–36	11	75	0	+2.8	6	6	70	0	+5.9	0
5	2015-10-11	vs CHI	L 17–18	12	58	0	+1.0	4	1	26	0	−0.4	0

2014 game log (15 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	vs TEN	L 10–26	7	19	0	−1.6	4	4	15	0	−0.9	0
2	2014-09-14	@ DEN	L 17–24	2	4	0	−0.9	1	1	8	0	+1.7	0
4	2014-09-29	vs NE	W 41–14	18	92	1	+3.0	3	3	16	2	+3.0	0
5	2014-10-05	@ SF	L 17–22	15	80	0	+2.0	4	1	4	0	−2.3	0
7	2014-10-19	@ LAC	W 23–20	22	95	1	+2.6	4	2	12	0	−0.4	0
8	2014-10-26	vs LA	W 34–7	14	67	2	−4.4	4	4	44	0	+1.3	0
9	2014-11-02	vs NYJ	W 24–10	20	78	1	+0.9	4	2	10	0	−2.0	0
10	2014-11-09	@ BUF	W 17–13	15	98	1	+4.1	4	3	20	0	−0.3	0
11	2014-11-16	vs SEA	W 24–20	20	159	2	+3.8	2	2	19	0	+1.4	1
12	2014-11-20	@ LV	L 20–24	19	80	0	−4.6	7	4	42	1	+0.7	0
13	2014-11-30	vs DEN	L 16–29	10	35	0	−0.7	6	4	24	1	+2.5	0
14	2014-12-07	@ ARI	L 14–17	10	91	1	+3.0	4	2	20	1	+1.3	0
15	2014-12-14	vs LV	W 31–13	12	52	0	−3.1	2	1	1	0	−1.7	0
16	2014-12-21	@ PIT	L 12–20	9	29	0	−3.4	7	5	48	0	−3.9	0
17	2014-12-28	vs LAC	W 19–7	13	54	0	+0.6	3	2	8	0	−0.9	0

2013 game log (16 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2013-09-08	@ JAX	W 28–2	16	77	1	+1.6	6	3	23	0	−0.9	0
2	2013-09-15	vs DAL	W 17–16	16	55	0	−4.7	10	8	48	1	+0.7	0
3	2013-09-19	@ PHI	W 26–16	20	92	1	−4.2	8	7	80	0	+4.1	0
4	2013-09-29	vs NYG	W 31–7	18	65	0	−8.5	11	5	62	1	−2.6	1
5	2013-10-06	@ TEN	W 26–17	22	108	1	−2.0	9	5	37	0	−3.1	1
6	2013-10-13	vs LV	W 24–7	22	78	2	−0.3	9	5	50	0	+1.4	0
7	2013-10-20	vs HOU	W 17–16	21	86	1	−6.7	4	3	37	0	+2.2	0
8	2013-10-27	vs CLE	W 23–17	18	74	0	−0.5	7	5	46	0	+0.4	0
9	2013-11-03	@ BUF	W 23–13	17	90	0	+0.5	7	6	6	0	−3.6	0
11	2013-11-17	@ DEN	L 17–27	16	78	0	−3.3	8	2	-6	0	−2.1	0
12	2013-11-24	vs LAC	L 38–41	14	115	2	+4.5	6	4	42	0	+1.5	1
13	2013-12-01	vs DEN	L 28–35	19	93	1	+5.1	2	2	27	0	+2.5	0
14	2013-12-08	@ WAS	W 45–10	19	150	1	+9.4	3	2	8	1	+0.3	0
15	2013-12-15	@ LV	W 56–31	8	20	1	−0.5	8	8	195	4	+19.7	0
16	2013-12-22	vs IND	L 7–23	13	106	1	+5.4	6	5	38	0	+0.2	1
P18	2014-01-04	@ IND	L 44–45	3	18	0	+1.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

2012 game log (16 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	2012-09-09	vs ATL	L 24–40	16	87	0	−0.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2012-09-16	@ BUF	L 17–35	6	3	0	−3.0	4	3	19	0	−2.6	0
3	2012-09-23	@ NO	W 27–24 OT	33	233	1	+7.3	8	6	55	0	+0.7	0
4	2012-09-30	vs LAC	L 20–37	17	88	1	−6.4	4	3	23	1	+2.9	1
5	2012-10-07	vs BAL	L 6–9	31	140	0	−2.9	2	2	21	0	+1.7	0
6	2012-10-14	@ TB	L 10–38	12	40	0	−2.7	3	2	7	0	−1.1	0
8	2012-10-28	vs LV	L 16–26	5	4	0	−4.6	3	3	6	0	−1.9	0
9	2012-11-01	@ LAC	L 13–31	12	39	0	−1.8	4	3	27	0	+0.0	0
10	2012-11-12	@ PIT	L 13–16 OT	23	100	1	+0.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2012-11-18	vs CIN	L 6–28	17	87	0	+1.2	6	4	31	0	+0.2	0
12	2012-11-25	vs DEN	L 9–17	23	107	0	+0.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2012-12-02	vs CAR	W 27–21	27	127	0	+1.6	4	4	11	0	−1.7	0
14	2012-12-09	@ CLE	L 7–30	18	165	1	+7.8	1	0	0	0	−1.3	0
15	2012-12-16	@ LV	L 0–15	9	10	0	−6.2	4	3	18	0	−2.2	0
16	2012-12-23	vs IND	L 13–20	22	226	1	+3.4	3	1	4	0	−2.4	0
17	2012-12-30	@ DEN	L 3–38	14	53	0	−1.3	2	1	14	0	+0.5	0

2011 game log (2 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2011-09-11	vs BUF	L 7–41	10	56	0	−4.0	6	5	9	1	+1.0	1	0.0	0	0
2	2011-09-18	@ DET	L 3–48	2	27	0	+0.7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0

2010 game log (17 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	2010-09-13	vs LAC	W 21–14	11	92	1	−1.2	1	1	8	0	−0.5	0
2	2010-09-19	@ CLE	W 16–14	11	49	0	−2.7	1	1	27	0	+1.9	0
3	2010-09-26	vs SF	W 31–10	12	97	0	+4.4	3	3	57	0	+4.5	0
5	2010-10-10	@ IND	L 9–19	16	87	0	−1.3	6	3	14	0	−2.6	0
6	2010-10-17	@ HOU	L 31–35	16	93	0	+0.2	4	4	24	0	−0.2	0
7	2010-10-24	vs JAX	W 42–20	15	71	1	+0.9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2010-10-31	vs BUF	W 13–10 OT	22	177	0	+8.2	5	4	61	0	+3.6	0
9	2010-11-07	@ LV	L 20–23 OT	10	53	0	−1.5	8	5	47	0	+0.2	0
10	2010-11-14	@ DEN	L 29–49	14	41	0	−1.3	9	5	80	1	+6.3	0
11	2010-11-21	vs ARI	W 31–13	12	88	0	+3.8	5	4	38	0	+1.8	0
12	2010-11-28	@ SEA	W 42–24	22	173	1	+10.8	3	2	3	0	−2.8	1
13	2010-12-05	vs DEN	W 10–6	21	116	0	+0.4	2	2	20	0	+2.0	0
14	2010-12-12	@ LAC	L 0–31	10	40	0	−0.7	3	2	9	0	−1.4	0
15	2010-12-19	@ LA	W 27–13	11	126	1	+8.8	5	3	27	0	+1.8	0
16	2010-12-26	vs TEN	W 34–14	13	77	0	+1.8	5	4	40	2	+3.1	0
17	2011-01-02	vs LV	L 10–31	14	87	1	+1.7	4	2	13	0	+0.2	0
P18	2011-01-09	vs BAL	L 7–30	9	82	1	−3.3	2	1	15	0	+1.6	2

2009 game log (15 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-13	@ BAL	L 24–38	4	8	0	−1.9	4	4	29	0	−0.9	0
3	2009-09-27	@ PHI	L 14–34	6	36	0	−3.0	4	3	34	0	+1.4	0
4	2009-10-04	vs NYG	L 16–27	2	24	0	−0.7	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
5	2009-10-11	vs DAL	L 20–26 OT	3	9	0	−0.7	7	5	54	0	−0.3	0
6	2009-10-18	@ WAS	W 14–6	4	6	0	−2.7	1	1	2	0	−1.2	0
7	2009-10-25	vs LAC	L 7–37	4	33	0	+1.0	3	1	1	0	−1.8	2
9	2009-11-08	@ JAX	L 21–24	6	36	0	+1.3	4	3	19	0	+0.1	0
10	2009-11-15	@ LV	W 16–10	18	103	1	+4.3	5	4	14	0	−1.5	1
11	2009-11-22	vs PIT	W 27–24 OT	17	58	0	−0.8	5	2	8	1	−1.1	0
12	2009-11-29	@ LAC	L 14–43	14	93	1	−0.0	3	3	54	0	+3.6	0
13	2009-12-06	vs DEN	L 13–44	18	56	1	−5.3	3	1	3	0	−2.5	1
14	2009-12-13	vs BUF	L 10–16	20	143	1	+5.2	8	7	38	0	−0.0	1
15	2009-12-20	vs CLE	L 34–41	25	154	1	+6.1	4	2	16	0	−1.7	0
16	2009-12-27	@ CIN	L 10–17	24	102	0	−1.1	4	3	22	0	+0.5	0
17	2010-01-03	@ DEN	W 44–24	25	259	2	+18.8	1	1	3	0	−0.3	0

2008 game log (16 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	@ NE	L 10–17	5	28	+1.5	3	2	6	0	−2.6	0
2	2008-09-14	vs LV	L 8–23	3	7	+0.7	2	1	15	0	−0.4	0
3	2008-09-21	@ ATL	L 14–38	7	38	−1.1	5	3	24	0	−0.9	0
4	2008-09-28	vs DEN	W 33–19	2	7	−0.4	2	2	1	0	−2.7	0
5	2008-10-05	@ CAR	L 0–34	4	18	−0.2	6	4	22	0	−1.1	0
7	2008-10-19	vs TEN	L 10–34	3	17	+0.6	7	4	26	0	−3.7	0
8	2008-10-26	@ NYJ	L 24–28	5	45	+1.6	1	1	4	0	+0.0	1
9	2008-11-02	vs TB	L 27–30 OT	18	106	−3.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2008-11-09	@ LAC	L 19–20	3	8	−1.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2008-11-16	vs NO	L 20–30	2	12	+1.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2008-11-23	vs BUF	L 31–54	2	22	+0.3	4	3	45	1	−0.9	0
13	2008-11-30	@ LV	W 20–13	2	5	−1.2	2	1	15	0	+0.9	0
14	2008-12-07	@ DEN	L 17–24	1	13	+0.6	3	3	12	0	−0.7	0
15	2008-12-14	vs LAC	L 21–22	4	7	−1.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2008-12-21	vs MIA	L 31–38	3	15	+0.6	4	3	102	0	+5.2	0
17	2008-12-28	@ CIN	L 6–16	3	9	−1.2	1	0	0	0	−0.5	1