James Starks

RB · GB · 2010–2016

Born February 25, 1986 · College Buffalo · Drafted 2010, round 6, pick 193 (GB) · 6-2, 218 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)
2010	GB	3	29	101	0	3.48	−0.197	−0.122−0.185 to −0.059	34.4	−6.3	−0.10
2010 playoffs	GB	4	81	315	1	3.89	−0.103		36.6	−8.5	+0.02
2011	GB	13	133	578	1	4.35	−0.105	−0.100−0.159 to −0.042	35.6	−14.1	+0.04
2011 playoffs	GB	1	6	43	0	7.17	+0.125		33.3	+0.8	+0.04
2012	GB	6	71	255	1	3.59	−0.125	−0.102−0.163 to −0.041	36.5	−9.2	−0.10
2013	GB	13	89	493	3	5.54	+0.138	−0.072−0.132 to −0.012	45.1	+12.6	+0.07
2013 playoffs	GB	1	5	29	0	5.80	+0.082		80.0	+0.4	−0.00
2014	GB	14	85	333	2	3.92	−0.140	−0.124−0.184 to −0.063	30.2	−12.0	+0.01
2014 playoffs	GB	2	10	60	0	6.00	+0.057		30.0	+0.6	+0.06
2015	GB	16	148	601	2	4.06	−0.115	−0.132−0.190 to −0.075	34.0	−17.3	−0.30
2015 playoffs	GB	2	19	76	1	4.00	+0.012		42.1	+0.2	+0.12
2016	GB	9	63	145	0	2.30	−0.393	−0.142−0.203 to −0.080	24.2	−25.9	−0.52
Career	GB	74	618	2,506	9	4.06	−0.114		34.7	−72.3	−0.91

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2010	GB	3	4	2	15	0	50.0	−0.183	4.3	0.0	−0.7	−0.03
2010 playoffs	GB	4	4	3	15	0	75.0	+0.010	3.0	-1.5	+0.0	−0.01
2011	GB	13	37	29	216	0	78.4	+0.082	8.5	-1.6	+3.0	−0.02
2011 playoffs	GB	1	5	4	24	0	80.0	+0.041	10.9	1.4	+0.2	+0.00
2012	GB	6	6	4	31	0	66.7	+0.076	3.2	-2.0	+0.5	+0.01
2013	GB	13	13	10	89	1	76.9	+0.271	2.8	-1.8	+3.5	+0.02
2013 playoffs	GB	1	2	1	13	0	50.0	+0.525	8.3	4.0	+1.1	+0.01
2014	GB	14	29	18	140	0	62.1	−0.078	6.3	4.0	−2.3	+0.06
2014 playoffs	GB	2	3	1	0	0	33.3	−0.756	4.3	8.3	−2.3	−0.05
2015	GB	16	53	43	392	3	81.1	+0.103	9.4	-1.4	+5.4	−0.06
2015 playoffs	GB	2	6	6	16	0	100.0	−0.223	7.9	-2.7	−1.3	−0.01
2016	GB	9	25	19	134	2	76.0	+0.062	7.6	-1.3	+1.5	+0.14
Career	GB	74	167	125	1,017	6	74.9	+0.066	6.6	-0.5	+11.0	+0.12

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
2014	GB	14	1
2015	GB	16	1
Career	GB	74	2

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	GB	9	259	44.0	–	–

Game logs

2016 game log (9 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2016-09-11	@ JAX	W 27–23	4	7	−2.9	1	1	6	0	+0.2
2	2016-09-18	@ MIN	L 14–17	7	3	−8.1	1	1	16	0	+1.6
3	2016-09-25	vs DET	W 34–27	1	-1	−1.1	2	1	9	0	−0.8
5	2016-10-09	vs NYG	W 23–16	12	33	−2.7	6	3	19	0	−2.8
10	2016-11-13	@ TEN	L 25–47	7	33	+0.1	4	3	11	1	+1.0
11	2016-11-20	@ WAS	L 24–42	9	25	−3.7	6	5	46	1	+2.2
12	2016-11-28	@ PHI	W 27–13	17	41	−3.2	5	5	27	0	+0.1
13	2016-12-04	vs HOU	W 21–13	4	1	−3.6	0	0	0	0	0.0
14	2016-12-11	vs SEA	W 38–10	2	3	−0.8	0	0	0	0	0.0

2015 game log (18 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	@ CHI	W 31–23	2	2	0	+1.2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2015-09-20	vs SEA	W 27–17	20	95	0	−0.7	4	4	11	0	−6.7	1
3	2015-09-28	vs KC	W 38–28	17	32	0	−6.0	1	1	19	0	+1.1	0
4	2015-10-04	@ SF	W 17–3	9	28	0	−1.6	2	2	11	0	+0.4	0
5	2015-10-11	vs LA	W 24–10	5	17	0	−0.4	6	3	29	0	−2.0	0
6	2015-10-18	vs LAC	W 27–20	10	112	1	+5.6	2	1	5	1	+0.8	0
8	2015-11-01	@ DEN	L 10–29	5	9	0	−1.2	2	2	9	0	−0.8	0
9	2015-11-08	@ CAR	L 29–37	10	39	0	−0.1	8	6	83	1	+4.4	0
10	2015-11-15	vs DET	L 16–18	15	42	0	−2.6	7	6	54	0	+1.9	0
11	2015-11-22	@ MIN	W 30–13	8	14	0	−3.4	1	1	30	0	+2.1	0
12	2015-11-26	vs CHI	L 13–17	7	39	0	+2.4	5	4	41	0	+1.3	0
13	2015-12-03	@ DET	W 27–23	9	15	0	−2.6	7	5	45	0	−1.4	0
14	2015-12-13	vs DAL	W 28–7	11	71	1	+3.6	4	4	32	1	+3.1	0
15	2015-12-20	@ LV	W 30–20	9	51	0	−4.3	1	1	5	0	+0.1	0
16	2015-12-27	@ ARI	L 8–38	3	11	0	−5.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2016-01-03	vs MIN	L 13–20	8	24	0	−1.8	3	3	18	0	+1.2	0
P18	2016-01-10	@ WAS	W 35–18	12	53	1	+0.6	2	2	12	0	+0.7	0
P19	2016-01-16	@ ARI	L 20–26 OT	7	23	0	−0.4	4	4	4	0	−2.0	0

2014 game log (16 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-04	@ SEA	L 16–36	7	37	0	+2.0	3	2	11	−0.4	0
3	2014-09-21	@ DET	L 7–19	8	38	0	+1.4	1	0	0	−0.5	0
5	2014-10-02	vs MIN	W 42–10	12	46	0	−3.2	2	2	2	−0.8	1
6	2014-10-12	@ MIA	W 27–24	8	31	0	−1.7	5	2	11	−1.0	0
7	2014-10-19	vs CAR	W 38–17	7	36	1	+1.0	1	1	7	+0.3	0
8	2014-10-26	@ NO	L 23–44	2	5	0	−0.8	1	0	0	−0.6	0
10	2014-11-09	vs CHI	W 55–14	5	10	0	−2.1	1	0	0	−0.4	0
11	2014-11-16	vs PHI	W 53–20	8	9	0	−4.4	2	2	17	−0.5	0
12	2014-11-23	@ MIN	W 24–21	1	-4	0	−1.2	1	0	0	−0.7	0
13	2014-11-30	vs NE	W 26–21	1	2	0	−0.4	2	2	34	+1.2	0
14	2014-12-08	vs ATL	W 43–37	10	75	1	+1.1	2	2	26	+2.3	0
15	2014-12-14	@ BUF	L 13–21	4	19	0	−0.1	3	1	10	+0.3	0
16	2014-12-21	@ TB	W 20–3	7	3	0	−4.0	5	4	22	−1.4	0
17	2014-12-28	vs DET	W 30–20	5	26	0	+0.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
P19	2015-01-11	vs DAL	W 26–21	5	16	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
P20	2015-01-18	@ SEA	L 22–28 OT	5	44	0	+1.0	3	1	0	−2.3	0

2013 game log (14 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2013-09-08	@ SF	L 28–34	0	0	0	−0.9	1	1	8	0	+0.6
2	2013-09-15	vs WAS	W 38–20	20	132	1	+3.5	5	4	36	0	+0.7
3	2013-09-22	@ CIN	L 30–34	14	55	0	−0.2	0	0	0	0	0.0
8	2013-10-27	@ MIN	W 44–31	7	57	1	+4.6	0	0	0	0	0.0
9	2013-11-04	vs CHI	L 20–27	6	40	1	+2.5	0	0	0	0	0.0
10	2013-11-10	vs PHI	L 13–27	4	5	0	−1.5	1	1	9	0	+0.6
11	2013-11-17	@ NYG	L 13–27	2	-1	0	−1.4	0	0	0	0	0.0
12	2013-11-24	vs MIN	T 26–26 OT	3	37	0	+0.9	2	1	-5	0	−3.0
13	2013-11-28	@ DET	L 10–40	2	2	0	−0.9	0	0	0	0	0.0
14	2013-12-08	vs ATL	W 22–21	7	19	0	−1.1	0	0	0	0	0.0
15	2013-12-15	@ DAL	W 37–36	3	12	0	+0.1	1	1	11	1	+2.8
16	2013-12-22	vs PIT	L 31–38	10	47	0	+2.0	1	1	23	0	+2.0
17	2013-12-29	@ CHI	W 33–28	11	88	0	+5.0	2	1	7	0	+0.0
P18	2014-01-05	vs SF	L 20–23	5	29	0	+0.4	2	1	13	0	+1.1

2012 game log (6 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
6	2012-10-14	@ HOU	W 42–24	5	11	0	−3.2	0	0	0	0.0
8	2012-10-28	vs JAX	W 24–15	1	8	0	+0.6	2	1	9	+0.0
9	2012-11-04	vs ARI	W 31–17	17	61	0	−2.5	0	0	0	0.0
11	2012-11-18	@ DET	W 24–20	25	74	0	−2.4	1	1	6	+0.3
12	2012-11-25	@ NYG	L 10–38	8	35	0	+0.5	1	0	0	−0.5
13	2012-12-02	vs MIN	W 23–14	15	66	1	−2.3	2	2	16	+0.7

2011 game log (14 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2011-09-08	vs NO	W 42–34	12	57	1	+2.2	1	0	0	−0.5
2	2011-09-18	@ CAR	W 30–23	9	85	0	+2.6	4	3	30	+0.9
3	2011-09-25	@ CHI	W 27–17	11	5	0	−10.1	4	3	9	−3.1
4	2011-10-02	vs DEN	W 49–23	13	63	0	−2.7	6	5	38	+1.2
5	2011-10-09	@ ATL	W 25–14	12	40	0	−0.3	3	2	19	+1.0
6	2011-10-16	vs LA	W 24–3	13	49	0	−0.6	2	2	17	−0.2
7	2011-10-23	@ MIN	W 33–27	13	75	0	−0.9	4	3	24	+0.5
9	2011-11-06	@ LAC	W 45–38	13	66	0	+1.2	1	1	9	+0.6
10	2011-11-14	vs MIN	W 45–7	13	63	0	+0.4	4	3	11	+0.6
11	2011-11-20	vs TB	W 35–26	11	38	0	−2.9	6	6	53	+2.5
12	2011-11-24	@ DET	W 27–15	4	19	0	−0.2	1	0	0	−0.4
13	2011-12-04	@ NYG	W 38–35	3	5	0	−0.9	0	0	0	0.0
16	2011-12-25	vs CHI	W 35–21	6	13	0	−1.8	1	1	6	+0.0
P19	2012-01-15	vs NYG	L 20–37	6	43	0	+0.8	5	4	24	+0.2

2010 game log (7 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
13	2010-12-05	vs SF	W 34–16	18	73	0	−1.1	0	0	0	0.0
14	2010-12-12	@ DET	L 3–7	6	8	0	−3.7	1	0	0	−0.6
17	2011-01-02	vs CHI	W 10–3	5	20	0	−1.4	3	2	15	−0.2
P18	2011-01-09	@ PHI	W 21–16	23	123	0	+2.6	2	2	9	+0.2
P19	2011-01-15	@ ATL	W 48–21	25	66	0	−5.8	0	0	0	0.0
P20	2011-01-23	@ CHI	W 21–14	22	74	1	−3.3	1	1	6	+0.6
P21	2011-02-06	vs PIT	W 31–25	11	52	0	−2.0	1	0	0	−0.8