Josh Gordon

WR · CLE/NE/KC/TEN · 2012–2022

Born April 13, 1991 · College Utah; Baylor · Undrafted · 6-3, 224 lb

1st-team All-Pro (2013) · Pro Bowl (2013)

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2013	CLE	14	5	88	17.60	+1.006	80.0	+5.0	+0.11
2019	NE	11	1	1	1.00	−0.580	0.0	−0.6	−0.00
Career	TEN	73	6	89	14.83	+0.742	66.7	+4.5	+0.11

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2012	CLE	16	95	50	797	5	52.6	+0.221	+0.212+0.055 to +0.369	16.9	13.3	+21.0	+0.71
2013	CLE	14	159	87	1,646	9	54.7	+0.384	+0.315+0.173 to +0.457	27.4	13.7	+61.0	+1.56
2014	CLE	5	47	24	303	0	51.1	−0.125	+0.082−0.090 to +0.254	32.2	11.5	−5.9	−0.46
2017	CLE	5	42	18	335	1	42.9	+0.086	+0.092−0.082 to +0.266	25.8	16.6	+3.6	+0.06
2018	NE	12	71	41	737	4	57.7	+0.498	+0.312+0.147 to +0.476	16.1	14.3	+35.3	+0.41
2019	NE	11	47	27	426	1	57.4	+0.499	+0.254+0.081 to +0.426	12.8	11.0	+23.5	+0.52
2021	KC	9	14	5	32	1	35.7	−0.893	−0.031−0.216 to +0.155	4.2	10.9	−12.5	−0.18
2022	TEN	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	−0.488	−0.025−0.217 to +0.166	4.3	12.0	−0.5	−0.00
Career	TEN	73	476	252	4,276	21	52.9	+0.264		18.2	13.4	+125.6	+2.61

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
2012	CLE	16	1
2013	CLE	14	1
2014	CLE	5	2
2018	NE	12	1
Career	TEN	73	5

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
2013	1st-team All-Pro, 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	CLE	5	257	83.7	–	–
2018	CLE/NE	12	628	72.8	3	3.7
2019	NE/SEA	11	461	60.0	–	–
2021	KC	12	219	25.9	–	–
2022	TEN	2	24	21.6	–	–

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	1	0.0	0	–	0	–

Game logs

2022 game log (1 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
2	2022-09-19	@ BUF	L 7–41	1	0	0	0	−0.5

2021 game log (9 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
5	2021-10-10	vs BUF	L 20–38	1	1	11	0	+0.6
7	2021-10-24	@ TEN	L 3–27	1	0	0	0	−3.9
8	2021-11-01	vs NYG	W 20–17	1	0	0	0	−4.7
9	2021-11-07	vs GB	W 13–7	1	0	0	0	−0.7
11	2021-11-21	vs DAL	W 19–9	2	1	7	0	−1.6
14	2021-12-12	vs LV	W 48–9	3	2	9	1	+1.3
16	2021-12-26	vs PIT	W 36–10	3	0	0	0	−2.3
17	2022-01-02	@ CIN	L 31–34	1	1	5	0	+0.5
18	2022-01-08	@ DEN	W 28–24	1	0	0	0	−1.8

2019 game log (11 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2019-09-08	vs PIT	W 33–3	0	0	0.0	4	3	73	1	+4.9
2	2019-09-15	@ MIA	W 43–0	0	0	0.0	5	2	19	0	+0.2
3	2019-09-22	vs NYJ	W 30–14	1	1	−0.6	11	6	83	0	+2.2
4	2019-09-29	@ BUF	W 16–10	0	0	0.0	7	3	46	0	+1.1
5	2019-10-06	@ WAS	W 33–7	0	0	0.0	8	5	59	0	+2.3
6	2019-10-10	vs NYG	W 35–14	0	0	0.0	1	1	7	0	+0.4
10	2019-11-11	@ SF	W 27–24 OT	0	0	0.0	2	2	27	0	+3.4
12	2019-11-24	@ PHI	W 17–9	0	0	0.0	2	1	10	0	+1.5
13	2019-12-02	vs MIN	W 37–30	0	0	0.0	1	1	10	0	+1.6
14	2019-12-08	@ LA	L 12–28	0	0	0.0	5	2	34	0	+1.2
15	2019-12-15	@ CAR	W 30–24	0	0	0.0	1	1	58	0	+4.7

2018 game log (12 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	vs PIT	T 21–21 OT	3	1	17	1	+1.0	1
4	2018-09-30	vs MIA	W 38–7	2	2	32	0	+4.6	0
5	2018-10-04	vs IND	W 38–24	4	2	50	1	+2.9	0
6	2018-10-14	vs KC	W 43–40	9	5	42	0	−2.8	0
7	2018-10-21	@ CHI	W 38–31	7	4	100	0	+7.0	0
8	2018-10-29	@ BUF	W 25–6	6	4	42	0	+0.8	0
9	2018-11-04	vs GB	W 31–17	9	5	130	1	+4.1	0
10	2018-11-11	@ TEN	L 10–34	12	4	81	0	+1.7	0
12	2018-11-25	@ NYJ	W 27–13	5	5	70	0	+5.8	0
13	2018-12-02	vs MIN	W 24–10	3	3	58	1	+5.3	0
14	2018-12-09	@ MIA	L 33–34	9	5	96	0	+5.1	0
15	2018-12-16	@ PIT	L 10–17	2	1	19	0	−0.2	0

2017 game log (5 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
13	2017-12-03	@ LAC	L 10–19	11	4	85	0	+1.7
14	2017-12-10	vs GB	L 21–27 OT	6	3	69	1	+3.1
15	2017-12-17	vs BAL	L 10–27	10	5	47	0	+0.2
16	2017-12-24	@ CHI	L 3–20	8	2	19	0	−8.1
17	2017-12-31	@ PIT	L 24–28	7	4	115	0	+6.8

2014 game log (5 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
12	2014-11-23	@ ATL	W 26–24	16	8	120	−3.8	2
13	2014-11-30	@ BUF	L 10–26	13	7	75	−1.8	0
14	2014-12-07	vs IND	L 24–25	7	2	15	−3.1	0
15	2014-12-14	vs CIN	L 0–30	4	3	48	+3.2	0
16	2014-12-21	@ CAR	L 13–17	7	4	45	−0.5	0

2013 game log (14 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2013-09-22	@ MIN	W 31–27	1	22	+1.6	19	10	146	1	−2.5	1
4	2013-09-29	vs CIN	W 17–6	0	0	0.0	9	4	71	0	+4.6	0
5	2013-10-03	vs BUF	W 37–24	0	0	0.0	6	4	86	1	+7.2	0
6	2013-10-13	vs DET	L 17–31	1	0	−0.8	9	7	126	0	+9.2	0
7	2013-10-20	@ GB	L 13–31	0	0	0.0	6	2	21	0	−2.9	0
8	2013-10-27	@ KC	L 17–23	0	0	0.0	10	5	132	1	+8.0	0
9	2013-11-03	vs BAL	W 24–18	1	10	+0.7	7	3	44	0	−1.2	0
11	2013-11-17	@ CIN	L 20–41	0	0	0.0	15	5	125	1	−4.4	0
12	2013-11-24	vs PIT	L 11–27	0	0	0.0	17	14	237	1	+16.1	0
13	2013-12-01	vs JAX	L 28–32	0	0	0.0	15	10	261	2	+17.4	0
14	2013-12-08	@ NE	L 26–27	1	34	+2.1	10	7	151	1	+8.7	0
15	2013-12-15	vs CHI	L 31–38	0	0	0.0	10	3	67	1	+2.1	0
16	2013-12-22	@ NYJ	L 13–24	1	22	+1.4	16	6	97	0	−3.3	0
17	2013-12-29	@ PIT	L 7–20	0	0	0.0	10	7	82	0	+2.1	0

2012 game log (16 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-09	vs PHI	L 16–17	4	2	32	0	+0.8	0
2	2012-09-16	@ CIN	L 27–34	3	1	5	0	−1.6	0
3	2012-09-23	vs BUF	L 14–24	6	3	40	0	−2.1	0
4	2012-09-27	@ BAL	L 16–23	1	1	16	0	+1.0	0
5	2012-10-07	@ NYG	L 27–41	8	2	82	2	+0.2	0
6	2012-10-14	vs CIN	W 34–24	4	3	99	1	+8.1	0
7	2012-10-21	@ IND	L 13–17	10	2	51	1	+0.4	0
8	2012-10-28	vs LAC	W 7–6	5	3	46	0	+2.4	0
9	2012-11-04	vs BAL	L 15–25	3	2	38	0	+3.3	0
11	2012-11-18	@ DAL	L 20–23 OT	7	5	53	0	+1.5	0
12	2012-11-25	vs PIT	W 20–14	7	4	60	0	+1.7	0
13	2012-12-02	@ LV	W 20–17	7	6	116	1	+6.7	1
14	2012-12-09	vs KC	W 30–7	12	8	86	0	+2.0	0
15	2012-12-16	vs WAS	L 21–38	8	3	27	0	−0.2	0
16	2012-12-23	@ DEN	L 12–34	3	1	7	0	+0.2	0
17	2012-12-30	@ PIT	L 10–24	7	4	39	0	−3.5	0