Josh McCown

QB · ARI/DET/LV/CAR/CHI/TB/CLE/NYJ/PHI · 2002–2019

Born July 4, 1979 · College Sam Houston State; SMU · Drafted 2002, round 3, pick 81 (ARI) · 6-4, 218 lb

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)
2002	ARI	2	7	18	38.9	66	0	2	29	−0.565	−0.158−0.291 to −0.025	−0.00	−0.00	–	37.9	-3.22	–
2003	ARI	7	95	165	57.6	1,018	5	6	223	+0.015	−0.050−0.161 to +0.060	+0.28	+0.62	–	43.9	3.57	20
2004	ARI	14	233	408	57.1	2,511	11	10	489	−0.037	+0.020−0.073 to +0.113	−0.14	−0.70	–	42.1	4.60	28
2005	ARI	9	163	270	60.4	1,832	9	11	314	−0.004	+0.001−0.102 to +0.105	+0.02	+0.08	–	44.6	4.93	27
2007	LV	9	111	191	58.1	1,151	10	11	233	−0.076	−0.051−0.161 to +0.059	−0.34	−0.78	−1.2	42.9	3.68	29
2009	CAR	1	1	6	16.7	2	0	0	7	−1.001	−0.142−0.278 to −0.006	−0.04	−0.00	−51.1	0.0	-0.57	–
2011	CHI	3	35	55	63.6	414	2	4	74	+0.008	−0.101−0.228 to +0.025	−0.63	−0.46	+2.6	48.6	3.73	–
2013	CHI	8	149	224	66.5	1,829	13	1	256	+0.379	+0.126+0.018 to +0.234	+1.06	+2.70	+4.9	54.7	8.54	1
2014	TB	11	184	327	56.3	2,206	11	14	401	−0.042	+0.002−0.095 to +0.100	−0.27	−1.07	−2.3	41.6	4.35	32
2015	CLE	8	186	292	63.7	2,109	12	4	351	+0.107	+0.064−0.037 to +0.165	+0.20	+0.70	+0.7	47.0	6.45	14
2016	CLE	5	90	165	54.5	1,100	6	6	196	−0.105	−0.081−0.194 to +0.033	−0.05	−0.09	−6.2	38.8	4.53	36
2017	NYJ	13	267	397	67.3	2,926	18	9	470	+0.066	+0.056−0.038 to +0.150	+0.19	+0.90	+5.5	45.7	6.07	19
2018	NYJ	4	60	110	54.5	539	1	4	125	−0.253	−0.136−0.257 to −0.016	−0.37	−0.47	−9.5	36.8	2.97	–
2019	PHI	1	3	5	60.0	24	0	0	5	+0.226	−0.109−0.246 to +0.027	+1.06	+0.05	−15.6	60.0	4.80	–
2019 playoffs	PHI	1	18	24	75.0	174	0	0	34	+0.032		−0.33	−0.11	+8.7	41.2	5.33	7
Career	PHI	96	1,584	2,633	60.2	17,727	98	82	3,173	+0.013		+0.05	+1.47	+0.1	44.2	5.05	–

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2003	ARI	7	6	-1	0	-0.17	−2.860	0.0	−17.2	−0.19
2004	ARI	14	7	14	1	2.00	−0.449	37.5	−3.6	+0.03
2005	ARI	9	13	30	0	2.31	−0.569	30.8	−7.4	−0.59
2007	LV	9	14	63	0	4.50	−0.548	35.7	−7.7	−0.14
2011	CHI	3	1	2	0	2.00	+0.485	100.0	+0.5	+0.03
2013	CHI	8	1	-3	0	-3.00	−1.089	0.0	−1.1	−0.00
2014	TB	11	4	4	1	1.00	−1.932	50.0	−7.7	−0.06
2015	CLE	8	7	7	0	1.00	−0.924	57.1	−6.5	−0.06
2016	CLE	5	3	0	0	0.00	−1.196	0.0	−3.6	−0.05
2017	NYJ	13	9	13	4	1.44	−0.540	60.0	−5.4	−0.01
2019 playoffs	PHI	1	3	16	0	5.33	+0.174	66.7	+0.5	+0.04
Career	PHI	96	65	129	6	1.98	−0.890	37.3	−59.6	−1.04

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2004	ARI	14	1	1	-5	100.0	−1.743	0.2	–	−1.7	−0.04
2006	DET	1	2	2	15	100.0	+0.165	5.3	2.5	+0.3	+0.02
Career	PHI	96	3	3	10	100.0	−0.471	0.1	2.5	−1.4	−0.02

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	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2003	ARI	7	1	–	–	–
2004	ARI	14	2	–	–	–
2005	ARI	9	2	–	–	–
2014	TB	11	1	0	0	0
2015	CLE	8	1	0	0	0
Career	PHI	96	7	0	0	0

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	CLE	5	260	80.5	–	–
2017	NYJ	13	798	97.3	–	–
2018	NYJ	4	190	79.8	–	–
2019	PHI	3	13	6.3	–	–
2019 playoffs	PHI	1	55	85.9	–	–

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 %
2016	196	37.4	+0.12	+0.12	2.81	–	–	–	–	–
2017	470	23.5	−0.02	+0.30	2.55	–	–	–	–	–
2018	125	33.0	−0.52	−0.07	2.57	–	–	–	–	–
2019	5	0.0	–	+0.23	2.10	–	–	–	–	–

Game logs

2019 game log (2 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
2	2019-09-15	@ ATL	L 20–24	3/5	24	0	0	+0.23	+5.3	0	0	0	0.0
P18	2020-01-05	vs SEA	L 9–17	18/24	174	0	0	+0.03	−11.3	3	16	0	+0.5

2018 game log (4 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
10	2018-11-11	vs BUF	L 10–41	17/34	135	0	2	−0.56	−19.7
12	2018-11-25	vs NE	L 13–27	26/44	276	1	1	+0.01	+8.5
13	2018-12-02	@ TEN	L 22–26	17/30	128	0	1	−0.27	−34.1
14	2018-12-09	@ BUF	W 27–23	0/1	0	0	0	−0.80	−1.5

2017 game log (13 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
1	2017-09-10	@ BUF	L 12–21	26/39	187	0	2	−0.31	−16.8	1	1	1	+2.8
2	2017-09-17	@ LV	L 20–45	16/24	166	2	0	+0.11	+0.6	0	0	0	0.0
3	2017-09-24	vs MIA	W 20–6	18/23	249	1	0	+0.18	+29.4	2	7	0	−0.7
4	2017-10-01	vs JAX	W 23–20 OT	22/30	224	0	1	−0.14	−46.4	1	0	0	−12.0
5	2017-10-08	@ CLE	W 17–14	23/30	194	2	1	+0.06	+23.4	0	0	0	0.0
6	2017-10-15	vs NE	L 17–24	31/46	354	2	2	+0.22	+10.9	0	0	0	0.0
7	2017-10-22	@ MIA	L 28–31	17/27	209	3	1	+0.13	−27.7	1	1	1	+1.1
8	2017-10-29	vs ATL	L 20–25	26/32	257	2	0	+0.18	+22.0	1	0	0	−1.1
9	2017-11-02	vs BUF	W 34–21	14/20	140	1	0	+0.37	+34.3	0	0	0	0.0
10	2017-11-12	@ TB	L 10–15	23/39	262	1	1	−0.09	−31.1	0	0	0	0.0
12	2017-11-26	vs CAR	L 27–35	19/34	307	3	0	−0.02	+6.3	0	0	0	0.0
13	2017-12-03	vs KC	W 38–31	26/36	331	1	0	+0.62	+107.3	3	4	2	+4.4
14	2017-12-10	@ DEN	L 0–23	6/12	46	0	1	−0.80	−22.3	0	0	0	0.0

2016 game log (5 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush EPA
2	2016-09-18	vs BAL	L 20–25	20/33	260	2	2	+0.19	+0.8	2	−2.6
8	2016-10-30	vs NYJ	L 28–31	25/49	341	2	2	+0.13	+8.7	1	−1.0
10	2016-11-10	@ BAL	L 7–28	6/13	59	0	2	−0.87	−10.1	0	0.0
11	2016-11-20	vs PIT	L 9–24	14/27	118	1	0	−0.18	−4.6	0	0.0
12	2016-11-27	vs NYG	L 13–27	25/42	322	1	0	−0.28	−3.7	0	0.0

2015 game log (8 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	@ NYJ	L 10–31	5/8	49	0	0	−0.12	−0.1	1	1	+0.4	0
3	2015-09-27	vs LV	L 20–27	28/49	341	2	1	+0.18	+1.8	0	0	0.0	0
4	2015-10-04	@ LAC	L 27–30	32/41	356	2	0	+0.22	+37.1	0	0	0.0	0
5	2015-10-11	@ BAL	W 33–30 OT	36/51	457	2	0	+0.33	+83.3	1	1	−1.5	0
6	2015-10-18	vs DEN	L 23–26 OT	20/39	213	2	2	−0.39	−75.0	1	2	+0.3	0
7	2015-10-25	@ LA	L 6–24	26/32	270	0	0	+0.04	−15.3	1	1	+0.5	1
8	2015-11-01	vs ARI	L 20–34	18/34	211	3	1	+0.20	+26.3	3	2	−6.2	0
12	2015-11-30	vs BAL	L 27–33	21/38	212	1	0	+0.13	+11.5	0	0	0.0	0

2014 game log (11 games)

2014 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	2014-09-07	vs CAR	L 14–20	22/35	183	2	2	−0.05	−41.5	1	3	0	+0.4	0
2	2014-09-14	vs LA	L 17–19	16/20	179	0	1	+0.26	+3.8	1	1	1	+0.5	0
3	2014-09-18	@ ATL	L 14–56	5/12	58	0	1	−0.88	−8.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2014-11-09	vs ATL	L 17–27	27/41	301	2	2	+0.16	+27.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2014-11-16	@ WAS	W 27–7	15/23	288	2	0	+0.49	+30.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2014-11-23	@ CHI	L 13–21	25/48	341	1	2	−0.10	−28.7	1	0	0	−3.1	0
13	2014-11-30	vs CIN	L 13–14	15/29	190	0	1	−0.12	−41.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2014-12-07	@ DET	L 17–34	20/39	250	2	2	−0.03	−4.1	1	0	0	−5.5	1
15	2014-12-14	@ CAR	L 17–19	13/28	154	1	1	−0.15	−12.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2014-12-21	vs GB	L 3–20	12/26	147	0	1	−0.50	−15.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2014-12-28	vs NO	L 20–23	14/22	115	1	1	+0.03	−17.1	0	0	0	0.0	0

2013 game log (8 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA
7	2013-10-20	@ WAS	L 41–45	14/20	204	1	0	+0.61	+58.7	0	0	0.0
9	2013-11-04	@ GB	W 27–20	22/41	272	2	0	+0.26	+39.7	0	0	0.0
10	2013-11-10	vs DET	L 19–21	6/9	62	1	0	+0.59	+13.6	0	0	0.0
11	2013-11-17	vs BAL	W 23–20 OT	19/31	216	1	0	+0.19	+52.4	0	0	0.0
12	2013-11-24	@ LA	L 21–42	36/47	352	2	1	+0.20	+35.4	0	0	0.0
13	2013-12-01	@ MIN	L 20–23 OT	23/36	355	2	0	+0.23	−2.8	0	0	0.0
14	2013-12-09	vs DAL	W 45–28	27/36	348	4	0	+0.91	+73.2	0	0	0.0
16	2013-12-22	@ PHI	L 11–54	2/4	20	0	0	−0.09	+0.0	1	-3	−1.1

2011 game log (3 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA
15	2011-12-18	vs SEA	L 14–38	1/2	12	0	1	−1.28	−0.1	0	0	0.0
16	2011-12-25	@ GB	L 21–35	19/28	242	1	2	+0.31	+1.8	0	0	0.0
17	2012-01-01	@ MIN	W 17–13	15/25	160	1	1	−0.19	−48.1	1	2	+0.5

2009 game log (1 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
1	2009-09-13	vs PHI	L 10–38	1/6	2	0	0	−1.00	−0.3

2007 game log (9 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA
1	2007-09-09	vs DET	L 21–36	30/40	313	2	2	−0.01	+7.5	1	2	−1.2
2	2007-09-16	@ DEN	L 20–23 OT	8/16	73	1	3	−0.25	−42.0	0	0	0.0
3	2007-09-23	vs CLE	W 26–24	6/12	108	1	0	+0.29	+15.0	1	0	−4.0
9	2007-11-04	vs HOU	L 17–24	13/28	158	1	3	−0.07	−20.4	1	2	+0.6
10	2007-11-11	vs CHI	L 6–17	14/27	108	0	1	−0.50	−57.6	2	25	+1.0
13	2007-12-02	vs DEN	W 34–20	14/21	141	3	0	+0.39	+32.5	4	22	−4.9
14	2007-12-09	@ GB	L 7–38	7/15	110	1	2	−0.20	−4.3	1	6	+1.3
15	2007-12-16	vs IND	L 14–21	13/24	94	1	0	+0.08	−8.7	4	6	−0.5
16	2007-12-23	@ JAX	L 11–49	6/8	46	0	0	−0.29	+0.0	0	0	0.0

2006 game log (1 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
13	2006-12-03	@ NE	L 21–28	2	2	15	0	+0.3

2005 game log (9 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	@ NYG	L 19–42	5/10	52	0	1	−0.40	−0.0	0	0	0.0	1
3	2005-09-25	@ SEA	L 12–37	10/22	97	0	1	−0.39	−12.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2005-10-02	vs SF	W 31–14	32/46	385	2	0	+0.32	+33.6	3	6	−0.9	0
5	2005-10-09	vs CAR	L 20–24	29/46	394	2	3	+0.14	−19.5	3	13	−3.4	1
7	2005-10-23	vs TEN	W 20–10	12/28	140	1	1	−0.37	−39.7	0	0	0.0	0
8	2005-10-30	@ DAL	L 13–34	16/33	161	1	2	−0.28	+2.2	3	7	+0.4	0
15	2005-12-18	@ HOU	L 19–30	1/4	12	0	1	−0.85	−7.8	0	0	0.0	0
16	2005-12-24	vs PHI	W 27–21	27/38	294	2	1	+0.25	+18.7	2	2	−0.9	0
17	2006-01-01	@ IND	L 13–17	31/42	297	1	1	+0.08	+32.1	2	2	−2.7	0

2004 game log (14 games)

2004 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 EPA	Tackles
1	2004-09-12	@ LA	L 10–17	18/29	181	0	0	−0.13	−5.2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2004-09-19	vs NE	L 12–23	13/29	160	0	2	−0.26	−6.4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2004-09-26	@ ATL	L 3–6	20/26	198	0	0	−0.09	−1.6	3	1	0	−5.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2004-10-03	vs NO	W 34–10	12/18	157	0	0	+0.06	+7.3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2004-10-10	@ SF	L 28–31 OT	19/34	231	3	1	+0.16	−22.1	1	8	0	+2.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2004-10-24	vs SEA	W 25–17	22/36	212	1	1	−0.25	−28.7	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2004-10-31	@ BUF	L 14–38	9/24	101	1	0	−0.08	−11.4	1	3	0	−0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2004-11-07	@ MIA	W 24–23	18/31	162	1	0	+0.15	+64.0	0	0	0	−1.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2004-11-14	vs NYG	W 17–14	12/24	90	0	0	−0.08	−8.4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2004-11-28	vs NYJ	L 3–13	5/10	62	0	2	+0.01	−7.8	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2004-12-12	vs SF	L 28–31 OT	26/44	307	0	1	+0.12	−21.9	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2004-12-19	vs LA	W 31–7	22/34	287	2	0	+0.16	+5.5	2	2	1	+0.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2004-12-26	@ SEA	L 21–24	21/33	248	3	2	+0.04	−7.2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2005-01-02	vs TB	W 12–7	16/36	115	0	1	−0.33	−25.9	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	-5	−1.7	0

2003 game log (7 games)

2003 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
2	2003-09-14	vs SEA	L 0–38	18/32	150	0	2	−0.13	+2.0	2	0	−11.7	0
4	2003-09-28	@ LA	L 13–37	3/4	47	0	0	+0.02	−0.0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2003-11-16	@ CLE	L 6–44	4/11	31	0	2	−0.57	−0.0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2003-12-07	@ SF	L 14–50	11/20	120	2	0	+0.36	−0.0	1	0	−0.6	0
15	2003-12-14	vs CAR	L 17–20	14/25	172	0	1	+0.04	+8.7	1	-1	−0.7	0
16	2003-12-21	@ SEA	L 10–28	25/40	274	1	0	+0.07	+1.1	2	0	−4.1	1
17	2003-12-28	vs MIN	W 18–17	20/33	224	2	1	+0.03	+50.3	0	0	0.0	0

2002 game log (2 games)

2002 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	Pass yds	TD	INT	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)
13	2002-12-01	@ KC	L 0–49	4/12	45	0	1	−0.53	−0.0
17	2002-12-29	@ DEN	L 7–37	3/6	21	0	1	−0.61	−0.0