Kyle Rudolph

TE · MIN/NYG/TB · 2011–2022

Born November 9, 1989 · College Notre Dame · Drafted 2011, round 2, pick 43 (MIN) · 6-6, 258 lb

Pro Bowl ×2 (2012, 2017)

EPA per target by season

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

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2011	MIN	14	39	26	249	3	66.7	+0.174	+0.148−0.022 to +0.318	8.5	7.3	+6.8	+0.29
2012	MIN	16	94	53	493	9	56.4	+0.156	+0.179+0.030 to +0.329	19.6	6.4	+14.6	+0.73
2012 playoffs	MIN	1	3	3	42	0	100.0	+0.098		11.1	12.7	+0.3	+0.00
2013	MIN	8	46	30	313	3	65.2	+0.089	+0.163−0.004 to +0.330	16.8	8.3	+4.1	+0.01
2014	MIN	7	34	24	231	2	70.6	+0.376	+0.166−0.006 to +0.339	16.0	5.7	+12.8	+0.34
2015	MIN	16	73	49	495	5	67.1	+0.072	+0.156−0.001 to +0.312	16.5	8.3	+5.2	+0.35
2015 playoffs	MIN	1	1	1	24	0	100.0	+1.722		4.2	8.0	+1.7	+0.21
2016	MIN	16	132	83	840	7	62.9	+0.238	+0.267+0.129 to +0.406	22.6	6.5	+31.5	+0.58
2017	MIN	16	81	57	532	8	70.4	+0.214	+0.193+0.040 to +0.347	15.5	7.4	+17.3	+0.49
2017 playoffs	MIN	2	12	6	53	1	50.0	−0.170		14.0	7.5	−2.0	−0.13
2018	MIN	16	82	64	634	4	78.0	+0.318	+0.282+0.129 to +0.435	13.9	6.4	+26.1	+0.52
2019	MIN	15	48	39	367	6	81.2	+0.468	+0.271+0.105 to +0.437	11.4	6.4	+22.4	+0.82
2019 playoffs	MIN	2	10	6	35	1	60.0	−0.164		16.7	6.5	−1.6	+0.17
2020	MIN	12	37	28	334	1	75.7	+0.234	+0.182+0.011 to +0.353	10.8	7.1	+8.7	+0.47
2021	NYG	15	39	26	257	1	66.7	+0.184	+0.151−0.020 to +0.321	7.8	6.2	+7.2	+0.26
2022	TB	5	5	3	28	1	60.0	+0.388	+0.102−0.087 to +0.290	2.3	8.8	+1.9	+0.04
Career	TB	156	710	482	4,773	50	67.9	+0.224		14.1	6.9	+158.7	+4.89

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	MIN	16	2
2013	MIN	8	2
2015	MIN	16	1
2016	MIN	16	1
2017	MIN	16	3
2018	MIN	16	3
2019 playoffs	MIN	2	1
2020	MIN	12	1
Career	TB	156	13

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
2012	Pro Bowl
2017	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	MIN	16	954	92.3	–	–
2017	MIN	16	914	83.8	–	–
2017 playoffs	MIN	2	132	91.0	–	–
2018	MIN	16	909	88.0	–	–
2019	MIN	16	785	78.3	–	–
2019 playoffs	MIN	2	103	83.7	–	–
2020	MIN	12	558	71.8	–	–
2021	NYG	16	490	47.8	–	–
2022	TB	9	72	11.2	–	–

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	5	80.0	1	25.0	0	–

Game logs

2022 game log (5 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
3	2022-09-25	vs GB	L 12–14	1	1	12	0	+0.8
5	2022-10-09	vs ATL	W 21–15	1	0	0	0	−0.8
7	2022-10-23	@ CAR	L 3–21	1	1	8	0	+0.4
8	2022-10-27	vs BAL	L 22–27	1	0	0	0	−0.5
18	2023-01-08	@ ATL	L 17–30	1	1	8	1	+2.0

2021 game log (15 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2021-09-12	vs DEN	L 13–27	5	2	8	0	−2.8
2	2021-09-16	@ WAS	L 29–30	2	2	25	0	+2.3
4	2021-10-03	@ NO	W 27–21 OT	3	2	24	0	+0.1
5	2021-10-10	@ DAL	L 20–44	1	1	14	0	+0.9
6	2021-10-17	vs LA	L 11–38	2	1	8	0	−0.3
7	2021-10-24	vs CAR	W 25–3	2	2	8	0	+1.0
8	2021-11-01	@ KC	L 17–20	3	2	12	1	+2.3
9	2021-11-07	vs LV	W 23–16	5	4	20	0	+2.3
11	2021-11-22	@ TB	L 10–30	1	1	28	0	+1.9
13	2021-12-05	@ MIA	L 9–20	4	2	18	0	−2.9
14	2021-12-12	@ LAC	L 21–37	2	2	66	0	+6.2
15	2021-12-19	vs DAL	L 6–21	1	1	9	0	+1.1
16	2021-12-26	@ PHI	L 10–34	1	0	0	0	−1.2
17	2022-01-02	@ CHI	L 3–29	1	0	0	0	−2.3
18	2022-01-09	vs WAS	L 7–22	6	4	17	0	−1.4

2020 game log (12 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	vs GB	L 34–43	2	2	28	0	+2.4	0
2	2020-09-20	@ IND	L 11–28	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0
3	2020-09-27	vs TEN	L 30–31	3	2	11	1	+0.0	1
4	2020-10-04	@ HOU	W 31–23	2	2	27	0	+1.8	0
5	2020-10-11	@ SEA	L 26–27	2	1	10	0	−0.3	0
6	2020-10-18	vs ATL	L 23–40	4	3	47	0	+2.8	0
8	2020-11-01	@ GB	W 28–22	1	1	12	0	+0.8	0
9	2020-11-08	vs DET	W 34–20	4	3	40	0	−0.9	0
10	2020-11-16	@ CHI	W 19–13	5	4	63	0	−1.1	0
11	2020-11-22	vs DAL	L 28–31	3	3	28	0	+2.7	0
12	2020-11-29	vs CAR	W 28–27	8	7	68	0	+2.3	0
13	2020-12-06	vs JAX	W 27–24 OT	2	0	0	0	−1.2	0

2019 game log (17 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	vs ATL	W 28–12	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
2	2019-09-15	@ GB	L 16–21	4	3	9	0	−0.3	0
3	2019-09-22	vs LV	W 34–14	1	1	11	0	+1.6	0
4	2019-09-29	@ CHI	L 6–16	1	1	12	0	−0.7	0
5	2019-10-06	@ NYG	W 28–10	1	1	4	0	−0.3	0
6	2019-10-13	vs PHI	W 38–20	3	3	36	0	+2.0	0
7	2019-10-20	@ DET	W 42–30	6	5	58	1	+6.5	0
8	2019-10-24	vs WAS	W 19–9	3	3	17	0	−0.4	0
9	2019-11-03	@ KC	L 23–26	5	3	23	1	+1.6	0
10	2019-11-10	@ DAL	W 28–24	5	4	14	2	+2.7	0
11	2019-11-17	vs DEN	W 27–23	5	5	67	1	+3.8	0
13	2019-12-02	@ SEA	L 30–37	6	4	50	1	+3.1	0
14	2019-12-08	vs DET	W 20–7	2	2	11	0	+0.3	0
15	2019-12-15	@ LAC	W 39–10	3	3	48	0	+3.6	0
16	2019-12-23	vs GB	L 10–23	2	1	7	0	−0.4	0
P18	2020-01-05	@ NO	W 26–20 OT	7	4	31	1	+1.6	1
P19	2020-01-11	@ SF	L 10–27	3	2	4	0	−3.2	0

2018 game log (16 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	vs SF	W 24–16	2	1	11	1	+1.2	0
2	2018-09-16	@ GB	T 29–29 OT	8	7	72	0	+5.0	0
3	2018-09-23	vs BUF	L 6–27	6	5	48	1	+3.8	1
4	2018-09-27	@ LA	L 31–38	6	5	57	0	+4.3	0
5	2018-10-07	@ PHI	W 23–21	5	5	41	0	+1.8	0
6	2018-10-14	vs ARI	W 27–17	5	4	37	0	+0.8	0
7	2018-10-21	@ NYJ	W 37–17	4	1	16	0	−0.7	0
8	2018-10-28	vs NO	L 20–30	7	4	39	0	−0.6	0
9	2018-11-04	vs DET	W 24–9	2	2	28	0	+2.7	1
11	2018-11-18	@ CHI	L 20–25	5	2	13	0	−1.9	1
12	2018-11-25	vs GB	W 24–17	7	7	63	0	+4.6	0
13	2018-12-02	@ NE	L 10–24	3	3	38	0	+3.3	0
14	2018-12-10	@ SEA	L 7–21	5	2	7	0	−5.7	0
15	2018-12-16	vs MIA	W 41–17	3	3	23	0	−0.1	0
16	2018-12-23	@ DET	W 27–9	9	9	122	2	+11.6	0
17	2018-12-30	vs CHI	L 10–24	5	4	19	0	−4.0	0

2017 game log (18 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-11	vs NO	W 29–19	3	3	26	1	+2.7	0
2	2017-09-17	@ PIT	L 9–26	6	4	45	0	+4.0	0
3	2017-09-24	vs TB	W 34–17	2	1	4	0	−0.4	0
4	2017-10-01	vs DET	L 7–14	4	2	34	0	+1.5	0
5	2017-10-09	@ CHI	W 20–17	9	6	45	1	+0.1	0
6	2017-10-15	vs GB	W 23–10	9	5	47	0	+1.5	1
7	2017-10-22	vs BAL	W 24–16	7	5	43	0	+1.9	0
8	2017-10-29	@ CLE	W 33–16	7	6	27	1	−0.5	0
10	2017-11-12	@ WAS	W 38–30	7	5	37	0	−7.3	1
11	2017-11-19	vs LA	W 24–7	7	5	58	0	+3.6	0
12	2017-11-23	@ DET	W 30–23	4	4	63	2	+5.9	0
13	2017-12-03	@ ATL	W 14–9	5	4	36	1	+2.9	0
14	2017-12-10	@ CAR	L 24–31	5	3	41	1	+3.2	1
15	2017-12-17	vs CIN	W 34–7	2	2	17	1	+0.5	0
16	2017-12-23	@ GB	W 16–0	1	1	6	0	−0.0	0
17	2017-12-31	vs CHI	W 23–10	3	1	3	0	−2.2	0
P19	2018-01-14	vs NO	W 29–24	8	5	28	0	−3.0	0
P20	2018-01-21	@ PHI	L 7–38	4	1	25	1	+1.0	0

2016 game log (16 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	@ TEN	W 25–16	8	4	65	0	+2.8	0
2	2016-09-18	vs GB	W 17–14	8	3	31	1	−0.2	0
3	2016-09-25	@ CAR	W 22–10	10	7	70	1	+5.7	0
4	2016-10-03	vs NYG	W 24–10	7	5	55	1	+5.6	0
5	2016-10-09	vs HOU	W 31–13	4	2	15	0	−1.7	0
7	2016-10-23	@ PHI	L 10–21	11	5	55	0	−1.7	1
8	2016-10-31	@ CHI	L 10–20	6	5	31	0	+1.9	0
9	2016-11-06	vs DET	L 16–22 OT	3	1	1	1	−0.7	0
10	2016-11-13	@ WAS	L 20–26	8	5	69	1	+6.0	0
11	2016-11-20	vs ARI	W 30–24	3	2	12	0	−0.4	0
12	2016-11-24	@ DET	L 13–16	10	9	64	0	+0.4	0
13	2016-12-01	vs DAL	L 15–17	12	6	45	0	−3.9	0
14	2016-12-11	@ JAX	W 25–16	8	4	60	1	+3.9	0
15	2016-12-18	vs IND	L 6–34	10	8	97	0	+3.9	0
16	2016-12-24	@ GB	L 25–38	9	6	53	0	+2.3	0
17	2017-01-01	vs CHI	W 38–10	15	11	117	1	+7.6	0

2015 game log (17 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-14	@ SF	L 3–20	7	5	53	0	−5.8	0
2	2015-09-20	vs DET	W 26–16	7	5	30	1	+1.9	0
3	2015-09-27	vs LAC	W 31–14	5	2	14	0	−3.6	0
4	2015-10-04	@ DEN	L 20–23	4	2	7	0	−1.9	0
6	2015-10-18	vs KC	W 16–10	5	2	9	1	−2.4	1
7	2015-10-25	@ DET	W 28–19	2	2	10	1	+2.7	0
8	2015-11-01	@ CHI	W 23–20	2	2	22	0	+2.1	0
9	2015-11-08	vs LA	W 21–18 OT	2	2	30	0	+1.5	0
10	2015-11-15	@ LV	W 30–14	4	1	7	0	−2.4	0
11	2015-11-22	vs GB	L 13–30	9	6	106	1	+4.9	0
12	2015-11-29	@ ATL	W 20–10	10	7	53	0	−2.8	0
13	2015-12-06	vs SEA	L 7–38	4	3	13	0	−1.5	0
14	2015-12-10	@ ARI	L 20–23	6	6	67	0	+4.8	0
15	2015-12-20	vs CHI	W 38–17	2	2	21	0	+3.0	0
16	2015-12-27	vs NYG	W 49–17	3	2	53	1	+5.1	0
17	2016-01-03	@ GB	W 20–13	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
P18	2016-01-10	vs SEA	L 9–10	1	1	24	0	+1.7	0

2014 game log (7 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2014-09-07	@ LA	W 34–6	4	2	16	1	+0.1
2	2014-09-14	vs NE	L 7–30	8	5	53	0	+4.7
3	2014-09-21	@ NO	L 9–20	5	3	27	0	+0.3
12	2014-11-23	vs GB	L 21–24	5	3	50	0	+3.1
13	2014-11-30	vs CAR	W 31–13	3	2	7	1	−0.5
14	2014-12-07	vs NYJ	W 30–24 OT	2	2	9	0	+0.9
15	2014-12-14	@ DET	L 14–16	7	7	69	0	+4.1

2013 game log (8 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2013-09-08	@ DET	L 24–34	4	2	27	0	−0.6	0
2	2013-09-15	@ CHI	L 30–31	6	3	42	1	+1.0	0
3	2013-09-22	vs CLE	L 27–31	8	5	28	0	−1.9	0
4	2013-09-29	vs PIT	W 34–27	2	2	6	0	+1.0	0
6	2013-10-13	vs CAR	L 10–35	11	9	97	1	+7.3	1
7	2013-10-21	@ NYG	L 7–23	9	3	27	0	−10.8	1
8	2013-10-27	vs GB	L 31–44	4	4	51	0	+4.5	0
9	2013-11-03	@ DAL	L 23–27	2	2	35	1	+3.6	0

2012 game log (17 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-09	vs JAX	W 26–23 OT	7	5	67	0	+4.5	0
2	2012-09-16	@ IND	L 20–23	5	3	35	1	+2.5	0
3	2012-09-23	vs SF	W 24–13	7	5	36	2	+7.1	0
4	2012-09-30	@ DET	W 20–13	5	2	8	0	−3.0	0
5	2012-10-07	vs TEN	W 30–7	7	4	23	1	−2.7	0
6	2012-10-14	@ WAS	L 26–38	11	6	56	1	+3.1	0
7	2012-10-21	vs ARI	W 21–14	4	0	0	0	−8.1	0
8	2012-10-25	vs TB	L 17–36	2	2	17	0	+1.8	1
9	2012-11-04	@ SEA	L 20–30	2	0	0	0	−2.0	0
10	2012-11-11	vs DET	W 34–24	9	7	64	1	+4.4	0
12	2012-11-25	@ CHI	L 10–28	9	5	55	1	+5.2	0
13	2012-12-02	@ GB	L 14–23	8	6	51	1	−0.0	1
14	2012-12-09	vs CHI	W 21–14	2	0	0	0	−1.5	0
15	2012-12-16	@ LA	W 36–22	4	3	22	0	+0.3	0
16	2012-12-23	@ HOU	W 23–6	6	3	39	1	+3.3	0
17	2012-12-30	vs GB	W 37–34	6	2	20	0	−0.4	0
P18	2013-01-05	@ GB	L 10–24	3	3	42	0	+0.3	0

2011 game log (14 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2011-09-11	@ LAC	L 17–24	1	0	0	0	−0.4
2	2011-09-18	vs TB	L 20–24	1	1	15	0	+0.8
3	2011-09-25	vs DET	L 23–26 OT	3	3	39	0	+2.9
4	2011-10-02	@ KC	L 17–22	4	3	44	0	+0.3
6	2011-10-16	@ CHI	L 10–39	3	2	20	0	+0.5
7	2011-10-23	vs GB	L 27–33	1	0	0	0	−0.5
8	2011-10-30	@ CAR	W 24–21	5	2	15	0	−1.2
10	2011-11-14	@ GB	L 7–45	3	3	37	0	+2.8
11	2011-11-20	vs LV	L 21–27	5	3	7	1	−1.7
13	2011-12-04	vs DEN	L 32–35	1	1	19	1	+2.6
14	2011-12-11	@ DET	L 28–34	4	1	0	0	−1.6
15	2011-12-18	vs NO	L 20–42	2	2	15	0	+1.0
16	2011-12-24	@ WAS	W 33–26	2	2	23	1	+3.3
17	2012-01-01	vs CHI	L 13–17	4	3	15	0	−2.1