Marshall Faulk

RB · LA · 1999–2005

Born February 26, 1973 · College San Diego State · Drafted 1994, round 1, pick 2 (IND) · 5-10, 211 lb

MVP (2000) · Offensive Player of the Year ×3 (1999, 2000, 2001) · 1st-team All-Pro ×3 (1999, 2000, 2001) · Pro Bowl ×4 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)

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)
1999	LA	15	229	1,314	7	5.74	+0.039	−0.075−0.130 to −0.021	42.4	+9.3	−0.25
1999 playoffs	LA	3	38	82	1	2.16	−0.294		30.2	−12.7	−0.10
2000	LA	14	253	1,359	18	5.37	+0.148	−0.018−0.072 to +0.036	45.4	+38.9	+0.40
2000 playoffs	LA	1	14	24	0	1.71	−0.394		6.7	−5.9	−0.23
2001	LA	14	260	1,382	12	5.32	+0.078	−0.036−0.090 to +0.018	47.5	+20.3	−0.18
2001 playoffs	LA	3	64	317	3	4.95	+0.107		43.1	+7.0	+0.04
2002	LA	14	212	953	8	4.50	−0.029	−0.072−0.127 to −0.016	41.0	−6.3	+0.09
2003	LA	11	209	818	10	3.91	−0.066	−0.074−0.129 to −0.018	37.6	−13.8	−0.37
2003 playoffs	LA	1	19	53	1	2.79	−0.177		21.1	−3.4	−0.13
2004	LA	14	195	774	3	3.97	−0.093	−0.081−0.137 to −0.025	38.1	−18.8	−0.03
2004 playoffs	LA	2	20	85	1	4.25	+0.116		55.0	+2.3	+0.11
2005	LA	16	65	292	0	4.49	−0.169	−0.109−0.171 to −0.048	38.5	−11.0	−0.57
Career	LA	98	1,423	6,892	58	4.84	+0.013		42.2	+18.5	−0.90

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
1999	LA	15	94	80	976	5	85.1	+0.519	19.7	–	+48.8	+0.57
1999 playoffs	LA	3	16	13	175	1	81.2	+0.090	13.4	–	+1.4	−0.02
2000	LA	14	113	81	830	8	71.7	+0.262	22.8	–	+29.6	+0.46
2000 playoffs	LA	1	8	7	99	1	87.5	+1.141	20.5	–	+9.1	−0.02
2001	LA	14	104	83	765	9	79.8	+0.337	22.1	–	+35.0	+0.51
2001 playoffs	LA	3	18	14	114	0	77.8	+0.019	17.0	–	+0.3	−0.05
2002	LA	14	102	80	537	2	78.4	−0.054	19.1	–	−5.6	−0.19
2003	LA	11	61	45	290	1	73.8	−0.140	15.1	–	−8.6	−0.15
2003 playoffs	LA	1	9	9	78	0	100.0	+0.701	19.6	–	+6.3	+0.06
2004	LA	14	65	50	310	1	76.9	−0.075	12.6	–	−4.9	−0.35
2004 playoffs	LA	2	6	6	43	0	100.0	−0.177	9.1	–	−1.1	+0.03
2005	LA	16	58	44	291	1	75.9	−0.021	9.7	–	−1.2	−0.06
Career	LA	98	597	463	3,999	27	77.6	+0.156	17.1	–	+93.2	+0.78

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
1999	LA	15	1	–	–	–
2000	LA	14	2	–	–	–
2001	LA	14	4	–	–	–
2002	LA	14	3	–	–	–
2003	LA	11	1	–	–	–
2004	LA	14	1	–	–	–
Career	LA	98	12	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
1999	Offensive Player of the Year, 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2000	MVP, Offensive Player of the Year, 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2001	Offensive Player of the Year, 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2002	Pro Bowl

Game logs

2005 game log (16 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2005-09-11	@ SF	L 25–28	3	12	−0.5	3	1	4	0	+0.0
2	2005-09-18	@ ARI	W 17–12	3	15	−0.7	2	2	8	0	−1.3
3	2005-09-25	vs TEN	W 31–27	6	50	−1.5	4	3	31	1	+0.8
4	2005-10-02	@ NYG	L 24–44	3	16	+0.9	5	3	24	0	+0.2
5	2005-10-09	vs SEA	L 31–37	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.4
6	2005-10-17	@ IND	L 28–45	4	17	+1.5	4	4	21	0	+1.1
7	2005-10-23	vs NO	W 28–17	2	9	+0.1	6	5	28	0	−2.6
8	2005-10-30	vs JAX	W 24–21	6	23	−1.1	2	1	3	0	−1.3
10	2005-11-13	@ SEA	L 16–31	1	0	−0.4	6	5	54	0	+4.8
11	2005-11-20	vs ARI	L 28–38	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	0	+0.3
12	2005-11-27	@ HOU	W 33–27 OT	1	5	+0.2	1	1	9	0	+0.7
13	2005-12-04	vs WAS	L 9–24	1	3	−0.4	1	0	0	0	−1.7
14	2005-12-11	@ MIN	L 13–27	5	25	+0.8	4	4	32	0	+0.8
15	2005-12-18	vs PHI	L 16–17	16	87	−5.7	4	3	21	0	−0.8
16	2005-12-24	vs SF	L 20–24	3	5	−1.4	10	9	44	0	−0.9
17	2006-01-01	@ DAL	W 20–10	11	25	−2.8	4	2	9	0	−0.9

2004 game log (16 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2004-09-12	vs ARI	W 17–10	22	128	0	+0.9	2	2	17	0	+0.9	0
2	2004-09-19	@ ATL	L 17–34	12	20	1	−1.6	5	5	21	0	−0.7	0
3	2004-09-26	vs NO	L 25–28 OT	12	44	1	+2.1	11	8	46	0	−3.2	1
4	2004-10-03	@ SF	W 24–14	23	121	0	+3.7	1	1	25	0	+2.1	0
5	2004-10-10	@ SEA	W 33–27 OT	15	51	0	+0.0	4	1	4	0	−1.0	0
6	2004-10-18	vs TB	W 28–21	15	40	1	−1.8	5	3	29	0	−0.3	0
7	2004-10-24	@ MIA	L 14–31	12	61	0	+4.1	9	8	74	0	+3.9	0
9	2004-11-07	vs NE	L 22–40	12	66	0	+0.4	6	6	22	0	−1.8	0
10	2004-11-14	vs SEA	W 23–12	18	139	0	−1.7	5	5	21	0	−1.9	0
11	2004-11-21	@ BUF	L 17–37	13	6	0	−9.2	6	4	13	0	−3.1	0
12	2004-11-29	@ GB	L 17–45	7	7	0	−4.8	6	5	14	1	+1.0	0
15	2004-12-19	@ ARI	L 7–31	10	22	0	−3.0	2	1	13	0	−0.0	0
16	2004-12-27	vs PHI	W 20–7	17	54	0	−3.4	2	0	0	0	−0.8	0
17	2005-01-02	vs NYJ	W 32–29 OT	7	15	0	−4.5	1	1	11	0	+0.0	0
P18	2005-01-08	@ SEA	W 27–20	13	55	1	+1.6	2	2	12	0	+0.7	0
P19	2005-01-15	@ ATL	L 17–47	7	30	0	+0.8	4	4	31	0	−1.8	0

2003 game log (12 games)

2003 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2003-09-07	@ NYG	L 13–23	9	28	0	−2.5	9	7	27	0	−4.6	0
2	2003-09-14	vs SF	W 27–24 OT	18	57	1	−2.4	7	4	33	0	−3.4	0
3	2003-09-21	@ SEA	L 23–24	15	31	0	−7.2	1	1	6	0	+0.3	0
10	2003-11-09	vs BAL	W 33–22	20	48	2	−5.2	4	3	6	0	−3.6	0
11	2003-11-16	@ CHI	W 23–21	20	103	0	+0.7	5	3	21	0	−0.6	0
12	2003-11-23	@ ARI	W 30–27 OT	24	100	1	+0.1	5	5	33	0	+1.7	0
13	2003-11-30	vs MIN	W 48–17	17	108	3	+6.3	2	2	35	0	+0.9	0
14	2003-12-08	@ CLE	W 26–20	24	102	0	−0.9	9	6	43	0	−2.2	0
15	2003-12-14	vs SEA	W 27–22	28	85	1	−6.6	4	3	13	0	+0.3	1
16	2003-12-21	vs CIN	W 27–10	22	121	1	+2.6	6	5	33	1	+2.7	0
17	2003-12-28	@ DET	L 20–30	12	35	1	+1.2	9	6	40	0	−0.1	0
P19	2004-01-10	vs CAR	L 23–29 OT	19	53	1	−3.4	9	9	78	0	+6.3	0

2002 game log (14 games)

2002 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2002-09-08	@ DEN	L 16–23	10	19	1	−1.6	16	14	91	0	+4.1	0
2	2002-09-15	vs NYG	L 21–26	14	87	2	+1.5	8	7	36	0	−0.8	0
3	2002-09-23	@ TB	L 14–26	6	9	1	−0.9	2	2	27	0	+2.5	0
4	2002-09-29	vs DAL	L 10–13	18	73	0	−6.7	11	8	67	0	−3.4	1
5	2002-10-06	@ SF	L 13–37	18	73	0	+1.4	11	7	37	0	−10.0	0
6	2002-10-13	vs LV	W 28–13	26	158	0	+3.5	6	4	22	1	−0.7	1
7	2002-10-20	vs SEA	W 37–20	32	183	3	+7.3	11	7	52	1	−1.1	0
9	2002-11-03	@ ARI	W 27–14	27	178	1	+8.1	5	5	58	0	+2.6	0
10	2002-11-10	vs LAC	W 28–24	13	36	0	−5.7	6	6	36	0	−3.3	0
13	2002-12-01	@ PHI	L 3–10	9	29	0	−2.3	8	4	22	0	−1.9	0
14	2002-12-08	@ KC	L 10–49	10	13	0	−5.1	4	4	35	0	+2.6	0
15	2002-12-15	vs ARI	W 30–28	9	39	0	−0.4	2	2	7	0	+0.5	0
16	2002-12-22	@ SEA	L 10–30	9	13	0	−2.2	5	4	17	0	−0.6	0
17	2002-12-30	vs SF	W 31–20	11	43	0	−3.2	7	6	30	0	+3.9	1

2001 game log (17 games)

2001 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2001-09-09	@ PHI	W 20–17 OT	20	72	1	−0.9	11	8	48	0	−0.9	0
2	2001-09-23	@ SF	W 30–26	18	105	0	+2.1	8	8	79	0	+5.1	0
3	2001-09-30	vs MIA	W 42–10	19	88	1	−0.7	8	6	72	2	+10.5	0
4	2001-10-08	@ DET	W 35–0	14	71	1	+2.4	10	9	80	0	+1.0	0
5	2001-10-14	vs NYG	W 15–14	8	25	0	−12.0	7	5	38	0	+0.1	2
9	2001-11-11	vs CAR	W 48–14	15	183	2	+11.0	5	4	14	0	−2.4	1
10	2001-11-18	@ NE	W 24–17	20	83	0	+1.3	10	7	70	1	+2.0	0
11	2001-11-26	vs TB	L 17–24	12	55	0	−1.7	4	2	11	0	−1.3	0
12	2001-12-02	@ ATL	W 35–6	12	70	0	+0.9	7	6	128	3	+12.0	0
13	2001-12-09	vs SF	W 27–14	25	88	1	−0.4	6	5	19	1	+1.6	0
14	2001-12-17	@ NO	W 34–21	22	54	0	−5.2	11	8	51	1	+1.5	0
15	2001-12-23	@ CAR	W 38–32	30	202	2	+10.0	3	3	50	0	+2.0	0
16	2001-12-30	vs IND	W 42–17	25	118	3	+5.1	8	7	47	1	+4.5	0
17	2002-01-06	vs ATL	W 31–13	20	168	1	+8.3	6	5	58	0	−0.6	1
P19	2002-01-20	vs GB	W 45–17	16	82	1	+1.5	7	6	47	0	+0.2	0
P20	2002-01-27	vs PHI	W 29–24	31	159	2	+4.8	7	4	13	0	−2.1	0
P21	2002-02-03	@ NE	L 17–20	17	76	0	+0.7	4	4	54	0	+2.2	0

2000 game log (15 games)

2000 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2000-09-04	vs DEN	W 41–36	14	78	1	+1.5	7	4	100	1	+3.0	0
2	2000-09-10	@ SEA	W 37–34	15	68	1	+2.7	11	9	85	0	+5.2	0
3	2000-09-17	vs SF	W 41–24	25	134	3	+4.7	11	7	65	0	−0.6	0
4	2000-09-24	@ ATL	W 41–20	20	78	0	−3.0	4	3	18	0	−1.4	0
5	2000-10-01	vs LAC	W 57–31	7	55	0	+0.9	7	6	116	2	+6.9	0
7	2000-10-15	vs ATL	W 45–29	25	208	1	+10.3	10	7	78	0	+4.8	0
8	2000-10-22	@ KC	L 34–54	17	67	1	+2.7	9	6	32	0	−5.2	1
9	2000-10-29	@ SF	W 34–24	19	83	2	+0.0	9	6	61	2	+6.1	1
12	2000-11-20	vs WAS	L 20–33	9	33	0	+0.7	12	9	88	1	+4.2	0
13	2000-11-26	vs NO	L 24–31	8	27	0	−0.8	5	2	16	0	−0.7	0
14	2000-12-03	@ CAR	L 3–16	15	94	0	+3.0	8	5	34	0	+0.4	0
15	2000-12-10	vs MIN	W 40–29	25	135	4	+6.5	6	6	43	0	+4.5	0
16	2000-12-18	@ TB	L 35–38	22	79	3	+3.6	6	4	53	1	+1.2	0
17	2000-12-24	@ NO	W 26–21	32	220	2	+5.9	8	7	41	1	+1.2	0
P18	2000-12-30	@ NO	L 28–31	14	24	0	−5.9	8	7	99	1	+9.1	0

1999 game log (18 games)

1999 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp/Att	EPA/db	Pass WPA (WP pts)	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	1999-09-26	vs ATL	W 35–7	–	−0.29	−0.2	16	103	0	−2.2	5	5	67	1	+6.2	0
4	1999-10-03	@ CIN	W 38–10	–	–	0.0	11	23	0	−3.3	3	3	17	0	+0.6	0
5	1999-10-10	vs SF	W 42–20	–	–	0.0	7	6	0	−4.7	4	4	38	0	+2.9	0
6	1999-10-17	@ ATL	W 41–13	–	+0.02	+0.2	17	176	1	+16.2	4	3	32	0	+0.9	0
7	1999-10-24	vs CLE	W 34–3	–	–	0.0	16	133	1	+3.6	9	9	67	0	+2.4	0
8	1999-10-31	@ TEN	L 21–24	–	–	0.0	16	90	0	−2.6	6	6	94	1	+7.3	0
9	1999-11-07	@ DET	L 27–31	0/1	−1.92	−3.1	11	15	0	−4.8	11	10	78	0	+0.6	0
10	1999-11-14	vs CAR	W 35–10	–	−0.33	−1.0	13	67	1	−1.0	2	2	64	0	+4.3	0
11	1999-11-21	@ SF	W 23–7	–	–	0.0	21	126	0	+1.0	9	4	43	0	−4.8	0
12	1999-11-28	vs NO	W 43–12	–	–	0.0	18	102	2	+6.3	2	2	13	0	+1.9	0
13	1999-12-05	@ CAR	W 34–21	–	–	0.0	22	118	0	−0.4	7	6	79	0	+4.4	0
14	1999-12-12	@ NO	W 30–14	–	–	0.0	29	154	1	−5.0	6	5	56	1	+4.6	0
15	1999-12-19	vs NYG	W 31–10	–	–	0.0	16	68	0	−3.2	9	6	97	0	+5.8	0
16	1999-12-26	vs CHI	W 34–12	–	–	0.0	10	54	0	+2.4	13	12	204	1	+12.4	0
17	2000-01-02	@ PHI	L 31–38	–	–	0.0	6	79	1	+7.0	4	3	27	1	−0.9	1
P19	2000-01-16	vs MIN	W 49–37	–	–	0.0	11	21	1	−4.0	5	5	80	1	+2.8	0
P20	2000-01-23	vs TB	W 11–6	–	–	0.0	17	44	0	−2.9	5	3	5	0	−8.2	0
P21	2000-01-30	@ TEN	W 23–16	–	–	0.0	10	17	0	−5.7	6	5	90	0	+6.7	0