Matt Forte

RB · CHI/NYJ · 2008–2017

Born December 10, 1985 · College Tulane · Drafted 2008, round 2, pick 44 (CHI) · 6-2, 218 lb

Pro Bowl ×2 (2011, 2013)

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)
2008	CHI	16	315	1,231	8	3.91	−0.093	−0.053−0.105 to −0.001	32.2	−29.9	−0.03
2009	CHI	16	258	929	4	3.60	−0.171	−0.095−0.149 to −0.041	33.0	−44.5	−1.04
2010	CHI	16	237	1,069	6	4.51	−0.095	−0.091−0.146 to −0.036	33.6	−22.8	−0.29
2010 playoffs	CHI	2	42	150	0	3.57	−0.145		40.5	−6.1	−0.07
2011	CHI	12	203	997	3	4.91	−0.055	−0.075−0.130 to −0.019	34.8	−11.2	−0.02
2012	CHI	15	248	1,094	5	4.41	−0.060	−0.066−0.120 to −0.012	36.0	−15.3	−0.36
2013	CHI	16	289	1,339	9	4.63	−0.047	−0.058−0.110 to −0.005	37.6	−14.0	+0.08
2014	CHI	16	266	1,038	6	3.90	−0.089	−0.087−0.140 to −0.033	39.6	−24.2	−0.43
2015	CHI	13	218	898	4	4.12	−0.107	−0.111−0.166 to −0.056	38.2	−24.5	−0.46
2016	NYJ	14	218	813	7	3.73	−0.101	−0.094−0.149 to −0.039	32.9	−22.5	−0.24
2017	NYJ	12	103	381	2	3.70	−0.207	−0.142−0.202 to −0.083	33.0	−22.0	−0.36
Career	NYJ	146	2,355	9,789	54	4.16	−0.096		35.2	−230.8	−3.15

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2008	CHI	16	77	64	484	4	83.1	+0.276	14.8	1.9	+21.2	+0.59
2009	CHI	16	72	57	471	0	79.2	−0.020	12.9	0.3	−1.4	+0.12
2010	CHI	16	70	51	547	3	72.9	+0.053	15.4	4.1	+3.7	+0.15
2010 playoffs	CHI	2	18	13	144	0	72.2	−0.086	27.3	3.4	−1.5	−0.08
2011	CHI	12	76	52	490	1	68.4	−0.209	20.5	2.6	−15.9	−0.50
2012	CHI	15	60	44	340	1	73.3	−0.167	13.2	2.4	−10.0	−0.38
2013	CHI	16	94	74	594	3	78.7	+0.220	16.5	1.0	+20.7	+0.37
2014	CHI	16	130	102	808	4	78.5	−0.019	21.4	0.4	−2.5	+0.27
2015	CHI	13	58	44	389	3	75.9	+0.084	13.6	1.9	+4.9	+0.68
2016	NYJ	14	43	30	263	1	69.8	−0.143	8.7	-0.6	−6.2	+0.26
2017	NYJ	12	45	37	293	1	82.2	+0.195	12.5	1.8	+8.8	+0.29
Career	NYJ	146	725	555	4,679	21	76.6	+0.032	15.1	1.5	+23.3	+1.84

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	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2008	CHI	16	3	–	–
2009	CHI	16	7	0	0
2010	CHI	16	1	0	0
2010 playoffs	CHI	2	1	0	0
2011	CHI	12	3	0	0
2012	CHI	15	2	0	0
2013	CHI	16	4	0	0
2014	CHI	16	3	0	0
2015	CHI	13	2	0	0
2017	NYJ	12	3	0	0
Career	NYJ	146	28	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
2011	Pro Bowl
2013	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	NYJ	14	482	52.4	–	–
2017	NYJ	12	354	46.2	–	–

Game logs

2017 game log (12 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-10	@ BUF	L 12–21	6	16	0	−2.8	5	3	20	0	−1.6	0
2	2017-09-17	@ LV	L 20–45	9	53	0	+0.3	3	3	38	0	+2.3	0
3	2017-09-24	vs MIA	W 20–6	8	25	0	−2.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2017-10-15	vs NE	L 17–24	9	22	0	−2.7	8	8	59	0	+2.7	0
7	2017-10-22	@ MIA	L 28–31	7	41	0	−1.3	5	5	41	0	+3.6	0
8	2017-10-29	vs ATL	L 20–25	4	7	0	−1.8	7	6	45	0	+2.3	0
9	2017-11-02	vs BUF	W 34–21	14	77	2	+3.1	4	4	19	0	+0.1	0
12	2017-11-26	vs CAR	L 27–35	10	26	0	−1.8	1	0	0	0	−2.8	0
13	2017-12-03	vs KC	W 38–31	15	58	0	−2.7	3	3	33	1	+5.2	0
14	2017-12-10	@ DEN	L 0–23	6	13	0	−2.4	3	2	21	0	−0.3	1
15	2017-12-17	@ NO	L 19–31	7	24	0	−1.7	5	2	10	0	−2.1	1
16	2017-12-24	vs LAC	L 7–14	8	19	0	−6.0	1	1	7	0	−0.7	1

2016 game log (14 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2016-09-11	vs CIN	L 22–23	22	96	0	−0.4	7	5	59	0	+2.1
2	2016-09-15	@ BUF	W 37–31	30	100	3	+0.1	3	2	9	0	−0.7
3	2016-09-25	@ KC	L 3–24	15	65	0	−1.4	4	2	-1	0	−10.6
4	2016-10-02	vs SEA	L 17–27	14	27	0	−7.2	3	2	16	0	−0.3
5	2016-10-09	@ PIT	L 13–31	12	53	0	−0.6	2	2	7	0	−1.3
6	2016-10-17	@ ARI	L 3–28	9	19	0	−4.0	3	1	3	0	−2.2
7	2016-10-23	vs BAL	W 24–16	30	100	1	−3.3	4	4	54	1	+4.2
8	2016-10-30	@ CLE	W 31–28	25	82	2	−0.7	3	2	16	0	+0.5
9	2016-11-06	@ MIA	L 23–27	12	92	1	+3.9	2	1	5	0	−1.8
10	2016-11-13	vs LA	L 6–9	20	98	0	−1.0	3	2	11	0	−0.8
12	2016-11-27	vs NE	L 17–22	13	27	0	−3.8	4	3	23	0	+0.0
13	2016-12-05	vs IND	L 10–41	9	25	0	−3.7	4	3	54	0	+4.1
14	2016-12-11	@ SF	W 23–17 OT	3	8	0	−1.0	0	0	0	0	0.0
15	2016-12-17	vs MIA	L 13–34	4	21	0	+0.6	1	1	7	0	+0.5

2015 game log (13 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	vs GB	L 23–31	24	141	1	+7.5	8	5	25	0	−1.7	0
2	2015-09-20	vs ARI	L 23–48	15	61	0	−3.9	5	4	44	0	+0.1	0
3	2015-09-27	@ SEA	L 0–26	20	74	0	−3.8	3	0	0	0	−1.9	0
4	2015-10-04	vs LV	W 22–20	25	91	0	−12.0	4	4	64	0	+5.4	0
5	2015-10-11	@ KC	W 18–17	18	71	0	−3.7	7	5	38	1	+3.1	0
6	2015-10-18	@ DET	L 34–37 OT	24	69	1	−4.6	5	3	20	0	−0.5	0
8	2015-11-01	vs MIN	L 20–23	10	41	0	−1.3	4	4	28	0	−0.5	0
12	2015-11-26	@ GB	W 17–13	15	44	0	−4.1	1	1	9	0	+0.1	0
13	2015-12-06	vs SF	L 20–26 OT	21	84	1	−2.3	5	5	39	0	+2.3	0
14	2015-12-13	vs WAS	L 21–24	10	45	1	+1.0	2	1	8	0	−1.2	0
15	2015-12-20	@ MIN	L 17–38	8	47	0	+0.7	7	6	57	1	−2.2	0
16	2015-12-27	@ TB	W 26–21	11	54	0	+1.3	4	3	23	0	−1.2	0
17	2016-01-03	vs DET	L 20–24	17	76	0	+0.9	3	3	34	1	+3.2	2

2014 game log (16 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	vs BUF	L 20–23 OT	17	82	0	+0.1	9	8	87	0	+5.2	0
2	2014-09-14	@ SF	W 28–20	12	21	0	−3.4	8	5	15	0	−3.0	0
3	2014-09-22	@ NYJ	W 27–19	13	33	0	−3.4	7	6	43	0	+0.2	0
4	2014-09-28	vs GB	L 17–38	23	122	0	+1.1	6	5	49	0	+3.0	1
5	2014-10-05	@ CAR	L 24–31	17	61	0	−10.8	12	12	105	1	+4.5	0
6	2014-10-12	@ ATL	W 27–13	17	80	2	+4.7	13	10	77	0	+0.9	0
7	2014-10-19	vs MIA	L 14–27	12	49	1	+2.8	7	6	60	1	+7.4	1
8	2014-10-26	@ NE	L 23–51	19	114	0	+3.5	8	6	54	1	+0.5	0
10	2014-11-09	@ GB	L 14–55	17	54	0	−4.0	7	3	27	0	−10.9	1
11	2014-11-16	vs MIN	W 21–13	26	117	0	+0.5	6	6	58	0	+3.7	0
12	2014-11-23	vs TB	W 21–13	23	89	2	−0.1	6	5	23	0	−4.7	0
13	2014-11-27	@ DET	L 17–34	5	6	0	−3.1	9	6	52	0	−0.5	0
14	2014-12-04	vs DAL	L 28–41	13	26	1	−2.5	9	8	74	0	−4.3	0
15	2014-12-15	vs NO	L 15–31	16	78	0	−1.0	5	2	21	0	−0.8	0
16	2014-12-21	vs DET	L 14–20	19	55	0	−6.4	6	6	40	1	+3.6	0
17	2014-12-28	@ MIN	L 9–13	17	51	0	−2.2	12	8	23	0	−7.6	0

2013 game log (16 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2013-09-08	vs CIN	W 24–21	19	50	1	−5.4	6	4	41	0	−0.6	0
2	2013-09-15	vs MIN	W 31–30	20	88	0	−2.6	10	10	73	0	+3.6	1
3	2013-09-22	@ PIT	W 40–23	16	87	1	+2.1	4	4	24	0	+2.6	0
4	2013-09-29	@ DET	L 32–40	14	95	1	+2.0	6	5	22	0	−0.4	0
5	2013-10-06	vs NO	L 18–26	12	55	0	−0.2	6	4	40	0	−0.6	0
6	2013-10-10	vs NYG	W 27–21	19	67	0	−3.3	6	6	44	0	+2.9	0
7	2013-10-20	@ WAS	L 41–45	16	91	3	+4.4	3	2	18	0	−1.2	0
9	2013-11-04	@ GB	W 27–20	24	125	1	+3.7	8	5	54	0	+0.6	0
10	2013-11-10	vs DET	L 19–21	17	33	0	−7.4	7	4	16	0	−4.8	0
11	2013-11-17	vs BAL	W 23–20 OT	18	83	0	−3.1	6	5	42	1	+4.4	0
12	2013-11-24	@ LA	L 21–42	16	77	0	−2.4	9	7	40	0	+1.5	1
13	2013-12-01	@ MIN	L 20–23 OT	23	120	0	−3.5	2	2	31	0	+2.5	1
14	2013-12-09	vs DAL	W 45–28	20	102	0	−1.3	9	7	73	1	+6.0	0
15	2013-12-15	@ CLE	W 38–31	24	127	0	+1.4	3	1	4	0	−1.5	0
16	2013-12-22	@ PHI	L 11–54	9	29	0	−2.0	5	4	25	0	+1.0	0
17	2013-12-29	vs GB	L 28–33	22	110	2	+3.5	4	4	47	1	+4.6	1

2012 game log (15 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-09	vs IND	W 41–21	16	80	1	+2.2	6	3	40	0	−5.0	0
2	2012-09-13	@ GB	L 10–23	7	31	0	−2.2	5	4	49	0	+3.9	0
4	2012-10-01	@ DAL	W 34–18	13	52	0	−1.8	1	1	-3	0	−1.4	0
5	2012-10-07	@ JAX	W 41–3	22	107	0	+2.7	4	2	20	0	−1.5	0
7	2012-10-22	vs DET	W 13–7	22	96	0	−2.9	5	3	4	0	−4.2	0
8	2012-10-28	vs CAR	W 23–22	15	70	1	+1.6	5	5	24	0	−0.6	0
9	2012-11-04	@ TEN	W 51–20	12	103	1	+6.2	2	2	45	0	+2.2	1
10	2012-11-11	vs HOU	L 6–13	16	39	0	−4.3	5	2	-3	0	−4.1	0
11	2012-11-19	@ SF	L 7–32	21	63	0	−3.2	4	3	4	0	−2.7	0
12	2012-11-25	vs MIN	W 28–10	14	42	0	−6.8	2	2	4	0	−1.0	1
13	2012-12-02	vs SEA	L 17–23 OT	21	66	0	−6.2	3	3	30	1	+4.3	0
14	2012-12-09	@ MIN	L 14–21	13	85	0	+1.7	7	6	34	0	−0.9	0
15	2012-12-16	vs GB	L 13–21	20	69	0	−3.5	8	5	64	0	−0.7	0
16	2012-12-23	@ ARI	W 28–13	12	88	1	+3.2	1	1	7	0	+0.3	0
17	2012-12-30	@ DET	W 26–24	24	103	1	−1.9	2	2	21	0	+1.3	0

2011 game log (12 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2011-09-11	vs ATL	W 30–12	16	68	0	+0.6	6	5	90	1	+6.0	0
2	2011-09-18	@ NO	L 13–30	10	49	0	−1.6	14	10	117	0	+3.4	0
3	2011-09-25	vs GB	L 17–27	9	2	0	−6.3	8	7	80	0	+1.3	0
4	2011-10-02	vs CAR	W 34–29	25	205	1	+11.2	5	4	23	0	−3.4	0
5	2011-10-10	@ DET	L 13–24	22	116	0	−5.9	7	4	35	0	−0.4	0
6	2011-10-16	vs MIN	W 39–10	17	87	0	+1.3	7	6	36	0	+1.1	0
7	2011-10-23	@ TB	W 24–18	25	145	1	+2.7	4	2	38	0	+1.1	0
9	2011-11-07	@ PHI	W 30–24	24	133	0	−3.1	5	3	17	0	−7.4	1
10	2011-11-13	vs DET	W 37–13	18	64	1	−1.5	5	1	3	0	−0.6	0
11	2011-11-20	vs LAC	W 31–20	20	57	0	−5.8	5	4	26	0	+0.4	1
12	2011-11-27	@ LV	L 20–25	12	59	0	−0.8	10	6	25	0	−17.4	1
13	2011-12-04	vs KC	L 3–10	5	12	0	−1.9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

2010 game log (18 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2010-09-12	vs DET	W 19–14	17	50	0	−8.3	7	7	151	2	+7.2	0
2	2010-09-19	@ DAL	W 27–20	10	29	0	−3.7	6	5	37	1	+1.1	0
3	2010-09-27	vs GB	W 20–17	11	29	0	−4.5	2	2	14	0	+1.1	0
4	2010-10-03	@ NYG	L 3–17	12	26	0	−6.3	3	2	7	0	−1.3	0
5	2010-10-10	@ CAR	W 23–6	22	166	2	+6.6	2	2	22	0	+2.1	0
6	2010-10-17	vs SEA	L 20–23	8	11	1	−2.4	7	3	40	0	−0.0	0
7	2010-10-24	vs WAS	L 14–17	10	41	0	−0.2	6	5	32	0	−4.9	0
9	2010-11-07	@ BUF	W 22–19	14	49	0	−4.2	5	3	12	0	−1.7	0
10	2010-11-14	vs MIN	W 27–13	21	69	0	−5.2	2	1	9	0	−0.9	0
11	2010-11-18	@ MIA	W 16–0	25	97	1	−1.1	2	2	7	0	−0.5	0
12	2010-11-28	vs PHI	W 31–26	14	117	0	+0.6	3	2	22	0	+1.0	0
13	2010-12-05	@ DET	W 24–20	13	64	1	+1.1	3	2	36	0	+1.1	0
14	2010-12-12	vs NE	L 7–36	9	25	0	−4.2	6	2	36	0	−3.1	0
15	2010-12-20	@ MIN	W 40–14	17	92	0	+4.1	1	1	6	0	+0.2	0
16	2010-12-26	vs NYJ	W 38–34	19	113	1	+3.7	7	4	56	0	+1.1	0
17	2011-01-02	@ GB	L 3–10	15	91	0	+1.2	8	8	60	0	+1.1	1
P19	2011-01-16	vs SEA	W 35–24	25	80	0	−4.6	3	3	54	0	+4.5	1
P20	2011-01-23	vs GB	L 14–21	17	70	0	−1.4	15	10	90	0	−6.1	0

2009 game log (16 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-13	@ GB	L 15–21	25	55	0	−6.5	1	0	0	−4.0	1
2	2009-09-20	vs PIT	W 17–14	13	29	0	−5.0	6	5	33	−1.2	0
3	2009-09-27	@ SEA	W 25–19	21	66	0	−4.4	6	6	40	+1.8	1
4	2009-10-04	vs DET	W 48–24	12	121	1	+6.0	3	2	19	+0.6	0
6	2009-10-18	@ ATL	L 14–21	15	23	0	−11.0	5	5	37	+0.6	0
7	2009-10-25	@ CIN	L 10–45	6	24	0	+0.6	6	4	25	−1.9	0
8	2009-11-01	vs CLE	W 30–6	26	90	2	−1.3	3	2	31	+1.8	0
9	2009-11-08	vs ARI	L 21–41	5	33	0	+0.1	8	6	74	+3.5	0
10	2009-11-12	@ SF	L 6–10	20	41	0	−5.0	9	8	120	+4.0	1
11	2009-11-22	vs PHI	L 20–24	14	34	0	−4.5	5	4	20	−1.3	1
12	2009-11-29	@ MIN	L 10–36	8	27	0	−2.1	4	4	34	+2.2	0
13	2009-12-06	vs LA	W 17–9	24	91	1	−5.1	1	1	5	−0.1	1
14	2009-12-13	vs GB	L 14–21	12	51	0	−1.5	4	4	17	−2.0	1
15	2009-12-20	@ BAL	L 7–31	20	69	0	−3.3	3	2	0	−1.3	1
16	2009-12-28	vs MIN	W 36–30 OT	21	74	0	−2.4	1	1	-7	−1.1	0
17	2010-01-03	@ DET	W 37–23	16	101	0	+1.0	7	3	23	−2.9	0

2008 game log (16 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	@ IND	W 29–13	23	123	1	+2.9	3	3	18	0	+2.3	0
2	2008-09-14	@ CAR	L 17–20	23	92	0	−3.2	3	3	21	0	+2.2	0
3	2008-09-21	vs TB	L 24–27 OT	27	89	0	−4.6	10	7	66	1	−0.3	0
4	2008-09-28	vs PHI	W 24–20	19	43	0	−3.5	6	5	42	0	+2.0	2
5	2008-10-05	@ DET	W 34–7	15	36	1	−5.2	4	4	25	1	+3.1	0
6	2008-10-12	@ ATL	L 20–22	20	76	1	−2.1	5	5	34	0	+1.3	0
7	2008-10-19	vs MIN	W 48–41	20	56	1	+0.2	3	2	17	0	−0.1	0
9	2008-11-02	vs DET	W 27–23	22	126	0	+1.8	4	1	5	0	−1.6	0
10	2008-11-09	vs TEN	L 14–21	20	72	0	−2.4	7	7	54	1	+4.2	0
11	2008-11-16	@ GB	L 3–37	16	64	0	−3.1	7	6	40	0	+0.5	0
12	2008-11-23	@ LA	W 27–3	20	132	2	+2.4	3	2	14	0	+0.9	0
13	2008-11-30	@ MIN	L 14–34	22	96	0	−4.4	4	4	29	1	+2.2	0
14	2008-12-07	vs JAX	W 23–10	21	69	0	−2.6	6	5	37	0	+0.0	0
15	2008-12-11	vs NO	W 27–24 OT	11	34	1	−0.2	6	5	29	0	+0.4	1
16	2008-12-22	vs GB	W 20–17 OT	23	73	1	−3.2	2	2	28	0	+3.2	0
17	2008-12-28	@ HOU	L 24–31	13	50	0	−2.5	4	3	25	0	+0.8	0