Melvin Gordon

RB · LAC/DEN/BAL · 2015–2023

Born April 13, 1993 · College Wisconsin · Drafted 2015, round 1, pick 15 (LAC) · 6-1, 215 lb

Pro Bowl ×2 (2016, 2018)

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)
2015	LAC	14	184	641	0	3.48	−0.265	−0.156−0.213 to −0.100	32.6	−50.4	−0.78
2016	LAC	13	254	997	10	3.93	−0.104	−0.088−0.142 to −0.034	35.3	−27.7	−0.37
2017	LAC	16	284	1,105	8	3.89	−0.090	−0.092−0.145 to −0.039	35.3	−25.6	−0.38
2018	LAC	12	175	885	10	5.06	+0.020	−0.073−0.130 to −0.017	40.4	+3.7	+0.08
2018 playoffs	LAC	2	26	55	2	2.12	−0.057		39.3	−1.6	−0.00
2019	LAC	12	162	612	8	3.78	−0.102	−0.115−0.172 to −0.058	41.0	−17.0	−0.95
2020	DEN	15	215	986	9	4.59	−0.094	−0.065−0.120 to −0.009	40.2	−20.6	−0.11
2021	DEN	16	203	918	8	4.52	−0.128	−0.088−0.144 to −0.032	42.9	−26.8	−0.77
2022	DEN	10	90	318	2	3.53	−0.334	−0.121−0.181 to −0.061	36.6	−31.1	−0.88
2023	BAL	4	26	81	1	3.12	−0.273	−0.122−0.185 to −0.059	34.6	−7.1	−0.20
Career	BAL	112	1,593	6,543	56	4.11	−0.124		37.8	−202.7	−4.36

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2015	LAC	14	37	33	192	0	89.2	+0.041	6.4	-1.4	+1.5	−0.06
2016	LAC	13	57	41	419	2	71.9	+0.271	12.6	0.5	+15.4	+0.50
2017	LAC	16	83	58	476	4	69.9	+0.108	14.5	-0.3	+9.0	+0.48
2018	LAC	12	66	50	490	4	75.8	+0.173	17.5	-0.3	+11.4	+0.19
2018 playoffs	LAC	2	3	2	14	0	66.7	−0.248	3.9	0.7	−0.7	−0.00
2019	LAC	12	55	42	296	1	76.4	−0.039	12.7	-0.9	−2.1	+0.01
2020	DEN	15	44	32	158	1	72.7	−0.417	8.6	0.2	−18.3	−0.32
2021	DEN	16	38	28	213	2	73.7	−0.069	7.9	0.3	−2.6	+0.00
2022	DEN	10	32	25	223	0	78.1	+0.031	9.8	0.7	+1.0	+0.17
2023	BAL	4	3	3	46	0	100.0	+1.049	3.1	6.0	+3.1	+0.13
Career	BAL	112	415	312	2,513	14	75.2	+0.044	10.8	-0.1	+18.4	+1.10

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
2015	LAC	14	3
2019	LAC	12	3
2020	DEN	15	2
Career	BAL	112	8

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
2016	Pro Bowl
2018	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	LAC	13	655	75.4	–	–
2017	LAC	16	736	70.6	–	–
2018	LAC	12	519	70.2	–	–
2018 playoffs	LAC	2	67	50.0	–	–
2019	LAC	12	424	54.5	–	–
2020	DEN	15	618	62.0	–	–
2021	DEN	16	513	51.6	–	–
2022	DEN	10	282	42.0	–	–
2023	BAL	4	55	22.8	–	–

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	32	90.6	2	6.9	0	–
2023	3	100.0	0	0.0	0	–

Game logs

2023 game log (4 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
3	2023-09-24	vs IND	L 19–22 OT	10	32	0	−2.4	2	2	23	+1.1
4	2023-10-01	@ CLE	W 28–3	3	21	0	+0.2	1	1	23	+2.0
17	2023-12-31	vs MIA	W 56–19	6	10	1	+1.2	0	0	0	0.0
18	2024-01-06	vs PIT	L 10–17	7	18	0	−6.1	0	0	0	0.0

2022 game log (10 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2022-09-12	@ SEA	L 16–17	12	58	0	−4.2	2	2	14	+0.0
2	2022-09-18	vs HOU	W 16–9	10	47	0	−2.3	1	1	6	−0.8
3	2022-09-25	vs SF	W 11–10	12	26	1	−2.6	6	5	29	−0.8
4	2022-10-02	@ LV	L 23–32	3	8	0	−11.1	1	0	0	−1.3
5	2022-10-06	vs IND	L 9–12 OT	15	54	0	−3.5	3	3	49	+2.9
6	2022-10-17	@ LAC	L 16–19 OT	3	8	0	−2.0	0	0	0	0.0
7	2022-10-23	vs NYJ	L 9–16	11	33	0	−1.9	4	2	17	−1.1
8	2022-10-30	@ JAX	W 21–17	9	29	1	−0.1	4	3	23	−1.2
10	2022-11-13	@ TEN	L 10–17	7	24	0	−1.3	6	4	46	+2.4
11	2022-11-20	vs LV	L 16–22 OT	8	31	0	−2.1	5	5	39	+1.0

2021 game log (16 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2021-09-12	@ NYG	W 27–13	11	101	1	+2.8	3	3	17	0	+1.5
2	2021-09-19	@ JAX	W 23–13	13	31	0	−3.8	2	2	38	0	+0.4
3	2021-09-26	vs NYJ	W 26–0	18	60	1	−1.8	2	1	21	0	+1.3
4	2021-10-03	vs BAL	L 7–23	9	56	0	+1.5	4	2	11	0	−1.7
5	2021-10-10	@ PIT	L 19–27	9	34	0	−1.0	2	2	9	0	+0.5
6	2021-10-17	vs LV	L 24–34	10	50	0	+0.7	3	3	23	0	+0.5
7	2021-10-21	@ CLE	L 14–17	8	18	0	−2.8	3	2	14	1	+2.8
8	2021-10-31	vs WAS	W 17–10	10	47	1	−0.1	3	3	15	1	−0.5
9	2021-11-07	@ DAL	W 30–16	21	80	1	−3.3	2	2	15	0	−0.4
10	2021-11-14	vs PHI	L 13–30	9	45	1	−8.4	4	1	-2	0	−3.5
12	2021-11-28	vs LAC	W 28–13	17	83	0	+0.5	2	1	5	0	−1.8
14	2021-12-12	vs DET	W 38–10	24	111	2	+2.2	0	0	0	0	0.0
15	2021-12-19	vs CIN	L 10–15	15	53	0	−1.9	1	1	8	0	+0.6
16	2021-12-26	@ LV	L 13–17	7	-4	0	−5.8	1	1	4	0	−0.6
17	2022-01-02	@ LAC	L 13–34	10	43	0	+1.3	4	3	29	0	−2.0
18	2022-01-08	vs KC	L 24–28	12	110	1	−6.8	2	1	6	0	+0.5

2020 game log (15 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-14	vs TEN	L 14–16	15	78	1	+1.3	3	3	8	0	−6.2	0
2	2020-09-20	@ PIT	L 21–26	19	70	0	−4.2	3	2	14	1	+0.2	0
3	2020-09-27	vs TB	L 10–28	8	26	0	−2.5	6	4	12	0	−3.4	0
4	2020-10-01	@ NYJ	W 37–28	23	107	2	−0.4	3	2	11	0	−0.0	0
7	2020-10-25	vs KC	L 16–43	17	68	1	−6.7	4	2	12	0	−5.4	0
8	2020-11-01	vs LAC	W 31–30	8	26	0	−2.5	7	6	21	0	−2.0	0
9	2020-11-08	@ ATL	L 27–34	6	18	0	−2.2	1	1	9	0	−0.2	1
10	2020-11-15	@ LV	L 12–37	11	46	0	−0.5	2	0	0	0	−0.7	0
11	2020-11-22	vs MIA	W 20–13	15	84	2	−7.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2020-11-29	vs NO	L 3–31	12	31	0	−4.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2020-12-06	@ KC	L 16–22	15	131	0	+5.8	2	1	11	0	+0.3	0
14	2020-12-13	@ CAR	W 32–27	13	68	0	+4.1	3	3	23	0	+0.5	0
15	2020-12-19	vs BUF	L 19–48	11	61	2	+5.1	4	4	20	0	+0.4	0
16	2020-12-27	@ LAC	L 16–19	16	79	0	−0.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2021-01-03	vs LV	L 31–32	26	93	1	−5.9	6	4	17	0	−1.8	0

2019 game log (12 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
5	2019-10-06	vs DEN	L 13–20	12	31	0	−5.4	6	4	7	0	−3.0	0
6	2019-10-13	vs PIT	L 17–24	8	18	0	−2.7	4	3	30	0	−0.8	1
7	2019-10-20	@ TEN	L 20–23	16	32	0	−9.7	3	2	-3	1	−0.7	0
8	2019-10-27	@ CHI	W 17–16	8	31	1	−0.6	3	2	3	0	−0.0	1
9	2019-11-03	vs GB	W 26–11	20	80	2	+4.8	4	3	29	0	+0.3	0
10	2019-11-07	@ LV	L 24–26	22	108	1	+1.7	1	1	25	0	+1.5	0
11	2019-11-18	vs KC	L 17–24	14	69	0	+0.7	5	3	21	0	+1.3	0
13	2019-12-01	@ DEN	L 20–23	20	99	0	+1.0	3	2	11	0	−0.9	0
14	2019-12-08	@ JAX	W 45–10	12	55	1	+0.9	5	5	29	0	+0.4	0
15	2019-12-15	vs MIN	L 10–39	7	28	0	−6.7	7	5	36	0	−5.6	1
16	2019-12-22	vs LV	L 17–24	9	15	2	+0.9	7	6	32	0	−0.4	0
17	2019-12-29	@ KC	L 21–31	14	46	1	−1.9	7	6	76	0	+5.9	0

2018 game log (14 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2018-09-09	vs KC	L 28–38	15	64	0	−2.7	13	9	102	0	+1.4
2	2018-09-16	@ BUF	W 31–20	9	28	1	−2.0	7	6	38	2	+4.1
3	2018-09-23	@ LA	L 23–35	15	80	1	+2.6	4	2	4	0	−2.1
4	2018-09-30	vs SF	W 29–27	15	104	0	+1.8	10	7	55	1	+1.7
5	2018-10-07	vs LV	W 26–10	19	58	1	−3.2	4	4	62	0	+4.3
6	2018-10-14	@ CLE	W 38–14	18	132	3	+9.3	4	2	18	0	−3.7
9	2018-11-04	@ SEA	W 25–17	16	113	1	+2.7	4	1	10	0	−1.0
10	2018-11-11	@ LV	W 20–6	18	93	0	+1.9	6	5	72	1	+3.6
11	2018-11-18	vs DEN	L 22–23	18	69	0	−4.3	6	6	87	0	+5.5
12	2018-11-25	vs ARI	W 45–10	10	61	2	+3.6	2	2	5	0	−0.8
16	2018-12-22	vs BAL	L 10–22	12	41	1	−3.8	3	3	13	0	−0.7
17	2018-12-30	@ DEN	W 23–9	10	42	0	−2.2	3	3	24	0	−0.8
P18	2019-01-06	@ BAL	W 23–17	17	40	1	−0.3	1	1	3	0	−0.2
P19	2019-01-13	@ NE	L 28–41	9	15	1	−1.3	2	1	11	0	−0.6

2017 game log (16 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2017-09-11	@ DEN	L 21–24	18	54	0	−5.9	6	5	25	1	+2.8
2	2017-09-17	vs MIA	L 17–19	9	13	1	−2.6	8	7	65	0	+3.0
3	2017-09-24	vs KC	L 10–24	17	79	1	−0.4	2	0	0	0	−1.2
4	2017-10-01	vs PHI	L 24–26	10	22	0	−3.0	3	1	7	0	−0.3
5	2017-10-08	@ NYG	W 27–22	20	105	0	+0.0	8	6	58	2	+6.4
6	2017-10-15	@ LV	W 17–16	25	83	1	−0.6	12	9	67	1	+3.7
7	2017-10-22	vs DEN	W 21–0	18	38	0	−10.3	4	1	6	0	−1.8
8	2017-10-29	@ NE	L 13–21	14	132	1	+5.7	2	1	7	0	−0.3
10	2017-11-12	@ JAX	L 17–20 OT	16	27	0	−6.5	8	5	15	0	−6.6
11	2017-11-19	vs BUF	W 54–24	20	80	1	+1.8	2	0	0	0	−1.2
12	2017-11-23	@ DAL	W 28–6	21	65	0	−4.2	3	3	23	0	+0.6
13	2017-12-03	vs CLE	W 19–10	19	77	0	−4.0	4	4	29	0	+0.8
14	2017-12-10	vs WAS	W 30–13	22	78	1	+1.0	3	1	5	0	−1.2
15	2017-12-16	@ KC	L 13–30	19	78	1	+3.0	8	6	91	0	+4.3
16	2017-12-24	@ NYJ	W 14–7	19	81	1	+0.8	3	3	47	0	+2.5
17	2017-12-31	vs LV	W 30–10	17	93	0	−0.2	7	6	31	0	−2.6

2016 game log (13 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	@ KC	L 27–33 OT	14	57	2	+0.7	0	0	0	0	0.0
2	2016-09-18	vs JAX	W 38–14	24	102	1	+1.3	3	3	18	0	+0.8
3	2016-09-25	@ IND	L 22–26	16	35	1	−4.3	7	4	43	0	+0.7
4	2016-10-02	vs NO	L 34–35	19	36	2	−7.0	7	6	43	0	+1.5
5	2016-10-09	@ LV	L 31–34	16	69	0	−5.9	1	1	18	1	+2.7
6	2016-10-13	vs DEN	W 21–13	27	94	0	−6.3	2	0	0	0	−1.2
7	2016-10-23	@ ATL	W 33–30 OT	22	68	2	−0.4	7	6	53	1	+4.7
8	2016-10-30	@ DEN	L 19–27	23	111	0	−1.3	7	4	44	0	−1.2
9	2016-11-06	vs TEN	W 43–35	32	196	1	+3.5	4	4	65	0	+3.8
10	2016-11-13	vs MIA	L 24–31	24	70	0	−7.3	8	5	62	0	+2.1
12	2016-11-27	@ HOU	W 21–13	17	70	0	−1.6	4	4	19	0	−1.5
13	2016-12-04	vs TB	L 21–28	17	84	1	+1.6	6	4	54	0	+3.6
14	2016-12-11	@ CAR	L 16–28	3	5	0	−0.8	1	0	0	0	−0.6

2015 game log (14 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	vs DET	W 33–28	14	51	−7.2	3	3	16	+0.5	1
2	2015-09-20	@ CIN	L 19–24	16	88	+1.1	1	1	10	+0.6	0
3	2015-09-27	@ MIN	L 14–31	14	51	−2.6	1	0	0	−0.5	0
4	2015-10-04	vs CLE	W 30–27	12	38	−3.3	2	2	8	−0.0	0
5	2015-10-12	vs PIT	L 20–24	15	42	−9.0	9	7	52	+0.4	1
6	2015-10-18	@ GB	L 20–27	7	29	−4.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2015-10-25	vs LV	L 29–37	7	29	+1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2015-11-01	@ BAL	L 26–29	18	54	−1.1	6	5	7	−2.2	0
9	2015-11-09	vs CHI	L 19–22	11	31	−2.3	3	3	25	+1.7	0
11	2015-11-22	vs KC	L 3–33	15	37	−5.1	1	1	12	+0.8	0
12	2015-11-29	@ JAX	W 31–25	14	60	−0.9	5	5	20	−1.9	0
13	2015-12-06	vs DEN	L 3–17	12	55	−6.3	1	1	8	+0.6	1
14	2015-12-13	@ KC	L 3–10	14	35	−7.6	4	4	28	+1.8	0
15	2015-12-20	vs MIA	W 30–14	15	41	−3.0	1	1	6	−0.1	0