Michael Bennett

RB · MIN/KC/TB/LAC/LV · 2001–2010

Born August 13, 1978 · College Wisconsin · Drafted 2001, round 1, pick 27 (MIN) · 5-9, 205 lb

Pro Bowl (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)
2001	MIN	13	172	682	2	3.97	−0.079	−0.102−0.159 to −0.045	37.6	−13.6	−0.34
2002	MIN	16	255	1,296	5	5.08	−0.016	−0.059−0.113 to −0.004	37.2	−4.0	+0.29
2003	MIN	8	90	447	1	4.97	−0.020	−0.086−0.147 to −0.026	34.8	−1.8	−0.15
2004	MIN	10	70	276	1	3.94	−0.136	−0.099−0.160 to −0.038	31.0	−9.6	−0.29
2004 playoffs	MIN	2	17	68	0	4.00	−0.026		41.2	−0.4	+0.01
2005	MIN	16	126	473	3	3.75	−0.280	−0.134−0.192 to −0.075	28.5	−36.3	−0.76
2006	KC	10	36	200	0	5.56	−0.005	−0.096−0.159 to −0.034	40.5	−0.2	−0.02
2006 playoffs	KC	1	1	1	0	1.00	−0.422		0.0	−0.4	−0.00
2007	TB	13	60	239	1	3.98	−0.103	−0.100−0.162 to −0.039	30.0	−6.2	−0.10
2008	TB	3	7	12	0	1.71	−0.453	−0.082−0.146 to −0.018	12.5	−3.6	−0.07
2008 playoffs	LAC	2	5	24	0	4.80	−0.182		40.0	−0.9	+0.00
2009	LAC	5	23	65	0	2.83	−0.200	−0.099−0.163 to −0.036	26.1	−4.6	+0.01
2010	LV	5	2	11	0	5.50	+0.526	−0.116−0.180 to −0.051	50.0	+1.1	−0.01
Career	LV	99	841	3,701	13	4.40	−0.092		34.3	−79.0	−1.44

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2001	MIN	13	38	29	226	1	76.3	+0.124	8.4	–	+4.7	−0.09
2002	MIN	16	41	37	351	1	90.2	+0.359	7.5	–	+14.7	+0.18
2003	MIN	8	14	12	132	0	85.7	+0.715	4.9	–	+10.0	+0.17
2004	MIN	10	23	21	207	1	91.3	+0.575	7.1	–	+13.2	+0.39
2004 playoffs	MIN	2	6	4	11	0	66.7	−0.291	8.0	–	−1.7	−0.02
2005	MIN	16	31	27	124	2	87.1	−0.206	6.2	–	−6.4	−0.06
2006	KC	10	12	9	77	0	75.0	+0.016	4.6	-0.1	+0.2	+0.00
2006 playoffs	KC	1	1	1	12	0	100.0	+3.034	4.2	6.0	+3.0	+0.00
2007	TB	13	22	15	99	1	68.2	−0.075	4.9	1.0	−1.7	−0.01
2008	TB	3	1	1	2	0	100.0	−0.548	1.0	-2.0	−0.5	−0.01
2008 playoffs	LAC	2	3	2	13	0	66.7	+0.344	4.3	1.0	+1.0	+0.06
2009	LAC	5	7	6	65	0	85.7	+0.356	3.9	-4.6	+2.5	+0.09
2010	LV	5	2	2	9	0	100.0	−0.305	1.1	3.0	−0.6	−0.00
Career	LV	99	191	159	1,292	6	83.2	+0.189	5.8	-0.2	+36.2	+0.67

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
2001	MIN	13	1	–	–	–
2002	MIN	16	2	–	–	–
2006	KC	10	1	0	–	–
2007	TB	13	1	0	–	–
2007 playoffs	TB	1	1	0	–	–
2009	LAC	5	2	0	0	0
2010	LV	5	8	0	0	0
Career	LV	99	15	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
2002	Pro Bowl

Game logs

2010 game log (5 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2010-09-12	@ TEN	L 13–38	1	6	+1.5	2	2	9	−0.6	0
2	2010-09-19	vs LA	W 16–14	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2
3	2010-09-26	@ ARI	L 23–24	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	2
16	2010-12-26	vs IND	L 26–31	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	3
17	2011-01-02	@ KC	W 31–10	1	5	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0	1

2009 game log (5 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2009-09-20	vs BAL	L 26–31	4	19	+0.3	2	2	3	−1.0	0
3	2009-09-27	vs MIA	W 23–13	8	18	−1.0	1	0	0	−0.8	0
8	2009-11-01	vs LV	W 24–16	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	2009-11-08	@ NYG	W 21–20	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2010-01-03	vs WAS	W 23–20	11	28	−3.9	4	4	62	+4.2	0

2008 game log (5 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
5	2008-10-05	@ DEN	L 13–16	0	0	0.0	1	1	2	−0.5
6	2008-10-12	vs CAR	W 27–3	5	11	−1.7	0	0	0	0.0
9	2008-11-02	@ KC	W 30–27 OT	2	1	−2.0	0	0	0	0.0
P18	2009-01-03	vs IND	W 23–17 OT	4	24	+0.6	2	1	7	+1.1
P19	2009-01-11	@ PIT	L 24–35	1	0	−1.5	1	1	6	−0.0

2007 game log (14 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2007-09-09	@ HOU	L 3–20	5	24	0	−0.1	2	2	10	0	+0.0	0
2	2007-09-16	@ CHI	L 10–20	7	14	0	−2.2	4	3	20	0	−2.0	1
3	2007-09-23	vs MIN	W 13–10	4	7	0	−1.3	3	3	9	0	−0.8	0
4	2007-09-30	@ LAC	W 30–16	1	6	0	+0.1	1	0	0	0	−1.1	0
5	2007-10-07	vs JAX	L 7–17	1	-2	0	−1.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	2007-10-14	vs CIN	W 27–20	2	3	0	−0.9	3	2	6	0	+0.6	0
7	2007-10-21	@ DET	L 16–23	3	22	0	+1.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2007-10-28	vs JAX	L 23–24	2	23	1	+2.2	1	0	0	0	−1.3	0
9	2007-11-04	vs ARI	W 17–10	5	12	0	−1.7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2007-12-02	@ NO	W 27–23	1	12	0	+0.3	2	1	12	0	+0.2	0
15	2007-12-16	vs ATL	W 37–3	9	63	0	+2.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2007-12-23	@ SF	L 19–21	5	16	0	−1.4	4	2	14	0	+0.3	0
17	2007-12-30	vs CAR	L 23–31	15	39	0	−4.3	2	2	28	1	+2.4	0
P18	2008-01-06	vs NYG	L 14–24	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2006 game log (11 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2006-09-17	@ DEN	L 6–9 OT	6	19	−2.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2006-10-29	vs SEA	W 35–28	10	38	−0.7	1	0	0	−0.7	0
9	2006-11-05	@ LA	W 31–17	4	14	−0.5	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2006-11-12	@ MIA	L 10–13	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−1.5	0
11	2006-11-19	vs LV	W 17–13	3	43	+3.1	2	2	10	−0.0	0
12	2006-11-23	vs DEN	W 19–10	2	56	+2.6	2	2	20	−0.2	1
13	2006-12-03	@ CLE	L 28–31 OT	3	14	+0.4	4	4	33	+2.3	0
14	2006-12-10	vs BAL	L 10–20	6	5	−3.1	1	1	14	+1.1	0
15	2006-12-17	@ LAC	L 9–20	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.9	0
17	2006-12-31	vs JAX	W 35–30	2	11	+0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
P18	2007-01-06	@ IND	L 8–23	1	1	−0.4	1	1	12	+3.0	0

2005 game log (16 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2005-09-11	vs TB	L 13–24	6	-1	0	−3.7	3	3	21	0	+0.6
2	2005-09-18	@ CIN	L 8–37	3	36	0	−2.2	2	1	-1	0	−5.1
3	2005-09-25	vs NO	W 33–16	2	4	0	−0.8	0	0	0	0	0.0
4	2005-10-02	@ ATL	L 10–30	1	-4	0	−1.0	2	2	31	0	+1.6
6	2005-10-16	@ CHI	L 3–28	3	8	0	−1.4	0	0	0	0	0.0
7	2005-10-23	vs GB	W 23–20	6	22	0	−1.2	0	0	0	0	0.0
8	2005-10-30	@ CAR	L 13–38	2	6	0	−1.9	0	0	0	0	0.0
9	2005-11-06	vs DET	W 27–14	18	106	0	−0.5	1	1	5	1	+1.7
10	2005-11-13	@ NYG	W 24–21	19	16	0	−11.8	6	6	11	0	−0.7
11	2005-11-21	@ GB	W 20–17	5	10	0	−3.4	2	2	13	0	+0.1
12	2005-11-27	vs CLE	W 24–12	3	-3	0	−2.6	0	0	0	0	0.0
13	2005-12-04	@ DET	W 21–16	22	79	1	−2.3	4	3	10	1	+0.7
14	2005-12-11	vs LA	W 27–13	18	70	1	−6.3	5	4	6	0	−4.0
15	2005-12-18	vs PIT	L 3–18	11	43	0	−1.1	2	1	-5	0	−1.9
16	2005-12-25	@ BAL	L 23–30	1	-1	0	−1.0	1	1	10	0	+0.7
17	2006-01-01	vs CHI	W 34–10	6	82	1	+4.8	3	3	23	0	−0.2

2004 game log (12 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
7	2004-10-24	vs TEN	W 20–3	1	0	0	−0.5	0	0	0	0	0.0
8	2004-10-31	vs NYG	L 13–34	5	20	1	+0.8	7	6	18	0	−2.3
9	2004-11-08	@ IND	L 28–31	5	18	0	−1.7	2	2	15	0	−0.6
10	2004-11-14	@ GB	L 31–34	5	21	0	−0.7	0	0	0	0	0.0
11	2004-11-21	vs DET	W 22–19	11	30	0	−2.5	3	3	27	0	+1.6
12	2004-11-28	vs JAX	W 27–16	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	5	0	+0.2
14	2004-12-12	vs SEA	L 23–27	5	25	0	+0.2	0	0	0	0	0.0
15	2004-12-19	@ DET	W 28–27	13	51	0	−3.3	4	3	51	0	+5.3
16	2004-12-24	vs GB	L 31–34	17	92	0	−0.5	3	3	67	1	+7.8
17	2005-01-02	@ WAS	L 18–21	8	19	0	−1.4	3	3	24	0	+1.3
P18	2005-01-09	@ GB	W 31–17	9	31	0	−0.8	3	2	12	0	+0.1
P19	2005-01-16	@ PHI	L 14–27	8	37	0	+0.4	3	2	-1	0	−1.8

2003 game log (8 games)

2003 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
9	2003-11-02	vs GB	L 27–30	8	43	0	+0.6	3	3	15	+1.1
10	2003-11-09	@ LAC	L 28–42	5	23	0	−4.8	3	2	22	+0.9
11	2003-11-16	@ LV	L 18–28	5	13	0	−0.2	2	2	59	+6.7
12	2003-11-23	vs DET	W 24–14	15	73	1	+0.8	0	0	0	0.0
13	2003-11-30	@ LA	L 17–48	14	98	0	+2.4	3	3	24	+1.3
14	2003-12-07	vs SEA	W 34–7	25	103	0	−2.5	2	2	12	+0.5
16	2003-12-20	vs KC	W 45–20	6	31	0	−0.2	0	0	0	0.0
17	2003-12-28	@ ARI	L 17–18	12	63	0	+1.9	1	0	0	−0.5

2002 game log (16 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	@ CHI	L 23–27	16	53	0	−2.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2002-09-15	vs BUF	L 39–45 OT	10	45	0	+0.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2002-09-22	vs CAR	L 14–21	9	23	1	−2.1	3	3	33	0	−3.0	2
4	2002-09-29	@ SEA	L 23–48	15	91	0	+3.4	5	4	44	0	+4.4	0
6	2002-10-13	vs DET	W 31–24	16	68	0	−0.3	4	4	70	1	+5.4	0
7	2002-10-20	@ NYJ	L 7–20	12	56	0	−4.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2002-10-27	vs CHI	W 25–7	29	106	0	−4.8	6	6	30	0	−0.0	0
9	2002-11-03	@ TB	L 24–38	10	114	1	+5.9	3	3	27	0	+0.9	0
10	2002-11-10	vs NYG	L 20–27	15	167	1	+8.2	3	2	9	0	+0.0	0
11	2002-11-17	vs GB	W 31–21	20	130	0	+1.0	1	1	9	0	+0.8	0
12	2002-11-24	@ NE	L 17–24	14	55	0	−5.6	1	1	8	0	+0.6	0
13	2002-12-01	vs ATL	L 24–30 OT	18	86	1	−0.7	2	2	6	0	−0.3	0
14	2002-12-08	@ GB	L 22–26	19	120	0	+4.4	3	3	8	0	−0.7	0
15	2002-12-15	@ NO	W 32–31	15	46	0	−5.6	4	3	61	0	+3.9	0
16	2002-12-21	vs MIA	W 20–17	18	54	0	−3.5	3	2	15	0	+0.6	0
17	2002-12-29	@ DET	W 38–36	19	82	1	+1.4	3	3	31	0	+2.2	0

2001 game log (13 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	vs CAR	L 13–24	11	37	0	−2.3	4	2	18	0	−0.2	0
2	2001-09-23	@ CHI	L 10–17	16	56	0	−4.5	5	5	27	0	+2.0	0
3	2001-09-30	vs TB	W 20–16	13	51	0	−3.5	6	6	26	0	+1.0	0
4	2001-10-07	@ NO	L 15–28	8	24	0	+0.0	3	3	12	0	−0.1	0
5	2001-10-14	vs DET	W 31–26	13	46	0	−1.1	1	1	4	0	+0.1	0
10	2001-11-19	vs NYG	W 28–16	11	33	0	−1.9	2	1	13	0	+1.1	0
11	2001-11-25	vs CHI	L 6–13	12	75	0	+1.7	1	1	19	0	+0.0	0
12	2001-12-02	@ PIT	L 16–21	13	34	0	−2.2	2	2	80	1	+5.4	0
13	2001-12-09	vs TEN	W 42–24	16	113	2	+5.8	1	1	-2	0	−0.7	0
14	2001-12-16	@ DET	L 24–27	10	40	0	−1.5	2	0	0	0	−0.9	1
15	2001-12-23	vs JAX	L 3–33	11	17	0	−5.1	5	3	9	0	−1.1	0
16	2001-12-30	@ GB	L 13–24	25	104	0	+1.9	3	2	10	0	−0.3	0
17	2002-01-07	@ BAL	L 3–19	13	52	0	−1.0	3	2	10	0	−1.7	0