Michael Pittman

RB · ARI/TB/DEN · 1999–2008

Born August 14, 1975 · College Fresno State · Drafted 1998, round 4, pick 95 (ARI) · 6-0, 225 lb

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	ARI	10	64	289	2	4.52	−0.181	−0.150−0.212 to −0.089	34.8	−12.0	−0.35
2000	ARI	16	184	719	4	3.91	−0.147	−0.118−0.174 to −0.061	34.6	−27.6	−0.47
2001	ARI	15	241	846	5	3.51	−0.181	−0.114−0.168 to −0.059	36.8	−45.3	−0.53
2002	TB	16	204	718	1	3.52	−0.175	−0.111−0.167 to −0.055	33.2	−36.3	−0.78
2002 playoffs	TB	3	54	182	0	3.37	−0.204		25.9	−11.8	−0.02
2003	TB	16	187	751	0	4.02	−0.135	−0.094−0.150 to −0.038	37.8	−26.0	−0.72
2004	TB	13	219	926	7	4.23	−0.194	−0.104−0.159 to −0.049	33.8	−44.2	−1.22
2005	TB	16	70	436	1	6.23	−0.048	−0.097−0.158 to −0.036	32.4	−3.6	−0.14
2006	TB	16	50	245	1	4.90	+0.090	−0.087−0.149 to −0.025	35.3	+4.6	+0.03
2007	TB	10	69	288	0	4.17	−0.079	−0.098−0.159 to −0.037	34.8	−5.5	−0.15
2007 playoffs	TB	1	1	5	0	5.00	+0.276		100.0	+0.3	−0.00
2008	DEN	8	76	321	4	4.22	+0.004	−0.068−0.129 to −0.007	48.7	+0.3	+0.10
Career	DEN	136	1,364	5,539	25	4.06	−0.139		35.8	−195.6	−4.22

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
1999	ARI	10	27	16	196	0	59.3	+0.206	8.1	–	+5.6	+0.19
2000	ARI	16	91	73	579	2	80.2	−0.035	16.8	–	−3.2	−0.13
2001	ARI	15	66	42	264	0	63.6	−0.232	13.6	–	−15.3	−0.54
2002	TB	16	86	59	477	0	68.6	−0.021	15.7	–	−1.8	−0.34
2002 playoffs	TB	3	11	6	63	0	54.5	−0.128	11.2	–	−1.4	−0.00
2003	TB	16	120	75	596	2	62.5	−0.171	20.4	–	−20.5	−0.58
2004	TB	13	65	41	391	3	63.1	+0.014	16.6	–	+0.9	+0.28
2005	TB	16	46	36	300	1	78.3	+0.002	9.7	–	+0.1	−0.08
2005 playoffs	TB	1	7	3	30	0	42.9	−0.154	18.4	–	−1.1	−0.05
2006	TB	16	76	47	405	0	61.8	−0.175	14.4	2.9	−13.3	+0.02
2007	TB	10	39	26	191	0	66.7	−0.186	14.3	3.9	−7.3	−0.10
2007 playoffs	TB	1	5	5	62	0	100.0	+0.916	12.8	5.0	+4.6	+0.02
2008	DEN	8	13	10	112	0	76.9	+0.158	4.3	1.8	+2.1	+0.01
Career	DEN	136	629	425	3,511	8	67.6	−0.084	14.1	3.1	−52.6	−1.26

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	Forced fumbles
1999	ARI	10	2	–	–	–	0
2000	ARI	16	1	–	–	–	0
2001	ARI	15	3	–	–	–	0
2002	TB	16	3	–	–	–	1
2003	TB	16	5	–	–	–	0
2004	TB	13	3	–	–	–	0
2005	TB	16	2	–	–	–	0
2006	TB	16	1	0	–	–	0
2007	TB	10	1	0	–	–	0
Career	DEN	136	21	0	0	0	1

Game logs

2008 game log (8 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2008-09-08	@ LV	W 41–14	7	13	2	+0.9	0	0	0	0.0
2	2008-09-14	vs LAC	W 39–38	7	30	1	+1.5	0	0	0	0.0
3	2008-09-21	vs NO	W 34–32	5	2	1	−0.7	1	1	8	+0.1
4	2008-09-28	@ KC	L 19–33	4	36	0	+0.8	3	2	45	+2.6
5	2008-10-05	vs TB	W 16–13	6	39	0	+0.7	2	2	22	−0.2
6	2008-10-12	vs JAX	L 17–24	20	109	0	−0.6	5	3	16	+0.2
7	2008-10-20	@ NE	L 7–41	20	88	0	+2.1	0	0	0	0.0
9	2008-11-02	vs MIA	L 17–26	7	4	0	−4.3	2	2	21	−0.6

2007 game log (11 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2007-09-09	@ SEA	L 6–20	3	6	−1.6	9	5	32	−2.0	0
2	2007-09-16	vs NO	W 31–14	5	18	−1.1	2	1	11	+0.4	0
3	2007-09-23	vs LA	W 24–3	7	56	+2.2	4	3	35	+0.6	0
4	2007-09-30	@ CAR	W 20–7	15	90	+0.4	1	0	0	−1.4	0
5	2007-10-07	@ IND	L 14–33	5	-1	−3.8	2	2	16	+0.6	0
11	2007-11-18	@ ATL	W 31–7	10	44	−1.3	5	2	17	−6.5	0
13	2007-12-02	@ NO	W 27–23	0	0	0.0	2	2	6	−0.4	0
15	2007-12-16	vs ATL	W 37–3	13	50	+2.7	4	3	20	−0.5	0
16	2007-12-23	@ SF	L 19–21	7	13	−3.2	8	7	54	+4.0	1
17	2007-12-30	vs CAR	L 23–31	4	12	+0.2	2	1	0	−1.9	0
P18	2008-01-06	vs NYG	L 14–24	1	5	+0.3	5	5	62	+4.6	0

2006 game log (16 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2006-09-10	vs BAL	L 0–27	3	-1	0	+0.1	3	1	7	−2.3	0
2	2006-09-17	@ ATL	L 3–14	0	0	0	0.0	7	3	17	−1.0	0
3	2006-09-24	vs CAR	L 24–26	1	3	0	−0.3	2	2	25	+0.4	0
5	2006-10-08	@ NO	L 21–24	2	27	0	+1.8	3	2	31	+1.3	0
6	2006-10-15	vs CIN	W 14–13	1	11	0	+0.0	3	2	20	−0.4	0
7	2006-10-22	vs PHI	W 23–21	3	14	0	−1.1	3	2	23	−0.7	0
8	2006-10-29	@ NYG	L 3–17	2	2	0	−1.5	10	5	38	−3.7	0
9	2006-11-05	vs NO	L 14–31	1	3	0	−0.3	8	6	27	−3.1	0
10	2006-11-13	@ CAR	L 10–24	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	0	−1.1	0
11	2006-11-19	vs WAS	W 20–17	2	17	0	+1.0	2	2	31	+1.6	0
12	2006-11-23	@ DAL	L 10–38	1	2	0	−0.2	4	2	19	−4.8	1
13	2006-12-03	@ PIT	L 3–20	1	-1	0	−0.4	1	1	7	−0.1	0
14	2006-12-10	vs ATL	L 6–17	3	4	0	−2.3	11	7	73	+2.1	0
15	2006-12-17	@ CHI	L 31–34 OT	2	5	0	−0.4	5	4	30	−0.5	0
16	2006-12-24	@ CLE	W 22–7	16	86	1	+7.8	5	4	21	−0.2	0
17	2006-12-31	vs SEA	L 7–23	12	73	0	+0.4	7	3	36	−0.9	0

2005 game log (17 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	@ MIN	W 24–13	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−1.0	0
2	2005-09-18	vs BUF	W 19–3	7	46	0	−0.1	3	3	20	0	−0.5	0
3	2005-09-25	@ GB	W 17–16	1	3	0	−0.1	1	0	0	0	−6.5	0
4	2005-10-02	vs DET	W 17–13	5	30	0	+0.2	6	6	96	1	+8.4	0
5	2005-10-09	@ NYJ	L 12–14	13	46	0	−3.6	8	7	41	0	+0.7	0
6	2005-10-16	vs MIA	W 27–13	15	127	1	+1.1	1	1	11	0	+1.3	0
8	2005-10-30	@ SF	L 10–15	4	5	0	−2.0	2	1	3	0	−0.2	1
9	2005-11-06	vs CAR	L 14–34	5	14	0	−2.1	6	4	29	0	−2.8	0
10	2005-11-13	vs WAS	W 36–35	5	15	0	−1.4	2	0	0	0	−1.2	0
11	2005-11-20	@ ATL	W 30–27	1	6	0	+0.7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2005-11-27	vs CHI	L 10–13	1	16	0	+0.3	1	1	6	0	+0.4	0
13	2005-12-04	@ NO	W 10–3	4	40	0	+2.0	2	2	19	0	+3.2	0
14	2005-12-11	@ CAR	W 20–10	2	1	0	−1.5	3	3	20	0	+0.4	0
15	2005-12-17	@ NE	L 0–28	2	6	0	−0.5	3	1	3	0	−2.0	0
16	2005-12-24	vs ATL	W 27–24 OT	4	17	0	−1.0	4	4	17	0	−2.2	1
17	2006-01-01	vs NO	W 27–13	1	64	0	+4.6	3	3	35	0	+2.2	0
P18	2006-01-07	vs WAS	L 10–17	0	0	0	0.0	7	3	30	0	−1.1	0

2004 game log (13 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
4	2004-10-03	vs DEN	L 13–16	15	72	0	−0.8	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0
5	2004-10-10	@ NO	W 20–17	15	51	0	−2.8	5	5	29	0	+0.6	0
6	2004-10-18	@ LA	L 21–28	13	37	0	−16.3	5	4	16	1	+1.9	0
7	2004-10-24	vs CHI	W 19–7	23	109	1	−2.1	3	2	55	0	+2.8	0
9	2004-11-07	vs KC	W 34–31	15	128	3	+9.2	5	2	30	0	−1.6	0
10	2004-11-14	@ ATL	L 14–24	20	62	0	−6.3	6	4	16	0	+0.4	1
11	2004-11-21	vs SF	W 35–3	21	106	2	+1.8	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2004-11-28	@ CAR	L 14–21	18	29	0	−10.4	12	8	134	2	+6.4	0
13	2004-12-05	vs ATL	W 27–0	17	68	1	+1.7	2	2	12	0	+0.3	0
14	2004-12-12	@ LAC	L 24–31	12	42	0	−3.9	9	6	46	0	−0.6	0
15	2004-12-19	vs NO	L 17–21	24	131	0	−4.5	6	2	10	0	−3.6	0
16	2004-12-26	vs CAR	L 20–37	10	41	0	−0.6	5	3	13	0	−7.8	0
17	2005-01-02	@ ARI	L 7–12	16	50	0	−9.1	6	3	30	0	+2.6	1

2003 game log (16 games)

2003 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2003-09-08	@ PHI	W 17–0	8	35	−1.0	8	4	6	0	−6.9	1
2	2003-09-14	vs CAR	L 9–12 OT	10	38	+1.6	11	6	43	0	+0.3	1
3	2003-09-21	@ ATL	W 31–10	20	82	−0.4	7	7	82	1	+4.2	0
5	2003-10-06	vs IND	L 35–38 OT	16	106	+1.3	4	4	35	0	+1.4	0
6	2003-10-12	@ WAS	W 35–13	17	62	−2.6	7	3	33	0	+0.5	0
7	2003-10-19	@ SF	L 7–24	6	29	−1.3	11	10	60	0	−3.4	1
8	2003-10-26	vs DAL	W 16–0	30	113	−5.5	2	1	4	0	−0.9	0
9	2003-11-02	vs NO	L 14–17	16	48	−2.2	8	6	54	1	−2.9	0
10	2003-11-09	@ CAR	L 24–27	12	50	−1.0	8	5	47	0	+1.3	0
11	2003-11-16	vs GB	L 13–20	8	18	−2.7	6	4	22	0	−2.2	0
12	2003-11-24	vs NYG	W 19–13	19	55	−7.6	4	2	22	0	−0.9	1
13	2003-11-30	@ JAX	L 10–17	10	60	−0.1	8	2	6	0	−4.1	0
14	2003-12-07	@ NO	W 14–7	6	13	−5.2	7	3	29	0	+0.0	0
15	2003-12-14	vs HOU	W 16–3	1	3	+0.1	8	5	33	0	−2.0	0
16	2003-12-20	vs ATL	L 28–30	4	20	+0.2	11	9	85	0	+3.2	0
17	2003-12-28	@ TEN	L 13–33	4	19	+0.2	10	4	35	0	−8.1	1

2002 game log (19 games)

2002 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2002-09-08	vs NO	L 20–26 OT	12	50	0	−1.5	7	5	31	−0.8	0
2	2002-09-15	@ BAL	W 25–0	13	37	0	−0.7	7	6	58	+3.7	0
3	2002-09-23	vs LA	W 26–14	11	53	0	+0.1	9	6	28	−2.7	0
4	2002-09-29	@ CIN	W 35–7	19	54	0	−9.9	6	5	27	−1.2	1
5	2002-10-06	@ ATL	W 20–6	19	62	0	−0.5	5	2	9	−2.1	1
6	2002-10-13	vs CLE	W 17–3	16	53	0	−2.7	7	5	95	+5.6	0
7	2002-10-20	@ PHI	L 10–20	12	49	0	−1.5	7	4	15	−3.0	0
8	2002-10-27	@ CAR	W 12–9	12	36	0	−0.1	2	1	-4	−2.5	0
9	2002-11-03	vs MIN	W 38–24	3	19	0	−1.0	2	1	18	+0.9	0
11	2002-11-17	vs CAR	W 23–10	21	57	0	−7.7	8	4	21	−2.0	1
12	2002-11-24	vs GB	W 21–7	13	50	0	−3.1	2	2	23	+0.6	0
13	2002-12-01	@ NO	L 20–23	8	17	0	−4.9	7	6	27	+0.2	0
14	2002-12-08	vs ATL	W 34–10	9	25	0	−2.3	5	4	50	+0.4	0
15	2002-12-15	@ DET	W 23–20	11	46	1	+1.4	5	5	47	+2.9	0
16	2002-12-23	vs PIT	L 7–17	4	20	0	−0.0	3	1	4	−1.7	0
17	2002-12-29	@ CHI	W 15–0	21	90	0	−2.0	4	2	28	−0.2	0
P19	2003-01-12	vs SF	W 31–6	17	41	0	−7.0	2	1	10	−0.1	0
P20	2003-01-19	@ PHI	W 27–10	8	17	0	−1.5	5	5	53	+1.7	0
P21	2003-01-26	vs LV	W 48–21	29	124	0	−3.4	4	0	0	−3.0	0

2001 game log (15 games)

2001 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2001-09-30	vs ATL	L 14–34	7	53	1	+3.0	7	6	31	−1.1	0
4	2001-10-07	@ PHI	W 21–20	22	83	0	+0.5	4	2	16	−1.9	0
5	2001-10-14	@ CHI	L 13–20	16	50	0	−13.5	6	5	25	−2.5	0
6	2001-10-21	vs KC	W 24–16	26	95	1	−1.4	4	4	42	+2.6	0
7	2001-10-28	@ DAL	L 3–17	16	29	0	−5.1	5	2	16	−0.1	0
8	2001-11-04	vs PHI	L 7–21	18	43	0	−10.7	6	5	28	+0.6	0
9	2001-11-11	vs NYG	L 10–17	17	54	0	−2.3	3	2	7	−1.5	0
10	2001-11-18	vs DET	W 45–38	23	81	0	−3.6	3	1	3	−1.2	0
11	2001-11-25	@ LAC	W 20–17	18	44	1	−2.2	3	1	3	−4.6	0
12	2001-12-02	@ LV	W 34–31 OT	18	78	1	−2.6	10	4	17	−3.3	1
13	2001-12-09	vs WAS	L 10–20	14	46	0	−1.2	5	5	43	+1.8	1
14	2001-12-15	@ NYG	L 13–17	12	24	0	−3.8	3	3	5	−2.0	0
15	2001-12-23	vs DAL	W 17–10	14	58	1	−0.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2001-12-30	@ CAR	W 30–7	12	89	0	+0.5	4	2	28	+1.4	0
17	2002-01-06	@ WAS	L 17–20	8	19	0	−2.2	3	0	0	−3.3	1

2000 game log (16 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	2000-09-03	@ NYG	L 16–21	4	9	0	−0.9	6	6	71	0	+3.0	0
2	2000-09-10	vs DAL	W 32–31	9	28	1	−0.6	2	2	12	0	−0.5	0
4	2000-09-24	vs GB	L 3–29	3	4	0	−1.1	6	4	43	0	+0.5	0
5	2000-10-01	@ SF	L 20–27	11	72	0	+2.4	9	6	72	0	+1.4	0
6	2000-10-08	vs CLE	W 29–21	16	107	0	+3.5	2	2	10	0	−0.4	0
7	2000-10-15	vs PHI	L 14–33	8	37	0	+1.5	7	4	27	1	+1.3	0
8	2000-10-22	@ DAL	L 7–48	9	21	1	−5.1	8	7	24	0	−4.8	1
9	2000-10-29	vs NO	L 10–21	20	86	0	+0.7	7	3	40	0	−1.8	0
10	2000-11-05	vs WAS	W 16–15	15	30	1	−5.2	4	3	28	0	+0.3	0
11	2000-11-12	@ MIN	L 14–31	12	50	1	−0.1	9	8	63	0	−2.1	0
12	2000-11-19	@ PHI	L 9–34	13	49	0	−4.6	6	6	29	0	−1.0	0
13	2000-11-26	vs NYG	L 7–31	13	77	0	+1.1	11	10	96	1	+4.2	0
14	2000-12-03	@ CIN	L 13–24	19	72	0	−4.3	6	6	31	0	+0.2	0
15	2000-12-10	@ JAX	L 10–44	11	-1	0	−6.4	2	2	17	0	+1.5	0
16	2000-12-17	vs BAL	L 7–13	5	6	0	−7.6	1	1	3	0	0.0	0
17	2000-12-24	@ WAS	L 3–20	16	72	0	−0.9	5	3	13	0	−4.9	0

1999 game log (10 games)

1999 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	1999-09-12	@ PHI	W 25–24	0	0	0	0.0	4	2	26	+2.1	0
2	1999-09-19	@ MIA	L 16–19	5	-1	0	−2.4	2	0	0	−1.7	0
3	1999-09-27	vs SF	L 10–24	6	35	0	−0.5	2	1	11	−1.6	1
4	1999-10-03	@ DAL	L 7–35	4	9	0	−1.2	5	4	42	+2.6	0
5	1999-10-10	vs NYG	W 14–3	8	20	0	−1.2	1	1	21	+1.3	1
6	1999-10-17	vs WAS	L 10–24	2	15	0	+0.5	2	2	33	+2.8	0
8	1999-10-31	vs NE	L 3–27	4	29	0	−0.2	2	0	0	−0.7	0
9	1999-11-07	@ NYJ	L 7–12	9	41	1	+1.1	3	2	11	−0.7	0
10	1999-11-14	vs DET	W 23–19	23	133	1	−7.0	3	2	44	+2.1	0
14	1999-12-12	@ WAS	L 3–28	3	8	0	−1.1	3	2	8	−0.6	0