Michael Pittman

WR · IND/PIT · 2020–2026

Born October 5, 1997 · College USC · Drafted 2020, round 2, pick 34 (IND) · 6-4, 223 lb

EPA per target by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	YPC	EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2020	IND	13	3	26	8.67	+0.472	33.3	+1.4	+0.07
2020 playoffs	IND	1	1	11	11.00	+0.809	100.0	+0.8	+0.01
2021	IND	17	5	44	8.80	+0.315	40.0	+1.6	−0.01
2022	IND	16	3	30	10.00	+0.503	66.7	+1.5	+0.02
Career	PIT	98	11	100	9.09	+0.409	45.5	+4.5	+0.09

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2020	IND	13	61	40	503	1	65.6	+0.362	+0.290+0.123 to +0.458	14.1	8.4	+22.1	+0.41
2020 playoffs	IND	1	10	5	90	0	50.0	−0.014		23.3	6.6	−0.1	−0.16
2021	IND	17	129	88	1,082	6	68.2	+0.365	+0.316+0.168 to +0.465	25.7	9.7	+47.0	+0.54
2022	IND	16	141	99	925	4	70.2	+0.153	+0.224+0.079 to +0.370	25.6	7.0	+21.6	+0.95
2023	IND	16	156	109	1,152	4	69.9	+0.167	+0.233+0.090 to +0.376	30.5	7.9	+26.0	+1.49
2024	IND	16	111	69	808	3	62.2	+0.020	+0.187+0.034 to +0.340	24.3	11.1	+2.2	+0.27
2025	IND	17	111	80	793	7	72.1	+0.209	+0.253+0.100 to +0.406	20.9	8.2	+23.2	−0.12
2026	PIT	3	12	7	89	0	58.3	+0.199	+0.110−0.076 to +0.296	11.2	9.4	+2.4	+0.08
Career	PIT	98	721	492	5,352	25	68.2	+0.200		23.3	8.6	+144.4	+3.61

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
2020	IND	13	2
2021	IND	17	2
2022	IND	16	4
2023	IND	16	1
2024	IND	16	2
2025	IND	17	1
2026	PIT	3	1
Career	PIT	98	13

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
2020	IND	13	692	79.2	–	–
2020 playoffs	IND	1	70	93.3	–	–
2021	IND	17	972	88.9	–	–
2022	IND	16	1,056	97.3	–	–
2023	IND	16	985	92.8	–	–
2024	IND	16	897	89.2	–	–
2025	IND	17	908	86.3	–	–

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	141	85.1	6	5.0	31	61.3
2023	156	74.4	2	1.7	29	58.6
2024	111	68.5	2	2.6	28	50.0
2025	111	79.3	5	5.7	13	30.8
2026	12	83.3	2	20.0	2	0.0

Game logs

2026 game log (3 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2026-09-13	vs ATL	W 20–13	3	3	58	+3.4	0
3	2026-09-27	vs CIN	W 30–27	5	2	16	−0.8	0
4	2026-10-01	@ CLE	L 24–27	4	2	15	−0.3	1

2025 game log (17 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2025-09-07	vs MIA	W 33–8	8	6	80	1	+6.9	0
2	2025-09-14	vs DEN	W 29–28	5	4	40	0	+2.9	0
3	2025-09-21	@ TEN	W 41–20	6	6	73	1	+5.5	0
4	2025-09-28	@ LA	L 20–27	10	5	41	1	−2.2	0
5	2025-10-05	vs LV	W 40–6	6	5	39	1	+3.2	0
6	2025-10-12	vs ARI	W 31–27	3	2	20	0	+1.4	0
7	2025-10-19	@ LAC	W 38–24	9	7	58	1	+4.6	0
8	2025-10-26	vs TEN	W 38–14	9	8	95	1	+7.1	0
9	2025-11-02	@ PIT	L 20–27	12	9	115	0	+2.5	0
10	2025-11-09	vs ATL	W 31–25 OT	2	2	19	0	+1.1	0
12	2025-11-23	@ KC	L 20–23 OT	8	5	27	1	−2.1	0
13	2025-11-30	vs HOU	L 16–20	4	1	13	0	−3.4	0
14	2025-12-07	@ JAX	L 19–36	12	9	79	0	−4.7	1
15	2025-12-14	@ SEA	L 16–18	5	3	26	0	+2.5	0
16	2025-12-22	vs SF	L 27–48	5	4	32	0	+0.2	0
17	2025-12-28	vs JAX	L 17–23	3	2	16	0	−0.7	0
18	2026-01-04	@ HOU	L 30–38	4	2	20	0	−1.6	0

2024 game log (16 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-08	vs HOU	L 27–29	8	4	31	0	−2.5	0
2	2024-09-15	@ GB	L 10–16	7	3	21	0	−4.8	1
3	2024-09-22	vs CHI	W 21–16	5	4	36	0	−3.9	1
4	2024-09-29	vs PIT	W 27–24	9	6	113	0	+5.4	0
5	2024-10-06	@ JAX	L 34–37	8	5	37	1	+0.6	0
6	2024-10-13	@ TEN	W 20–17	5	3	35	1	−1.7	0
7	2024-10-20	vs MIA	W 16–10	5	3	63	0	+2.1	0
8	2024-10-27	@ HOU	L 20–23	6	1	16	0	−0.6	0
9	2024-11-03	@ MIN	L 13–21	4	1	14	0	−4.0	0
11	2024-11-17	@ NYJ	W 28–27	8	5	46	0	+0.5	0
12	2024-11-24	vs DET	L 6–24	7	6	96	0	+6.4	0
13	2024-12-01	@ NE	W 25–24	7	5	42	0	−1.5	0
15	2024-12-15	@ DEN	L 13–31	9	6	58	0	−5.9	0
16	2024-12-22	vs TEN	W 38–30	3	2	19	0	+0.8	0
17	2024-12-29	@ NYG	L 33–45	10	9	109	1	+9.7	0
18	2025-01-05	vs JAX	W 26–23 OT	10	6	72	0	+1.7	0

2023 game log (16 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs JAX	L 21–31	11	8	97	1	−1.0	1
2	2023-09-17	@ HOU	W 31–20	12	8	56	0	+0.1	0
3	2023-09-24	@ BAL	W 22–19 OT	11	9	77	0	+3.8	0
4	2023-10-01	vs LA	L 23–29 OT	5	1	15	0	−1.9	0
5	2023-10-08	vs TEN	W 23–16	7	5	52	0	+0.2	0
6	2023-10-15	@ JAX	L 20–37	14	9	109	0	−7.3	0
7	2023-10-22	vs CLE	L 38–39	5	2	83	1	+2.7	0
8	2023-10-29	vs NO	L 27–38	13	8	40	1	−5.8	0
9	2023-11-05	@ CAR	W 27–13	8	8	64	0	+4.9	0
10	2023-11-12	@ NE	W 10–6	12	8	84	0	+0.8	0
12	2023-11-26	vs TB	W 27–20	13	10	107	0	+8.0	0
13	2023-12-03	@ TEN	W 31–28 OT	16	11	105	1	+6.4	0
14	2023-12-10	@ CIN	L 14–34	11	8	95	0	+1.7	0
15	2023-12-16	vs PIT	W 30–13	5	4	78	0	+6.5	0
17	2023-12-31	vs LV	W 23–20	7	5	46	0	+2.8	0
18	2024-01-06	vs HOU	L 19–23	6	5	44	0	+4.1	0

2022 game log (16 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	@ HOU	T 20–20 OT	0	0	0.0	13	9	121	1	+8.1	0
3	2022-09-25	vs KC	W 20–17	0	0	0.0	9	8	72	0	+1.8	0
4	2022-10-02	vs TEN	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	6	3	31	0	−0.4	0
5	2022-10-06	@ DEN	W 12–9 OT	0	0	0.0	8	5	59	0	−0.2	1
6	2022-10-16	vs JAX	W 34–27	0	0	0.0	16	13	134	0	+8.3	0
7	2022-10-23	@ TEN	L 10–19	0	0	0.0	9	6	58	0	−2.1	1
8	2022-10-30	vs WAS	L 16–17	0	0	0.0	9	7	53	0	+1.5	0
9	2022-11-06	@ NE	L 3–26	0	0	0.0	6	3	22	0	−3.0	0
10	2022-11-13	@ LV	W 25–20	0	0	0.0	9	7	53	0	+1.7	0
11	2022-11-20	vs PHI	L 16–17	0	0	0.0	7	6	75	0	+4.9	0
12	2022-11-28	vs PIT	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	11	7	61	1	−2.5	1
13	2022-12-04	@ DAL	L 19–54	0	0	0.0	4	2	16	0	+1.0	0
15	2022-12-17	@ MIN	L 36–39 OT	2	30	+2.0	14	10	60	0	−1.7	0
16	2022-12-26	vs LAC	L 3–20	0	0	0.0	7	4	39	0	−0.5	1
17	2023-01-01	@ NYG	L 10–38	0	0	0.0	8	6	41	1	+4.0	0
18	2023-01-08	vs HOU	L 31–32	1	0	−0.5	5	3	30	1	+0.6	0

2021 game log (17 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs SEA	L 16–28	0	0	0.0	4	3	29	0	−0.2	0
2	2021-09-19	vs LA	L 24–27	0	0	0.0	12	8	123	0	+5.2	0
3	2021-09-26	@ TEN	L 16–25	1	5	−0.1	12	6	68	0	−1.4	0
4	2021-10-03	@ MIA	W 27–17	0	0	0.0	8	6	59	0	+4.7	0
5	2021-10-11	@ BAL	L 25–31 OT	0	0	0.0	7	6	89	1	+3.8	0
6	2021-10-17	vs HOU	W 31–3	1	3	−0.3	3	2	35	0	+1.5	0
7	2021-10-24	@ SF	W 30–18	0	0	0.0	4	4	105	1	+12.7	0
8	2021-10-31	vs TEN	L 31–34 OT	0	0	0.0	15	10	86	2	−0.1	0
9	2021-11-04	vs NYJ	W 45–30	0	0	0.0	6	5	64	1	+8.7	0
10	2021-11-14	vs JAX	W 23–17	0	0	0.0	5	5	71	0	+6.7	0
11	2021-11-21	@ BUF	W 41–15	0	0	0.0	5	2	23	0	−0.0	0
12	2021-11-28	vs TB	L 31–38	0	0	0.0	10	4	53	0	−6.4	2
13	2021-12-05	@ HOU	W 31–0	2	33	+2.1	8	6	77	0	+4.3	0
15	2021-12-18	vs NE	W 27–17	0	0	0.0	5	1	7	0	−3.4	0
16	2021-12-25	@ ARI	W 22–16	1	3	−0.2	12	8	82	0	+0.8	0
17	2022-01-02	vs LV	L 20–23	0	0	0.0	6	6	47	0	+2.3	0
18	2022-01-09	@ JAX	L 11–26	0	0	0.0	7	6	64	1	+7.9	0

2020 game log (14 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	@ JAX	L 20–27	0	0	0.0	2	2	10	0	+0.4	0
2	2020-09-20	vs MIN	W 28–11	0	0	0.0	6	4	37	0	+1.2	1
3	2020-09-27	vs NYJ	W 36–7	0	0	0.0	4	3	26	0	+2.5	0
8	2020-11-01	@ DET	W 41–21	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	0	−0.7	0
9	2020-11-08	vs BAL	L 10–24	0	0	0.0	7	4	56	0	+3.8	0
10	2020-11-12	@ TEN	W 34–17	1	21	+2.2	8	7	101	0	+3.9	0
11	2020-11-22	vs GB	W 34–31 OT	0	0	0.0	3	3	66	1	+5.5	0
12	2020-11-29	vs TEN	L 26–45	0	0	0.0	9	2	28	0	−4.3	0
13	2020-12-06	@ HOU	W 26–20	0	0	0.0	5	5	46	0	+3.3	0
14	2020-12-13	@ LV	W 44–27	1	3	−0.3	5	2	42	0	+2.8	0
15	2020-12-20	vs HOU	W 27–20	0	0	0.0	3	2	19	0	−0.0	0
16	2020-12-27	@ PIT	L 24–28	0	0	0.0	6	3	38	0	−0.2	1
17	2021-01-03	vs JAX	W 28–14	1	2	−0.5	2	2	28	0	+3.8	0
P18	2021-01-09	@ BUF	L 24–27	1	11	+0.8	10	5	90	0	−0.1	0