Michael Thomas

WR · NO · 2016–2023

Born March 3, 1993 · College Ohio State · Drafted 2016, round 2, pick 47 (NO) · 6-3, 212 lb

Offensive Player of the Year (2019) · 1st-team All-Pro ×2 (2018, 2019) · Pro Bowl ×3 (2017, 2018, 2019)

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	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2019	NO	16	1	-9	-9.00	−1.699	−1.7	−0.02
2020	NO	7	1	1	1.00	−0.540	−0.5	−0.00
Career	NO	83	2	-8	-4.00	−1.119	−2.2	−0.02

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2016	NO	15	121	92	1,137	9	76.0	+0.226	+0.236+0.085 to +0.386	19.4	7.9	+27.3	+0.58
2017	NO	16	149	104	1,245	5	69.8	+0.417	+0.315+0.171 to +0.459	28.2	9.5	+62.1	+1.38
2017 playoffs	NO	2	22	15	216	2	68.2	+0.384		31.0	10.6	+8.4	+0.10
2018	NO	16	147	125	1,405	9	85.0	+0.593	+0.441+0.297 to +0.586	28.8	7.7	+87.2	+2.05
2018 playoffs	NO	2	23	16	207	1	69.6	+0.527		30.3	9.8	+12.1	+0.31
2019	NO	16	185	149	1,725	9	80.5	+0.535	+0.440+0.303 to +0.577	33.1	8.1	+99.0	+2.55
2019 playoffs	NO	1	8	7	70	0	87.5	+0.166		24.2	8.8	+1.3	+0.07
2020	NO	7	55	40	438	0	72.7	+0.280	+0.261+0.092 to +0.430	27.8	9.6	+15.4	+0.40
2020 playoffs	NO	2	11	5	73	1	45.5	−0.483		15.5	7.9	−5.3	−0.20
2022	NO	3	22	16	171	3	72.7	+0.759	+0.137−0.045 to +0.319	19.8	10.8	+16.7	+0.44
2023	NO	10	64	39	448	1	60.9	+0.197	+0.188+0.022 to +0.355	17.6	10.2	+12.6	+0.27
Career	NO	83	743	565	6,569	36	76.0	+0.431		25.7	8.6	+320.3	+7.68

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
2016	NO	15	4
2017	NO	16	5
2017 playoffs	NO	2	1
2018	NO	16	1
2018 playoffs	NO	2	2
2020 playoffs	NO	2	1
2023	NO	10	1
Career	NO	83	11

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
2017	Pro Bowl
2018	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2019	Offensive Player of the Year, 1st-team All-Pro, 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	NO	15	857	80.3	–	–
2017	NO	16	846	83.4	–	–
2017 playoffs	NO	2	112	90.3	–	–
2018	NO	16	924	90.4	–	–
2018 playoffs	NO	2	127	92.7	–	–
2019	NO	16	932	89.9	–	–
2019 playoffs	NO	1	52	94.5	–	–
2020	NO	7	345	74.8	–	–
2020 playoffs	NO	2	96	68.6	–	–
2022	NO	3	133	68.6	–	–
2023	NO	10	490	70.7	–	–

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	22	86.4	0	0.0	5	100.0
2023	64	68.8	2	4.5	16	50.0

Game logs

2023 game log (10 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs TEN	W 16–15	8	5	61	0	+1.5	0
2	2023-09-18	@ CAR	W 20–17	9	7	55	0	+2.7	0
3	2023-09-24	@ GB	L 17–18	9	6	50	0	−1.0	0
4	2023-10-01	vs TB	L 9–26	6	4	53	0	+4.0	0
5	2023-10-08	@ NE	W 34–0	7	4	65	0	+5.6	0
6	2023-10-15	@ HOU	L 13–20	8	5	45	0	−0.1	1
7	2023-10-19	vs JAX	L 24–31	7	3	42	1	−1.1	0
8	2023-10-29	@ IND	W 38–27	7	4	68	0	+2.6	0
9	2023-11-05	vs CHI	W 24–17	1	0	0	0	−1.6	0
10	2023-11-12	@ MIN	L 19–27	2	1	9	0	+0.1	0

2022 game log (3 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2022-09-11	@ ATL	W 27–26	8	5	57	2	+4.8
2	2022-09-18	vs TB	L 10–20	9	6	65	1	+7.0
3	2022-09-25	@ CAR	L 14–22	5	5	49	0	+4.9

2020 game log (9 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	vs TB	W 34–23	0	0	0.0	5	3	17	0	−0.9	0
9	2020-11-08	@ TB	W 38–3	0	0	0.0	6	5	51	0	+3.3	0
10	2020-11-15	vs SF	W 27–13	0	0	0.0	7	2	27	0	−4.7	0
11	2020-11-22	vs ATL	W 24–9	0	0	0.0	12	9	104	0	+2.4	0
12	2020-11-29	@ DEN	W 31–3	1	1	−0.5	6	4	50	0	−2.0	0
13	2020-12-06	@ ATL	W 21–16	0	0	0.0	11	9	105	0	+9.5	0
14	2020-12-13	@ PHI	L 21–24	0	0	0.0	8	8	84	0	+7.9	0
P18	2021-01-10	vs CHI	W 21–9	0	0	0.0	7	5	73	1	+5.1	0
P19	2021-01-17	vs TB	L 20–30	0	0	0.0	4	0	0	0	−10.4	1

2019 game log (17 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2019-09-09	vs HOU	W 30–28	0	0	0.0	13	10	123	0	+6.1
2	2019-09-15	@ LA	L 9–27	0	0	0.0	13	10	89	0	+3.4
3	2019-09-22	@ SEA	W 33–27	0	0	0.0	7	5	54	1	+4.9
4	2019-09-29	vs DAL	W 12–10	0	0	0.0	9	9	95	0	+7.9
5	2019-10-06	vs TB	W 31–24	0	0	0.0	13	11	182	2	+10.9
6	2019-10-13	@ JAX	W 13–6	0	0	0.0	12	8	89	0	+1.0
7	2019-10-20	@ CHI	W 36–25	0	0	0.0	11	9	131	0	+8.5
8	2019-10-27	vs ARI	W 31–9	1	-9	−1.7	11	11	112	1	+9.6
10	2019-11-10	vs ATL	L 9–26	0	0	0.0	14	13	152	0	+2.4
11	2019-11-17	@ TB	W 34–17	0	0	0.0	10	8	114	1	+8.3
12	2019-11-24	vs CAR	W 34–31	0	0	0.0	11	10	101	1	+6.1
13	2019-11-28	@ ATL	W 26–18	0	0	0.0	8	6	48	0	+2.4
14	2019-12-08	vs SF	L 46–48	0	0	0.0	15	11	134	1	+6.2
15	2019-12-16	vs IND	W 34–7	0	0	0.0	12	12	128	1	+7.6
16	2019-12-22	@ TEN	W 38–28	0	0	0.0	17	12	136	1	+12.7
17	2019-12-29	@ CAR	W 42–10	0	0	0.0	9	4	37	0	+0.9
P18	2020-01-05	vs MIN	L 20–26 OT	0	0	0.0	8	7	70	0	+1.3

2018 game log (18 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	vs TB	L 40–48	17	16	180	1	+5.1	0
2	2018-09-16	vs CLE	W 21–18	13	12	89	2	+1.1	0
3	2018-09-23	@ ATL	W 43–37 OT	10	10	129	0	+11.1	0
4	2018-09-30	@ NYG	W 33–18	4	4	47	0	+5.9	0
5	2018-10-08	vs WAS	W 43–19	5	4	74	0	+4.8	0
7	2018-10-21	@ BAL	W 24–23	9	7	69	1	+5.4	0
8	2018-10-28	@ MIN	W 30–20	6	5	81	0	+2.3	1
9	2018-11-04	vs LA	W 45–35	15	12	211	1	+16.7	0
10	2018-11-11	@ CIN	W 51–14	8	8	70	2	+10.2	0
11	2018-11-18	vs PHI	W 48–7	4	4	92	1	+6.8	0
12	2018-11-22	vs ATL	W 31–17	6	4	38	0	+2.1	0
13	2018-11-29	@ DAL	L 10–13	8	5	40	0	+0.5	0
14	2018-12-09	@ TB	W 28–14	13	11	98	0	+6.7	0
15	2018-12-17	@ CAR	W 12–9	9	7	49	0	+1.1	0
16	2018-12-23	vs PIT	W 31–28	13	11	109	1	+7.2	0
17	2018-12-30	vs CAR	L 14–33	7	5	29	0	+0.1	0
P19	2019-01-13	vs PHI	W 20–14	16	12	171	1	+11.1	1
P20	2019-01-20	vs LA	L 23–26 OT	7	4	36	0	+1.0	1

2017 game log (18 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-11	@ MIN	L 19–29	8	5	45	0	+0.4	0
2	2017-09-17	vs NE	L 20–36	10	5	89	0	+2.5	0
3	2017-09-24	@ CAR	W 34–13	8	7	87	1	+9.4	0
4	2017-10-01	@ MIA	W 20–0	11	8	89	1	+7.5	0
6	2017-10-15	vs DET	W 52–38	6	3	11	0	−8.3	1
7	2017-10-22	@ GB	W 26–17	11	7	82	0	+3.9	1
8	2017-10-29	vs CHI	W 20–12	8	7	77	0	+4.9	0
9	2017-11-05	vs TB	W 30–10	11	8	65	0	+1.0	0
10	2017-11-12	@ BUF	W 47–10	10	9	117	0	+12.7	1
11	2017-11-19	vs WAS	W 34–31 OT	11	6	91	0	−0.7	0
12	2017-11-26	@ LA	L 20–26	8	5	52	0	+0.6	1
13	2017-12-03	vs CAR	W 31–21	9	5	70	1	+2.4	0
14	2017-12-07	@ ATL	L 17–20	14	10	117	1	+6.2	0
15	2017-12-17	vs NYJ	W 31–19	11	9	93	1	+8.4	1
16	2017-12-24	vs ATL	W 23–13	5	4	66	0	+4.5	0
17	2017-12-31	@ TB	L 24–31	8	6	94	0	+6.6	0
P18	2018-01-07	vs CAR	W 31–26	9	8	131	0	+9.1	0
P19	2018-01-14	@ MIN	L 24–29	13	7	85	2	−0.6	1

2016 game log (15 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	vs LV	L 34–35	6	6	58	0	+2.0	0
2	2016-09-18	@ NYG	L 13–16	5	4	56	0	+4.3	0
3	2016-09-26	vs ATL	L 32–45	11	7	71	1	−9.1	0
4	2016-10-02	@ LAC	W 35–34	9	4	44	1	+0.4	2
6	2016-10-16	vs CAR	W 41–38	5	5	78	1	+5.6	0
7	2016-10-23	@ KC	L 21–27	13	10	130	0	+5.1	1
8	2016-10-30	vs SEA	W 25–20	6	6	63	0	+5.3	0
9	2016-11-06	@ SF	W 41–23	8	5	73	2	+5.2	0
10	2016-11-13	vs DEN	L 23–25	6	4	40	0	−16.4	0
11	2016-11-17	@ CAR	L 20–23	5	5	68	0	+1.9	0
12	2016-11-27	vs LA	W 49–21	10	9	108	2	+7.8	0
13	2016-12-04	vs DET	L 13–28	5	4	42	0	−0.4	1
15	2016-12-18	@ ARI	W 48–41	10	7	52	1	+3.5	0
16	2016-12-24	vs TB	W 31–24	8	6	98	0	+4.2	0
17	2017-01-01	@ ATL	L 32–38	14	10	156	1	+7.8	0