Pierre Garcon

WR · IND/WAS/SF · 2008–2018

Born August 8, 1986 · College Mount Union College; Norwich University · Drafted 2008, round 6, pick 205 (IND) · 6-0, 211 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)
2009	IND	14	2	10	5.00	+0.841	100.0	+1.7	+0.06
2010	IND	14	2	6	3.00	−0.263	50.0	−0.5	−0.04
2011	IND	16	4	28	7.00	+0.394	75.0	+1.6	+0.04
2012	WAS	10	2	9	4.50	−0.020	50.0	−0.0	−0.01
2013	WAS	16	2	19	9.50	+0.852	100.0	+1.7	+0.03
Career	SF	141	12	72	6.00	+0.366	75.0	+4.4	+0.08

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2008	IND	7	4	4	23	0	100.0	+0.529	−0.052−0.242 to +0.138	1.5	3.2	+2.1	+0.05
2009	IND	14	92	47	765	4	51.1	+0.336	+0.228+0.070 to +0.386	17.2	13.9	+30.9	+0.87
2009 playoffs	IND	3	32	21	251	2	65.6	+0.235		25.0	10.6	+7.5	+0.22
2010	IND	14	120	68	816	6	56.7	+0.202	+0.214+0.063 to +0.364	20.3	12.1	+24.2	−0.11
2010 playoffs	IND	1	7	5	112	1	71.4	+1.386		26.9	17.7	+9.7	+0.36
2011	IND	16	134	70	947	6	52.2	+0.007	+0.143−0.004 to +0.291	25.5	11.6	+0.9	−0.26
2012	WAS	10	67	44	633	4	65.7	+0.330	+0.210+0.045 to +0.375	26.7	9.3	+22.1	+0.68
2012 playoffs	WAS	1	6	4	50	0	66.7	+0.061		20.7	11.3	+0.4	+0.01
2013	WAS	16	181	113	1,346	5	62.4	+0.147	+0.212+0.074 to +0.350	30.2	9.1	+26.6	+1.26
2014	WAS	16	105	68	752	3	64.8	−0.028	+0.135−0.020 to +0.289	19.3	9.3	−2.9	+0.55
2015	WAS	16	111	72	777	6	64.9	+0.232	+0.235+0.082 to +0.388	20.0	10.7	+25.7	+1.16
2015 playoffs	WAS	1	8	5	70	0	62.5	+0.383		17.4	10.5	+3.1	+0.05
2016	WAS	16	114	79	1,041	3	69.3	+0.467	+0.322+0.170 to +0.474	19.2	10.3	+53.3	+1.19
2017	SF	8	67	40	500	0	59.7	+0.115	+0.138−0.027 to +0.303	21.5	9.5	+7.7	+0.34
2018	SF	8	46	24	286	1	52.2	+0.125	+0.181+0.008 to +0.353	18.5	8.8	+5.8	+0.11
Career	SF	141	1,041	629	7,886	38	60.4	+0.189		20.8	10.5	+196.4	+5.84

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	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2008	IND	7	9	–	–	0
2009	IND	14	2	0	0	0
2009 playoffs	IND	3	1	0	0	1
2010	IND	14	3	0	0	0
2011	IND	16	2	0	0	0
2012	WAS	10	3	0	0	0
2013	WAS	16	7	0	0	0
2014	WAS	16	1	0	0	0
2015	WAS	16	1	0	0	0
2018	SF	8	3	0	0	0
Career	SF	141	31	0	0	0

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	WAS	16	801	76.9	–	–
2017	SF	8	429	78.9	–	–
2018	SF	8	377	72.5	–	–

Game logs

2018 game log (8 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	@ MIN	L 16–24	6	2	21	0	−0.5	2
2	2018-09-16	vs DET	W 30–27	4	4	57	0	+3.9	0
3	2018-09-23	@ KC	L 27–38	4	1	11	0	−1.0	0
4	2018-09-30	@ LAC	L 27–29	7	4	52	0	+0.6	1
5	2018-10-07	vs ARI	L 18–28	13	5	47	0	−3.6	0
6	2018-10-15	@ GB	L 30–33	6	4	37	0	+0.7	0
7	2018-10-21	vs LA	L 10–39	1	1	5	0	+0.4	0
9	2018-11-01	vs LV	W 34–3	5	3	56	1	+5.4	0

2017 game log (8 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2017-09-10	vs CAR	L 3–23	10	6	81	+4.4
2	2017-09-17	@ SEA	L 9–12	5	3	26	−0.2
3	2017-09-21	vs LA	L 39–41	10	7	142	+7.7
4	2017-10-01	@ ARI	L 15–18 OT	8	4	36	−1.1
5	2017-10-08	@ IND	L 23–26 OT	11	8	94	+4.3
6	2017-10-15	@ WAS	L 24–26	12	5	55	+0.6
7	2017-10-22	vs DAL	L 10–40	7	5	49	+0.2
8	2017-10-29	@ PHI	L 10–33	4	2	17	−8.2

2016 game log (16 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2016-09-12	vs PIT	L 16–38	6	6	51	0	+1.5
2	2016-09-18	vs DAL	L 23–27	7	2	25	0	−7.9
3	2016-09-25	@ NYG	W 29–27	7	5	59	0	+4.0
4	2016-10-02	vs CLE	W 31–20	5	4	39	0	+1.6
5	2016-10-09	@ BAL	W 16–10	7	5	56	1	+4.5
6	2016-10-16	vs PHI	W 27–20	11	6	77	0	+3.9
7	2016-10-23	@ DET	L 17–20	5	2	22	0	+1.2
8	2016-10-30	@ CIN	T 27–27 OT	7	6	67	0	+5.9
10	2016-11-13	vs MIN	W 26–20	10	6	81	0	+1.4
11	2016-11-20	vs GB	W 42–24	7	6	116	1	+7.7
12	2016-11-24	@ DAL	L 26–31	4	4	43	0	+4.7
13	2016-12-04	@ ARI	L 23–31	9	7	78	0	+6.7
14	2016-12-11	@ PHI	W 27–22	6	5	59	1	+7.2
15	2016-12-19	vs CAR	L 15–26	11	7	78	0	+1.4
16	2016-12-24	@ CHI	W 41–21	5	4	94	0	+6.7
17	2017-01-01	vs NYG	L 10–19	7	4	96	0	+2.6

2015 game log (17 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2015-09-13	vs MIA	L 10–17	8	6	74	0	+3.4	0
2	2015-09-20	vs LA	W 24–10	7	6	23	1	+1.0	0
3	2015-09-24	@ NYG	L 21–32	12	5	64	0	−3.0	0
4	2015-10-04	vs PHI	W 23–20	8	7	55	1	+4.5	0
5	2015-10-11	@ ATL	L 19–25 OT	8	3	51	0	−5.7	1
6	2015-10-18	@ NYJ	L 20–34	8	5	28	1	+0.2	0
7	2015-10-25	vs TB	W 31–30	6	5	55	0	+2.9	0
9	2015-11-08	@ NE	L 10–27	8	4	70	0	−0.4	0
10	2015-11-15	vs NO	W 47–14	2	2	10	0	+1.2	0
11	2015-11-22	@ CAR	L 16–44	4	3	43	0	+3.1	0
12	2015-11-29	vs NYG	W 20–14	6	3	35	0	+0.9	0
13	2015-12-07	vs DAL	L 16–19	7	5	54	0	+4.2	0
14	2015-12-13	@ CHI	W 24–21	7	5	52	0	−0.2	0
15	2015-12-20	vs BUF	W 35–25	4	3	34	1	+5.3	0
16	2015-12-26	@ PHI	W 38–24	12	7	80	1	+3.6	0
17	2016-01-03	@ DAL	W 34–23	4	3	49	1	+4.7	0
P18	2016-01-10	vs GB	L 18–35	8	5	70	0	+3.1	0

2014 game log (16 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	@ HOU	L 6–17	12	10	77	0	+3.1	0
2	2014-09-14	vs JAX	W 41–10	4	1	12	0	+0.2	0
3	2014-09-21	@ PHI	L 34–37	16	11	138	1	+5.2	0
4	2014-09-25	vs NYG	L 14–45	6	2	28	0	−4.2	1
5	2014-10-06	vs SEA	L 17–27	3	2	23	0	−0.5	0
6	2014-10-12	@ ARI	L 20–30	6	4	31	1	−4.7	0
7	2014-10-19	vs TEN	W 19–17	6	5	87	1	+3.3	0
8	2014-10-27	@ DAL	W 20–17 OT	4	4	47	0	+2.4	0
9	2014-11-02	@ MIN	L 26–29	5	3	15	0	−3.8	0
11	2014-11-16	vs TB	L 7–27	2	1	6	0	−5.7	0
12	2014-11-23	@ SF	L 13–17	4	3	34	0	+0.0	0
13	2014-11-30	@ IND	L 27–49	9	3	9	0	−3.2	0
14	2014-12-07	vs LA	L 0–24	11	9	95	0	+4.8	0
15	2014-12-14	@ NYG	L 13–24	7	4	36	0	−0.9	0
16	2014-12-20	vs PHI	W 27–24	5	4	61	0	+5.2	0
17	2014-12-28	vs DAL	L 17–44	5	2	53	0	−4.3	0

2013 game log (16 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2013-09-09	vs PHI	L 27–33	0	0	0.0	11	7	64	0	−1.0	1
2	2013-09-15	@ GB	L 20–38	0	0	0.0	12	8	143	1	+10.1	0
3	2013-09-22	vs DET	L 20–27	1	10	+0.8	13	8	73	0	−0.2	1
4	2013-09-29	@ LV	W 24–14	0	0	0.0	7	6	59	1	+5.3	1
6	2013-10-13	@ DAL	L 16–31	0	0	0.0	15	6	69	0	−1.5	0
7	2013-10-20	vs CHI	W 45–41	0	0	0.0	8	5	58	0	+3.5	0
8	2013-10-27	@ DEN	L 21–45	0	0	0.0	11	7	46	0	−12.0	2
9	2013-11-03	vs LAC	W 30–24 OT	0	0	0.0	11	7	172	0	+11.9	0
10	2013-11-07	@ MIN	L 27–34	0	0	0.0	10	7	119	1	+8.1	0
11	2013-11-17	@ PHI	L 16–24	1	9	+0.9	10	6	68	0	+3.8	0
12	2013-11-25	vs SF	L 6–27	0	0	0.0	11	8	48	0	−3.4	0
13	2013-12-01	vs NYG	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	12	9	61	0	−2.7	1
14	2013-12-08	vs KC	L 10–45	0	0	0.0	12	5	37	0	−9.9	0
15	2013-12-15	@ ATL	L 26–27	0	0	0.0	10	7	129	1	+8.2	1
16	2013-12-22	vs DAL	L 23–24	0	0	0.0	18	11	144	1	+7.3	0
17	2013-12-29	@ NYG	L 6–20	0	0	0.0	10	6	56	0	−0.8	0

2012 game log (11 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2012-09-09	@ NO	W 40–32	0	0	0.0	4	4	109	1	+8.3	0
4	2012-09-30	@ TB	W 24–22	0	0	0.0	1	1	20	0	+1.3	0
5	2012-10-07	vs ATL	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	7	3	24	0	−1.9	0
11	2012-11-18	vs PHI	W 31–6	0	0	0.0	3	3	5	0	−1.5	0
12	2012-11-22	@ DAL	W 38–31	1	7	+0.3	6	4	86	1	+6.5	1
13	2012-12-03	vs NYG	W 17–16	0	0	0.0	11	8	106	1	+3.7	1
14	2012-12-09	vs BAL	W 31–28 OT	1	2	−0.4	9	5	83	1	+5.5	0
15	2012-12-16	@ CLE	W 38–21	0	0	0.0	12	6	65	0	−4.3	0
16	2012-12-23	@ PHI	W 27–20	0	0	0.0	9	7	89	0	+3.0	1
17	2012-12-30	vs DAL	W 28–18	0	0	0.0	5	3	46	0	+1.5	0
P18	2013-01-06	vs SEA	L 14–24	0	0	0.0	6	4	50	0	+0.4	0

2011 game log (16 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2011-09-11	@ HOU	L 7–34	0	0	0.0	6	3	39	0	+0.4	0
2	2011-09-18	vs CLE	L 19–27	0	0	0.0	5	3	28	0	+1.5	0
3	2011-09-25	vs PIT	L 20–23	0	0	0.0	10	6	82	0	+0.7	0
4	2011-10-03	@ TB	L 17–24	0	0	0.0	8	2	146	2	+9.2	0
5	2011-10-09	vs KC	L 24–28	0	0	0.0	8	5	125	2	+6.9	0
6	2011-10-16	@ CIN	L 17–27	0	0	0.0	11	8	52	0	−8.3	0
7	2011-10-23	@ NO	L 7–62	0	0	0.0	6	3	31	0	−0.3	0
8	2011-10-30	@ TEN	L 10–27	0	0	0.0	15	7	66	0	−4.3	1
9	2011-11-06	vs ATL	L 7–31	0	0	0.0	6	3	22	0	−1.8	0
10	2011-11-13	vs JAX	L 3–17	1	18	+2.1	6	3	30	0	−2.5	0
12	2011-11-27	vs CAR	L 19–27	2	2	−1.2	8	3	34	0	−5.5	0
13	2011-12-04	@ NE	L 24–31	0	0	0.0	12	9	150	2	+13.6	0
14	2011-12-11	@ BAL	L 10–24	0	0	0.0	12	5	46	0	−3.1	0
15	2011-12-18	vs TEN	W 27–13	1	8	+0.6	4	2	24	0	−5.8	1
16	2011-12-22	vs HOU	W 19–16	0	0	0.0	12	6	50	0	+0.2	0
17	2012-01-01	@ JAX	L 13–19	0	0	0.0	5	2	22	0	−0.1	0

2010 game log (15 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2010-09-12	@ HOU	L 24–34	0	0	0.0	11	4	75	0	−5.4	1
2	2010-09-19	vs NYG	W 38–14	0	0	0.0	2	1	11	0	+0.1	0
5	2010-10-10	vs KC	W 19–9	0	0	0.0	14	6	57	0	−6.8	0
6	2010-10-17	@ WAS	W 27–24	0	0	0.0	7	4	103	1	+7.5	1
8	2010-11-01	vs HOU	W 30–17	0	0	0.0	11	7	78	0	+5.5	0
9	2010-11-07	@ PHI	L 24–26	0	0	0.0	7	2	15	0	−1.8	0
10	2010-11-14	vs CIN	W 23–17	0	0	0.0	9	5	37	0	−0.6	0
11	2010-11-21	@ NE	L 28–31	0	0	0.0	10	5	62	0	+0.4	1
12	2010-11-28	vs LAC	L 14–36	0	0	0.0	7	5	72	0	+8.1	0
13	2010-12-05	vs DAL	L 35–38 OT	1	11	+0.8	8	8	56	1	+6.7	0
14	2010-12-09	@ TEN	W 30–28	0	0	0.0	7	6	93	2	+8.4	0
15	2010-12-19	vs JAX	W 34–24	0	0	0.0	6	5	44	0	+3.0	0
16	2010-12-26	@ LV	W 31–26	1	-5	−1.3	8	3	35	1	−1.6	0
17	2011-01-02	vs TEN	W 23–20	0	0	0.0	13	7	78	1	+0.7	0
P18	2011-01-08	vs NYJ	L 16–17	0	0	0.0	7	5	112	1	+9.7	0

2009 game log (17 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-13	vs JAX	W 14–12	0	0	0.0	5	3	24	0	−0.5	0
2	2009-09-21	@ MIA	W 27–23	0	0	0.0	3	1	48	1	+4.0	0
3	2009-09-27	@ ARI	W 31–10	1	17	+1.1	5	3	64	1	+4.4	1
4	2009-10-04	vs SEA	W 34–17	0	0	0.0	4	3	71	0	+4.4	0
5	2009-10-11	@ TEN	W 31–9	0	0	0.0	4	1	9	0	−1.3	0
7	2009-10-25	@ LA	W 42–6	0	0	0.0	8	3	24	0	−2.6	0
8	2009-11-01	vs SF	W 18–14	0	0	0.0	7	4	53	0	+2.9	0
9	2009-11-08	vs HOU	W 20–17	0	0	0.0	9	5	60	0	−1.6	0
10	2009-11-15	vs NE	W 35–34	0	0	0.0	11	3	50	1	−3.5	1
11	2009-11-22	@ BAL	W 17–15	1	-7	+0.6	8	6	108	0	+8.1	0
12	2009-11-29	@ HOU	W 35–27	0	0	0.0	7	5	63	1	+5.1	0
13	2009-12-06	vs TEN	W 27–17	0	0	0.0	10	6	136	0	+9.2	0
14	2009-12-13	vs DEN	W 28–16	0	0	0.0	9	2	39	0	−0.8	0
15	2009-12-17	@ JAX	W 35–31	0	0	0.0	2	2	16	0	+3.1	0
P19	2010-01-16	vs BAL	W 20–3	0	0	0.0	10	5	34	0	−4.2	1
P20	2010-01-24	vs NYJ	W 30–17	0	0	0.0	15	11	151	1	+7.2	0
P21	2010-02-07	vs NO	L 17–31	0	0	0.0	7	5	66	1	+4.5	0

2008 game log (7 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
5	2008-10-05	@ HOU	W 31–27	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2008-10-12	vs BAL	W 31–3	0	0	0	0.0	2
10	2008-11-09	@ PIT	W 24–20	1	1	2	−0.3	1
11	2008-11-16	vs HOU	W 33–27	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2008-11-23	@ LAC	W 23–20	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2008-12-07	vs CIN	W 35–3	0	0	0	0.0	2
17	2008-12-28	vs TEN	W 23–0	3	3	21	+2.5	1