Richie James

WR · SF/NYG/KC · 2018–2023

Born September 5, 1995 · College Middle Tennessee State · Drafted 2018, round 7, pick 240 (SF) · 5-9, 185 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	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2019	SF	7	3	-1	-0.33	−1.896	−5.7	−0.27
2022	NYG	14	2	6	3.00	−0.277	−0.6	−0.01
Career	KC	42	5	5	1.00	−1.248	−6.2	−0.27

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2018	SF	6	14	9	130	1	64.3	−0.336	+0.032−0.153 to +0.218	6.4	4.0	−4.7	−0.01
2019	SF	7	10	6	165	1	60.0	+0.677	+0.051−0.136 to +0.238	5.0	11.9	+6.8	+0.28
2020	SF	7	35	23	391	1	65.7	+0.676	+0.277+0.100 to +0.454	14.1	10.7	+23.7	+0.29
2022	NYG	14	70	57	569	4	81.4	+0.350	+0.238+0.074 to +0.403	17.4	7.3	+24.5	+0.50
2022 playoffs	NYG	2	16	11	82	0	68.8	+0.058		27.1	4.8	+0.9	−0.01
2023	KC	8	14	10	114	0	71.4	+0.301	+0.033−0.152 to +0.218	5.0	9.2	+4.2	+0.02
2023 playoffs	KC	3	4	1	6	0	25.0	−0.406		3.6	4.8	−1.6	−0.05
Career	KC	42	143	105	1,369	7	73.4	+0.381		10.6	8.3	+54.4	+1.08

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
2018	SF	6	2
2019	SF	7	3
2020	SF	7	1
2022	NYG	14	1
2023	KC	8	1
Career	KC	42	8

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
2018	SF	10	178	27.3	–	–
2019	SF	15	190	19.9	1	1.4
2019 playoffs	SF	3	10	5.8	–	–
2020	SF	11	401	53.8	–	–
2022	NYG	15	509	51.8	–	–
2022 playoffs	NYG	2	79	65.8	–	–
2023	KC	9	132	23.3	1	1.5
2023 playoffs	KC	4	50	17.8	1	1.3

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	70	88.6	2	3.2	3	33.3
2023	14	85.7	0	0.0	3	33.3

Game logs

2023 game log (11 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-07	vs DET	L 20–21	2	1	6	−0.3	0
2	2023-09-17	@ JAX	W 17–9	1	0	0	−0.7	0
13	2023-12-03	@ GB	L 19–27	2	1	12	−0.5	0
14	2023-12-10	vs BUF	L 17–20	2	1	4	+0.1	0
15	2023-12-17	@ NE	W 27–17	1	1	17	+1.6	0
16	2023-12-25	vs LV	L 14–20	3	3	54	+4.3	0
17	2023-12-31	vs CIN	W 25–17	1	1	6	+0.5	0
18	2024-01-07	@ LAC	W 13–12	2	2	15	−0.6	1
P19	2024-01-13	vs MIA	W 26–7	2	1	6	+0.6	0
P21	2024-01-28	@ BAL	W 17–10	1	0	0	−0.6	0
P22	2024-02-11	vs SF	W 25–22 OT	1	0	0	−1.6	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	@ TEN	W 21–20	1	2	−0.5	6	5	59	0	+0.7	0
2	2022-09-18	vs CAR	W 19–16	0	0	0.0	6	5	51	0	+2.1	0
3	2022-09-26	vs DAL	L 16–23	1	4	−0.0	5	4	36	0	+0.2	0
4	2022-10-02	vs CHI	W 20–12	0	0	0.0	3	1	9	0	−0.9	0
5	2022-10-09	@ GB	W 27–22	0	0	0.0	2	2	16	0	+1.7	0
6	2022-10-16	vs BAL	W 24–20	0	0	0.0	2	2	18	0	+0.8	0
7	2022-10-23	@ JAX	W 23–17	0	0	0.0	2	1	2	0	−1.7	0
11	2022-11-20	vs DET	L 18–31	0	0	0.0	3	3	48	1	+4.9	1
12	2022-11-24	@ DAL	L 20–28	0	0	0.0	6	5	41	1	+4.0	0
13	2022-12-04	vs WAS	T 20–20 OT	0	0	0.0	3	3	20	0	−1.3	0
14	2022-12-11	vs PHI	L 22–48	0	0	0.0	9	7	61	1	−1.0	0
15	2022-12-18	@ WAS	W 20–12	0	0	0.0	5	4	42	0	+3.9	0
16	2022-12-24	@ MIN	L 24–27	0	0	0.0	11	8	90	0	+3.0	0
17	2023-01-01	vs IND	W 38–10	0	0	0.0	7	7	76	1	+8.2	0
P19	2023-01-15	@ MIN	W 31–24	0	0	0.0	6	4	31	0	−0.5	0
P20	2023-01-21	@ PHI	L 7–38	0	0	0.0	10	7	51	0	+1.4	0

2020 game log (7 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
9	2020-11-05	vs GB	L 17–34	13	9	184	1	+11.0	0
10	2020-11-15	@ NO	L 13–27	5	3	26	0	+1.0	1
12	2020-11-29	@ LA	W 23–20	1	1	29	0	+2.4	0
14	2020-12-13	vs WAS	L 15–23	3	3	30	0	+3.5	0
15	2020-12-20	@ DAL	L 33–41	7	4	56	0	+3.8	0
16	2020-12-26	@ ARI	W 20–12	1	0	0	0	−1.5	0
17	2021-01-03	vs SEA	L 23–26	5	3	66	0	+3.4	0

2019 game log (7 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	@ TB	W 31–17	0	0	0.0	2	1	39	1	+2.3	0
2	2019-09-15	@ CIN	W 41–17	0	0	0.0	4	1	7	0	−5.4	0
3	2019-09-22	vs PIT	W 24–20	1	0	−4.0	2	2	22	0	+2.9	1
7	2019-10-20	@ WAS	W 9–0	0	0	0.0	1	1	40	0	+3.5	0
11	2019-11-17	vs ARI	W 36–26	0	0	0.0	1	1	57	0	+3.4	0
12	2019-11-24	vs GB	W 37–8	1	0	−0.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2019-12-08	@ NO	W 48–46	1	-1	−1.2	0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2018 game log (6 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
5	2018-10-07	vs ARI	L 18–28	1	1	7	0	+0.2	0
9	2018-11-01	vs LV	W 34–3	3	2	60	0	+3.4	0
12	2018-11-25	@ TB	L 9–27	2	2	27	0	+0.7	0
13	2018-12-02	@ SEA	L 16–43	2	0	0	0	−1.9	1
16	2018-12-23	vs CHI	L 9–14	1	1	4	0	−0.1	0
17	2018-12-30	@ LA	L 32–48	5	3	32	1	−7.1	1