Samaje Perine

RB · WAS/MIA/CIN/DEN/KC · 2017–2026

Born September 16, 1995 · College Oklahoma · Drafted 2017, round 4, pick 114 (WAS) · 5-10, 240 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)
2017	WAS	13	175	603	1	3.45	−0.222	−0.144−0.200 to −0.087	28.3	−40.0	−0.12
2018	WAS	4	8	32	0	4.00	+0.040	−0.111−0.175 to −0.047	50.0	+0.3	−0.04
2019	MIA	4	5	16	0	3.20	−0.069	−0.124−0.188 to −0.060	40.0	−0.3	−0.00
2020	CIN	12	63	301	3	4.78	−0.017	−0.071−0.132 to −0.009	42.9	−1.1	+0.31
2021	CIN	15	55	246	1	4.47	−0.139	−0.098−0.160 to −0.037	33.3	−7.9	+0.06
2021 playoffs	CIN	4	3	2	0	0.67	−1.148		0.0	−3.4	−0.14
2022	CIN	16	95	394	2	4.15	−0.039	−0.082−0.142 to −0.022	41.8	−3.8	+0.06
2022 playoffs	CIN	3	14	58	1	4.14	+0.077		57.1	+1.1	+0.04
2023	DEN	17	53	238	1	4.49	−0.185	−0.121−0.183 to −0.059	38.2	−10.2	−0.24
2024	KC	17	20	92	1	4.60	−0.000	−0.090−0.154 to −0.027	45.5	−0.0	+0.04
2024 playoffs	KC	3	1	8	0	8.00	+0.726		100.0	+0.7	+0.00
2025	CIN	15	84	382	3	4.55	+0.005	−0.072−0.133 to −0.012	55.3	+0.5	+0.26
2026	CIN	8	46	179	1	3.89	−0.040	−0.107−0.169 to −0.044	43.5	−1.9	−0.05
Career	CIN	121	604	2,483	13	4.11	−0.104		39.1	−64.4	+0.30

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2017	WAS	13	24	22	182	1	91.7	+0.430	5.8	-1.0	+10.3	+0.17
2018	WAS	4	4	3	5	0	75.0	−1.085	3.1	-2.2	−4.3	−0.01
2020	CIN	12	12	11	66	0	91.7	+0.050	3.0	-1.8	+0.6	+0.07
2021	CIN	15	31	27	196	1	87.1	+0.213	6.4	0.2	+6.6	+0.21
2021 playoffs	CIN	4	7	4	47	1	57.1	−0.787	5.1	-0.9	−5.5	−0.46
2022	CIN	16	51	38	287	4	74.5	+0.126	8.6	0.2	+6.4	+0.31
2022 playoffs	CIN	3	10	8	35	0	80.0	−0.446	9.9	-1.3	−4.5	−0.08
2023	DEN	17	56	50	455	0	89.3	+0.217	11.7	-0.2	+12.1	+0.66
2024	KC	17	35	28	297	1	80.0	+0.422	6.1	0.3	+14.8	+0.27
2024 playoffs	KC	3	3	1	17	0	33.3	+0.417	3.7	-0.3	+1.3	+0.03
2025	CIN	15	21	17	87	0	81.0	−0.123	3.9	-1.5	−2.6	−0.04
2026	CIN	8	11	8	70	1	72.7	+0.422	3.8	1.3	+4.6	+0.03
Career	CIN	121	245	204	1,645	8	83.3	+0.198	6.0	-0.2	+48.6	+1.67

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	Forced fumbles
2019	MIA	4	4	0
2020	CIN	12	3	0
2021	CIN	15	6	0
2021 playoffs	CIN	4	1	0
2022	CIN	16	7	1
2022 playoffs	CIN	3	1	0
2023	DEN	17	1	0
2024	KC	17	3	0
2025	CIN	15	7	0
2026	CIN	8	4	0
Career	CIN	121	35	1

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
2017	WAS	13	353	43.1	1	2.0
2018	WAS	4	29	11.9	–	–
2019	CIN/MIA	3	11	5.2	–	–
2020	CIN	11	203	29.0	–	–
2021	CIN	15	266	27.8	–	–
2021 playoffs	CIN	4	53	21.1	–	–
2022	CIN	16	421	39.2	–	–
2022 playoffs	CIN	3	101	52.6	–	–
2023	DEN	17	345	33.0	–	–
2024	KC	17	280	25.0	–	–
2024 playoffs	KC	3	39	23.8	–	–
2025	CIN	15	338	35.0	–	–

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	51	80.4	1	2.4	4	75.0
2023	56	91.1	1	2.0	0	–
2024	35	82.9	1	3.4	1	0.0
2025	21	85.7	1	5.6	1	0.0
2026	11	81.8	1	11.1	1	100.0

Game logs

2026 game log (8 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2026-09-13	vs TB	W 33–27	5	20	0	−0.6	3	3	30	0	+3.1	2
2	2026-09-20	@ HOU	W 20–6	2	6	0	−0.9	1	1	16	0	+2.5	0
3	2026-09-27	@ PIT	L 27–30	3	9	0	−0.3	3	1	5	0	−4.2	0
4	2026-10-04	vs JAX	L 17–22	3	7	0	−2.1	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
5	2026-10-11	@ MIA	W 31–24	14	68	0	+2.1	2	2	10	1	+3.1	1
7	2026-10-25	@ BAL	W 35–13	4	16	1	−0.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2026-11-01	vs TEN	W 43–36 OT	4	10	0	+0.2	1	1	9	0	+0.6	0
9	2026-11-08	@ ATL	W 34–17	11	43	0	+0.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2025 game log (15 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2025-09-07	@ CLE	W 17–16	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	6	+0.3	2
2	2025-09-14	vs JAX	W 31–27	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
3	2025-09-21	@ MIN	L 10–48	4	21	0	−0.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2025-09-29	@ DEN	L 3–28	1	4	0	+0.6	1	0	0	−1.0	0
5	2025-10-05	vs DET	L 24–37	4	27	0	+0.4	2	2	2	−0.5	1
6	2025-10-12	@ GB	L 18–27	6	16	0	+0.4	3	2	16	−1.4	1
7	2025-10-16	vs PIT	W 33–31	7	31	0	+0.9	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2025-10-26	vs NYJ	L 38–39	9	94	1	+6.8	1	1	6	+0.1	1
9	2025-11-02	vs CHI	L 42–47	1	5	0	+0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2025-11-27	@ BAL	W 32–14	14	39	0	−7.2	2	2	15	−1.0	1
14	2025-12-07	@ BUF	L 34–39	6	31	0	+2.3	1	1	7	+1.7	0
15	2025-12-14	vs BAL	L 0–24	14	42	0	−6.0	1	1	1	−0.7	0
16	2025-12-21	@ MIA	W 45–21	7	25	1	+1.8	3	2	16	+0.7	0
17	2025-12-28	vs ARI	W 37–14	3	5	1	+0.4	1	1	8	+1.3	0
18	2026-01-04	vs CLE	L 18–20	8	42	0	+0.6	4	3	10	−2.0	0

2024 game log (20 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2024-09-05	vs BAL	W 27–20	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	10	0	−0.7	0
2	2024-09-15	vs CIN	W 26–25	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	3	0	−1.0	0
3	2024-09-22	@ ATL	W 22–17	6	25	0	−0.1	4	3	15	0	−1.2	1
4	2024-09-29	@ LAC	W 17–10	5	14	1	+1.7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2024-10-07	vs NO	W 26–13	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	9	0	−1.2	0
7	2024-10-20	@ SF	W 28–18	2	6	0	−0.6	1	1	22	0	+2.3	0
8	2024-10-27	@ LV	W 27–20	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	30	0	+2.8	0
9	2024-11-04	vs TB	W 30–24 OT	1	10	0	+0.0	5	4	25	1	+2.1	1
10	2024-11-10	vs DEN	W 16–14	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	37	0	+2.2	0
11	2024-11-17	@ BUF	L 21–30	0	0	0	0.0	4	2	8	0	−1.1	1
12	2024-11-24	@ CAR	W 30–27	1	13	0	+0.8	2	2	11	0	+0.2	0
13	2024-11-29	vs LV	W 19–17	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	5	0	−0.7	0
14	2024-12-08	vs LAC	W 19–17	1	3	0	−0.2	2	1	16	0	+0.5	0
15	2024-12-15	@ CLE	W 21–7	1	11	0	−0.3	1	1	23	0	+2.3	0
16	2024-12-21	vs HOU	W 27–19	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	50	0	+3.1	0
17	2024-12-25	@ PIT	W 29–10	2	9	0	−0.8	2	2	20	0	+2.4	0
18	2025-01-05	@ DEN	L 0–38	1	1	0	−0.5	1	1	13	0	+2.8	0
P20	2025-01-18	vs HOU	W 23–14	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
P21	2025-01-26	vs BUF	W 32–29	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	17	0	+2.3	0
P22	2025-02-09	@ PHI	L 22–40	1	8	0	+0.7	1	0	0	0	−0.4	0

2023 game log (17 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs LV	L 16–17	8	41	0	−1.0	4	4	37	+2.4	0
2	2023-09-17	vs WAS	L 33–35	1	4	0	−0.0	4	3	20	+0.7	0
3	2023-09-24	@ MIA	L 20–70	3	9	0	−1.1	3	2	15	+0.3	1
4	2023-10-01	@ CHI	W 31–28	6	12	0	−1.2	2	2	23	+0.7	0
5	2023-10-08	vs NYJ	L 21–31	6	22	0	−8.3	5	4	73	+3.6	0
6	2023-10-12	@ KC	L 8–19	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	16	−3.2	0
7	2023-10-22	vs GB	W 19–17	2	10	0	+0.1	3	3	31	+1.7	0
8	2023-10-29	vs KC	W 24–9	1	5	0	−0.0	3	2	16	+0.4	0
10	2023-11-13	@ BUF	W 24–22	1	8	0	−0.1	3	3	35	+3.7	0
11	2023-11-19	vs MIN	W 21–20	1	7	0	−0.3	7	7	60	+2.0	0
12	2023-11-26	vs CLE	W 29–12	7	55	1	+2.4	1	1	11	−0.2	0
13	2023-12-03	@ HOU	L 17–22	1	1	0	−1.5	2	2	5	−2.2	0
14	2023-12-10	@ LAC	W 24–7	2	8	0	+0.3	5	5	36	+1.3	0
15	2023-12-16	@ DET	L 17–42	6	37	0	+1.5	1	1	11	+0.7	0
16	2023-12-24	vs NE	L 23–26	1	2	0	−0.1	5	4	27	+0.1	0
17	2023-12-31	vs LAC	W 16–9	4	10	0	−0.9	2	2	16	+0.6	0
18	2024-01-07	@ LV	L 14–27	3	7	0	+0.1	4	3	23	−0.6	0

2022 game log (19 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	vs PIT	L 20–23 OT	1	4	0	−0.1	5	3	33	0	+1.0	1
2	2022-09-18	@ DAL	L 17–20	1	2	0	−0.3	1	1	8	0	−0.5	0
3	2022-09-25	@ NYJ	W 27–12	9	47	0	+1.4	2	2	14	1	+3.3	0
4	2022-09-29	vs MIA	W 27–15	1	0	0	−0.9	1	0	0	0	−1.4	0
5	2022-10-09	@ BAL	L 17–19	3	17	0	+0.1	4	4	39	0	+3.3	1
6	2022-10-16	@ NO	W 30–26	2	5	0	−0.4	2	2	11	0	−0.5	0
7	2022-10-23	vs ATL	W 35–17	1	0	0	−1.2	2	2	8	0	−0.2	0
8	2022-10-31	@ CLE	L 13–32	1	7	0	+0.7	3	3	10	0	−2.1	0
9	2022-11-06	vs CAR	W 42–21	6	51	0	+1.7	2	1	3	0	−1.0	2
11	2022-11-20	@ PIT	W 37–30	11	30	0	−0.0	4	4	52	3	+8.5	0
12	2022-11-27	@ TEN	W 20–16	17	58	1	−2.4	7	4	35	0	−1.5	0
13	2022-12-04	vs KC	W 27–24	21	106	0	+0.2	7	6	49	0	+3.8	0
14	2022-12-11	vs CLE	W 23–10	4	22	1	+2.0	5	1	2	0	−5.1	1
15	2022-12-18	@ TB	W 34–23	7	24	0	+0.1	1	1	0	0	−0.6	0
16	2022-12-24	@ NE	W 22–18	4	3	0	−2.5	4	3	19	0	−0.1	2
18	2023-01-08	vs BAL	W 27–16	6	18	0	−2.2	1	1	4	0	−0.5	0
P19	2023-01-15	vs BAL	W 24–17	2	3	0	−0.1	1	0	0	0	−1.4	0
P20	2023-01-22	@ BUF	W 27–10	7	33	0	−0.2	5	5	31	0	+0.1	1
P21	2023-01-29	@ KC	L 20–23	5	22	1	+1.4	4	3	4	0	−3.1	0

2021 game log (19 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs MIN	W 27–24 OT	5	22	0	−0.9	1	1	7	0	−0.7	2
2	2021-09-19	@ CHI	L 17–20	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0
3	2021-09-26	@ PIT	W 24–10	1	-1	0	−1.5	1	1	8	0	+0.4	0
4	2021-09-30	vs JAX	W 24–21	3	7	0	−1.5	1	1	15	0	+0.7	0
5	2021-10-10	vs GB	L 22–25 OT	11	59	0	+0.5	5	4	24	1	+4.4	0
7	2021-10-24	@ BAL	W 41–17	11	52	1	−2.1	1	1	23	0	+3.1	0
8	2021-10-31	@ NYJ	L 31–34	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	16	0	+1.4	0
9	2021-11-07	vs CLE	L 16–41	5	20	0	+0.0	3	2	17	0	−0.3	0
11	2021-11-21	@ LV	W 32–13	2	3	0	−0.3	3	3	18	0	+1.9	1
12	2021-11-28	vs PIT	W 41–10	3	3	0	−1.2	1	1	12	0	+1.2	0
13	2021-12-05	vs LAC	L 22–41	5	36	0	−0.9	2	2	5	0	−0.9	0
14	2021-12-12	vs SF	L 23–26 OT	4	11	0	−0.8	5	4	22	0	−2.4	0
15	2021-12-19	@ DEN	W 15–10	4	30	0	+0.6	2	2	13	0	−0.8	1
16	2021-12-26	vs BAL	W 41–21	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	6	0	−0.6	2
17	2022-01-02	vs KC	W 34–31	1	4	0	+0.2	1	1	10	0	−0.4	0
P19	2022-01-15	vs LV	W 26–19	1	2	0	−0.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
P20	2022-01-22	@ TEN	W 19–16	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	4	0	−6.9	1
P21	2022-01-30	@ KC	W 27–24 OT	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	43	1	+2.1	0
P22	2022-02-13	vs LA	L 20–23	2	0	0	−3.1	1	0	0	0	−0.6	0

2020 game log (12 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	vs LAC	L 13–16	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2020-10-18	@ IND	L 27–31	1	0	0	−1.9	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	2020-10-25	vs CLE	L 34–37	1	3	0	−0.1	1	1	3	−0.3	0
8	2020-11-01	vs TEN	W 31–20	10	32	1	−0.5	1	1	2	−0.7	0
10	2020-11-15	@ PIT	L 10–36	7	48	0	+1.1	1	1	7	+0.4	1
11	2020-11-22	@ WAS	L 9–20	5	19	0	−0.9	2	1	2	−0.5	1
12	2020-11-29	vs NYG	L 17–19	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2	−0.5	0
13	2020-12-06	@ MIA	L 7–19	3	7	0	−0.9	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2020-12-13	vs DAL	L 7–30	10	32	0	−3.0	2	2	9	+0.0	0
15	2020-12-21	vs PIT	W 27–17	4	14	0	−0.9	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2020-12-27	@ HOU	W 37–31	13	95	2	+5.4	4	4	41	+2.2	0
17	2021-01-03	vs BAL	L 3–38	9	51	0	+0.6	0	0	0	0.0	0

2019 game log (4 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	@ SEA	L 20–21	0	0	0.0	1
3	2019-09-22	@ BUF	L 17–21	0	0	0.0	2
5	2019-10-06	vs ARI	L 23–26	0	0	0.0	1
17	2019-12-29	@ NE	W 27–24	5	16	−0.3	0

2018 game log (4 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
6	2018-10-14	vs CAR	W 23–17	1	3	−0.2	1	1	-3	−1.0
7	2018-10-21	vs DAL	W 20–17	2	2	−1.3	0	0	0	0.0
9	2018-11-04	vs ATL	L 14–38	2	20	+2.2	3	2	8	−3.3
17	2018-12-30	vs PHI	L 0–24	3	7	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0

2017 game log (13 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
2	2017-09-17	@ LA	W 27–20	21	67	0	−6.6	1	1	0	0	−0.6
3	2017-09-24	vs LV	W 27–10	19	49	0	−10.7	1	1	6	0	+0.5
4	2017-10-02	@ KC	L 20–29	6	27	0	+0.9	0	0	0	0	0.0
6	2017-10-15	vs SF	W 26–24	9	23	0	−3.1	3	3	24	1	+3.2
9	2017-11-05	@ SEA	W 17–14	2	9	0	+0.5	0	0	0	0	0.0
10	2017-11-12	vs MIN	L 30–38	9	35	0	+2.6	1	1	25	0	+1.9
11	2017-11-19	@ NO	L 31–34 OT	23	117	1	+0.0	2	1	9	0	−0.1
12	2017-11-23	vs NYG	W 20–10	24	100	0	−2.8	4	3	30	0	+1.5
13	2017-11-30	@ DAL	L 14–38	12	38	0	−1.7	3	3	31	0	+1.8
14	2017-12-10	@ LAC	L 13–30	17	45	0	−5.6	4	4	7	0	−1.5
15	2017-12-17	vs ARI	W 20–15	14	37	0	−4.3	2	2	29	0	+2.3
16	2017-12-24	vs DEN	W 27–11	17	53	0	−8.0	3	3	21	0	+1.3
17	2017-12-31	@ NYG	L 10–18	2	3	0	−1.1	0	0	0	0	0.0