Spencer Ware

RB · SEA/KC · 2013–2019

Born November 23, 1991 · College LSU · Drafted 2013, round 6, pick 194 (SEA) · 5-10, 229 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)
2013	SEA	1	3	10	0	3.33	+0.307	−0.101−0.166 to −0.037	33.3	+0.9	+0.00
2015	KC	9	72	403	6	5.60	+0.107	−0.110−0.171 to −0.050	44.6	+7.9	+0.08
2015 playoffs	KC	1	16	67	1	4.19	+0.061		43.8	+1.0	+0.04
2016	KC	14	214	921	3	4.30	−0.148	−0.107−0.162 to −0.052	39.5	−32.6	−0.34
2016 playoffs	KC	1	8	35	1	4.38	+0.116		50.0	+0.9	+0.05
2018	KC	11	51	246	2	4.82	−0.057	−0.108−0.170 to −0.047	38.5	−3.0	−0.03
2019	KC	3	17	51	0	3.00	−0.105	−0.124−0.188 to −0.060	44.4	−1.9	−0.04
Career	KC	38	357	1,631	11	4.57	−0.078		40.6	−28.6	−0.32

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2015	KC	9	6	6	5	0	100.0	−0.790	2.6	-1.2	−4.7	−0.11
2016	KC	14	42	33	447	2	78.6	+0.289	8.8	2.8	+12.2	+0.41
2016 playoffs	KC	1	4	2	1	0	50.0	−0.707	12.5	3.2	−2.8	−0.07
2018	KC	11	23	20	224	0	87.0	+0.631	5.9	0.2	+14.5	+0.13
2018 playoffs	KC	1	1	1	21	0	100.0	+0.678	3.4	19.0	+0.7	+0.06
2019	KC	3	7	5	22	0	71.4	−0.300	6.8	0.3	−2.1	−0.04
Career	KC	38	78	64	698	2	82.1	+0.254	6.4	1.5	+19.8	+0.39

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
2015	KC	9	3
2015 playoffs	KC	1	1
2018	KC	11	2
Career	KC	38	5

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	KC	14	528	59.7	–	–
2016 playoffs	KC	1	41	75.9	–	–
2018	KC	13	240	28.0	–	–
2018 playoffs	KC	1	10	19.6	–	–
2019	KC	3	76	37.1	–	–

Game logs

2019 game log (3 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
14	2019-12-08	@ NE	W 23–16	5	11	−0.8	2	1	-9	−2.5
15	2019-12-15	vs DEN	W 23–3	7	26	+0.1	2	2	9	−1.4
16	2019-12-22	@ CHI	W 26–3	5	14	−1.2	3	2	22	+1.8

2018 game log (12 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	@ LAC	W 38–28	3	32	0	+0.2	1	1	8	+0.4	0
2	2018-09-16	@ PIT	W 42–37	1	3	0	−0.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2018-09-23	vs SF	W 38–27	1	1	0	−0.3	3	2	29	+1.1	0
4	2018-10-01	@ DEN	W 27–23	2	6	0	−0.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	2018-10-07	vs JAX	W 30–14	1	0	0	−0.5	1	1	13	+2.1	0
6	2018-10-14	@ NE	L 40–43	2	5	0	−0.4	3	2	9	−0.5	0
7	2018-10-21	vs CIN	W 45–10	8	59	0	−1.7	3	3	30	+2.1	0
9	2018-11-04	@ CLE	W 37–21	2	12	0	+0.9	5	4	69	+7.4	0
10	2018-11-11	vs ARI	W 26–14	2	6	1	+0.7	1	1	7	+0.0	0
13	2018-12-02	@ LV	W 40–33	14	47	1	−2.2	1	1	5	+0.1	1
14	2018-12-09	vs BAL	W 27–24 OT	15	75	0	+1.2	5	5	54	+1.8	1
P20	2019-01-20	vs NE	L 31–37 OT	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	21	+0.7	0

2016 game log (15 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2016-09-11	vs LAC	W 33–27 OT	11	70	1	+3.4	8	7	129	0	+8.4
2	2016-09-18	@ HOU	L 12–19	10	57	0	−8.7	3	2	48	0	+1.7
3	2016-09-25	vs NYJ	W 24–3	20	75	0	−13.0	1	1	8	0	−0.5
4	2016-10-02	@ PIT	L 14–43	13	82	0	−2.4	5	1	14	0	−9.8
6	2016-10-16	@ LV	W 26–10	24	131	1	+4.8	2	2	32	0	+1.5
7	2016-10-23	vs NO	W 27–21	17	77	0	−0.5	2	2	54	1	+3.4
8	2016-10-30	@ IND	W 30–14	7	19	0	−2.9	2	2	28	0	+2.6
10	2016-11-13	@ CAR	W 20–17	13	61	0	+4.9	3	3	11	0	−0.9
11	2016-11-20	vs TB	L 17–19	17	69	0	−1.8	2	2	16	0	+0.9
12	2016-11-27	@ DEN	W 30–27 OT	17	64	0	−1.2	2	2	32	0	+2.1
13	2016-12-04	@ ATL	W 29–28	14	29	1	−3.3	4	3	23	1	+2.1
14	2016-12-08	vs LV	W 21–13	20	56	0	−7.5	2	1	7	0	−0.7
15	2016-12-18	vs TEN	L 17–19	18	69	0	−3.8	3	3	25	0	+1.3
16	2016-12-25	vs DEN	W 33–10	13	62	0	−0.7	3	2	20	0	+0.1
P19	2017-01-15	vs PIT	L 16–18	8	35	1	+0.9	4	2	1	0	−2.8

2015 game log (10 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
7	2015-10-25	vs PIT	W 23–13	2	8	0	+0.4	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	2015-11-01	vs DET	W 45–10	2	12	1	+0.6	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	2015-11-15	@ DEN	W 29–13	2	4	0	−1.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2015-11-22	@ LAC	W 33–3	11	96	2	+6.1	1	1	5	−0.6	0
12	2015-11-29	vs BUF	W 30–22	19	114	1	+1.3	3	3	1	−2.5	0
13	2015-12-06	@ LV	W 34–20	7	26	1	+1.5	2	2	-1	−1.7	1
14	2015-12-13	vs LAC	W 10–3	8	52	0	−0.3	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	2015-12-27	vs CLE	W 17–13	5	15	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2016-01-03	vs LV	W 23–17	16	76	1	+0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
P18	2016-01-09	@ HOU	W 30–0	16	67	1	+1.0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2013 game log (1 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA
2	2013-09-15	vs SF	W 29–3	3	10	0	+0.9