Tim Hightower

RB · ARI/WAS/NO · 2008–2016

Born May 23, 1986 · College Richmond · Drafted 2008, round 5, pick 149 (ARI) · 6-0, 220 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)
2008	ARI	16	143	399	10	2.79	−0.133	−0.088−0.146 to −0.030	30.8	−19.5	−0.23
2008 playoffs	ARI	4	35	132	1	3.77	−0.032		40.5	−1.2	+0.11
2009	ARI	16	143	598	8	4.18	−0.199	−0.116−0.174 to −0.058	35.8	−29.5	−0.38
2009 playoffs	ARI	2	13	106	2	8.15	+0.302		46.2	+3.9	+0.11
2010	ARI	16	153	736	5	4.81	−0.173	−0.127−0.184 to −0.069	31.6	−27.3	−0.69
2011	WAS	5	83	299	1	3.60	−0.119	−0.102−0.162 to −0.041	37.2	−10.2	−0.28
2015	NO	6	96	375	4	3.91	−0.091	−0.130−0.190 to −0.071	40.4	−9.0	+0.15
2016	NO	15	133	548	4	4.12	−0.009	−0.096−0.154 to −0.037	39.6	−1.3	−0.06
Career	NO	74	751	2,955	32	3.93	−0.125		35.4	−96.8	−1.49

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2008	ARI	16	49	33	230	0	67.3	−0.036	7.9	0.8	−1.8	−0.11
2008 playoffs	ARI	4	7	4	24	2	57.1	+0.728	5.4	-1.3	+5.1	+0.27
2009	ARI	16	80	63	428	0	78.8	−0.065	13.6	-0.1	−5.2	−0.03
2009 playoffs	ARI	2	7	6	48	0	85.7	+0.394	10.4	-0.3	+2.8	+0.12
2010	ARI	16	42	21	136	0	50.0	−0.437	7.6	0.4	−18.4	−0.26
2011	WAS	5	15	10	78	1	66.7	−0.028	8.6	0.3	−0.4	+0.13
2015	NO	6	13	12	129	0	92.3	+0.372	5.4	0.2	+4.8	+0.11
2016	NO	15	26	22	200	1	84.6	+0.284	4.2	-0.5	+7.4	+0.03
Career	NO	74	225	161	1,201	2	71.6	−0.060	8.1	0.2	−13.6	−0.13

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
2008	ARI	16	4	–	–
2008 playoffs	ARI	4	1	–	–
2009	ARI	16	3	0	0
2010	ARI	16	2	0	0
2011	WAS	5	3	0	0
2015	NO	6	2	0	0
Career	NO	74	14	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	NO	15	283	26.8	–	–

Game logs

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 LV	L 34–35	4	9	0	−0.6	1	1	1	0	−0.2
2	2016-09-18	@ NYG	L 13–16	3	9	0	−0.2	0	0	0	0	0.0
3	2016-09-26	vs ATL	L 32–45	3	19	0	+1.3	0	0	0	0	0.0
4	2016-10-02	@ LAC	W 35–34	4	11	0	−1.2	0	0	0	0	0.0
7	2016-10-23	@ KC	L 21–27	5	39	0	+2.7	1	1	5	0	−0.0
8	2016-10-30	vs SEA	W 25–20	26	102	0	−3.4	3	1	0	0	−2.4
9	2016-11-06	@ SF	W 41–23	23	87	1	+0.6	1	1	15	0	+1.5
10	2016-11-13	vs DEN	L 23–25	8	21	0	−2.8	2	2	34	0	+2.0
11	2016-11-17	@ CAR	L 20–23	12	69	0	+1.3	9	8	57	0	+2.4
12	2016-11-27	vs LA	W 49–21	15	51	0	−3.8	2	2	54	1	+4.7
13	2016-12-04	vs DET	L 13–28	2	5	0	−1.4	1	1	4	0	−0.1
14	2016-12-11	@ TB	L 11–16	6	31	0	+1.3	2	1	8	0	−0.4
15	2016-12-18	@ ARI	W 48–41	11	37	2	+1.3	3	3	11	0	−0.7
16	2016-12-24	vs TB	W 31–24	8	29	0	+0.4	1	1	11	0	+0.6
17	2017-01-01	@ ATL	L 32–38	3	29	1	+3.3	0	0	0	0	0.0

2015 game log (6 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
10	2015-11-15	@ WAS	L 14–47	11	46	0	−3.5	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2015-12-06	vs CAR	L 38–41	1	2	0	−0.4	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	2015-12-13	@ TB	W 24–17	28	85	1	−2.3	1	1	10	+1.1	0
15	2015-12-21	vs DET	L 27–35	13	54	0	−3.4	4	3	31	−0.3	0
16	2015-12-27	vs JAX	W 38–27	27	122	2	−0.9	3	3	47	+2.6	0
17	2016-01-03	@ ATL	W 20–17	16	66	1	+1.5	5	5	41	+1.4	0

2011 game log (5 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2011-09-11	vs NYG	W 28–14	24	50	1	−8.5	3	3	25	0	+1.5	1
2	2011-09-18	vs ARI	W 22–21	20	96	0	−1.5	2	1	10	0	+0.4	1
3	2011-09-26	@ DAL	L 16–18	14	41	0	−1.5	6	5	39	1	+1.9	0
4	2011-10-02	@ LA	W 17–10	8	24	0	−3.0	3	1	4	0	−3.2	1
7	2011-10-23	@ CAR	L 20–33	17	88	0	+4.2	1	0	0	0	−0.9	0

2010 game log (16 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2010-09-12	@ LA	W 17–13	13	54	1	−12.5	4	4	40	+1.7	0
2	2010-09-19	@ ATL	L 7–41	11	115	1	+3.6	2	2	9	−0.3	0
3	2010-09-26	vs LV	W 24–23	11	40	0	−1.5	3	1	0	−4.7	0
4	2010-10-03	@ LAC	L 10–41	7	24	0	−1.4	1	0	0	−1.2	0
5	2010-10-10	vs NO	W 30–20	4	6	0	−3.2	1	0	0	−1.2	0
7	2010-10-24	@ SEA	L 10–22	6	59	0	−2.0	3	1	4	−2.0	0
8	2010-10-31	vs TB	L 35–38	1	0	0	+0.7	1	1	11	+0.1	0
9	2010-11-07	@ MIN	L 24–27 OT	13	39	0	−3.1	1	0	0	−0.6	0
10	2010-11-14	vs SEA	L 18–36	13	39	1	−1.9	3	2	23	+2.0	1
11	2010-11-21	@ KC	L 13–31	12	62	0	−1.6	4	3	24	+0.1	0
12	2010-11-29	vs SF	L 6–27	5	0	0	−3.7	3	0	0	−2.8	0
13	2010-12-05	vs LA	L 6–19	15	81	0	−0.7	2	1	5	−0.2	0
14	2010-12-12	vs DEN	W 43–13	18	148	2	+4.2	2	0	0	−2.0	1
15	2010-12-19	@ CAR	L 12–19	6	16	0	−0.9	4	3	12	−0.4	0
16	2010-12-25	vs DAL	W 27–26	6	23	0	+0.1	3	1	6	−0.6	0
17	2011-01-02	@ SF	L 7–38	12	30	0	−3.4	5	2	2	−6.4	0

2009 game log (18 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2009-09-13	vs SF	L 16–20	8	15	0	−4.0	14	12	121	+1.5	1
2	2009-09-20	@ JAX	W 31–17	15	72	1	−0.9	3	3	12	+1.4	0
3	2009-09-27	vs IND	L 10–31	9	22	0	−8.1	8	5	39	−2.6	0
5	2009-10-11	vs HOU	W 28–21	6	17	1	−0.1	5	5	30	+1.0	0
6	2009-10-18	@ SEA	W 27–3	13	32	1	−3.6	4	4	26	+0.5	0
7	2009-10-25	@ NYG	W 24–17	4	9	1	−3.9	5	2	11	−1.6	0
8	2009-11-01	vs CAR	L 21–34	8	39	1	+2.9	10	8	57	+0.5	0
9	2009-11-08	@ CHI	W 41–21	15	77	0	+2.3	3	1	11	−1.1	0
10	2009-11-15	vs SEA	W 31–20	10	37	0	−4.7	5	5	21	−0.1	0
11	2009-11-22	@ LA	W 21–13	14	110	0	+2.4	2	2	15	+1.4	0
12	2009-11-29	@ TEN	L 17–20	11	55	1	+1.6	4	3	23	−1.5	0
13	2009-12-06	vs MIN	W 30–17	6	50	0	−5.6	3	1	8	−1.2	0
14	2009-12-14	@ SF	L 9–24	2	3	0	−5.1	2	2	13	+0.6	1
15	2009-12-20	@ DET	W 31–24	6	4	1	−2.5	6	6	34	+1.2	1
16	2009-12-27	vs LA	W 31–10	10	32	1	+0.2	3	2	3	−3.0	0
17	2010-01-03	vs GB	L 7–33	6	24	0	−0.5	3	2	4	−2.1	0
P18	2010-01-10	vs GB	W 51–45 OT	7	19	1	−0.7	3	3	21	+2.5	0
P19	2010-01-16	@ NO	L 14–45	6	87	1	+4.6	4	3	27	+0.3	0

2008 game log (20 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	@ SF	W 23–13	8	13	1	+2.3	4	3	21	0	−0.6	0
2	2008-09-14	vs MIA	W 31–10	10	24	1	−1.3	1	1	20	0	+1.3	0
3	2008-09-21	@ WAS	L 17–24	5	23	0	−0.9	6	3	38	0	+0.3	0
4	2008-09-28	@ NYJ	L 35–56	6	13	1	+1.0	2	1	5	0	−0.2	0
5	2008-10-05	vs BUF	W 41–17	7	37	2	+5.3	2	2	8	0	+1.0	1
6	2008-10-12	vs DAL	W 30–24 OT	7	20	0	−0.3	5	4	29	0	+1.5	0
8	2008-10-26	@ CAR	L 23–27	6	3	1	−3.1	3	2	18	0	+1.4	0
9	2008-11-02	@ LA	W 34–13	22	109	1	−0.6	1	1	-1	0	−0.8	0
10	2008-11-10	vs SF	W 29–24	13	22	0	−5.5	8	6	28	0	−2.2	0
11	2008-11-16	@ SEA	W 26–20	11	35	0	−2.1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2008-11-23	vs NYG	L 29–37	11	21	2	−2.4	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
13	2008-11-27	@ PHI	L 20–48	7	7	0	−2.9	3	3	34	0	+2.2	2
14	2008-12-07	vs LA	W 34–10	12	32	1	−0.9	1	0	0	0	−0.5	0
15	2008-12-14	vs MIN	L 14–35	5	20	0	−0.5	6	5	20	0	−1.6	1
16	2008-12-21	@ NE	L 7–47	10	17	0	−6.6	6	2	10	0	−3.2	0
17	2008-12-28	vs SEA	W 34–21	3	3	0	−1.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
P18	2009-01-03	vs ATL	W 30–24	6	23	1	+0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
P19	2009-01-10	@ CAR	W 33–13	17	76	0	+2.8	2	1	3	1	+2.0	0
P20	2009-01-18	vs PHI	W 32–25	11	33	0	−1.9	2	1	8	1	+2.5	0
P21	2009-02-01	vs PIT	L 23–27	1	0	0	−2.1	3	2	13	0	+0.6	1