Willie Parker

RB · PIT · 2004–2009

Born November 11, 1980 · College North Carolina · Undrafted · 5-10, 209 lb

Pro Bowl ×2 (2006, 2007)

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)
2004	PIT	6	32	186	0	5.81	+0.196	−0.080−0.143 to −0.017	45.5	+6.5	+0.30
2005	PIT	15	255	1,202	4	4.71	−0.031	−0.058−0.112 to −0.004	38.2	−8.0	−0.66
2005 playoffs	PIT	4	58	230	1	3.97	−0.095		29.3	−5.5	−0.10
2006	PIT	16	337	1,494	13	4.43	−0.045	−0.051−0.102 to +0.001	38.2	−15.4	−0.76
2007	PIT	15	321	1,316	2	4.10	−0.145	−0.086−0.138 to −0.034	31.1	−47.2	−1.18
2008	PIT	11	209	789	5	3.78	−0.121	−0.072−0.127 to −0.016	34.8	−26.7	−0.90
2008 playoffs	PIT	3	70	246	2	3.51	−0.152		31.0	−10.8	−0.17
2009	PIT	13	98	389	0	3.97	−0.167	−0.106−0.165 to −0.046	37.0	−16.7	−0.25
Career	PIT	76	1,252	5,376	24	4.29	−0.084		35.9	−107.5	−3.45

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2004	PIT	6	7	3	16	0	42.9	−0.896	6.1	–	−6.3	−0.10
2005	PIT	15	24	18	218	1	75.0	+0.484	6.9	–	+11.6	+0.21
2005 playoffs	PIT	4	11	10	81	1	90.9	+0.368	11.6	–	+4.1	+0.10
2006	PIT	16	42	31	222	3	73.8	+0.074	8.1	-0.5	+3.1	+0.24
2007	PIT	15	31	23	164	0	74.2	+0.047	7.7	1.4	+1.5	−0.07
2008	PIT	11	11	4	15	0	36.4	−0.532	3.3	3.5	−5.9	−0.19
2008 playoffs	PIT	3	4	2	-4	0	50.0	−0.757	4.4	1.8	−3.0	−0.07
2009	PIT	13	7	6	64	1	85.7	+0.670	1.6	4.0	+4.7	+0.08
Career	PIT	76	122	85	699	5	69.7	+0.072	5.6	0.9	+8.7	+0.18

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	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed
2005 playoffs	PIT	4	1	–	–	–
2006	PIT	16	1	0	–	–
2008	PIT	11	2	0	–	–
Career	PIT	76	3	0	0	0

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2006	Pro Bowl
2007	Pro Bowl

Game logs

2009 game log (13 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2009-09-10	vs TEN	W 13–10 OT	13	19	−8.0	1	1	5	0	+0.4
2	2009-09-20	@ CHI	L 14–17	14	47	−2.3	1	1	3	0	−0.3
3	2009-09-27	@ CIN	L 20–23	25	93	−4.3	2	2	36	1	+4.0
6	2009-10-18	vs CLE	W 27–14	7	26	−4.2	1	1	9	0	+0.7
7	2009-10-25	vs MIN	W 27–17	1	2	−0.4	0	0	0	0	0.0
10	2009-11-15	vs CIN	L 12–18	1	7	+0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.5
11	2009-11-22	@ KC	L 24–27 OT	6	24	+0.0	1	1	11	0	+0.4
12	2009-11-29	@ BAL	L 17–20 OT	5	14	+0.4	0	0	0	0	0.0
13	2009-12-06	vs LV	L 24–27	3	15	+0.6	0	0	0	0	0.0
14	2009-12-10	@ CLE	L 6–13	3	12	−0.2	0	0	0	0	0.0
15	2009-12-20	vs GB	W 37–36	6	22	−0.9	0	0	0	0	0.0
16	2009-12-27	vs BAL	W 23–20	2	17	+0.7	0	0	0	0	0.0
17	2010-01-03	@ MIA	W 30–24	12	91	+1.9	0	0	0	0	0.0

2008 game log (14 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	vs HOU	W 38–17	25	138	3	+8.5	0	0	0	0.0	1
2	2008-09-14	@ CLE	W 10–6	28	105	0	−4.4	1	0	0	−0.9	0
3	2008-09-21	@ PHI	L 6–15	13	20	0	−5.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	2008-11-03	@ WAS	W 23–6	21	70	1	−2.6	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	2008-11-16	vs LAC	W 11–10	25	115	0	−2.3	1	1	4	−0.3	0
12	2008-11-20	vs CIN	W 27–10	14	37	0	−4.7	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	2008-11-30	@ NE	W 33–10	16	87	0	+0.5	1	0	0	−0.6	1
14	2008-12-07	vs DAL	W 20–13	12	25	0	−3.5	1	0	0	−0.9	0
15	2008-12-14	@ BAL	W 13–9	14	47	0	−3.7	4	2	9	−1.3	0
16	2008-12-21	@ TEN	L 14–31	18	29	0	−6.3	2	1	2	−1.1	0
17	2008-12-28	vs CLE	W 31–0	23	116	1	−2.4	1	0	0	−0.9	0
P19	2009-01-11	vs LAC	W 35–24	27	146	2	+5.2	1	0	0	−0.4	0
P20	2009-01-18	vs BAL	W 23–14	24	47	0	−13.8	2	1	-2	−1.5	0
P21	2009-02-01	@ ARI	W 27–23	19	53	0	−2.2	1	1	-2	−1.1	0

2007 game log (15 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
1	2007-09-09	@ CLE	W 34–7	27	109	0	−6.7	2	1	-2	−1.6
2	2007-09-16	vs BUF	W 26–3	23	126	1	+4.2	2	2	7	−0.4
3	2007-09-23	vs SF	W 37–16	24	133	0	+0.9	1	1	9	+0.7
4	2007-09-30	@ ARI	L 14–21	19	37	0	−6.4	4	4	29	+0.8
5	2007-10-07	vs SEA	W 21–0	28	102	0	−3.9	0	0	0	0.0
7	2007-10-21	@ DEN	L 28–31	21	93	0	−2.6	3	2	34	+2.4
8	2007-10-28	@ CIN	W 24–13	22	126	1	+4.7	4	2	8	−1.6
9	2007-11-05	vs BAL	W 38–7	23	42	0	−9.6	1	1	17	+1.6
10	2007-11-11	vs CLE	W 31–28	25	105	0	−1.9	2	2	8	−0.3
11	2007-11-18	@ NYJ	L 16–19 OT	21	52	0	−7.9	0	0	0	0.0
12	2007-11-26	vs MIA	W 3–0	24	81	0	−5.4	2	1	8	−0.3
13	2007-12-02	vs CIN	W 24–10	28	87	0	−14.8	1	1	14	+0.7
14	2007-12-09	@ NE	L 13–34	21	124	0	+1.5	5	4	23	+0.4
15	2007-12-16	vs JAX	L 22–29	14	100	0	+1.7	4	2	9	−1.0
16	2007-12-20	@ LA	W 41–24	1	-1	0	−0.8	0	0	0	0.0

2006 game log (16 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2006-09-07	vs MIA	W 28–17	29	115	0	−2.5	4	3	13	0	−0.1	0
2	2006-09-18	@ JAX	L 0–9	11	20	0	−3.8	3	3	6	0	−0.7	0
3	2006-09-24	vs CIN	L 20–28	31	133	2	+6.2	1	1	13	0	+1.3	0
5	2006-10-08	@ LAC	L 13–23	14	57	1	−0.5	3	3	26	0	+1.5	0
6	2006-10-15	vs KC	W 45–7	21	109	2	+3.4	1	1	-11	0	−5.4	0
7	2006-10-22	@ ATL	L 38–41 OT	20	47	0	−8.0	1	0	0	0	−0.9	0
8	2006-10-29	@ LV	L 13–20	22	83	0	−3.9	2	2	28	1	+2.6	0
9	2006-11-05	vs DEN	L 20–31	14	70	1	+1.8	9	7	67	1	+4.1	0
10	2006-11-12	vs NO	W 38–31	22	213	2	+11.1	2	2	12	0	+0.4	0
11	2006-11-19	@ CLE	W 24–20	16	46	1	−3.9	5	4	17	1	+3.3	0
12	2006-11-26	@ BAL	L 0–27	10	22	0	−2.2	3	2	15	0	−1.1	0
13	2006-12-03	vs TB	W 20–3	22	61	0	−4.2	2	1	25	0	+0.5	0
14	2006-12-07	vs CLE	W 27–7	32	223	1	+4.5	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
15	2006-12-17	@ CAR	W 37–3	23	132	1	+1.9	2	0	0	0	−1.3	0
16	2006-12-24	vs BAL	L 7–31	13	29	0	−11.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
17	2006-12-31	@ CIN	W 23–17 OT	37	134	2	−3.9	3	2	11	0	−0.2	0

2005 game log (19 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2005-09-11	vs TEN	W 34–7	22	161	1	+6.3	1	1	48	0	+4.0	0
2	2005-09-18	@ HOU	W 27–7	25	111	1	−0.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2005-09-25	vs NE	L 20–23	17	55	0	−3.1	3	1	-6	0	−2.6	0
5	2005-10-10	@ LAC	W 24–22	10	26	0	−1.8	1	1	14	0	+0.9	0
6	2005-10-16	vs JAX	L 17–23 OT	21	55	0	−6.2	2	0	0	0	−1.6	0
7	2005-10-23	@ CIN	W 27–13	18	131	1	+7.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	2005-10-31	vs BAL	W 20–19	14	63	0	−1.0	2	2	18	0	+2.0	0
9	2005-11-06	@ GB	W 20–10	5	13	0	−1.2	2	1	10	0	+0.5	0
11	2005-11-20	@ BAL	L 13–16 OT	18	59	0	−2.9	3	2	22	1	+2.7	0
12	2005-11-28	@ IND	L 7–26	12	43	0	−5.3	4	4	23	0	+0.1	0
13	2005-12-04	vs CIN	L 31–38	15	71	0	+0.2	1	1	11	0	+0.4	0
14	2005-12-11	vs CHI	W 21–9	21	68	0	−4.8	2	2	45	0	+2.7	0
15	2005-12-18	@ MIN	W 18–3	14	81	0	−2.8	2	2	16	0	+1.3	0
16	2005-12-24	@ CLE	W 41–0	17	130	1	+5.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2006-01-01	vs DET	W 35–21	26	135	0	+2.4	1	1	17	0	+1.3	0
P18	2006-01-08	@ CIN	W 31–17	17	43	0	−2.5	4	3	41	1	+3.3	0
P19	2006-01-15	@ IND	W 21–18	17	59	0	−3.0	3	3	19	0	+0.9	1
P20	2006-01-22	@ DEN	W 34–17	14	35	0	−4.2	3	3	20	0	+0.4	0
P21	2006-02-05	vs SEA	W 21–10	10	93	1	+4.1	1	1	1	0	−0.5	0

2004 game log (6 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
9	2004-11-07	vs PHI	W 27–3	3	14	+0.0	0	0	0	0.0
10	2004-11-14	@ CLE	W 24–10	8	44	+0.3	2	0	0	−2.5
12	2004-11-28	vs WAS	W 16–7	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	−0.7
13	2004-12-05	@ JAX	W 17–16	1	12	+0.6	1	1	12	−0.1
14	2004-12-12	vs NYJ	W 17–6	1	14	+1.9	1	0	0	−1.5
17	2005-01-02	@ BUF	W 29–24	19	102	+3.7	2	2	4	−1.4