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Willis McGahee RB · BUF /BAL /DEN /CLE · 2004–2013
Born October 21, 1981 · College Miami · Drafted 2003 , round 1, pick 23 (BUF) · 6-0, 235 lb
Pro Bowl ×2 (2007, 2011)
EPA per carry by season Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.
-0.20 -0.10 0.00 0.10 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Rushing Season Team G Carries Yds TD YPC EPA/carry Stabilised EPA/carry Success % Rush EPA Rush WPA
2004 BUF 15 284 1,128 13 3.97 −0.086 −0.065−0.118 to −0.012 37.8 −24.9 −0.58 2005 BUF 16 325 1,247 5 3.84 −0.076 −0.062−0.114 to −0.011 36.3 −25.8 −0.11 2006 BUF 14 259 990 6 3.82 −0.097 −0.076−0.130 to −0.023 39.6 −26.2 −0.25 2007 BAL 15 294 1,207 7 4.11 −0.117 −0.078−0.131 to −0.025 36.0 −35.2 −0.74 2008 BAL 13 170 671 7 3.95 −0.055 −0.064−0.121 to −0.007 39.3 −9.8 +0.22 2008 playoffs BAL 3 39 154 2 3.95 −0.100 28.2 −3.9 −0.03 2009 BAL 15 109 544 12 4.99 +0.099 −0.066−0.125 to −0.007 40.9 +10.9 −0.03 2009 playoffs BAL 2 22 69 1 3.14 +0.024 45.5 +0.5 +0.04 2010 BAL 15 100 380 5 3.80 −0.117 −0.118−0.177 to −0.058 37.5 −12.2 −0.31 2010 playoffs BAL 2 14 48 1 3.43 −0.004 14.3 −0.1 −0.07 2011 DEN 15 249 1,199 4 4.82 −0.073 −0.069−0.123 to −0.015 37.9 −18.8 −0.44 2011 playoffs DEN 2 36 137 1 3.81 −0.181 41.7 −6.5 −0.16 2012 DEN 10 167 731 4 4.38 −0.065 −0.086−0.143 to −0.029 43.5 −11.0 −0.26 2013 CLE 11 138 377 2 2.73 −0.185 −0.118−0.177 to −0.060 33.8 −25.7 −0.39 Career CLE 139 2,095 8,474 65 4.04 −0.083 38.0 −178.6 −2.88
Receiving Season Team G Targets Rec Yds TD Catch % EPA/target Stabilised EPA/target Target aDOT Rec EPA Rec WPA
2004 BUF 15 36 22 169 0 61.1 −0.194 8.7 – −7.0 −0.07 2005 BUF 16 37 28 178 0 75.7 +0.028 8.3 – +1.1 +0.05 2006 BUF 14 28 18 156 0 64.3 −0.243 7.5 -1.8 −6.8 +0.17 2007 BAL 15 49 43 231 1 87.8 +0.020 9.4 -1.4 +1.0 +0.10 2008 BAL 13 32 24 173 0 75.0 −0.172 9.4 1.8 −5.5 −0.11 2008 playoffs BAL 3 4 4 26 0 100.0 −1.055 5.3 4.5 −4.2 −0.05 2009 BAL 15 22 15 85 2 68.2 −0.004 4.6 -0.4 −0.1 +0.11 2009 playoffs BAL 2 2 2 20 0 100.0 +0.773 4.4 1.0 +1.5 +0.03 2010 BAL 15 18 14 55 1 77.8 −0.379 3.9 -1.8 −6.8 −0.15 2010 playoffs BAL 2 4 4 24 0 100.0 +0.335 6.2 -0.5 +1.3 +0.03 2011 DEN 15 20 12 51 1 60.0 −0.067 5.2 0.9 −1.3 −0.07 2011 playoffs DEN 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 −0.641 4.3 -1.0 −1.3 −0.00 2012 DEN 10 33 26 221 0 78.8 +0.207 8.9 -0.9 +6.8 +0.11 2013 CLE 11 11 8 20 0 72.7 −0.534 2.4 1.1 −5.9 −0.13 Career CLE 139 286 210 1,339 5 73.4 −0.086 6.8 -0.5 −24.5 −0.00
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 Sacks QB hits Tackles INT Passes Forced
2005 BUF 16 3 0.0 – – 0 – 0 2006 BUF 14 1 0.0 0 – 0 – 0 2007 BAL 15 1 0.0 0 – 0 – 0 2011 DEN 15 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2012 DEN 10 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Career CLE 139 7 0.0 0 0 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
2007 Pro Bowl 2011 Pro Bowl
Game logs 2013 game log (11 games) 2013 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
3 2013-09-22 @ MIN W 31–27 8 9 0 −2.7 0 0 0 0 0.0 4 2013-09-29 vs CIN W 17–6 15 46 0 −2.6 0 0 0 0 0.0 5 2013-10-03 vs BUF W 37–24 26 72 1 −4.2 2 0 0 0 −1.6 6 2013-10-13 vs DET L 17–31 10 37 0 −1.1 1 1 2 0 −0.5 7 2013-10-20 @ GB L 13–31 11 39 0 −0.9 1 0 0 0 −0.6 8 2013-10-27 @ KC L 17–23 9 28 0 −0.8 2 2 0 0 −2.3 9 2013-11-03 vs BAL W 24–18 21 31 0 −14.3 0 0 0 0 0.0 11 2013-11-17 @ CIN L 20–41 6 13 0 +0.1 2 2 4 0 −0.9 12 2013-11-24 vs PIT L 11–27 4 12 0 +0.1 0 0 0 0 0.0 13 2013-12-01 vs JAX L 28–32 14 57 1 +3.3 2 2 14 0 +0.8 14 2013-12-08 @ NE L 26–27 14 33 0 −2.6 1 1 0 0 −0.9
2012 game log (10 games) 2012 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2012-09-09 vs PIT W 31–19 16 64 0 −4.3 1 0 0 0 −0.4 0 0.0 0 0 2 2012-09-17 @ ATL L 21–27 22 113 2 +6.5 2 2 11 0 +0.4 1 0.0 0 0 3 2012-09-23 vs HOU L 25–31 12 36 0 −4.0 2 1 6 0 −1.4 0 0.0 0 0 4 2012-09-30 vs LV W 37–6 19 112 1 +5.6 6 6 23 0 +0.2 0 0.0 0 0 5 2012-10-07 @ NE L 21–31 14 51 0 −4.5 6 5 51 0 +2.1 0 0.0 0 0 6 2012-10-15 @ LAC W 35–24 17 56 0 −2.9 5 4 42 0 +1.5 0 0.0 0 0 8 2012-10-28 vs NO W 34–14 23 122 1 +0.8 2 2 33 0 +2.6 0 0.0 0 0 9 2012-11-04 @ CIN W 31–23 23 66 0 −3.8 1 1 4 0 −0.1 0 0.0 0 0 10 2012-11-11 @ CAR W 36–14 14 56 0 −7.5 6 4 33 0 +1.1 0 0.0 0 0 11 2012-11-18 vs LAC W 30–23 7 55 0 +3.1 2 1 18 0 +0.8 0 0.0 0 0
2011 game log (17 games) 2011 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2011-09-12 vs LV L 20–23 4 3 0 −0.7 7 5 32 0 −0.1 0 0.0 0 0 2 2011-09-18 vs CIN W 24–22 28 101 1 −3.0 2 1 5 0 +1.1 0 0.0 0 0 3 2011-09-25 @ TEN L 14–17 22 52 0 −10.1 5 3 2 1 +0.0 0 0.0 0 0 4 2011-10-02 @ GB L 23–49 15 103 0 +2.8 2 2 10 0 +0.2 1 0.0 0 0 5 2011-10-09 vs LAC L 24–29 16 125 0 +4.8 1 0 0 0 −0.8 0 0.0 0 0 7 2011-10-23 @ MIA W 18–15 OT 18 76 0 −5.6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 9 2011-11-06 @ LV W 38–24 20 163 2 +10.4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 10 2011-11-13 @ KC W 17–10 4 17 0 +0.7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 11 2011-11-17 vs NYJ W 17–13 12 18 0 −11.7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 12 2011-11-27 @ LAC W 16–13 OT 23 117 0 +2.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 13 2011-12-04 @ MIN W 35–32 20 111 1 −4.5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 14 2011-12-11 vs CHI W 13–10 OT 17 34 0 −8.0 1 1 2 0 −0.6 0 0.0 0 0 15 2011-12-18 vs NE L 23–41 7 70 0 +2.6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 16 2011-12-24 @ BUF L 14–40 15 64 0 −0.4 1 0 0 0 −0.8 0 0.0 0 0 17 2012-01-01 vs KC L 3–7 28 145 0 +2.0 1 0 0 0 −0.5 0 0.0 0 0 P18 2012-01-08 vs PIT W 29–23 OT 19 61 0 −9.6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 P19 2012-01-14 @ NE L 10–45 17 76 1 +3.1 2 0 0 0 −1.3 0 0.0 0 0
2010 game log (17 games) 2010 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
1 2010-09-13 @ NYJ W 10–9 6 -2 1 −5.6 1 1 -6 0 −1.2 2 2010-09-19 @ CIN L 10–15 3 10 0 −0.4 1 0 0 0 −1.8 3 2010-09-26 vs CLE W 24–17 7 29 0 +0.2 0 0 0 0 0.0 4 2010-10-03 @ PIT W 17–14 14 39 1 −3.5 4 2 2 0 −2.2 5 2010-10-10 vs DEN W 31–17 10 67 1 +0.2 0 0 0 0 0.0 7 2010-10-24 vs BUF W 37–34 OT 11 64 1 +1.3 2 1 10 0 +0.3 9 2010-11-07 vs MIA W 26–10 6 24 0 −1.1 3 3 42 1 +3.8 10 2010-11-11 @ ATL L 21–26 3 8 0 −0.8 1 1 -4 0 −1.1 11 2010-11-21 @ CAR W 37–13 8 23 0 −1.1 2 2 -10 0 −3.0 12 2010-11-28 vs TB W 17–10 4 12 0 −0.7 3 3 13 0 +0.0 13 2010-12-05 vs PIT L 10–13 7 7 0 −2.6 0 0 0 0 0.0 14 2010-12-13 @ HOU W 34–28 OT 4 7 1 −0.3 0 0 0 0 0.0 15 2010-12-19 vs NO W 30–24 7 53 0 +2.9 0 0 0 0 0.0 16 2010-12-26 @ CLE W 20–10 8 34 0 −0.2 0 0 0 0 0.0 17 2011-01-02 vs CIN W 13–7 2 5 0 −0.6 1 1 8 0 −1.7 P18 2011-01-09 @ KC W 30–7 10 44 1 +1.9 2 2 10 0 +0.3 P19 2011-01-15 @ PIT L 24–31 4 4 0 −2.0 2 2 14 0 +1.1
2009 game log (17 games) 2009 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
1 2009-09-13 vs KC W 38–24 10 44 1 +2.9 5 4 31 1 +3.9 2 2009-09-20 @ LAC W 31–26 15 79 2 +4.3 2 2 10 0 +0.1 3 2009-09-27 vs CLE W 34–3 7 67 2 +0.2 1 0 0 0 −0.4 4 2009-10-04 @ NE L 21–27 5 11 0 −3.8 3 1 13 1 +1.4 5 2009-10-11 vs CIN L 14–17 1 -2 0 −0.6 1 1 4 0 −0.1 6 2009-10-18 @ MIN L 31–33 7 3 0 −3.6 0 0 0 0 0.0 8 2009-11-01 vs DEN W 30–7 2 -1 0 −1.0 1 1 4 0 −0.1 10 2009-11-16 @ CLE W 16–0 13 35 0 −1.7 0 0 0 0 0.0 11 2009-11-22 vs IND L 15–17 6 25 0 −2.8 1 1 7 0 +0.7 12 2009-11-29 vs PIT W 20–17 OT 5 18 1 +2.6 1 1 1 0 −0.7 13 2009-12-07 @ GB L 14–27 4 -4 1 −1.5 1 0 0 0 −0.3 14 2009-12-13 vs DET W 48–3 12 76 2 +6.2 1 1 2 0 −1.4 15 2009-12-20 vs CHI W 31–7 4 9 0 −1.6 5 3 13 0 −3.1 16 2009-12-27 @ PIT L 20–23 2 17 0 +0.2 0 0 0 0 0.0 17 2010-01-03 @ LV W 21–13 16 167 3 +11.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 P18 2010-01-10 @ NE W 33–14 20 62 1 +0.4 1 1 13 0 +1.4 P19 2010-01-16 @ IND L 3–20 2 7 0 +0.1 1 1 7 0 +0.1
2008 game log (16 games) 2008 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
3 2008-09-21 vs CLE W 28–10 15 64 1 +3.1 2 1 11 0 +0.9 4 2008-09-29 @ PIT L 20–23 OT 13 42 0 −3.1 3 3 19 0 +2.2 5 2008-10-05 vs TEN L 10–13 22 64 0 −3.5 1 1 2 0 −0.1 6 2008-10-12 @ IND L 3–31 8 18 0 −2.2 4 4 26 0 +2.0 7 2008-10-19 @ MIA W 27–13 19 105 1 +5.4 2 2 47 0 +0.4 8 2008-10-26 vs LV W 29–10 23 58 1 −8.0 3 2 -1 0 −3.1 10 2008-11-09 @ HOU W 41–13 25 112 2 +5.8 1 1 9 0 −0.0 11 2008-11-16 @ NYG L 10–30 9 18 0 −2.8 2 2 7 0 −0.8 12 2008-11-23 vs PHI W 36–7 7 8 0 −2.8 0 0 0 0 0.0 14 2008-12-07 vs WAS W 24–10 11 32 0 −6.9 2 1 -8 0 −1.9 15 2008-12-14 vs PIT L 9–13 6 18 0 −2.4 6 2 15 0 −5.0 16 2008-12-20 @ DAL W 33–24 8 108 1 +4.8 3 3 21 0 +0.1 17 2008-12-28 vs JAX W 27–7 4 24 1 +2.7 3 2 25 0 −0.1 P18 2009-01-04 @ MIA W 27–9 7 62 0 +1.1 1 1 9 0 +0.3 P19 2009-01-10 @ TEN W 13–10 12 32 0 −3.6 1 1 4 0 −0.9 P20 2009-01-18 @ PIT L 14–23 20 60 2 −1.4 2 2 13 0 −3.6
2007 game log (15 games) 2007 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2007-09-10 @ CIN L 20–27 19 77 0 −2.1 3 3 34 0 +2.2 0 0.0 0 0 2 2007-09-16 vs NYJ W 20–13 26 97 0 −1.8 2 2 6 1 +2.1 0 0.0 0 0 3 2007-09-23 vs ARI W 26–23 21 98 0 −2.1 4 4 23 0 +0.4 1 0.0 0 0 4 2007-09-30 @ CLE L 13–27 14 104 0 +2.5 2 2 32 0 +2.2 0 0.0 0 0 5 2007-10-07 @ SF W 9–7 22 88 0 −3.3 9 7 48 0 +0.9 0 0.0 0 0 6 2007-10-14 vs LA W 22–3 25 61 1 −5.7 5 4 9 0 −1.0 0 0.0 0 0 7 2007-10-21 @ BUF L 14–19 19 114 1 +1.1 3 2 1 0 −1.3 0 0.0 0 0 9 2007-11-05 @ PIT L 7–38 12 50 1 −4.8 4 3 12 0 −0.8 0 0.0 0 0 10 2007-11-11 vs CIN L 7–21 17 60 1 −6.6 2 2 10 0 +0.2 0 0.0 0 0 11 2007-11-18 vs CLE L 30–33 OT 21 102 1 −0.1 2 2 24 0 +1.1 0 0.0 0 0 12 2007-11-25 @ LAC L 14–32 17 59 1 −0.4 2 2 2 0 −1.2 0 0.0 0 0 13 2007-12-03 vs NE L 24–27 30 138 1 +3.9 4 4 21 0 −0.5 0 0.0 0 0 14 2007-12-09 vs IND L 20–44 17 45 0 −7.6 5 5 7 0 −2.6 0 0.0 0 0 15 2007-12-16 @ MIA L 16–22 OT 29 104 0 −5.3 2 1 2 0 −0.8 0 0.0 0 0 16 2007-12-23 @ SEA L 6–27 5 10 0 −2.9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0
2006 game log (14 games) 2006 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2006-09-10 @ NE L 17–19 20 70 0 −6.8 2 2 24 0 +1.3 0 0.0 0 0 2 2006-09-17 @ MIA W 16–6 25 91 0 −1.7 1 1 6 0 −0.4 0 0.0 0 0 3 2006-09-24 vs NYJ L 20–28 26 150 0 +4.7 5 2 3 0 −1.6 0 0.0 0 0 4 2006-10-01 vs MIN W 17–12 28 78 1 −4.5 2 1 4 0 −0.5 0 0.0 0 0 5 2006-10-08 @ CHI L 7–40 14 50 0 −1.7 5 4 15 0 −7.7 0 0.0 0 0 6 2006-10-15 @ DET L 17–20 17 66 0 −1.3 3 2 14 0 +0.2 0 0.0 0 0 7 2006-10-22 vs NE L 6–28 20 59 0 −1.5 2 2 61 0 +5.1 0 0.0 0 0 9 2006-11-05 vs GB W 24–10 4 15 0 −1.2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 12 2006-11-26 vs JAX W 27–24 12 63 2 +1.7 1 1 8 0 +0.4 0 0.0 0 0 13 2006-12-03 vs LAC L 21–24 16 26 1 −4.5 1 1 1 0 −1.3 0 0.0 0 0 14 2006-12-10 @ NYJ W 31–13 16 125 1 +7.4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 15 2006-12-17 vs MIA W 21–0 28 79 0 −11.3 1 0 0 0 −0.5 0 0.0 0 0 16 2006-12-24 vs TEN L 29–30 22 95 1 +2.5 3 2 20 0 −0.7 0 0.0 0 0 17 2006-12-31 @ BAL L 7–19 11 23 0 −8.1 2 0 0 0 −1.1 1 0.0 0 0
2005 game log (16 games) 2005 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2005-09-11 vs HOU W 22–7 22 117 0 +1.4 3 3 15 0 +0.6 0 0.0 0 0 2 2005-09-18 @ TB L 3–19 13 34 0 −4.8 2 1 -1 0 −1.9 0 0.0 0 0 3 2005-09-25 vs ATL L 16–24 27 140 1 +4.5 1 0 0 0 −0.5 0 0.0 0 0 4 2005-10-02 @ NO L 7–19 16 84 1 −3.5 3 2 17 0 −0.3 0 0.0 0 0 5 2005-10-09 vs MIA W 20–14 31 86 1 −3.1 3 2 5 0 −1.1 0 0.0 0 0 6 2005-10-16 vs NYJ W 27–17 29 143 1 +2.5 4 3 24 0 +0.5 0 0.0 0 0 7 2005-10-23 @ LV L 17–38 16 50 0 −1.1 3 3 36 0 +2.0 0 0.0 0 0 8 2005-10-30 @ NE L 16–21 31 136 0 +0.8 3 2 21 0 +1.5 0 0.0 0 0 10 2005-11-13 vs KC W 14–3 20 66 0 −6.4 1 0 0 0 −0.5 0 0.0 0 0 11 2005-11-20 @ LAC L 10–48 10 39 0 +1.4 2 1 2 0 −0.3 2 0.0 0 0 12 2005-11-27 vs CAR L 9–13 21 53 0 −5.9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 13 2005-12-04 @ MIA L 23–24 27 81 0 −3.0 2 2 18 0 +2.0 0 0.0 0 0 14 2005-12-11 vs NE L 7–35 8 3 0 −4.9 1 1 5 0 −0.5 0 0.0 0 0 15 2005-12-17 vs DEN L 17–28 9 36 1 −0.4 3 3 14 0 −0.4 0 0.0 0 0 16 2005-12-24 @ CIN W 37–27 23 66 0 −5.8 4 3 0 0 −2.4 0 0.0 0 0 17 2006-01-01 @ NYJ L 26–30 22 113 0 +2.5 2 2 22 0 +2.2 1 0.0 0 0
2004 game log (15 games) 2004 game log Week Date Opponent Result Carries Rush yds Rush TD Rush EPA Targets Rec Rec yds Rec TD Rec EPA
1 2004-09-12 vs JAX L 10–13 9 31 0 −2.8 1 1 12 0 +1.8 2 2004-09-19 @ LV L 10–13 2 -3 0 −0.1 0 0 0 0 0.0 5 2004-10-10 @ NYJ L 14–16 8 42 0 +1.6 1 1 2 0 −0.9 6 2004-10-17 vs MIA W 20–13 26 111 0 −7.1 5 3 31 0 +4.4 7 2004-10-24 @ BAL L 6–20 16 58 0 −1.1 3 1 1 0 −9.1 8 2004-10-31 vs ARI W 38–14 30 102 2 −7.9 2 1 9 0 +0.6 9 2004-11-07 vs NYJ W 22–17 37 132 1 −6.0 4 2 11 0 −1.7 10 2004-11-14 @ NE L 6–29 14 37 0 −5.3 1 1 12 0 +0.7 11 2004-11-21 vs LA W 37–17 20 100 0 −1.5 4 3 27 0 −0.5 12 2004-11-28 @ SEA W 38–9 28 116 4 +6.8 4 2 26 0 +1.0 13 2004-12-05 @ MIA W 42–32 23 91 0 −8.8 2 1 4 0 −0.5 14 2004-12-12 vs CLE W 37–7 27 105 2 +3.1 4 2 12 0 −2.5 15 2004-12-19 @ CIN W 33–17 11 25 0 −3.1 3 2 1 0 −2.2 16 2004-12-26 @ SF W 41–7 15 102 2 +4.5 1 1 14 0 +1.3 17 2005-01-02 vs PIT L 24–29 18 79 2 +2.6 1 1 7 0 +0.5
Data through 2026 week 9. Play-by-play, schedules, rosters and player details: nflverse (CC BY 4.0). EPA is nflfastR’s; WPA is our model’s. Stabilised rates and 90% intervals: see the leaderboards’ notes.