Chris Carson ranks in the all-time elite tier for running backs — a career that places Carson in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Carson a career score of 70, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Rushing | Receiving | Snap Counts | Advanced Rushing (2018+) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | YBC | YBC/Att | YAC | YAC/Att | BrkTkl | Att/Br | 1D | |||||
| 2017 | 22–23 | SEA | 4 | — | 49 | 208 | 0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 11 | 22.4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 59 | 1 | 87.5% | 8.4 | 7.4 | — | 3 | 153 | 55.5% | — | 0.0% | 4 | 2.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 23–24 | SEA | 14 | — | 247 | 1,151 | 9 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 61 | 24.7 | 2 | 24 | 20 | 163 | 0 | 83.3% | 8.2 | 6.8 | — | 7 | 454 | 49.3% | — | 0.0% | 12 | 2.9% | 556 | 2.3 | 595 | 2.4 | 23 | 10.7 | 61 |
| 2019 | 24–25 | SEA | 15 | — | 278 | 1,230 | 7 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 75 | 27.0 | 3 | 47 | 37 | 266 | 2 | 78.7% | 7.2 | 5.7 | — | 10 | 723 | 69.9% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | 496 | 1.8 | 734 | 2.6 | 28 | 9.9 | 75 |
| 2020 | 25–26 | SEA | 12 | — | 141 | 681 | 5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 43 | 30.5 | 0 | 46 | 37 | 287 | 4 | 80.4% | 7.8 | 6.2 | — | 14 | 403 | 51.3% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | 375 | 2.7 | 306 | 2.2 | 10 | 14.1 | 43 |
| 2021 | 26–27 | SEA | 4 | — | 54 | 232 | 3 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 11 | 20.4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 100.0% | 4.8 | 4.8 | — | 1 | 124 | 57.3% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | 104 | 1.9 | 128 | 2.4 | 8 | 6.8 | 11 |
| Career | — | 49 | — | 769 | 3,502 | 24 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 201 | 26.1 | 6 | 131 | 107 | 804 | 7 | 81.7% | 7.5 | 6.1 | — | 35 | 1,857 | 57.2% | — | 0.0% | 16 | 1.0% | 1,531 | — | 1,763 | — | 69 | — | 190 | |
Career Value · VORP
74 career value over replacement — #1571 all-time of 4,695. 14.8/season above a replacement-level RB.
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Pick #249 (Rd 7) · SEA · 2017 · +53 vs expected KV-H
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5 seasons · peak 4.8 in 2020
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
0.6 career wins over 5 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2020 · +0.4 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#117 of 1,228 all-time RBs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 22–23 | SEA | 4 | 2* | 49 | 208 | 0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 11 | 22.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 23–24 | SEA | 14 | 0* | 247 | 1,151 | 9 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 61 | 24.7 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 2019 | 24–25 | SEA | 15 | 10* | 278 | 1,230 | 7 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 75 | 27.0 | 3 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | 25–26 | SEA | 12 | 6* | 141 | 681 | 5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 43 | 30.5 | 0 | 4.8 |
| 2021 | 26–27 | SEA | 4 | 2* | 54 | 232 | 3 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 11 | 20.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | 49 | 20* | 769 | 3,502 | 24 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 201 | 26.1 | 6 | 8.1 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 22–23 | SEA | 4 | 2* | 8 | 7 | 59 | 1 | 87.5% | 8.4 | 7.4 | — | 3 |
| 2018 | 23–24 | SEA | 14 | 0* | 24 | 20 | 163 | 0 | 83.3% | 8.2 | 6.8 | — | 7 |
| 2019 | 24–25 | SEA | 15 | 10* | 47 | 37 | 266 | 2 | 78.7% | 7.2 | 5.7 | — | 10 |
| 2020 | 25–26 | SEA | 12 | 6* | 46 | 37 | 287 | 4 | 80.4% | 7.8 | 6.2 | — | 14 |
| 2021 | 26–27 | SEA | 4 | 2* | 6 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 100.0% | 4.8 | 4.8 | — | 1 |
| Career | 49 | 20* | 131 | 107 | 804 | 7 | 81.7% | 7.5 | 6.1 | — | 35 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 22–23 | SEA | 4 | 2* | 153 | 55.5% | — | 0.0% | 4 | 2.8% |
| 2018 | 23–24 | SEA | 14 | 0* | 454 | 49.3% | — | 0.0% | 12 | 2.9% |
| 2019 | 24–25 | SEA | 15 | 10* | 723 | 69.9% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| 2020 | 25–26 | SEA | 12 | 6* | 403 | 51.3% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| 2021 | 26–27 | SEA | 4 | 2* | 124 | 57.3% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| Career | 49 | 20* | 1,857 | 57.2% | — | 0.0% | 16 | 1.0% |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | YBC | YBC/Att | YAC | YAC/Att | BrkTkl | Att/Br | 1D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 23–24 | SEA | 14 | 0* | 556 | 2.3 | 595 | 2.4 | 23 | 10.7 | 61 |
| 2019 | 24–25 | SEA | 15 | 10* | 496 | 1.8 | 734 | 2.6 | 28 | 9.9 | 75 |
| 2020 | 25–26 | SEA | 12 | 6* | 375 | 2.7 | 306 | 2.2 | 10 | 14.1 | 43 |
| 2021 | 26–27 | SEA | 4 | 2* | 104 | 1.9 | 128 | 2.4 | 8 | 6.8 | 11 |
| Career | 45 | 18* | 1,531 | — | 1,763 | — | 69 | — | 190 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | ADOT | YBC/R | YAC/R | BrkTkl | Drops | Drop% | 1D | TgtRate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 23–24 | SEA | 14 | 0* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 7 | 95.0 |
| 2019 | 24–25 | SEA | 15 | 10* | -0.6 | -0.8 | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 0.1 | 10 | 104.4 |
| 2020 | 25–26 | SEA | 12 | 6* | 1.3 | 0.8 | 6.9 | 3 | 3 | 0.1 | 14 | 85.4 |
| 2021 | 26–27 | SEA | 4 | 2* | -2.2 | -2.2 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 86.8 |
| Career | 45 | 18* | — | — | — | 13 | 7 | — | 32 | — |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 4 games
Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.
| Home / Away | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 25 | 423 | 1907 | 12 | 63 | 48 | 368 | 4 | 315.5 |
| Away | 26 | 375 | 1692 | 12 | 73 | 62 | 440 | 3 | 299.2 |
| Wins / Losses | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | 34 | 588 | 2636 | 20 | 94 | 80 | 612 | 5 | 464.8 |
| Losses | 17 | 210 | 963 | 4 | 42 | 30 | 196 | 2 | 149.9 |
| Regular season / Postseason | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | 49 | 769 | 3502 | 24 | 131 | 107 | 804 | 7 | 602.6 |
| Postseason | 2 | 29 | 97 | — | 5 | 3 | 4 | — | 12.1 |
| By opponent | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs ARI | 4 | 54 | 300 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 75 | — | 43.5 |
| vs ATL | 2 | 26 | 111 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 2 | 33.6 |
| By month | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | 40 | 141 | — | 7 | 5 | 43 | — | 20.4 |
| September | 16 | 227 | 964 | 5 | 45 | 40 | 306 | 5 | 177 |
| Division games | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | 15 | 251 | 1200 | 3 | 39 | 32 | 248 | 1 | 168.8 |
| Non-division | 36 | 547 | 2399 | 21 | 97 | 78 | 560 | 6 | 445.9 |
A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 70 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.
Blend 70.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 70· confidence 80%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative rush yds/g)
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| vs BAL |
| 1 |
| 21 |
| 65 |
| — |
| 5 |
| 3 |
| 9 |
| — |
| 7.4 |
| vs CAR | 2 | 40 | 188 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | — | 38 |
| vs CHI | 1 | 6 | 24 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2.4 |
| vs CIN | 1 | 15 | 46 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 18 |
| vs CLE | 1 | 24 | 124 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 35 | — | 21.9 |
| vs DAL | 3 | 59 | 186 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 33 | — | 29.9 |
| vs DEN | 1 | 7 | 51 | — | 5 | 3 | 28 | — | 5.9 |
| vs DET | 1 | 25 | 105 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 | — | 18.4 |
| vs GB | 2 | 23 | 122 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | — | 17.2 |
| vs IND | 2 | 28 | 133 | — | 6 | 6 | 50 | — | 16.3 |
| vs KC | 1 | 27 | 116 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 23.6 |
| vs LA | 5 | 93 | 456 | — | 12 | 9 | 46 | 1 | 56.2 |
| vs LAC | 1 | 8 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| vs LV | 1 | 14 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | 5.9 |
| vs MIA | 1 | 16 | 80 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20 | — | 22 |
| vs MIN | 4 | 65 | 324 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 36 | — | 60 |
| vs NE | 1 | 17 | 72 | — | 3 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 16.8 |
| vs NO | 1 | 15 | 52 | — | 1 | 1 | -2 | — | 3 |
| vs NYG | 1 | 13 | 65 | — | 6 | 3 | 45 | 1 | 17 |
| vs NYJ | 1 | 12 | 76 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 22 | — | 15.8 |
| vs PHI | 2 | 16 | 67 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 49 | — | 17.6 |
| vs PIT | 1 | 15 | 60 | — | 3 | 3 | 27 | — | 6.7 |
| vs SF | 6 | 104 | 444 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 127 | — | 69.1 |
| vs TB | 1 | 16 | 105 | — | 3 | 2 | 28 | — | 11.3 |
| vs TEN | 2 | 24 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 26.3 |
| vs WAS | 1 | 15 | 63 | — | 3 | 2 | 6 | — | 6.9 |
| October |
| 12 |
| 204 |
| 915 |
| 6 |
| 32 |
| 25 |
| 158 |
| 1 |
| 149.3 |
| November | 7 | 98 | 439 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 97 | — | 73.6 |
| December | 13 | 229 | 1140 | 9 | 37 | 27 | 204 | 1 | 194.4 |