Marshawn Lynch is one of the most consistent running backs of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Lynch delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.

On the boards· Appears on 1 board

#25Wasted talentof 67

Streaks4 straight · 1,000 rushing yards · 2011–14

RBSEA#24ACT

Marshawn Lynch

5× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 3% all-time RBsAll-Time Great🏆 Clutch · +8% playoffs ⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2012

Height5'11"

Career Value · VORP

219 career value over replacement — #322 all-time of 4,695. 19.9/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

8 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks 2-phase playertwo-way Mr. ReliableCV 0.28

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #12 (Rd 1) · BUF · 2007 · +18.5 vs expected KV-H

80actual

61.5 expected · Δ+18.5

💔+52.5 stolen VORP·2.64 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

4 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									Passing													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2007	21	BUF	13	—	280	1,115	7	4.0	2.5	51	18.2	1	18	18	184	0	100.0%	10.2	10.2	—	10	1	1	100.0%	8	1	0	100.0	0.0	8.0	28.0	—	139.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	22	BUF	15	—	251	1,047	8	4.2	3.2	54	21.5	1	47	47	300	1	100.0%	6.4	6.4	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	23	BUF	13	—	120	450	2	3.8	1.7	18	15.0	1	37	28	179	0	75.7%	6.4	4.8	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	24	BUF / SEA	16	—	202	737	6	3.6	3.0	38	18.8	2	28	22	145	0	78.6%	6.6	5.2	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	25	SEA	15	—	284	1,204	12	4.2	4.2	63	22.2	2	41	28	212	1	68.3%	7.6	5.2	—	8	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	26	SEA	16	—	315	1,590	11	5.0	3.5	69	21.9	2	30	23	196	1	76.7%	8.5	6.5	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	27	SEA	16	—	301	1,257	12	4.2	4.0	68	22.6	1	44	36	316	2	81.8%	8.8	7.2	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	711	71.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2014	28	SEA	16	—	280	1,306	13	4.7	4.6	65	23.2	0	48	37	367	4	77.1%	9.9	7.6	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	705	66.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2015	29	SEA	7	—	111	417	3	3.8	2.7	29	26.1	0	21	13	80	0	61.9%	6.2	3.8	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	308	66.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	31	OAK	15	—	207	891	7	4.3	3.4	44	21.3	1	31	20	151	0	64.5%	7.5	4.9	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	461	49.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	32	OAK	6	—	90	376	3	4.2	3.3	20	22.2	0	20	15	84	0	75.0%	5.6	4.2	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	209	49.7%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2019	33	SEA	1	—	12	34	1	2.8	8.3	2	16.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	23	31.0%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career		—	149	—	2,453	10,424	85	4.2	3.5	521	21.2	11	365	287	2,214	9	78.6%	7.7	6.1	—	99	1	3	33.3%	8	1	0	33.3	0.0	2.7	9.3	—	81.9	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Career arc · VAL by season

11 seasons · peak 11.0 in 2014

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.

What he added · wins above replacement

2.5 career wins over 11 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2014 · +0.8 wins

Rushing+0.6