Melvin Gordon NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault

Melvin Gordon 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, Gordon delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.

Melvin Gordon

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Melvin Gordon

2× Pro BowlTop 9% all-time RBsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2016 Team Carrier · #47

Height6'1"

Weight215 lb

BornApr 13, 1993

Age33

CollegeWisconsin

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									Snap Counts						Advanced Rushing (2018+)
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	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2015	22	SD	14	—	184	641	0	3.5	0.0	33	17.9	4	37	33	192	0	89.2%	5.8	5.2	—	8	394	39.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	23	SD	13	—	254	997	10	3.9	3.9	61	24.0	2	57	41	419	2	71.9%	10.2	7.4	—	21	658	75.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	24	LAC	16	—	284	1,105	8	3.9	2.8	58	20.4	0	83	58	476	4	69.9%	8.2	5.7	—	22	749	70.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	25	LAC	12	—	175	885	10	5.1	5.7	47	26.9	0	66	50	490	4	75.8%	9.8	7.4	—	21	524	69.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	404	2.3	481	2.7	21	8.3	47
2019	26	LAC	12	—	162	612	8	3.8	4.9	39	24.1	2	55	42	296	1	76.4%	7.0	5.4	—	11	427	54.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	312	1.9	300	1.9	8	20.3	39
2020	27	DEN	15	—	215	986	9	4.6	4.2	46	21.4	2	44	32	158	1	72.7%	4.9	3.6	—	7	627	61.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	530	2.5	456	2.1	16	13.4	46
2021	28	DEN	16	—	203	918	8	4.5	3.9	48	23.6	3	38	28	213	2	73.7%	7.6	5.6	—	9	514	51.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	462	2.3	456	2.2	20	10.2	48
2022	29	DEN	10	—	90	318	2	3.5	2.2	15	16.7	2	32	25	223	0	78.1%	8.9	7.0	—	11	284	40.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	168	1.9	150	1.7	5	18.0	15
2023	30	BAL	4	—	26	81	1	3.1	3.8	4	15.4	1	3	3	46	0	100.0%	15.3	15.3	—	3	56	21.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	29	1.1	52	2.0	1	26.0	4
Career		—	112	—	1,593	6,543	56	4.1	3.5	351	22.0	16	415	312	2,513	14	75.2%	8.1	6.1	—	113	4,233	57.1%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	1,905	—	1,895	—	71	—	199

Career Value · VORP

147 career value over replacement — #659 all-time of 4,666. 16.3/season above a replacement-level RB.

Career Profile

5 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks 2-phase playertwo-way Mr. ReliableCV 0.29

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #15 (Rd 1) · LAC · 2015 · +13.9 vs expected KV-H

71actual

57.1 expected · Δ+13.9

💔+34.8 stolen VORP·2.16 szns lost

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Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2015	22	SD	14	0*	184	641	0	3.5	0.0	33	17.9	4	8.6
2016	23	SD	13	10*	254	997	10	3.9	3.9	61	24.0	2	16.6
2017	24	LAC	16	11*	284	1,105	8	3.9	2.8	58	20.4	0	19.8
2018	25	LAC	12	8*	175	885	10	5.1	5.7	47	26.9	0	17
2019	26	LAC	12	7*	162	612	8	3.8	4.9	39	24.1	2	12.5
2020	27	DEN	15	9*	215	986	9	4.6	4.2	46	21.4	2	14.6
2021	28	DEN	16	8*	203	918	8	4.5	3.9	48	23.6	3	13.7
2022	29	DEN	10	0*	90	318	2	3.5	2.2	15	16.7	2	6.6
2023	30	BAL	4	0*	26	81	1	3.1	3.8	4	15.4	1	2.2
Career			112	53*	1,593	6,543	56	4.1	—	351	—	16	111.6

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2015	22	SD	14	0*	37	33	192	0	89.2%	5.8	5.2	—	8
2016	23	SD	13	10*	57	41	419	2	71.9%	10.2	7.4	—	21
2017	24	LAC	16	11*	83	58	476	4	69.9%	8.2	5.7	—	22
2018	25	LAC	12	8*	66	50	490	4	75.8%	9.8	7.4	—	21
2019	26	LAC	12	7*	55	42	296	1	76.4%	7.0	5.4	—	11
2020	27	DEN	15	9*	44	32	158	1	72.7%	4.9	3.6	—	7
2021	28	DEN	16	8*	38	28	213	2	73.7%	7.6	5.6	—	9
2022	29	DEN	10	0*	32	25	223	0	78.1%	8.9	7.0	—	11
2023	30	BAL	4	0*	3	3	46	0	100.0%	15.3	15.3	—	3
Career			112	53*	415	312	2,513	14	75.2%	8.1	6.1	—	113

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2015	22	SD	14	0*	394	39.6%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2016	23	SD	13	10*	658	75.5%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2017	24	LAC	16	11*	749	70.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2018	25	LAC	12	8*	524	69.3%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2019	26	LAC	12	7*	427	54.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2020	27	DEN	15	9*	627	61.9%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2021	28	DEN	16	8*	514	51.4%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2022	29	DEN	10	0*	284	40.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
2023	30	BAL	4	0*	56	21.8%	—	0.0%	—	0.0%
Career			112	53*	4,233	—	—	—	—	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2018	25	LAC	12	8*	404	2.3	481	2.7	21	8.3	47
2019	26	LAC	12	7*	312	1.9	300	1.9	8	20.3	39
2020	27	DEN	15	9*	530	2.5	456	2.1	16	13.4	46
2021	28	DEN	16	8*	462	2.3	456	2.2	20	10.2	48
2022	29	DEN	10	0*	168	1.9	150	1.7	5	18.0	15
2023	30	BAL	4	0*	29	1.1	52	2.0	1	26.0	4
Career			69	32*	1,905	—	1,895	—	71	—	199

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2018	25	LAC	12	8*	-0.3	-0.9	10.7	10	6	0.1	21	110.0
2019	26	LAC	12	7*	-0.9	-0.6	7.6	8	4	0.1	11	94.2
2020	27	DEN	15	9*	0.1	-0.3	5.2	4	3	0.1	7	85.2
2021	28	DEN	16	8*	0.3	1.0	6.6	4	3	0.1	9	104.4
2022	29	DEN	10	0*	0.7	0.7	8.2	1	3	0.1	11	95.7
2023	30	BAL	4	0*	6.0	6.0	9.3	0	0	0.0	3	118.7
Career			69	32*	—	—	—	27	19	—	62	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Tgt	Rec Yds	FP
W3	IND	10	32	—	2	2	23	5.5
W4	CLE	3	21	—	1	1	23	4.4
W17	MIA	6	10	1	—	—	—	7.0
W18	PIT	7	18	—	—	—	—	-0.2

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–present · 4 games

Splits

100 games · 2016–2023

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 / Away2 rows · 13 not classified

Home / Away	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Home	45	606	2451	27	176	129	962	2	499.3
Away	42	575	2509	21	148	111	954	10	526.3

13 of 100 games have no schedule row for this dimension and are excluded from the rows above rather than assigned a bucket.

Wins / Losses2 rows · 13 not classified

Wins / Losses	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Wins	37	566	2468	30	138	107	861	8	558.9
Losses	50	615	2492	18	186	133	1055	4	466.7

Regular season / Postseason2 rows

Regular season / Postseason	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Regular season	98	1409	5902	56	378	279	2321	14	1216.3
Postseason	2	26	55	2	3	2	14	—	18.9

By opponent32 rows

By opponent	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
vs ARI	1	10	61	2	2	2	5	—	18.6
vs ATL	2	28	86	2	8	7	62	1	32.8

By month5 rows · 13 not classified

By month	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
January	6	81	319	4	15	10	66	—	58.5
September	17	226	951	8	80	61	471	5	220.2

Division games2 rows · 13 not classified

Division games	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Rush TD	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Division	33	458	1930	11	140	104	929	3	361.9
Non-division	54	723	3030	37	184	136	987	9	663.7