2026 season · box score + nflverse play-by-play

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Bucky IrvingRB · TB

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James Cook IIIRB · BUF

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Bucky IrvingRB · TB

James Cook IIIRB · BUF

Across the 8 shown metrics with numbers for at least two players (2026 season, per game): Cook III leads in 6 and Irving leads in 2. A count of who is ahead, not a verdict: the metrics overlap and do not weigh the same.

Usage

IrvingCook III

Percentile chips: vs 92 RBs who played half the games, 2026 season

63.0%83rdSnap share · average share of team snaps in the games he played64.8%86th

Rushing

IrvingCook III

Percentile chips: vs 54 RBs who have 4.5+ carries a week, 2026 season

18.690thCarries per game · official rush attempts21.197th

91.792ndRush yards per game101.895th

4.988thYards per carry4.881st

0.884thRush TD per game1.093rd

+0.01481stEPA per designed run+0.02282nd

Receiving

IrvingCook III

Percentile chips: vs 20 RBs who have 2.5+ targets a week (tight ends 2+), 2026 season

3.120thTargets per game2.3

11.88thReceiving yards per game13.8

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Usage

9Games with stats8

21.794thPlays with EPA per game23.497th

-0.2357thTotal EPA per game+0.8686th

Rushing

18.690thDesigned runs in EPA per game · QB scrambles count as dropbacks, kneels are left out21.197th

43.1%71stSuccess rate46.2%90th

2.088th10+ yard runs per game3.096th

Receiving

2.413thReceptions per game1.5

0.143rdReceiving TD per game0.0

78.6%43rdCatch rate66.7%

13.9%63rdTarget share · of team targets in his games8.0%

-3.1%8thAir yards share-0.3%

-0.15818thEPA per target+0.173

7.138thYAC per catch9.5

-1.813thaDOT-0.3

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Total EPA by week (bars) and running total (lines)Bucky IrvingJames Cook III

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Expected points added across every role (passing, rushing, receiving) in the nflverse play-by-play model, in the period you picked. Lines run the total; a missing bar is a week without plays. The dot marks the best week among the 2 players.

Matchups to start with

top passers · most targeted

Brock Purdy vs Trevor Lawrence Joe Burrow vs Josh Allen Jared Goff vs Caleb Williams C.J. Stroud vs Jordan Love CeeDee Lamb vs Jaxon Smith-Njigba Matthew Golden vs Puka Nacua Michael Wilson vs Amon-Ra St. Brown Chris Olave vs Malik Nabers

Box score totals from ESPN (regular season and playoffs; “last 4” is each player's four most recent games with a box score line). EPA, success rate, CPOE, aDOT, target and air-yard share from the nflverse play-by-play over the same games; snap share from nflverse snap counts. EPA per dropback includes sacks and scrambles. Carries are the official ESPN rush attempts; EPA per designed run leaves out quarterback scrambles (they count as dropbacks) and kneel-downs, so for a quarterback the two counts differ. Per opportunity divides counting stats by nflverse dropbacks (passing), ESPN targets (receiving) and ESPN carries (rushing); other counts go per game. Percentiles rank each value among players at the same position with enough volume in the same period (the same groups as the player cards: QBs 12 dropbacks a week, RBs 4.5 carries, wide receivers 2.5 targets, tight ends 2, defenders half the games; fewer than 8 peers, no percentile). The bars compare the players on the page only, not the league.