Orenthal James 'The Juice' Simpson
Position: RB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 212 lbs.
Born: July 9, 1947 in San Francisco, CA
College: USC (school history)
Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 98 (166th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler & 5-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1985
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Output includes all games from 1960 to 2011.
| Games | Rushing | Receiving | Passing | Scoring | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||||||||
| League | NFL | 122 | 40 | 81 | 1 | 2223 | 10539 | 4.74 | 59 | 18.2 | 86.4 | 173 | 1799 | 10.40 | 11 | 1.4 | 14.7 | 6 | 16 | 37.5% | 110 | 1 | 0 | 82.8 | 6.88 | 8.13 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 71 | 426 | 12 | 461 | 38.42 | 1 |
| AFL | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 181 | 697 | 3.85 | 2 | 13.9 | 53.6 | 30 | 343 | 11.43 | 3 | 2.3 | 26.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 529 | 25.19 | 0 | |||||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||||||||
| Place | Home | 68 | 25 | 42 | 1 | 1261 | 5540 | 4.39 | 34 | 18.5 | 81.5 | 108 | 1272 | 11.78 | 12 | 1.6 | 18.7 | 4 | 10 | 40.0% | 99 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 | 9.90 | 11.90 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 47 | 282 | 21 | 699 | 33.29 | 1 |
| Road | 67 | 18 | 49 | 0 | 1143 | 5696 | 4.98 | 27 | 17.1 | 85.0 | 95 | 870 | 9.16 | 2 | 1.4 | 13.0 | 2 | 6 | 33.3% | 11 | 0 | 0 | 42.4 | 1.83 | 1.83 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 29 | 174 | 12 | 291 | 24.25 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||||||||
| Result | Win | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 950 | 4818 | 5.07 | 30 | 22.1 | 112.0 | 44 | 580 | 13.18 | 8 | 1.0 | 13.5 | 3 | 6 | 50.0% | 50 | 0 | 0 | 78.5 | 8.33 | 8.33 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 39 | 234 | 9 | 332 | 36.89 | 1 |
| Loss | 91 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 1427 | 6302 | 4.42 | 31 | 15.7 | 69.3 | 156 | 1545 | 9.90 | 6 | 1.7 | 17.0 | 3 | 10 | 30.0% | 60 | 1 | 0 | 85.4 | 6.00 | 8.00 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 37 | 222 | 24 | 658 | 27.42 | 0 | |
| Tie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 116 | 4.30 | 0 | 27.0 | 116.0 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 3.0 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||||||||
| Final Margin | 0-7 points | 47 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 905 | 3940 | 4.35 | 19 | 19.3 | 83.8 | 69 | 767 | 11.12 | 5 | 1.5 | 16.3 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 25 | 150 | 9 | 288 | 32.00 | 1 |
| 8-14 points | 37 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 614 | 2867 | 4.67 | 16 | 16.6 | 77.5 | 54 | 557 | 10.31 | 4 | 1.5 | 15.1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 14 | 0 | 0 | 72.9 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 20 | 120 | 7 | 178 | 25.43 | 0 | |
| 15+ points | 51 | 15 | 36 | 0 | 885 | 4429 | 5.00 | 26 | 17.4 | 86.8 | 80 | 818 | 10.23 | 5 | 1.6 | 16.0 | 5 | 10 | 50.0% | 96 | 1 | 0 | 117.1 | 9.60 | 11.60 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 31 | 186 | 17 | 524 | 30.82 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||||||||
| Month | September | 30 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 552 | 2429 | 4.40 | 12 | 18.4 | 81.0 | 53 | 547 | 10.32 | 2 | 1.8 | 18.2 | 3 | 5 | 60.0% | 43 | 1 | 0 | 127.5 | 8.60 | 12.60 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 14 | 84 | 6 | 137 | 22.83 | 0 |
| October | 48 | 16 | 32 | 0 | 891 | 3954 | 4.44 | 21 | 18.6 | 82.4 | 70 | 686 | 9.80 | 3 | 1.5 | 14.3 | 3 | 7 | 42.9% | 67 | 0 | 0 | 77.7 | 9.57 | 9.57 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 25 | 150 | 9 | 393 | 43.67 | 1 | |
| November | 35 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 595 | 2895 | 4.87 | 17 | 17.0 | 82.7 | 36 | 484 | 13.44 | 7 | 1.0 | 13.8 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 24 | 144 | 12 | 359 | 29.92 | 0 | |
| December | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 366 | 1958 | 5.35 | 11 | 16.6 | 89.0 | 44 | 425 | 9.66 | 2 | 2.0 | 19.3 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13 | 78 | 6 | 101 | 16.83 | 0 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||||||||
| Day | Sunday | 125 | 40 | 84 | 1 | 2191 | 10051 | 4.59 | 52 | 17.5 | 80.4 | 195 | 2002 | 10.27 | 13 | 1.6 | 16.0 | 6 | 16 | 37.5% | 110 | 1 | 0 | 82.8 | 6.88 | 8.13 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 66 | 396 | 33 | 990 | 30.00 | 1 |
| Monday | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 131 | 664 | 5.07 | 5 | 21.8 | 110.7 | 5 | 74 | 14.80 | 0 | 0.8 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Thursday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 358 | 6.88 | 3 | 26.0 | 179.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Saturday | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 163 | 5.43 | 1 | 15.0 | 81.5 | 3 | 66 | 22.00 | 1 | 1.5 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||||||||
| Conference | AFC | 86 | 30 | 56 | 0 | 1615 | 7942 | 4.92 | 49 | 18.8 | 92.3 | 128 | 1373 | 10.73 | 9 | 1.5 | 16.0 | 6 | 15 | 40.0% | 110 | 1 | 0 | 88.2 | 7.33 | 8.67 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 59 | 354 | 12 | 461 | 38.42 | 1 |
| NFC | 36 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 608 | 2597 | 4.27 | 10 | 16.9 | 72.1 | 45 | 426 | 9.47 | 2 | 1.3 | 11.8 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||||||||
| Division | AFL East | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 104 | 372 | 3.58 | 1 | 14.9 | 53.1 | 15 | 231 | 15.40 | 2 | 2.1 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 237 | 33.86 | 0 | ||||
| AFL West | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 325 | 4.22 | 1 | 12.8 | 54.2 | 15 | 112 | 7.47 | 1 | 2.5 | 18.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 292 | 20.86 | 0 | |||||
| AFC East | 55 | 22 | 33 | 0 | 1048 | 5203 | 4.96 | 30 | 19.1 | 94.6 | 95 | 1072 | 11.28 | 8 | 1.7 | 19.5 | 5 | 10 | 50.0% | 96 | 1 | 0 | 117.1 | 9.60 | 11.60 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 39 | 234 | 9 | 359 | 39.89 | 1 | |
| AFC Central | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 263 | 1363 | 5.18 | 10 | 17.5 | 90.9 | 18 | 149 | 8.28 | 1 | 1.2 | 9.9 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11 | 66 | 2 | 71 | 35.50 | 0 | |
| AFC West | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 304 | 1376 | 4.53 | 9 | 19.0 | 86.0 | 15 | 152 | 10.13 | 0 | 0.9 | 9.5 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 14 | 0 | 0 | 72.9 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 31 | 31.00 | 0 | |
| NFC East | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 228 | 838 | 3.68 | 6 | 19.0 | 69.8 | 14 | 122 | 8.71 | 0 | 1.2 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NFC Central | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 155 | 778 | 5.02 | 3 | 17.2 | 86.4 | 18 | 203 | 11.28 | 2 | 2.0 | 22.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NFC West | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 225 | 981 | 4.36 | 1 | 15.0 | 65.4 | 13 | 101 | 7.77 | 0 | 0.9 | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||||||||
| Opponent | Ari (StL/Chi) Cardinals | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 136 | 3.24 | 1 | 14.0 | 45.3 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Atlanta Falcons | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 82 | 419 | 5.11 | 1 | 13.7 | 69.8 | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Chicago Bears | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 199 | 3.75 | 0 | 17.7 | 66.3 | 7 | 98 | 14.00 | 1 | 2.3 | 32.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cincinnati Bengals | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 406 | 5.80 | 4 | 14.0 | 81.2 | 4 | 54 | 13.50 | 1 | 0.8 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 115 | 23.00 | 0 | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 385 | 4.28 | 2 | 22.5 | 96.3 | 5 | 45 | 9.00 | 0 | 1.3 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 146 | 2.81 | 2 | 17.3 | 48.7 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 343 | 4.13 | 2 | 20.8 | 85.8 | 9 | 112 | 12.44 | 1 | 2.3 | 28.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 48 | 24.00 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 389 | 6.95 | 2 | 28.0 | 194.5 | 3 | 17 | 5.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Green Bay Packers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 62 | 3.88 | 0 | 16.0 | 62.0 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 0 | 2.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Indianapolis (Bal) Colts | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 250 | 1197 | 4.79 | 7 | 19.2 | 92.1 | 26 | 315 | 12.12 | 3 | 2.0 | 24.2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 10 | 60 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 104 | 458 | 4.40 | 5 | 20.8 | 91.6 | 7 | 61 | 8.71 | 0 | 1.4 | 12.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 132 | 26.40 | 0 | |||||
| Oakland (LA) Raiders | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 280 | 5.71 | 0 | 12.3 | 70.0 | 3 | 20 | 6.67 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 14 | 0 | 0 | 118.7 | 14.00 | 14.00 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 25.50 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 240 | 1177 | 4.90 | 4 | 15.0 | 73.6 | 44 | 539 | 12.25 | 3 | 2.8 | 33.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 7 | 42 | 4 | 209 | 52.25 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 102 | 4.25 | 1 | 12.0 | 51.0 | 6 | 75 | 12.50 | 1 | 3.0 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| New England Patriots | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 280 | 1514 | 5.41 | 14 | 20.0 | 108.1 | 10 | 118 | 11.80 | 3 | 0.7 | 8.4 | 3 | 5 | 60.0% | 50 | 0 | 0 | 93.7 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 17 | 102 | 3 | 85 | 28.33 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 141 | 3.20 | 0 | 14.7 | 47.0 | 3 | 18 | 6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| New York Giants | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 66 | 238 | 3.61 | 1 | 22.0 | 79.3 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| New York Jets | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 350 | 1602 | 4.58 | 6 | 20.6 | 94.2 | 26 | 294 | 11.31 | 1 | 1.5 | 17.3 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 46 | 1 | 0 | 158.3 | 23.00 | 33.00 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 8 | 48 | 7 | 273 | 39.00 | 1 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 171 | 6.33 | 1 | 27.0 | 171.0 | 3 | 33 | 11.00 | 0 | 3.0 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 476 | 7.44 | 3 | 21.3 | 158.7 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 88 | 443 | 5.03 | 2 | 17.6 | 88.6 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 48 | 16.00 | 0 | |||||
| San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 138 | 4.76 | 0 | 29.0 | 138.0 | 2 | 20 | 10.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Seattle Seahawks | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 103 | 4.29 | 1 | 12.0 | 51.5 | 3 | 16 | 5.33 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| St. Louis (LA/Cle) Rams | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 283 | 4.04 | 0 | 14.0 | 56.6 | 7 | 58 | 8.29 | 0 | 1.4 | 11.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 65 | 2.50 | 0 | 13.0 | 32.5 | 2 | 19 | 9.50 | 0 | 1.0 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ten Titans/Hou Oilers | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 84 | 216 | 2.57 | 1 | 14.0 | 36.0 | 11 | 104 | 9.45 | 0 | 1.8 | 17.3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 147 | 3.59 | 1 | 20.5 | 73.5 | 3 | 23 | 7.67 | 0 | 1.5 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | |||||||||||||
| Playoffs | Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 49 | 3.27 | 0 | 15.0 | 49.0 | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 1 | 3.0 | 37.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Divisional | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 49 | 3.27 | 0 | 15.0 | 49.0 | 3 | 37 | 12.33 | 1 | 3.0 | 37.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||