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RB · 2025 season

Kenny Gainwell or Tony Pollard?

Kenny Gainwell led Tony Pollard in 4 of 5 measured 2025 categories to 1.

Kenny Gainwell (Pittsburgh, 17 games) against Tony Pollard (Tennessee, 17 games). Every number below is measured, not projected.

Category by category

What actually
happened.

Kenny Gainwell vs Tony Pollard, 2025 regular season. A check marks the category leader.
MetricKenny GainwellTony Pollard
Snap Sharen/a62.5%
Rushing Yards5371,082
Rushing EPA-0.7-21.7
Targets8541
Target Share16.3%7.7%
Receiving Yards486206

Categories won: Kenny Gainwell 4, Tony Pollard 1, 1 with no separation.

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Asked & answered

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Who had the better 2025 season, Kenny Gainwell or Tony Pollard?

Kenny Gainwell led Tony Pollard in 4 of 5 measured 2025 categories to 1.

What separates Kenny Gainwell and Tony Pollard statistically?

Tony Pollard led on rushing yards (1,082 to 537). Kenny Gainwell led on rushing expected points added (-0.7 to -21.7). Kenny Gainwell led on targets (85 to 41).

Where do these numbers come from?

Every figure is 2025 regular-season data from nflverse, published under CC BY 4.0. Nothing on the free half of this page is projected or estimated, and nothing on it came from a paywalled source.

Source

Data from nflverse (nflverse-data), licensed CC BY 4.0. 2025 regular season, snapshot taken July 28, 2026. Source: nflverse-data. Licence: CC BY 4.0. gamedai is an independent analytics platform and is not affiliated with the National Football League.