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Michael Bates

Regular Season

Season	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
1993	SEA	16	1		0.1	6	6.0	0.4	0	6	2	0.1	12	6.0	0.8	6	624	0	1
1994	SEA	15	5		0.3	112	22.4	7.5	1	40	2	0.1	-4	-2.0	-0.3	7	616	1	3
1995	CLE	13	0		0.0	0		0.0	0		0	0.0	0		0.0		176	0	0
1996	CAR	14	0		0.0	0		0.0	0		0	0.0	0		0.0		998	1	2
1997	CAR	16	0		0.0	0		0.0	0		0	0.0	0		0.0		1,289	0	4
1998	CAR	14	0		0.0	0		0.0	0		0	0.0	0		0.0		1,480	1	1
1999	CAR	16	1	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.1	0	2	3	0.2	12	4.0	0.8	12	1,301	2	1
2000	CAR	16	5	8	0.3	38	7.6	2.4	0	23	5	0.3	13	2.6	0.8	8	1,023	1	4
2001	WAS	16	0	0	0.0	0		0.0	0		0	0.0	0		0.0		1,155	0	4
2003	NYJ	8	0	0	0.0	0		0.0	0		0	0.0	0		0.0		596	0	0	0
2003	DAL	1	0	0	0.0	0		0.0	0		0	0.0	0		0.0		90	0	0	0
2003	TOT	9	0	0	0.0	0		0.0	0		0	0.0	0		0.0		686	0	0	0
Career		145	12	9	0.1	158	13.2	1.1	1	40	12	0.1	33	2.8	0.2	12	9,348	6	20

Playoffs

Season	TM	GP	TRG	TOT YDS	LOST
1996	CAR	2		214
2003	DAL	1	0	172	0
Career		3	0	386

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More Panthers Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

361

Young

RUSH

49

Hubbard

REC

138

Coker

Team Rankings

PPG

37.0

4th

OPP PPG

59.0

30th

RUSH YDS/G

125.0

11th

PASS YDS/G

361.0

3rd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	L	PCT
Falcons	1	.000
Saints	1	.000
Buccaneers	1	.000
Panthers	1	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 9/20	CAR	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 9/27	CAR	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Sun 10/4	DET	@	CAR	8:20 PM
Sun 10/18	CAR	@	PHI	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	TB	@	CAR	1:00 PM

Last Game

Bears

1 - 0

Final

Panthers

0 - 1

Sun 13 Sep 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

410

Shough

387

Love

361

Young

Rush Yards Leaders

156

Gibbs

144

Henry

124

Swift

Rec Yards Leaders

182

Olave

150

Flowers

147

Watson

Pass TD Leaders

4

Lawrence

3

Shough

3

Dart

Rush TD Leaders

3

Swift

3

Henry

2

Williams

Rec TD Leaders

2

Jeanty

2

Watson

2

St. Brown

QB Rating Leaders

150.6

Lawrence

134.2

Dart

130.5

Allen

Sack Leaders

2.0

Hutchinson

2.0

Watt

2.0

Paye

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.0

41.0

39.0

37.0

36.0

34.0

Opp PPG Rankings

7.0

10.0

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

552.0

506.0

478.0

469.0

419.0

409.0

Rush Yards Rankings

291.0

202.0

174.0

165.0

152.0

Pass Yards Rankings

410.0

387.0

361.0

334.0

324.0

277.0

Sack Leaders

5.0

4.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

34.3

Henry

31.4

Swift

28.6

Gibbs

Fantasy WR Rankings

26.7

Watson

25.8

Coker

23.2

Jefferson

Fantasy TE Rankings

19.8

Likely

19.7

Goedert

15.5

McBride

Fantasy K Rankings

19

McPherson

16

Ryland

15

Sanders

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	1	0	0	1.000
Eagles	1	0	0	1.000
Commanders	0	1	0	.000
Cowboys	0	1	0	.000
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	1	0	0	1.000
Bears	1	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	0	0	1.000
Packers	0	1	0	.000
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Falcons	0	1	0	.000
Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	1	0	0	1.000
Cardinals	1	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	1	0	0	1.000
Rams	0	1	0	.000

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Jets	1	0	0	1.000
Bills	1	0	0	1.000
Patriots	0	1	0	.000
Dolphins	0	1	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	1	0	0	1.000
Steelers	1	0	0	1.000
Bengals	1	0	0	1.000
Browns	0	1	0	.000
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	0	0	1.000
Texans	0	1	0	.000
Titans	0	1	0	.000
Colts	0	1	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Raiders	1	0	0	1.000
Broncos	0	0	0
Chiefs	0	0	0
Chargers	0	1	0	.000