Carolina Panthers

How the Panthers play under each referee

Every Panthers game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Panthers are 64-107 (37.4%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Rick Patterson has the most Panthers games in this sample (15).

Updated Sep 30, 2026, 12:31 a.m.·2016-2026 (2016-09-01 – 2026-08-21)

Panthers record: 64-107 (37.4%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (571) exceed 171 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Steven Woods
+29.3 pts vs team-0.4
Rick Patterson
+22.6 pts vs team+0.5
Craig Wrolstad
+22.6 pts vs team-0.8
Kevin Codey
+20.9 pts vs team-0.2
Mark Pellis
+18.2 pts vs team-0.8
Roy Ellison
+18.2 pts vs team+1.1
David Oliver
+18.2 pts vs team+2.0
Terrence Miles
+17.1 pts vs team-1.7
Boris Cheek
+17.1 pts vs team-0.5
Jim Quirk
+12.6 pts vs team+1.6
Jeff Seeman
+12.6 pts vs team-0.9
Terry Brown
+12.6 pts vs team-2.5
Ryan Dickson
+8.1 pts vs team-2.2
Alan Eck
+7.0 pts vs team-1.7
Todd Prukop
+7.0 pts vs team-2.6
Ronald Torbert
+7.0 pts vs team-1.9
Terry Killens Jr
+7.0 pts vs team+1.2
Adrian Hill
+2.6 pts vs team+1.6
Jerod Phillips
+2.6 pts vs team+0.2
Patrick Turner
+2.6 pts vs team-1.7
Mike Carr
+2.6 pts vs team-2.1
Clay Martin
+2.6 pts vs team+1.7
Shawn Hochuli
+0.1 pts vs team+3.1
John Jenkins
+0.1 pts vs team-1.1
Mark Perlman
+0.1 pts vs team+0.0
Tripp Sutter
+0.1 pts vs team-1.7
Dave Hawkshaw
+0.1 pts vs team+0.4
Sarah Thomas
+0.1 pts vs team-0.4
Daniel Gallagher
+0.1 pts vs team+0.0
Keith Washington
-1.0 pts vs team-2.5
Mearl Robinson
-1.0 pts vs team+0.5
Bruce Stritesky
-4.1 pts vs team-0.1
Derick Bowers
-4.1 pts vs team-1.8
Rich Martinez
-4.1 pts vs team+1.4
Greg Bradley
-4.1 pts vs team+1.3
Alex Kemp
-4.1 pts vs team+0.3
Tony Josselyn
-4.1 pts vs team-1.0
Greg Meyer
-6.6 pts vs team-0.4
Jerome Boger
-7.4 pts vs team-3.0
Greg Wilson
-7.4 pts vs team+0.5
Carl Paganelli
-7.4 pts vs team-1.8
Barry Anderson
-7.4 pts vs team-0.7
Danny Short
-7.4 pts vs team+0.6
Bill Vinovich
-10.1 pts vs team-0.3
Carl Cheffers
-12.4 pts vs team-1.1
John Hussey
-12.4 pts vs team-1.0
Jonah Monroe
-12.4 pts vs team-1.5
Dana McKenzie
-15.2 pts vs team-0.9
Clete Blakeman
-15.2 pts vs team-0.8
Steve Patrick
-15.2 pts vs team-0.8
Tim Podraza
-15.2 pts vs team-2.1
Bryan Neale
-15.2 pts vs team-0.8
Dino Paganelli
-17.4 pts vs team-0.5
Aaron Santi
-17.4 pts vs team-1.5
Anthony Jeffries
-19.2 pts vs team+0.1
Eugene Hall
-22.0 pts vs team-1.0
Brad Rogers
-26.3 pts vs team+0.0
Thomas Eaton
-26.3 pts vs team-1.6
Kent Payne
-37.4 pts vs team+1.1

Close-game proxy

How Carolina Panthers compares in close-margin games vs the full sample. Based on official box scores.

Close games (≤7 pt margin)

78 of 171 games match this window

Avg combined points
Close-game avg
45.9
Season avg
45.2
Pressure impact
+0.7
Avg flags
Close-game avg
12.5
Season avg
12.2
Pressure impact
+0.3
Over rate
Close-game avg
50.0%
Season avg
48.0%
Pressure impact
+2.0 pp

Over benchmark: 45.2 combined points · Seasons: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 171 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Panthers games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Panthers went 64-107 (37.4%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
Whistle differential: flag differential. A positive number means opponents are flagged more often than the Panthers.

Ref×team W-L rebuilt from 2793 ESPN game logs (2016-2026). 4629/5986 ref×team pairs meet the 3+ game matrix gate. Ties are excluded from straight-up W-L. Ref game counts rebuilt from DISTINCT game_id in game logs.