RB Grades

41 qualified backs · composite of rushing efficiency (RYOE / EPA / success / yards-after-contact), receiving value, and ball security (yards-after-contact data 2018+) (see methodology)

QB RB WR TE OL CB S EDGE iDL LB K P

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						FORMULA							CONTEXT
Rank
1	Tevin Coleman	ATL	76.9	100	145	—	+0.033	39.1	+0.576	+5.03	—	0.69	520	8	31	421	3
2	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	74.6	98	353	—	+0.040	43.6	+0.337	+4.25	—	1.70	1,631	15	32	363	1
3	Jordan Howard	CHI	67.1	95	269	—	+0.002	40.3	+0.190	+3.47	—	1.12	1,313	6	29	298	1
4	Spencer Ware	KC	67.0	93	237	—	-0.145	40.7	+0.289	+5.17	—	1.69	921	3	33	447	2
5	Melvin Gordon	LAC	63.7	90	290	—	-0.080	35.6	+0.256	+3.30	—	0.69	997	10	41	419	2
6	David Johnson	ARI	63.2	88	371	—	-0.064	42.7	+0.186	+2.47	—	1.35	1,239	16	80	879	4
7	Devonta Freeman	ATL	62.4	85	280	—	+0.024	46.5	+0.080	+1.21	—	0.36	1,079	11	54	462	2
8	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	61.8	83	328	—	+0.009	45.7	+0.255	+1.25	—	1.22	1,268	7	75	616	2
9	Tim Hightower	NO	58.8	80	151	—	-0.021	38.8	+0.284	+1.71	—	0.00	548	4	22	200	1
10	LeSean McCoy	BUF	58.6	78	280	—	+0.068	44.3	+0.238	+0.27	—	1.07	1,267	13	50	356	1
11	Paul Perkins	NYG	58.6	76	127	—	-0.063	38.4	-0.045	+3.73	—	0.79	456	0	15	162	0
12	Ryan Mathews	PHI	58.0	73	166	—	-0.034	45.1	+0.305	+2.40	—	1.20	661	8	13	115	1
13	Jeremy Hill	CIN	54.6	71	239	—	-0.029	35.2	+0.126	+1.09	—	0.00	839	9	21	174	0
14	Latavius Murray	LV	52.9	68	228	—	-0.026	39.5	+0.007	+0.96	—	0.88	788	12	33	264	0
15	Jacquizz Rodgers	TB	52.8	66	141	—	-0.034	41.1	+0.154	+0.43	—	0.00	560	2	13	98	0
16	Bilal Powell	NYJ	52.0	63	174	—	+0.049	46.8	-0.061	-0.10	—	0.57	722	3	58	388	2
17	Matt Forte	NYJ	51.8	61	243	—	-0.091	33.2	-0.159	+2.07	—	0.41	813	7	30	263	1
18	Darren Sproles	PHI	50.3	59	134	—	-0.014	44.2	+0.008	+0.83	—	2.24	438	2	52	427	2
19	Mark Ingram	NO	50.1	56	242	—	-0.050	41.8	+0.276	+0.15	—	0.83	1,043	6	46	319	4
20	Rob Kelley	WAS	49.8	54	180	—	-0.042	34.5	-0.042	+0.34	—	0.00	704	6	12	82	1
21	Duke Johnson	CLE	49.7	51	123	—	-0.157	37.5	+0.053	+1.46	—	0.81	358	1	53	514	0
22	Frank Gore	IND	48.2	49	298	—	-0.092	36.9	+0.216	+0.61	—	0.67	1,025	4	38	277	4
23	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	47.8	46	227	—	-0.096	35.3	+0.122	+0.89	—	0.88	952	7	40	319	0
24	Theo Riddick	DET	47.6	44	145	—	-0.084	40.2	+0.037	+0.34	—	0.00	357	1	53	371	5
25	LeGarrette Blount	NE	47.3	41	289	—	-0.051	35.6	-0.110	-0.83	—	0.69	1,161	18	7	38	0
26	DeMarco Murray	TEN	45.9	39	340	—	-0.051	41.4	+0.142	-0.31	—	0.88	1,287	9	53	377	3
27	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	45.0	37	223	—	-0.082	34.4	-0.326	+1.36	—	1.35	824	9	8	60	0
28	Jay Ajayi	MIA	43.8	34	280	—	+0.032	41.0	-0.151	-1.66	—	1.43	1,272	8	27	151	0
29	Giovani Bernard	CIN	43.7	32	123	—	-0.098	38.4	+0.027	+0.04	—	0.81	337	2	39	336	1
30	Matt Asiata	MIN	42.2	29	140	—	-0.249	37.2	+0.066	+1.27	—	0.71	402	6	32	263	0
31	Chris Ivory	JAX	40.6	27	135	—	-0.290	34.5	+0.450	+2.53	—	3.70	439	3	20	186	0
32	Devontae Booker	DEN	40.6	24	201	—	-0.143	34.7	-0.198	+0.85	—	1.49	612	4	31	265	1
33	Terrance West	BAL	40.5	22	224	—	-0.133	31.6	+0.062	+0.26	—	0.89	774	5	34	236	1
34	Doug Martin	TB	39.7	20	158	—	-0.252	34.0	+0.068	+1.32	—	0.63	421	3	14	134	0
35	Todd Gurley	LA	38.1	17	307	—	-0.192	32.0	-0.156	+0.91	—	0.65	885	6	43	327	0
36	Lamar Miller	HOU	36.6	15	295	—	-0.145	34.6	+0.004	-0.55	—	0.68	1,073	5	31	188	1
37	Christine Michael	SEA	35.2	12	166	—	-0.071	38.2	-0.212	-2.06	—	1.20	583	7	22	107	1
38	Carlos Hyde	SF	33.7	10	228	—	-0.126	38.5	-0.200	-1.00	—	2.19	988	6	27	163	3
39	Rashad Jennings	NYG	32.7	7	216	—	-0.176	30.4	-0.028	-0.80	—	0.46	593	3	35	201	1
40	Jerick McKinnon	MIN	31.6	5	184	—	-0.204	28.7	-0.073	-0.65	—	0.54	539	2	43	255	2
41	T.J. Yeldon	JAX	31.1	2	177	—	-0.191	31.0	-0.141	-0.53	—	1.13	465	1	50	312	1

Low-volume backs (54)

Fewer than 120 touches. Grades still computed on the same 0-100 scale but treat them as noisy.

						FORMULA							CONTEXT
Rank
1	Kapri Bibbs	DEN	69.2	95	31	—	-0.017	37.9	+1.281	+30.40	—	0.00	129	0	2	75	1
2	Derrick Henry	TEN	64.1	90	113	—	+0.048	43.6	+0.222	+3.05	—	0.00	490	5	13	137	0
3	Rex Burkhead	CIN	62.3	83	87	—	+0.122	52.1	+0.321	+0.95	—	0.00	344	2	17	145	0
4	Robert Turbin	IND	60.1	80	63	—	+0.278	58.5	-0.066	+0.42	—	0.00	164	7	26	179	1
5	Mike Gillislee	BUF	59.4	80	103	—	+0.191	57.4	-0.125	-2.27	—	0.00	577	8	9	50	1
6	Zach Zenner	DET	57.2	71	103	—	-0.169	38.8	+0.277	+3.87	—	0.97	334	4	18	196	0
7	Kenjon Barner	PHI	55.6	71	30	—	+0.073	42.3	+0.016	+3.68	—	0.00	129	2	5	42	0
8	Damien Williams	MIA	55.6	71	54	—	-0.075	25.8	-0.037	+3.15	—	1.85	115	3	23	249	3
9	DuJuan Harris	SF	55.5	71	45	—	-0.418	31.6	+1.097	+9.06	—	2.22	138	0	8	115	1
10	C.J. Prosise	SEA	55.1	71	47	—	+0.062	40.0	+0.616	+0.68	—	0.00	172	1	17	208	0
11	Ka'Deem Carey	CHI	55.1	71	36	—	-0.056	35.5	+0.239	+4.61	—	0.00	126	0	5	55	0
12	James White	NE	54.2	68	94	—	-0.108	40.5	+0.136	+1.37	—	0.00	166	0	60	551	5
13	Eddie Lacy	GB	52.8	63	75	—	+0.029	38.0	-0.217	+0.44	—	0.00	360	0	4	28	0
14	Kenyan Drake	MIA	52.2	63	34	—	+0.206	50.0	+0.118	-1.10	—	0.00	179	2	9	46	0
15	Corey Grant	JAX	51.3	59	32	—	+0.097	37.9	-0.175	-0.31	—	0.00	164	1	4	35	1
16	Cameron Artis-Payne	CAR	50.0	54	37	—	-0.071	30.6	+1.253	+5.11	—	0.00	144	2	1	11	0
17	Ronnie Hillman	LAC	49.1	49	47	—	-0.234	29.3	-0.205	+4.75	—	0.00	131	0	7	93	0
18	Matt Jones	WAS	48.7	49	107	—	-0.079	41.4	+0.646	+1.24	—	2.80	460	3	8	73	0
19	Bobby Rainey	NYG	48.4	49	37	—	-0.188	41.2	+0.114	+0.82	—	0.00	63	0	20	153	0
20	Fozzy Whittaker	CAR	48.3	49	75	—	-0.146	39.6	-0.247	+1.82	—	1.33	265	0	25	226	0
21	Aaron Ripkowski	GB	48.3	49	42	—	-0.007	57.6	+0.099	-1.45	—	0.00	150	2	9	46	1
22	Jonathan Grimes	HOU	48.0	46	32	—	-0.025	27.3	-0.040	+0.54	—	0.00	105	0	13	94	0
23	Chris Thompson	WAS	47.6	41	117	—	+0.085	47.1	+0.091	-0.57	—	1.71	356	3	49	349	2
24	Orleans Darkwa	NYG	47.5	41	32	—	-0.073	33.3	-0.289	-0.03	—	0.00	111	2	2	12	0
25	Peyton Barber	TB	47.2	39	49	—	-0.064	31.9	-0.011	-1.46	—	0.00	223	1	5	28	0
26	DeAngelo Williams	PIT	47.1	39	106	—	-0.107	36.7	+0.114	+0.34	—	0.00	343	4	18	118	2
27	Wendell Smallwood	PHI	46.9	39	72	—	-0.124	40.3	-0.562	+2.66	—	1.39	312	1	6	55	0
28	Alex Collins	SEA	46.9	39	30	—	+0.024	36.4	+0.355	-0.46	—	3.33	125	1	11	84	0
29	John Kuhn	NO	46.3	39	33	—	+0.242	66.7	+0.060	-2.16	—	0.00	37	4	16	70	1
30	Cordarrelle Patterson	MIN	46.3	39	50	—	-0.067	57.1	+0.030	+0.14	—	0.00	43	0	52	453	2
31	Denard Robinson	JAX	46.0	39	42	—	-0.145	30.0	+0.063	+0.73	—	0.00	144	0	3	22	0
32	DeAndre Washington	LV	45.4	37	103	—	+0.001	42.5	-0.434	-0.65	—	0.97	467	2	17	115	0
33	Kyle Juszczyk	BAL	45.0	37	42	—	+0.269	60.0	-0.046	-0.26	—	0.00	22	1	37	266	0
34	Jalen Richard	LV	44.6	34	111	—	+0.027	44.6	+0.050	-1.62	—	0.00	491	1	29	194	2
35	Dion Lewis	NE	44.5	34	76	—	+0.066	47.5	-0.153	-1.78	—	1.32	283	0	17	94	0
36	Alfred Morris	DAL	44.4	34	60	—	-0.048	42.1	-1.374	-3.40	—	0.00	243	2	3	11	0
37	C.J. Anderson	DEN	44.3	34	119	—	-0.140	36.2	-0.084	+0.36	—	0.00	437	4	16	128	1
38	Mike Tolbert	CAR	43.4	29	39	—	-0.176	23.3	-0.578	+1.88	—	2.56	114	0	10	72	1
39	Kenneth Dixon	BAL	43.4	29	113	—	+0.085	45.2	-0.307	-1.54	—	0.88	382	2	30	162	1
40	Shane Vereen	NYG	43.2	29	44	—	-0.121	39.4	-0.501	+1.27	—	4.55	158	1	11	94	0
41	Shaun Draughn	SF	41.8	27	93	—	-0.181	31.3	+0.049	+0.52	—	1.08	196	4	29	263	2
42	Benny Cunningham	LA	41.0	27	36	—	+0.156	45.0	-0.206	-1.95	—	2.78	101	0	16	91	0
43	Charcandrick West	KC	40.6	24	110	—	-0.193	28.0	+0.270	-0.03	—	0.00	293	1	28	188	2
44	Andre Ellington	ARI	40.3	20	41	—	-0.180	37.9	-0.114	-1.31	—	0.00	96	0	12	85	0
45	Thomas Rawls	SEA	40.0	20	117	—	-0.151	29.8	-0.086	-0.46	—	0.00	349	3	13	96	0
46	Jeremy Langford	CHI	39.9	20	74	—	-0.287	42.4	+0.046	+0.87	—	2.70	200	4	19	142	0
47	Charles Sims	TB	36.7	15	73	—	-0.249	26.5	-0.310	+0.37	—	1.37	149	1	24	190	1
48	Travaris Cadet	NO	36.5	12	40	—	-0.377	25.0	+0.040	-1.39	—	0.00	19	0	40	281	4
49	Dwayne Washington	DET	36.1	12	98	—	-0.243	27.0	-0.102	-0.63	—	0.00	265	1	10	62	0
50	James Starks	GB	34.9	10	82	—	-0.356	25.4	+0.062	+0.55	—	1.22	145	0	19	134	2
51	Kenneth Farrow	LAC	34.6	10	69	—	-0.203	33.9	-0.044	-1.39	—	2.90	192	0	13	70	0
52	Alfred Blue	HOU	30.5	0	103	—	-0.133	36.3	-0.293	-3.83	—	1.94	420	1	12	40	0
53	Adrian Peterson	MIN	29.7	0	40	—	-0.488	18.9	-0.372	-4.24	—	2.50	72	0	3	8	0
54	Justin Forsett	DEN	21.0	0	103	—	-0.344	22.9	-0.281	-2.46	—	1.94	291	1	20	85	0