RB Grades

47 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	Todd Gurley	LA	81.6	100	332	—	-0.047	42.8	+0.224	+5.20	—	1.51	1,305	13	64	788	6
2	Alvin Kamara	NO	76.1	98	194	—	+0.229	44.8	+0.390	+1.42	—	0.52	728	8	81	826	5
3	Jamaal Williams	GB	67.0	96	172	—	-0.031	40.4	+0.299	+2.86	—	0.00	556	4	25	262	2
4	Derrick Henry	TEN	66.3	94	184	—	-0.073	42.2	+0.252	+5.08	—	0.54	744	5	11	136	1
5	Dion Lewis	NE	65.4	91	203	—	+0.111	47.4	+0.380	-0.10	—	0.00	896	6	32	214	3
6	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	64.9	89	261	—	-0.027	40.3	-0.192	+2.78	—	0.38	983	7	26	269	2
7	Kareem Hunt	KC	64.2	87	313	—	+0.020	39.2	+0.276	+0.98	—	0.32	1,327	8	53	455	3
8	Joe Mixon	CIN	61.6	85	196	—	-0.089	37.1	+0.138	+3.10	—	1.53	626	4	30	287	0
9	Duke Johnson	CLE	61.1	83	150	—	+0.031	48.1	+0.075	+1.48	—	2.00	348	4	74	693	3
10	Giovani Bernard	CIN	58.4	81	137	—	-0.104	36.3	+0.011	+2.04	—	0.00	458	2	43	389	2
11	Melvin Gordon	LAC	57.5	79	320	—	-0.084	35.7	+0.111	+1.37	—	0.31	1,105	8	58	476	4
12	Alfred Morris	DAL	56.2	77	122	—	+0.009	44.3	+0.086	-0.60	—	0.00	547	1	7	45	0
13	Leonard Fournette	JAX	56.0	74	299	—	-0.066	34.1	+0.145	+1.32	—	0.67	1,040	9	36	302	1
14	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	55.8	72	407	—	-0.053	39.6	+0.109	+0.77	—	0.74	1,291	9	86	663	2
15	Tevin Coleman	ATL	55.5	70	178	—	-0.108	30.7	+0.224	+1.98	—	0.56	628	5	27	299	3
16	Alex Collins	BAL	54.8	68	223	—	-0.028	45.3	-0.138	+1.09	—	1.79	973	6	23	187	0
17	Lamar Miller	HOU	54.7	66	260	—	-0.115	34.1	+0.193	+1.58	—	0.38	888	3	36	327	3
18	Frank Gore	IND	53.9	64	290	—	-0.092	35.6	+0.128	+1.49	—	1.03	961	3	29	245	1
19	Devonta Freeman	ATL	53.5	62	229	—	-0.063	42.1	+0.236	+0.84	—	1.75	865	7	36	317	1
20	Mark Ingram	NO	52.0	60	268	—	-0.017	38.4	-0.014	+0.52	—	1.49	1,124	12	58	416	0
21	C.J. Anderson	DEN	50.7	57	260	—	-0.096	35.2	-0.007	+0.80	—	0.38	1,007	3	28	224	1
22	Marshawn Lynch	LV	50.2	55	222	—	-0.088	36.5	-0.092	+0.66	—	0.45	891	7	20	151	0
23	Matt Breida	SF	50.1	53	123	—	-0.003	36.9	-0.127	-0.04	—	0.81	465	2	21	180	1
24	Samaje Perine	WAS	49.6	51	196	—	-0.209	28.6	+0.497	+2.34	—	1.02	603	1	22	182	1
25	Latavius Murray	MIN	48.7	49	226	—	-0.094	32.7	+0.126	+0.30	—	0.44	842	8	15	103	0
26	LeGarrette Blount	PHI	46.8	47	168	—	-0.121	35.6	+0.239	-0.26	—	0.60	766	2	8	50	1
27	Christian McCaffrey	CAR	45.9	45	192	—	-0.146	33.0	+0.108	+0.43	—	0.52	435	2	80	651	5
28	Theo Riddick	DET	45.6	43	136	—	-0.210	32.1	-0.048	+1.30	—	1.47	286	3	53	444	2
29	Orleans Darkwa	NYG	45.4	40	190	—	-0.056	37.4	-0.031	-1.09	—	0.53	751	5	19	116	0
30	Jay Ajayi	MIA	43.7	38	230	—	-0.110	35.3	-0.078	+0.11	—	1.30	873	1	24	158	1
31	Bilal Powell	NYJ	43.2	36	191	—	-0.091	29.0	-0.382	+0.10	—	0.52	772	5	23	170	0
32	Jerick McKinnon	MIN	42.7	34	196	—	-0.254	34.9	+0.039	+1.15	—	1.02	570	3	51	421	2
33	Kerwynn Williams	ARI	42.2	32	125	—	-0.153	30.4	-0.000	-1.00	—	0.00	426	1	10	93	0
34	Jordan Howard	CHI	41.6	30	287	—	-0.067	36.2	-0.285	-1.42	—	0.35	1,122	9	23	125	0
35	Doug Martin	TB	40.8	28	146	—	-0.240	26.3	-0.088	+1.62	—	0.68	406	3	9	84	0
36	Kenyan Drake	MIA	40.8	26	152	—	-0.109	36.6	+0.004	-0.64	—	1.32	644	3	32	239	1
37	Wayne Gallman	NYG	39.6	23	137	—	-0.044	47.2	-0.229	-1.24	—	2.19	476	0	34	193	1
38	Matt Forte	NYJ	39.4	21	133	—	-0.184	33.0	+0.128	-0.39	—	0.75	381	2	37	293	1
39	Javorius Allen	BAL	39.2	19	172	—	-0.063	36.1	-0.093	-1.54	—	0.00	591	4	46	250	2
40	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	38.5	17	202	—	-0.197	33.0	-0.264	+0.32	—	1.49	680	6	8	52	1
41	LeSean McCoy	BUF	38.4	15	343	—	-0.134	35.1	+0.026	-0.47	—	0.87	1,138	6	59	448	2
42	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	38.0	13	231	—	-0.149	31.9	-0.268	-0.45	—	0.43	853	2	28	182	0
43	DeMarco Murray	TEN	35.4	11	222	—	-0.172	31.0	-0.068	-0.74	—	0.45	659	6	39	266	1
44	Carlos Hyde	SF	34.7	9	287	—	-0.105	34.9	-0.173	-1.19	—	0.70	938	8	59	350	0
45	Ameer Abdullah	DET	34.0	6	187	—	-0.219	29.6	+0.089	-0.73	—	1.07	552	4	25	162	1
46	Tarik Cohen	CHI	32.7	4	124	—	-0.111	36.8	-0.218	-1.32	—	1.61	370	2	53	353	1
47	Adrian Peterson	ARI	29.0	2	165	—	-0.279	28.6	-0.296	-1.12	—	1.82	529	2	11	70	0

Low-volume backs (49)

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

						FORMULA							CONTEXT
Rank
1	Chris Thompson	WAS	76.4	98	103	—	-0.119	32.8	+0.456	+5.40	—	0.97	294	2	39	510	4
2	Corey Clement	PHI	70.1	96	71	—	+0.012	42.6	+0.598	+6.09	—	0.00	321	4	10	123	2
3	Rod Smith	DAL	68.2	96	56	—	+0.111	54.1	+0.769	+2.45	—	0.00	232	4	19	202	1
4	Marlon Mack	IND	68.0	96	107	—	-0.126	32.2	+0.380	+4.87	—	0.00	358	3	21	225	1
5	Devontae Booker	DEN	62.5	85	98	—	-0.066	33.3	+0.299	+3.12	—	1.02	299	1	30	275	0
6	Austin Ekeler	LAC	59.4	81	66	—	-0.042	48.7	+0.131	+2.50	—	3.03	260	2	27	279	3
7	Rex Burkhead	NE	59.0	81	85	—	+0.097	45.5	+0.362	+0.61	—	1.18	264	5	30	254	3
8	Elijhaa Penny	ARI	58.2	79	30	—	+0.136	50.0	+0.009	+2.59	—	0.00	124	2	4	38	0
9	D'Onta Foreman	HOU	56.5	77	75	—	-0.123	39.1	+0.520	+5.74	—	2.67	327	2	6	83	0
10	Jalen Richard	LV	55.8	72	78	—	-0.123	40.4	+0.252	+1.85	—	1.28	275	1	27	256	1
11	Kapri Bibbs	WAS	54.9	68	33	—	-0.031	36.8	+0.171	+1.64	—	0.00	79	0	14	128	1
12	Cordarrelle Patterson	LV	54.3	64	40	—	+0.384	46.2	-0.053	+0.48	—	0.00	121	2	31	309	0
13	Tion Green	DET	53.4	60	41	—	+0.024	38.5	+0.483	-0.32	—	0.00	165	2	2	14	0
14	Mike Gillislee	NE	52.3	60	101	—	-0.143	46.0	+0.870	+8.81	—	0.99	383	5	1	15	0
15	Chris Carson	SEA	51.9	57	56	—	-0.088	32.7	+0.554	+0.91	—	0.00	208	0	7	59	1
16	Travaris Cadet	BUF	51.1	57	33	—	-0.002	40.9	+0.147	+0.19	—	0.00	96	0	16	119	0
17	Alfred Blue	HOU	50.5	55	63	—	-0.117	32.1	+0.334	+1.03	—	0.00	262	1	7	54	0
18	Jacquizz Rodgers	TB	50.3	55	66	—	-0.127	29.3	+0.128	+1.48	—	0.00	244	1	9	74	0
19	Peyton Barber	TB	49.1	49	116	—	-0.027	41.6	-0.076	-0.13	—	1.72	423	3	16	114	0
20	Robert Turbin	IND	47.3	47	30	—	-0.045	42.9	-0.102	-0.81	—	0.00	53	1	9	56	0
21	Wendell Smallwood	PHI	47.2	47	55	—	-0.146	31.0	+0.189	+0.15	—	0.00	174	1	13	103	0
22	Mike Davis	SEA	47.0	47	83	—	-0.287	25.0	+0.127	+2.24	—	0.00	240	0	15	131	0
23	Terrance West	BAL	47.0	47	41	—	-0.207	43.6	-0.720	+3.80	—	2.44	138	2	2	23	0
24	Rob Kelley	WAS	46.8	47	65	—	-0.130	38.7	-0.185	-1.81	—	0.00	194	3	4	18	0
25	Aaron Jones	GB	46.7	45	90	—	+0.123	48.1	-0.386	-4.38	—	1.11	448	4	9	22	0
26	Andre Ellington	ARI	46.5	45	55	—	-0.242	40.0	-0.146	+0.66	—	0.00	55	1	39	369	0
27	Elijah McGuire	NYJ	46.4	45	99	—	-0.231	29.3	+0.085	+1.79	—	1.01	315	1	17	177	1
28	Chris Johnson	ARI	45.4	38	50	—	-0.259	31.1	+0.443	+0.64	—	0.00	114	0	5	43	0
29	Malcolm Brown	LA	45.1	38	37	—	-0.152	32.1	+0.165	-0.87	—	0.00	246	1	9	53	0
30	Kyle Juszczyk	SF	44.8	38	40	—	-0.275	57.1	+0.026	+0.59	—	5.00	31	0	33	315	1
31	James White	NE	44.7	38	95	—	-0.127	48.7	+0.149	-0.49	—	0.00	171	0	56	429	3
32	Eddie Lacy	SEA	43.9	38	71	—	-0.268	25.8	+0.475	+1.39	—	0.00	179	0	6	47	0
33	Dalvin Cook	MIN	43.5	36	83	—	-0.083	38.4	-0.363	-1.11	—	1.20	354	2	11	90	0
34	Jeremy Hill	CIN	42.7	34	41	—	-0.122	24.3	-0.033	-1.80	—	2.44	116	0	4	16	0
35	Damien Williams	MIA	42.7	32	66	—	-0.322	23.9	+0.067	+0.84	—	0.00	181	0	20	155	1
36	Charles Sims	TB	42.0	30	56	—	+0.001	38.1	-0.155	-0.48	—	1.79	95	0	35	249	1
37	J.D. McKissic	SEA	41.8	30	74	—	-0.049	39.0	+0.176	-1.46	—	0.00	187	1	34	266	2
38	Terron Ward	ATL	41.8	30	30	—	-0.261	33.3	-0.028	-1.70	—	3.33	129	0	3	14	0
39	Thomas Rawls	SEA	40.4	23	67	—	-0.392	25.9	-0.121	+2.55	—	1.49	157	0	9	94	0
40	T.J. Yeldon	JAX	39.3	19	68	—	-0.153	29.3	-0.040	-0.21	—	2.94	253	2	30	224	0
41	Branden Oliver	LAC	39.0	17	39	—	-0.232	30.3	-0.802	-2.03	—	0.00	83	0	6	26	0
42	Charcandrick West	KC	38.6	17	41	—	+0.168	21.4	-0.065	-1.60	—	2.44	72	2	27	150	2
43	Paul Perkins	NYG	37.2	11	47	—	-0.320	12.5	-0.248	-0.87	—	0.00	90	0	8	46	0
44	Chris Ivory	JAX	36.8	11	119	—	-0.256	31.3	-0.111	+0.30	—	1.68	382	1	21	175	1
45	Danny Woodhead	BAL	34.7	9	47	—	-0.198	35.7	+0.012	-1.94	—	0.00	56	0	33	200	0
46	Jamaal Charles	DEN	32.9	4	77	—	-0.216	37.7	-0.201	-1.86	—	2.60	296	1	23	129	0
47	Mike Tolbert	BUF	31.4	2	78	—	-0.195	32.3	-0.287	-2.62	—	2.56	247	1	14	78	0
48	DeAndre Washington	LV	29.2	2	76	—	-0.163	27.8	-0.438	-2.46	—	1.32	153	2	34	197	1
49	Shane Vereen	NYG	27.0	0	78	—	-0.295	23.8	-0.316	-1.96	—	0.00	164	0	44	253	0