RUNNING BACKS 2001

Regular season totals, playoffs not included

Revised as of 7/31/2008

Running backs are ranked according to DYAR, or Defense-adjusted Yards Above Replacement. This gives the value of the performance on plays where this RB carried/caught the ball compared to replacement level, adjusted for situation and opponent and then translated into yardage. DYAR (and its cousin, YAR, which isn't adjusted based on opponent) is further explained here [1].

The next statistic given is DVOA, or Defense-adjusted Value Over Average. This number represents value, per play, over an average quarterback in the same game situations. The more positive the DVOA rating, the better the player's performance. Negative DVOA represents below-average offense. DVOA (and its cousin, VOA, which isn't adjusted based on opponent) is further explained here [2].

Equivalent Yards (EqYds), listed in red, translate DVOA into a yards per attempt figure. This provides an easy comparison: in general, players with more Equivalent Yards (EqYds) than standard yards played better than standard stats would otherwise indicate, while players with fewer Equivalent Yards (EqYds) than standard yards played worse than standard stats would otherwise indicate. Equivalent Yards (EqYds) are not the best way to measure total value because they are more dependent on usage than DYAR.

The final statistic is Success Rate. This number represents the player's consistency, measured by successful running plays (the definition of success being different based on down and distance) divided by total running plays. A player with higher DVOA and a low success rate mixes long runs with downs getting stuffed at the line of scrimmage. A player with lower DVOA and a high success rate generally gets the yards needed, but doesn't often get more. Success Rate is further explained here [3]. It is not adjusted for opponent.

The simple version: DYAR means a running back with more total value. DVOA means a running back with more value per play.

These numbers do not separate the performance of a running back from the performance of his offensive line. (You'll find numbers that try to do that on this page [4].) Be aware that one will affect the other.
All fumbles are considered equal, whether recovered by the offense or defense.

RUSHING: Minimum 100 rushes, 43 players ranked

Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM	SucRate	Rk
31-P.Holmes	KC	380	1	323	1	20.2%	1	16.0%	327	1,555	1,746	8	2	51%	4
28-M.Faulk	STL	297	2	312	2	17.3%	2	18.6%	260	1,382	1,469	12	2	56%	1
20-G.Hearst	SF	239	3	254	3	15.2%	4	16.7%	252	1,206	1,250	4	0	50%	5
21-T.Barber	NYG	152	4	166	5	15.9%	3	18.0%	166	868	782	4	3	48%	10
28-C.Martin	NYJ	144	5	223	4	2.1%	13	7.9%	333	1,502	1,393	10	2	47%	15
33-D.Rhodes	IND	140	6	150	7	5.9%	7	6.9%	233	1,099	1,064	9	5	48%	8
35-A.Thomas	CHI	138	7	153	6	4.0%	9	5.4%	278	1,183	1,167	7	0	45%	21
40-M.Alstott	TB	137	8	147	8	11.0%	6	12.5%	165	680	822	10	0	48%	9
37-S.Alexander	SEA	135	9	114	9	2.5%	11	0.8%	309	1,323	1,266	14	4	46%	17
36-J.Bettis	PIT	105	10	103	10	2.5%	10	2.4%	225	1,068	978	4	3	46%	16
42-T.Hambrick	DAL	99	11	85	11	12.6%	5	9.6%	113	579	565	2	1	44%	25
23-M.Bennett	MIN	72	12	41	17	2.3%	12	-2.4%	172	682	690	2	0	44%	26
32-K.Barlow	SF	71	13	72	13	5.1%	8	5.2%	125	512	565	4	1	53%	3
30-J.White	CLE	55	14	31	20	1.7%	14	-2.8%	126	446	554	5	1	44%	23
25-C.Garner	OAK	55	15	24	21	-2.2%	16	-5.8%	211	843	831	1	2	49%	7
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM	SucRate	Rk
48-S.Davis	WAS	52	16	11	28	-5.2%	23	-7.8%	356	1,433	1,398	5	6	47%	13
28-C.Buckhalter	PHI	48	17	51	15	0.8%	15	1.3%	129	586	519	2	2	44%	27
34-S.Mack	JAC	47	18	50	16	-3.7%	18	-3.4%	213	877	904	9	2	48%	11
32-A.Smith	NE	44	19	76	12	-5.1%	22	-2.4%	286	1,157	1,138	12	4	48%	12
30-A.Green	GB	36	20	32	19	-5.8%	24	-6.1%	304	1,387	1,145	9	5	44%	24
29-T.Allen	BAL	31	21	13	26	-4.1%	19	-6.8%	168	658	647	3	1	43%	29
28-C.Dillon	CIN	31	22	-30	33	-6.4%	28	-10.7%	340	1,316	1,251	10	5	41%	32
26-T.Jones	ARI	25	23	13	27	-3.2%	17	-5.9%	112	380	442	5	2	44%	28
34-J.Stewart	DET	22	24	38	18	-4.7%	21	-1.6%	143	685	506	1	0	39%	37
45-C.FuamatuMa'afala	PIT	21	25	23	22	-4.7%	20	-4.2%	120	453	491	3	0	45%	20
27-R.Dayne	NYG	19	26	2	29	-6.1%	25	-8.3%	179	690	688	7	1	41%	34
38-M.Anderson	DEN	18	27	17	25	-6.1%	26	-6.3%	175	678	671	4	1	42%	31
30-T.Davis	DEN	16	28	23	23	-6.2%	27	-5.2%	167	701	628	0	2	47%	14
32-E.James	IND	11	29	69	14	-6.9%	29	1.5%	151	664	609	3	2	54%	2
22-E.Smith	DAL	1	30	-14	31	-8.5%	30	-9.9%	261	1,021	877	3	1	40%	35
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM	SucRate	Rk
44-J.Brookins	BAL	-17	31	-25	32	-11.1%	31	-12.3%	152	557	557	5	3	49%	6
20-J.Allen	CHI	-31	32	-4	30	-14.2%	34	-9.3%	135	469	431	1	1	44%	22
34-R.Williams	NO	-36	33	19	24	-11.5%	32	-7.0%	314	1,249	1,017	6	6	43%	30
32-M.Pittman	ARI	-39	34	-74	38	-12.5%	33	-16.1%	241	853	785	5	4	41%	33
22-D.Staley	PHI	-46	35	-48	34	-15.2%	36	-15.4%	166	599	527	2	2	45%	18
34-R.Huntley	CAR	-74	36	-54	35	-19.9%	38	-16.9%	165	658	442	2	3	39%	36
20-T.Henry	BUF	-82	37	-74	37	-18.2%	37	-17.3%	213	733	599	4	5	38%	39
21-L.Tomlinson	SD	-86	38	-57	36	-14.4%	35	-12.4%	339	1,242	1,139	10	5	45%	19
29-J.Jackson	CLE	-93	39	-140	40	-20.5%	39	-26.5%	195	555	521	2	1	35%	41
28-W.Dunn	TB	-110	40	-132	39	-26.7%	41	-30.4%	157	437	343	3	2	34%	42
43-M.Smith	ATL	-174	41	-160	41	-25.6%	40	-24.2%	237	760	599	5	1	36%	40
27-E.George	TEN	-234	42	-252	43	-27.9%	42	-29.4%	315	961	664	5	8	34%	43
26-L.Smith	MIA	-276	43	-209	42	-30.1%	43	-24.9%	313	968	655	6	4	39%	38

RUSHING, OTHERS: 20-99 rushes

Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM
34-L.Jordan	NYJ	91	101	48.7%	54.9%	39	292	286	1	0
24-T.Canidate	STL	91	96	19.4%	21.0%	78	397	427	5	1
44-B.Christian	ATL	90	92	40.6%	41.6%	44	284	305	2	0
32-M.Wiley	DAL	76	80	48.4%	51.7%	34	247	238	0	0
23-K.Carter	WAS	75	67	21.7%	18.7%	63	308	335	3	0
32-Z.Crockett	OAK	66	35	11.5%	2.2%	57	145	388	6	1
42-S.Hicks	TEN	48	61	14.2%	20.7%	56	341	258	1	0
49-T.Richardson	KC	44	35	3.6%	0.9%	66	191	385	7	0
22-T.Jackson	SF	43	48	39.6%	45.0%	22	138	146	1	1
21-A.Zereoue	PIT	38	30	2.0%	-0.3%	85	441	370	1	3
30-C.Schlesinger	DET	37	33	7.7%	6.1%	47	154	256	3	0
37-L.Centers	BUF	35	35	17.8%	17.5%	34	160	172	2	0
32-L.Johnson	CHI	34	35	18.0%	18.3%	20	99	167	4	0
35-E.Joseph	JAC	30	23	2.5%	-0.3%	68	294	285	0	1
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM
32-R.Watters	SEA	25	15	-0.3%	-3.6%	72	318	296	1	1
22-O.Gary	DEN	23	28	0.5%	2.3%	57	228	257	1	0
36-B.Bennett	CIN	21	9	1.4%	-4.4%	50	232	210	0	1
41-T.Fletcher	SD	18	13	8.0%	3.2%	29	107	122	0	0
30-O.Ayanbadejo	BAL	15	7	-0.1%	-4.8%	46	173	182	1	1
47-T.Wheatley	OAK	11	17	-5.9%	-4.5%	88	278	370	5	2
34-T.Minor	MIA	11	38	-4.1%	7.4%	59	281	224	2	0
21-T.Biakabutuka	CAR	8	7	-4.3%	-5.1%	53	230	179	1	1
40-F.Beasley	SF	5	8	-4.9%	-1.9%	23	73	116	1	0
33-K.Faulk	NE	4	14	-6.3%	0.2%	41	169	148	1	0
20-R.Anderson	NYJ	2	8	-6.5%	-0.9%	26	102	90	0	0
25-L.Warren	DET	-1	-9	-8.9%	-12.1%	61	191	222	3	0
20-R.Thomas	ATL	-2	1	-9.7%	-7.5%	37	126	119	0	0
22-A.Stecker	TB	-3	-6	-11.6%	-14.6%	24	72	76	1	0
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM
40-J.Kleinsasser	MIN	-8	-9	-15.1%	-15.7%	23	72	92	1	1
28-F.Taylor	JAC	-8	-22	-15.6%	-26.6%	30	116	90	0	1
32-J.Anderson	ATL	-22	-25	-18.0%	-19.3%	55	190	165	1	1
33-S.Morris	BUF	-24	-24	-35.4%	-35.1%	20	72	38	0	1
21-J.Redmond	NE	-24	-23	-27.0%	-25.9%	35	119	73	0	0
38-S.Bryson	BUF	-25	-5	-16.9%	-10.3%	80	341	219	2	0
44-M.Edwards	NE	-26	-26	-18.4%	-18.5%	51	141	184	1	2
29-D.Washington	NYG	-28	-31	-33.1%	-35.5%	28	89	63	0	1
25-D.Levens	GB	-32	-32	-27.2%	-27.4%	44	165	96	0	0
34-D.Chapman	MIN	-35	-37	-22.9%	-23.7%	63	196	154	0	1
23-M.Williams	BAL	-46	-21	-26.7%	-16.9%	65	291	142	0	1
21-R.Droughns	DET	-53	-55	-50.6%	-52.5%	30	72	23	0	0
34-B.Gay	CLE	-60	-82	-36.5%	-46.3%	51	176	88	1	3
36-N.Goings	CAR	-108	-80	-46.4%	-36.6%	66	197	70	0	1

RECEIVING: Minimum 25 passes, 49 players ranked

Passes includes all passes to this receiver, complete and incomplete.
Catch Rate is the percentage of passes completed to this receiver.

Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
28-M.Faulk	STL	363	1	364	1	47.7%	2	47.8%	103	765	1,172	9	81%
25-C.Garner	OAK	179	2	172	2	19.5%	13	18.2%	91	578	753	2	79%
30-A.Green	GB	160	3	165	4	20.5%	10	21.4%	82	594	665	2	76%
31-P.Holmes	KC	160	4	165	3	27.7%	8	29.1%	75	614	606	2	83%
37-L.Centers	BUF	148	5	142	5	11.8%	21	10.8%	104	619	718	2	76%
22-D.Staley	PHI	142	6	138	7	15.1%	16	14.2%	90	626	645	2	70%
30-J.White	CLE	142	7	140	6	32.5%	6	31.8%	59	418	511	4	75%
44-B.Christian	ATL	124	8	124	8	23.5%	9	23.5%	60	392	493	2	75%
21-T.Barber	NYG	111	9	121	9	6.1%	26	7.9%	98	578	629	0	73%
34-J.Stewart	DET	110	10	110	10	57.2%	1	57.1%	26	242	339	1	88%
32-K.Barlow	SF	94	11	94	11	43.0%	3	42.7%	28	247	313	1	79%
28-W.Dunn	TB	93	12	92	12	3.7%	32	3.5%	98	569	573	3	70%
34-T.Minor	MIA	80	13	89	13	30.5%	7	35.1%	37	263	297	1	78%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
35-E.Joseph	JAC	79	14	75	14	41.7%	4	39.1%	24	183	264	2	75%
49-T.Richardson	KC	75	15	73	15	20.4%	12	19.3%	40	265	312	0	75%
43-M.Smith	ATL	66	16	71	16	36.4%	5	40.0%	26	230	231	1	73%
20-G.Hearst	SF	66	17	66	17	5.3%	27	5.5%	55	349	380	1	75%
37-S.Alexander	SEA	62	18	63	18	5.2%	28	5.7%	59	343	356	2	75%
23-M.Williams	BAL	60	19	63	19	15.2%	15	16.2%	35	210	274	1	66%
32-E.James	IND	51	20	45	27	18.2%	14	14.4%	29	193	220	0	83%
27-E.George	TEN	50	21	49	24	4.4%	30	3.8%	50	268	301	0	74%
40-J.Kleinsasser	MIN	48	22	51	22	20.5%	11	22.8%	28	187	198	0	86%
33-W.Henderson	GB	47	23	52	21	13.4%	18	16.1%	28	193	223	0	75%
23-M.Bennett	MIN	47	24	47	25	8.1%	25	8.0%	38	226	252	1	76%
48-S.Davis	WAS	47	25	44	29	10.9%	22	9.5%	37	205	230	0	76%
26-L.Smith	MIA	46	26	45	28	9.8%	23	9.0%	35	234	236	2	86%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
34-R.Williams	NO	45	27	53	20	-3.3%	34	-1.3%	88	511	397	1	68%
35-A.Thomas	CHI	44	28	47	26	12.5%	19	13.9%	30	178	213	0	73%
33-K.Faulk	NE	37	29	50	23	3.8%	31	10.1%	36	189	225	2	83%
36-B.Bennett	CIN	36	30	35	33	14.5%	17	13.5%	26	150	165	0	77%
20-T.Henry	BUF	34	31	34	34	12.1%	20	11.6%	27	179	166	0	81%
30-C.Schlesinger	DET	34	32	41	30	-6.9%	36	-5.4%	84	466	412	0	71%
40-J.Ritchie	OAK	33	33	37	31	8.2%	24	11.2%	27	154	174	2	70%
25-L.Warren	DET	29	34	36	32	-5.1%	35	-3.0%	59	336	296	1	68%
32-A.Smith	NE	28	35	31	35	4.8%	29	7.0%	28	192	161	1	68%
41-T.Fletcher	SD	25	36	24	36	3.2%	33	2.2%	29	184	157	0	79%
20-J.Allen	CHI	11	37	9	39	-9.6%	39	-10.5%	42	196	207	1	71%
34-S.Mack	JAC	11	38	9	38	-8.1%	37	-9.2%	34	165	160	1	68%
25-D.Levens	GB	9	39	10	37	-8.8%	38	-8.4%	35	159	147	1	69%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
28-C.Dillon	CIN	8	40	1	43	-11.4%	41	-13.5%	61	228	254	3	56%
20-R.Anderson	NYJ	6	41	8	40	-12.1%	42	-11.3%	57	252	243	2	70%
38-M.Strong	SEA	4	42	2	42	-11.2%	40	-12.5%	29	141	122	0	59%
30-O.Ayanbadejo	BAL	3	43	5	41	-12.3%	43	-11.1%	33	121	127	1	73%
40-M.Alstott	TB	2	44	-3	46	-13.2%	44	-14.8%	50	231	195	1	70%
41-L.Neal	CIN	0	45	-4	47	-13.6%	45	-16.5%	27	101	119	1	70%
38-C.Martin	PHI	-3	46	-1	44	-15.5%	46	-14.4%	34	124	135	2	71%
28-C.Martin	NYJ	-13	47	-2	45	-17.3%	47	-14.3%	63	320	238	0	84%
34-J.Makovicka	ARI	-15	48	-16	51	-22.9%	51	-23.9%	28	95	85	1	57%
32-D.Bennett	WAS	-15	49	-15	50	-24.4%	52	-24.5%	25	112	71	0	60%
45-B.Hoover	CAR	-16	50	-14	49	-20.1%	48	-19.2%	47	185	153	0	55%
44-M.Edwards	NE	-17	51	-11	48	-21.5%	50	-18.9%	39	166	125	2	64%
34-G.Comella	NYG	-22	52	-19	52	-20.5%	49	-19.6%	55	253	194	1	71%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
40-F.Beasley	SF	-28	53	-27	53	-31.7%	56	-30.9%	28	98	55	0	57%
32-M.Wiley	DAL	-35	54	-29	54	-40.7%	57	-36.0%	27	99	21	1	59%
32-M.Pittman	ARI	-44	55	-43	57	-26.8%	54	-26.6%	65	264	152	0	65%
21-L.Tomlinson	SD	-46	56	-36	55	-25.0%	53	-22.7%	74	367	197	0	80%
34-R.Huntley	CAR	-46	57	-47	58	-43.3%	58	-43.9%	32	101	17	1	66%
33-D.Rhodes	IND	-49	58	-54	59	-30.2%	55	-31.8%	55	224	113	0	62%
44-C.Hetherington	CAR	-54	59	-42	56	-46.4%	59	-39.2%	35	124	7	1	66%

RECEIVING, OTHERS: 10-24 passes

Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
45-J.Robinson	STL	64	65	72.3%	74.4%	13	108	185	1	85%
47-B.Johnson	WAS	64	65	82.9%	84.6%	11	129	178	0	82%
26-D.McAllister	NO	63	67	47.0%	50.9%	20	166	204	1	75%
22-T.Jackson	SF	62	58	60.1%	55.9%	14	91	188	2	86%
21-A.Zereoue	PIT	53	55	65.4%	68.3%	14	154	156	1	93%
22-A.Stecker	TB	52	54	62.5%	64.3%	12	96	157	1	75%
24-T.Canidate	STL	37	33	13.7%	10.5%	23	154	173	0	74%
44-M.Sellers	CLE	35	31	23.9%	19.6%	13	73	137	2	54%
33-H.Morrow	MIN	33	30	19.5%	16.5%	18	142	138	0	72%
26-T.Jones	ARI	31	33	11.5%	13.3%	24	151	152	0	88%
21-J.Redmond	NE	28	27	11.9%	10.7%	21	132	137	0	62%
32-S.Gash	BAL	23	25	16.5%	19.9%	14	80	101	1	64%
34-D.Chapman	MIN	22	20	10.3%	7.9%	18	126	110	1	89%
29-J.Jackson	CLE	19	18	20.0%	19.7%	10	56	77	0	70%
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
35-P.Pass	NE	18	16	14.5%	11.5%	10	66	81	1	60%
27-R.Dayne	NYG	18	18	14.6%	15.3%	11	67	81	0	73%
45-C.FuamatuMa'afala	PIT	16	16	2.1%	1.8%	20	127	107	1	80%
28-C.Buckhalter	PHI	15	21	-0.3%	5.6%	21	130	110	0	62%
20-M.Green	TEN	11	7	4.1%	-2.3%	13	64	69	1	92%
44-R.Konrad	MIA	11	11	1.9%	1.9%	13	52	75	2	38%
36-S.Trejo	DET	10	10	0.7%	1.4%	10	61	68	0	50%
36-J.Bettis	PIT	9	11	6.8%	11.1%	10	48	53	0	80%
22-E.Smith	DAL	9	14	-6.6%	-2.5%	21	116	107	0	81%
37-A.Carter	DEN	2	1	-11.3%	-12.7%	16	83	67	0	69%
38-S.Bryson	BUF	0	4	-14.0%	-7.3%	11	59	45	0	82%
34-L.Jordan	NYJ	-2	-2	-16.8%	-18.4%	10	44	33	1	70%
32-R.Watters	SEA	-2	-3	-15.1%	-16.0%	22	107	88	0	50%
43-J.Cook	TB	-5	-7	-18.0%	-19.5%	23	89	79	0	74%
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
21-K.Coleman	DEN	-6	-9	-24.3%	-30.0%	11	45	29	0	55%
38-M.Anderson	DEN	-7	-3	-24.0%	-18.4%	12	46	33	0	67%
44-R.Thomas	DAL	-10	-8	-30.1%	-27.7%	10	19	22	1	50%
23-K.Carter	WAS	-12	-6	-25.2%	-20.0%	21	83	54	0	62%
42-T.Hambrick	DAL	-12	-8	-28.5%	-23.3%	12	62	33	1	33%
47-T.Wheatley	OAK	-12	-7	-27.4%	-21.9%	15	61	39	1	80%
49-J.Huggins	DAL	-15	-13	-36.3%	-34.3%	12	36	16	0	67%
30-T.Davis	DEN	-23	-25	-34.3%	-35.8%	21	69	33	1	57%
28-R.Jordan	OAK	-24	-22	-45.2%	-42.7%	15	63	5	0	60%
29-T.Allen	BAL	-24	-25	-35.3%	-35.4%	20	68	31	0	85%
44-F.McCrary	SD	-30	-28	-37.1%	-36.1%	23	71	30	0	57%
21-T.Biakabutuka	CAR	-33	-33	-53.1%	-53.1%	17	121	-12	0	71%
31-D.Shelton	CHI	-37	-39	-49.1%	-50.6%	18	76	-1	1	67%