RUNNING BACKS 2002

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, 44 players ranked

Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM	SucRate	Rk
31-P.Holmes	KC	539	1	535	1	31.2%	1	30.8%	313	1,615	2,040	21	1	55%	3
26-C.Portis	DEN	429	2	445	2	27.1%	2	28.5%	273	1,508	1,730	15	5	61%	1
25-C.Garner	OAK	254	3	278	4	25.6%	3	28.8%	182	978	1,053	7	0	55%	2
34-R.Williams	MIA	252	4	282	3	6.9%	9	8.7%	383	1,856	1,813	16	7	51%	8
21-L.Tomlinson	SD	216	5	226	5	5.0%	12	5.7%	372	1,685	1,717	14	2	46%	22
20-G.Hearst	SF	182	6	186	6	11.5%	5	12.0%	215	972	1,071	8	3	52%	7
28-M.Faulk	STL	178	7	171	8	11.0%	7	10.3%	213	958	1,071	8	2	51%	11
28-F.Taylor	JAC	169	8	169	9	7.0%	8	6.9%	287	1,314	1,210	8	2	44%	26
28-C.Martin	NYJ	152	9	168	10	6.4%	10	7.9%	261	1,094	1,118	7	0	44%	24
23-M.Bennett	MIN	145	10	174	7	5.8%	11	8.7%	255	1,296	1,103	5	3	51%	12
28-C.Dillon	CIN	140	11	124	12	2.0%	18	0.8%	315	1,283	1,364	7	6	49%	16
26-D.McAllister	NO	140	12	106	18	2.1%	17	-0.5%	325	1,383	1,351	13	4	43%	32
21-T.Barber	NYG	130	13	113	16	1.5%	19	0.2%	303	1,386	1,325	11	5	43%	31
30-A.Green	GB	126	14	107	17	2.1%	16	0.4%	286	1,241	1,224	7	3	46%	21
32-K.Barlow	SF	121	15	125	11	11.2%	6	11.9%	144	675	723	4	1	53%	5
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM	SucRate	Rk
37-S.Alexander	SEA	113	16	97	19	0.3%	21	-1.0%	295	1,175	1,279	16	2	42%	33
32-A.Smith	NE	106	17	119	14	1.1%	20	2.3%	252	985	1,116	6	2	50%	14
32-K.Watson	WAS	104	18	114	15	13.3%	4	15.5%	116	534	578	1	0	53%	6
20-T.Henry	BUF	90	19	124	13	-1.9%	25	0.6%	325	1,445	1,315	13	11	50%	13
36-J.Bettis	PIT	89	20	94	21	2.4%	15	3.0%	188	657	840	9	1	49%	17
34-J.Stewart	DET	79	21	88	22	0.1%	22	1.0%	231	1,021	913	4	0	41%	40
27-E.George	TEN	75	22	94	20	-3.4%	28	-2.1%	343	1,165	1,373	12	1	46%	20
31-J.Lewis	BAL	73	23	63	25	-2.8%	26	-3.7%	308	1,326	1,215	6	7	49%	15
48-S.Davis	WAS	71	24	59	27	-1.2%	24	-2.5%	207	820	938	7	4	51%	10
31-M.Shipp	ARI	69	25	59	26	0.0%	23	-1.2%	188	864	802	6	3	42%	34
45-T.Duckett	ATL	67	26	81	23	3.4%	14	6.0%	130	507	588	4	0	51%	9
22-D.Staley	PHI	61	27	57	28	-3.3%	27	-3.7%	268	1,030	1,091	5	1	47%	18
30-J.White	CLE	58	28	73	24	5.0%	13	8.4%	106	470	464	3	0	47%	19
47-T.Wheatley	OAK	24	29	35	29	-3.6%	29	-1.1%	108	427	447	2	1	54%	4
32-E.James	IND	20	30	8	30	-6.9%	30	-7.9%	277	989	1,045	2	2	45%	23
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM	SucRate	Rk
27-R.Dayne	NYG	4	31	0	31	-7.9%	31	-8.5%	125	428	483	3	1	42%	36
22-E.Smith	DAL	-16	32	-16	33	-10.1%	32	-10.1%	254	979	878	5	2	44%	29
28-W.Dunn	ATL	-25	33	-21	34	-11.1%	33	-10.7%	230	927	818	7	3	44%	27
21-A.Zereoue	PIT	-32	34	-13	32	-12.7%	34	-10.3%	193	762	615	4	1	40%	41
32-M.Pittman	TB	-36	35	-44	38	-13.0%	35	-14.2%	204	717	627	1	3	44%	30
26-T.Jones	ARI	-36	36	-53	40	-14.7%	36	-17.5%	138	511	450	2	3	41%	39
32-L.Johnson	CHI	-38	37	-34	35	-16.7%	39	-16.0%	103	325	337	1	1	42%	35
22-D.Brown	CAR	-46	38	-40	37	-19.2%	42	-17.8%	101	369	298	4	4	42%	37
40-M.Alstott	TB	-46	39	-46	39	-15.0%	38	-14.9%	146	548	544	5	2	44%	28
26-L.Smith	CAR	-50	40	-38	36	-14.7%	37	-13.3%	210	733	618	7	1	39%	42
20-J.Allen	HOU	-64	41	-72	42	-19.2%	43	-20.6%	155	519	411	0	1	33%	43
35-A.Thomas	CHI	-77	42	-69	41	-17.1%	40	-16.2%	214	725	653	6	5	44%	25
31-W.Green	CLE	-96	43	-74	43	-18.0%	41	-15.9%	243	889	716	6	3	42%	38
32-J.Wells	HOU	-229	44	-235	44	-38.1%	44	-39.0%	197	536	295	3	3	28%	44

RUSHING, OTHERS: 20-99 rushes

Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM
20-M.Williams	MIN	223	219	44.5%	43.5%	84	414	723	11	0
34-S.Mack	JAC	157	161	22.8%	23.5%	98	436	684	9	0
33-K.Faulk	NE	70	79	26.3%	31.0%	52	271	286	2	0
32-Z.Crockett	OAK	69	87	15.9%	22.5%	40	118	352	8	0
25-D.Levens	PHI	64	65	15.5%	15.8%	75	411	333	1	1
38-M.Anderson	DEN	63	64	7.5%	7.7%	84	386	438	2	2
35-R.Holcombe	TEN	47	50	16.0%	17.2%	47	242	242	0	0
38-M.Strong	SEA	47	48	27.5%	28.8%	23	94	187	0	0
28-T.Minor	MIA	46	44	17.6%	16.6%	44	180	224	2	0
44-B.Christian	ATL	45	44	23.8%	23.2%	31	119	193	3	0
32-M.Wiley	DAL	44	42	58.0%	55.1%	23	164	129	1	0
23-J.Mungro	IND	37	13	-0.4%	-5.7%	97	336	451	8	2
41-T.Fletcher	SD	34	36	24.3%	25.4%	26	128	146	1	0
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM
40-F.Beasley	SF	33	26	12.1%	7.6%	27	75	193	0	1
47-R.Edwards	MIA	31	35	29.6%	34.5%	20	107	119	1	0
20-M.Morris	SEA	27	28	13.3%	14.4%	32	153	149	0	0
44-N.Davenport	GB	21	19	4.1%	2.8%	39	186	176	1	1
36-B.Bennett	CIN	20	23	5.5%	7.3%	33	155	154	0	0
27-A.Stecker	TB	20	17	11.4%	8.7%	28	174	118	0	1
45-C.Fuamatu-Ma'afala	PIT	19	21	10.8%	12.7%	23	115	113	0	0
22-O.Gary	DEN	16	8	3.1%	-3.0%	37	147	146	1	0
49-T.Richardson	KC	13	11	4.7%	2.4%	22	81	103	2	1
44-M.Edwards	NE	11	14	-1.5%	0.1%	31	96	151	0	0
29-C.Taylor	BAL	7	2	-3.0%	-7.1%	33	122	118	0	0
45-B.Hoover	CAR	5	10	-5.6%	-1.7%	31	129	139	0	0
40-T.Fisher	GB	2	-5	-7.9%	-10.1%	70	283	265	2	1
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Runs	Yards	TrueYards	TD	FUM
36-B.Westbrook	PHI	-1	-5	-9.2%	-11.2%	46	192	162	0	1
31-A.Cason	DET	-4	-8	-12.5%	-17.8%	26	107	71	0	0
20-M.Green	TEN	-6	-2	-16.2%	-10.7%	21	71	55	0	0
46-L.Betts	WAS	-6	-9	-11.1%	-12.2%	65	307	215	1	1
42-T.Hambrick	DAL	-7	-1	-10.8%	-8.8%	79	309	275	1	1
20-D.Anderson	ARI	-11	-23	-21.8%	-37.5%	24	65	52	0	0
34-M.Cloud	KC	-24	-25	-18.5%	-18.9%	49	115	169	2	0
34-L.Gordon	STL	-50	-53	-26.6%	-27.5%	65	228	160	1	2
30-C.Schlesinger	DET	-53	-62	-31.6%	-35.7%	49	138	112	2	2
37-N.Goings	CAR	-55	-50	-37.3%	-34.8%	50	180	76	0	2
34-L.Jordan	NYJ	-97	-88	-34.0%	-31.5%	84	321	172	3	4

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
25-C.Garner	OAK	405	1	414	1	51.3%	1	52.7%	110	941	1,281	4	83%
31-P.Holmes	KC	267	2	260	2	45.6%	3	44.0%	81	672	874	3	86%
22-D.Staley	PHI	196	3	192	3	33.6%	7	32.8%	69	541	698	3	74%
34-L.Gordon	STL	140	4	142	4	49.4%	2	50.1%	38	278	448	3	79%
23-M.Bennett	MIN	135	5	141	5	41.9%	6	44.2%	41	351	453	1	90%
31-M.Shipp	ARI	134	6	137	6	44.2%	4	45.5%	50	420	439	3	78%
26-C.Portis	DEN	114	7	118	7	25.4%	11	26.9%	48	364	442	3	69%
27-E.George	TEN	112	8	102	11	29.7%	9	25.8%	46	255	415	2	78%
28-C.Martin	NYJ	107	9	107	8	21.6%	13	21.9%	56	362	434	0	88%
31-J.Lewis	BAL	101	10	102	10	21.8%	12	22.0%	60	458	413	1	78%
28-F.Taylor	JAC	101	11	90	14	18.4%	14	15.0%	57	408	431	1	86%
37-L.Centers	BUF	98	12	106	9	14.1%	16	16.4%	63	388	451	0	68%
34-R.Williams	MIA	96	13	97	12	15.9%	15	16.1%	59	363	431	1	80%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
33-W.Henderson	GB	89	14	89	15	31.1%	8	31.4%	32	168	325	3	81%
31-A.Cason	DET	79	15	83	16	43.9%	5	47.0%	32	288	259	2	59%
33-K.Faulk	NE	78	16	91	13	12.7%	18	17.3%	53	379	370	3	70%
44-R.Konrad	MIA	75	17	74	17	12.8%	17	12.2%	45	233	358	3	76%
21-T.Barber	NYG	66	18	68	19	-0.1%	27	0.3%	95	598	481	1	73%
28-W.Dunn	ATL	66	19	68	21	5.6%	22	6.2%	65	386	377	2	77%
28-M.Faulk	STL	65	20	67	22	-1.6%	29	-1.3%	102	535	516	3	78%
36-S.Pritchett	CHI	64	21	63	24	26.7%	10	25.9%	27	165	246	1	70%
37-S.Alexander	SEA	64	22	63	23	1.1%	26	0.9%	78	460	439	2	76%
32-A.Smith	NE	63	23	68	20	12.4%	19	14.6%	42	243	300	2	74%
20-R.Anderson	NYJ	61	24	56	25	5.0%	23	3.4%	56	257	359	2	80%
30-A.Green	GB	55	25	71	18	-0.6%	28	3.3%	74	393	408	2	77%
21-A.Zereoue	PIT	43	26	42	27	1.3%	25	0.9%	53	341	291	0	79%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
20-T.Henry	BUF	39	27	47	26	-2.5%	33	0.0%	59	309	320	1	73%
26-D.McAllister	NO	38	28	37	31	-4.5%	37	-4.8%	74	352	367	3	64%
41-L.Neal	CIN	35	29	39	29	6.4%	21	8.4%	29	133	198	1	72%
28-C.Dillon	CIN	35	30	31	33	-3.5%	35	-4.8%	61	298	316	1	70%
35-D.Kreider	PIT	35	31	32	32	11.3%	20	9.1%	25	122	173	1	72%
20-J.Allen	HOU	35	32	27	35	-1.7%	30	-4.4%	57	302	275	0	82%
44-M.Edwards	NE	32	33	39	28	3.1%	24	7.2%	32	196	198	0	72%
32-M.Pittman	TB	30	34	39	30	-7.3%	40	-5.5%	86	477	392	0	69%
20-M.Williams	MIN	24	35	25	36	-2.9%	34	-2.6%	42	231	208	0	67%
32-K.Watson	WAS	24	36	29	34	-1.8%	31	0.7%	43	253	194	2	74%
45-B.Hoover	CAR	21	37	23	37	-2.2%	32	-1.4%	30	187	176	2	57%
38-M.Strong	SEA	19	38	18	39	-3.5%	36	-4.3%	32	120	174	3	69%
40-F.Beasley	SF	15	39	17	40	-6.1%	39	-5.2%	32	152	174	1	69%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
48-S.Davis	WAS	15	40	8	44	-5.8%	38	-9.4%	33	142	161	1	70%
21-L.Tomlinson	SD	13	41	20	38	-11.4%	46	-10.3%	101	489	427	1	78%
40-M.Alstott	TB	13	42	13	41	-9.3%	44	-9.4%	48	242	235	2	73%
26-L.Smith	CAR	7	43	10	42	-8.8%	42	-6.6%	26	168	115	0	77%
32-L.Johnson	CHI	7	44	5	47	-8.9%	43	-10.4%	26	125	117	0	62%
25-D.Levens	PHI	7	45	5	46	-8.4%	41	-9.7%	28	124	107	1	68%
32-M.Wiley	DAL	6	46	8	45	-9.4%	45	-8.5%	29	144	118	0	45%
30-J.White	CLE	6	47	5	48	-12.4%	48	-12.8%	86	452	307	0	73%
34-J.Stewart	DET	6	48	-2	50	-12.4%	47	-14.3%	70	333	299	2	66%
30-C.Schlesinger	DET	-2	49	8	43	-14.6%	49	-11.3%	54	263	234	0	65%
20-G.Hearst	SF	-4	50	4	49	-14.8%	50	-12.8%	69	317	259	1	70%
44-F.McCrary	SD	-6	51	-9	51	-17.5%	51	-19.0%	31	96	111	3	71%
26-T.Jones	ARI	-17	52	-22	53	-25.2%	53	-28.0%	30	113	73	0	67%
Player	Team	DYAR	Rk	YAR	Rk	DVOA	Rk	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
37-N.Goings	CAR	-19	53	-14	52	-28.4%	55	-24.1%	29	105	56	0	62%
36-B.Bennett	CIN	-20	54	-26	54	-30.2%	56	-35.9%	25	109	45	0	72%
35-A.Thomas	CHI	-27	55	-27	55	-25.7%	54	-25.4%	41	163	108	0	59%
32-E.James	IND	-28	56	-29	56	-20.1%	52	-20.3%	80	352	266	1	76%
31-W.Green	CLE	-47	57	-49	58	-42.8%	58	-43.9%	27	113	19	0	59%
22-D.Brown	CAR	-50	58	-42	57	-42.0%	57	-37.4%	33	86	24	1	52%

RECEIVING, OTHERS: 10-24 passes

Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
45-J.Simon	TEN	112	112	108.7%	108.3%	17	167	298	3	94%
47-R.Edwards	MIA	67	70	49.2%	51.8%	23	126	216	1	78%
22-O.Gary	DEN	59	56	48.3%	44.6%	20	148	191	0	90%
38-M.Anderson	DEN	57	58	21.5%	21.7%	24	167	234	2	75%
40-R.Cartwright	WAS	52	54	53.7%	56.5%	13	121	163	1	85%
29-C.Taylor	BAL	50	48	32.0%	29.5%	22	129	182	2	64%
46-L.Betts	WAS	50	49	50.2%	48.8%	17	154	160	0	71%
34-L.Jordan	NYJ	46	48	21.4%	23.4%	23	160	187	0	74%
33-J.Sowell	NYJ	45	43	43.2%	40.5%	13	85	151	1	69%
49-T.Richardson	KC	42	39	19.3%	17.0%	23	125	179	1	78%
34-S.Mack	JAC	40	37	44.2%	38.9%	13	92	133	0	85%
34-J.Makovicka	ARI	36	33	9.7%	7.6%	19	81	183	3	79%
45-C.Stackhouse	NYG	30	28	10.0%	8.4%	18	88	153	3	72%
20-M.Green	TEN	29	27	35.9%	31.7%	10	57	102	1	70%
32-K.Barlow	SF	27	32	7.2%	11.6%	21	136	146	1	67%
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
47-B.Johnson	WAS	21	23	5.1%	6.7%	19	114	123	0	79%
35-R.Holcombe	TEN	19	16	27.3%	19.7%	11	87	74	0	91%
45-T.Duckett	ATL	16	13	11.7%	6.7%	11	61	80	0	82%
44-B.Christian	ATL	11	11	-5.8%	-5.9%	24	174	118	0	54%
21-L.Warren	DET	8	6	-2.2%	-5.1%	12	56	67	2	33%
36-B.Westbrook	PHI	5	4	-5.9%	-7.2%	13	86	51	0	69%
44-R.Thomas	DAL	5	5	-9.4%	-8.9%	16	80	87	0	75%
39-A.Ricard	BAL	3	3	-9.1%	-9.0%	14	60	57	0	71%
42-J.Hodgins	STL	2	2	-11.0%	-10.2%	10	47	47	0	90%
33-G.Comella	TEN	1	-8	-13.2%	-21.5%	15	70	73	0	67%
44-N.Davenport	GB	-1	5	-15.4%	-5.9%	9	33	41	0	56%
32-J.Wells	HOU	-1	-4	-16.1%	-20.5%	12	48	38	0	75%
42-T.Kirby	OAK	-3	-8	-16.6%	-21.6%	22	115	71	1	77%
47-J.Baxter	HOU	-3	-3	-19.4%	-19.1%	10	33	36	1	50%
27-A.Stecker	TB	-4	-8	-19.2%	-23.8%	16	69	49	0	81%
Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	TrueYards	TD	CatchRate
32-Ru.Johnson	CIN	-5	-10	-22.1%	-30.5%	10	34	31	0	60%
23-J.Mungro	IND	-6	-9	-20.5%	-23.2%	16	81	54	0	81%
44-H.Evans	SEA	-8	-8	-25.0%	-26.0%	12	41	34	0	67%
27-R.Dayne	NYG	-10	-8	-29.0%	-26.5%	12	49	26	0	92%
23-D.Blaylock	KC	-11	-10	-32.1%	-29.6%	10	47	21	0	50%
48-J.Fenderson	NO	-15	-20	-38.9%	-46.9%	10	38	12	0	60%
41-T.Fletcher	SD	-18	-15	-34.3%	-30.1%	17	62	26	0	59%
47-T.Wheatley	OAK	-22	-22	-35.0%	-35.6%	20	71	29	0	60%
22-E.Smith	DAL	-27	-28	-35.7%	-36.6%	24	91	32	1	67%
38-C.Martin	PHI	-30	-30	-34.4%	-34.4%	22	126	42	0	68%
40-J.Ritchie	OAK	-40	-45	-48.6%	-52.8%	21	66	0	1	48%
44-T.Smith	NO	-46	-48	-69.5%	-72.8%	13	30	-36	0	69%
42-T.Hambrick	DAL	-50	-47	-58.7%	-55.9%	24	99	-23	0	88%
40-T.Fisher	GB	-52	-41	-57.1%	-48.3%	22	70	-21	0	82%