2020 NFL RUNNING BACK RATINGS

Regular season totals, through Week 8

Revised as of 11/3/2020

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.

The next statistic given is DVOA, or Defense-adjusted Value Over Average. This number represents value, per play, over an average running back 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.

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

Because it is still early in the season, opponent adjustments are at 80% strength and will increase each week until they hit 100% after Week 10.

Effective Yards, listed in red, translate DVOA into a yards per attempt figure. This provides an easy comparison: in general, players with more Effective Yards than standard yards played better than standard stats would otherwise indicate, while players with fewer Effective Yards than standard yards played worse than standard stats would otherwise indicate. Effective Yards 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. It is not adjusted for opponent.

  • 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.) Be aware that one will affect the other.
  • All fumbles are considered equal, whether recovered by the offense or defense.

Clicking on a player's name will bring you to his FO player page with advanced stats through the most recent season.

RUSHING: Minimum 64 rushes, 32 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM Suc
Rate		 Rk
D.Cook MIN 193 1 207 1 26.8% 1 29.3% 122 652 781 10 1 57% 5
D.Henry TEN 154 2 170 2 13.3% 7 15.6% 161 775 857 8 0 56% 9
D.Henderson LAR 141 3 128 3 24.0% 2 21.2% 95 458 599 3 0 63% 3
R.Jones TB 126 4 119 4 17.1% 6 15.6% 117 529 628 4 0 57% 8
J.Conner PIT 92 5 60 11 10.8% 9 4.2% 110 498 557 5 1 54% 14
A.Gibson WAS 90 6 85 6 17.4% 5 16.0% 84 371 443 4 0 51% 22
K.Hunt CLE 86 7 77 8 9.1% 10 7.4% 115 529 555 3 1 55% 10
K.Drake ARI 84 8 67 10 7.5% 11 4.3% 119 512 587 4 0 54% 12
M.Sanders PHI 79 9 57 12 17.6% 4 10.1% 71 434 390 3 2 54% 15
G.Edwards BAL 78 10 56 13 20.3% 3 12.5% 64 305 357 2 0 55% 11
A.Jones GB 69 11 33 17 12.1% 8 1.4% 75 389 398 5 1 57% 7
J.Robinson JAX 58 12 87 5 4.5% 15 11.1% 107 481 474 4 0 52% 19
M.Gordon DEN 55 13 19 21 6.8% 13 -3.3% 90 360 399 4 1 42% 31
M.Brown LAR 54 14 52 15 7.4% 12 7.0% 75 314 375 3 0 52% 20
A.Kamara NO 51 15 80 7 5.1% 14 12.8% 87 431 406 4 1 53% 18
E.Elliott DAL 48 16 -8 24 -1.0% 18 -9.9% 132 521 620 6 4 53% 17
J.Williams GB 32 17 31 18 2.0% 16 1.7% 68 294 311 1 0 57% 6
L.Murray NO 31 18 54 14 1.2% 17 8.3% 71 282 325 2 0 63% 2
D.Montgomery CHI 29 19 -19 30 -3.0% 19 -12.3% 117 442 489 1 0 43% 29
M.Davis CAR 9 20 -11 28 -6.2% 20 -11.7% 84 350 328 2 1 46% 25
J.Mixon CIN 7 21 -30 31 -7.3% 23 -14.3% 119 428 459 3 1 46% 26
C.Carson SEA 6 22 71 9 -6.6% 21 13.4% 66 323 287 3 1 68% 1
J.Taylor IND 6 23 17 22 -7.3% 22 -4.8% 100 389 391 3 0 44% 28
F.Gore NYJ 5 24 -10 27 -7.4% 24 -11.0% 96 340 345 0 0 48% 24
C.Edwards-Helaire KC 4 25 44 16 -7.7% 25 -0.3% 121 572 465 2 0 54% 13
M.Gaskin MIA -1 26 -10 26 -8.8% 26 -10.6% 100 387 399 2 1 59% 4
A.Peterson DET -2 27 -18 29 -9.1% 28 -13.7% 85 321 296 2 0 36% 32
Da.Johnson HOU -2 28 2 23 -9.1% 27 -8.1% 101 392 389 3 0 45% 27
D.Singletary BUF -21 29 28 19 -13.8% 30 -1.7% 93 384 316 1 0 52% 21
T.Gurley ATL -24 30 19 20 -12.5% 29 -5.4% 139 530 483 8 1 49% 23
J.Jacobs LV -40 31 -9 25 -14.7% 31 -10.0% 147 522 506 5 1 53% 16
J.Kelley LAC -111 32 -81 32 -37.8% 32 -29.9% 82 264 146 1 2 43% 30

RUSHING, OTHERS: 12-63 rushes

Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM
J.K.Dobbins BAL 99 69 50.6% 32.8% 40 267 304 2 0
N.Chubb CLE 62 72 18.5% 23.0% 57 335 298 4 1
T.Pollard DAL 49 36 22.4% 14.2% 38 149 214 1 0
D.Harris NE 46 64 13.3% 21.7% 49 279 256 1 0
D.Swift DET 45 40 16.7% 13.9% 41 186 227 4 0
J.Richard LV 45 37 81.4% 66.2% 13 80 116 1 0
C.Edmonds ARI 44 37 21.9% 17.2% 29 176 196 1 1
W.Gallman NYG 43 24 19.2% 6.6% 37 154 203 2 0
S.Michel NE 39 52 25.4% 36.6% 26 173 163 1 0
J.Jackson LAC 34 3 12.2% -6.9% 45 185 198 0 0
J.D.McKissic WAS 31 30 16.3% 15.6% 32 151 159 0 0
C.McCaffrey CAR 31 46 8.0% 16.0% 41 156 211 4 0
J.Wilson SF 29 44 8.5% 17.5% 38 163 192 4 0
J.McKinnon SF 28 12 7.1% -2.0% 47 209 196 4 0
M.Ingram BAL 24 42 2.8% 11.0% 50 225 223 2 0
R.Mostert SF 24 35 2.6% 7.6% 51 303 224 1 0
L.Fournette TB 23 19 2.6% 0.6% 50 225 215 2 0
A.Mattison MIN 22 5 0.7% -6.3% 57 253 244 1 0
A.Ekeler LAC 21 68 1.9% 26.2% 49 248 201 1 0
G.Bernard CIN 19 11 1.5% -2.4% 40 143 190 2 0
P.Lindsay DEN 17 58 1.6% 25.5% 45 287 173 1 0
J.McNichols TEN 15 31 10.1% 29.3% 21 137 96 0 0
R.Burkhead NE 15 38 -0.2% 12.4% 45 180 179 2 0
C.Hyde SEA 14 29 1.5% 11.4% 31 125 147 2 0
D.Booker LV 14 18 4.4% 8.2% 25 155 115 0 1
T.Cohen CHI 13 13 16.9% 15.5% 14 74 67 0 0
J.Hasty SF 11 5 -0.2% -4.9% 32 132 135 1 1
J.J.Taylor NE 8 22 4.9% 27.8% 16 70 66 0 0
R.Bonnafon CAR 7 14 7.2% 22.9% 12 69 49 0 0
Z.Moss BUF 4 20 -6.2% 1.9% 43 186 168 2 0
AJ Dillon GB 3 6 -5.6% -1.8% 23 97 81 0 0
R.Freeman DEN 1 5 -7.3% -2.8% 20 68 83 0 0
C.Clement PHI 0 -2 -8.3% -11.8% 18 63 56 0 0
L.Perine NYJ 0 2 -8.6% -7.7% 41 150 165 1 0
K.Johnson DET -1 7 -9.7% -2.8% 25 80 94 1 0
D.Dallas SEA -3 -19 -11.3% -28.3% 20 49 78 1 0
D.Lewis NYG -3 -15 -13.0% -29.0% 16 54 60 1 1
Dar.Williams KC -4 6 -12.2% -2.9% 20 80 85 1 0
D.Freeman NYG -4 -14 -10.4% -15.0% 54 172 185 1 0
D.Johnson CLE -5 -7 -14.0% -15.6% 29 142 77 0 1
S.Perine CIN -6 -9 -19.2% -23.2% 12 35 40 1 0
D.Thompson KC -8 -10 -23.7% -27.1% 13 52 32 0 1
J.Wilkins IND -9 -11 -12.6% -13.6% 49 183 169 1 0
A.McFarland PIT -9 -7 -28.7% -24.4% 14 57 25 0 0
B.Hill ATL -12 -1 -14.1% -9.2% 48 219 160 1 1
C.Akers LAR -13 -7 -17.5% -13.4% 35 148 105 0 0
J.White NE -15 -7 -35.9% -20.4% 14 51 23 0 0
I.Smith ATL -17 -10 -46.0% -31.0% 12 41 12 0 0
T.Coleman SF -18 -30 -30.3% -44.1% 21 50 43 0 0
B.Snell PIT -20 -31 -18.0% -23.2% 44 167 148 2 2
T.Homer SEA -21 -16 -40.9% -33.3% 19 72 21 0 0
B.Scott PHI -22 -32 -20.3% -25.8% 48 186 126 0 1
S.Barkley NYG -22 -50 -38.5% -75.6% 19 34 28 0 0
N.Hines IND -22 -29 -27.9% -33.3% 31 89 63 1 0
L.Bell 2TM -24 -23 -25.9% -25.3% 31 120 80 0 0
M.Breida MIA -25 -27 -25.7% -27.2% 37 128 84 0 1
Du.Johnson HOU -27 -18 -46.8% -33.3% 18 54 17 0 0
P.Barber WAS -34 -41 -26.8% -30.4% 38 81 107 2 0
J.Howard MIA -37 -25 -45.2% -32.9% 18 14 27 3 0

RECEIVING: Minimum 16 passes, 43 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 EYds TD Catch
Rate		 FUM
A.Kamara NO 183 1 181 1 35.9% 4 35.5% 66 556 639 3 83% 0
C.Edmonds ARI 89 2 80 2 32.7% 5 28.2% 32 222 319 2 81% 1
K.Hunt CLE 75 3 61 7 37.1% 3 27.2% 25 113 261 4 72% 0
C.Carson SEA 69 4 68 5 29.8% 7 28.7% 25 147 257 3 88% 0
J.McKinnon SF 67 5 55 9 31.4% 6 23.3% 29 157 246 1 72% 0
N.Hines IND 67 6 72 3 24.5% 10 27.3% 32 200 263 3 81% 0
J.Robinson JAX 63 7 70 4 23.7% 11 27.6% 32 225 250 2 84% 1
M.Davis CAR 61 8 51 10 9.8% 16 5.9% 43 244 312 2 88% 0
A.Ekeler LAC 55 9 62 6 45.3% 1 53.2% 17 144 179 0 100% 0
J.Taylor IND 53 10 51 11 27.7% 8 25.7% 20 171 202 0 90% 0
D.Henderson LAR 52 11 48 12 40.9% 2 36.9% 16 120 176 1 67% 0
J.Jackson LAC 42 12 41 15 24.9% 9 23.6% 19 131 166 0 79% 0
G.Bernard CIN 42 13 56 8 11.4% 15 19.7% 29 190 207 2 83% 0
J.Williams GB 41 14 36 18 12.4% 14 9.4% 25 183 195 0 92% 0
A.Jones GB 38 15 41 14 9.5% 18 11.3% 28 161 196 2 64% 0
R.Burkhead NE 37 16 38 16 15.7% 13 16.1% 22 141 168 1 73% 0
M.Gaskin MIA 36 17 35 19 4.3% 22 3.8% 35 198 214 0 86% 0
D.Swift DET 35 18 36 17 9.7% 17 10.8% 29 174 177 1 79% 0
D.Montgomery CHI 29 19 43 13 -1.1% 26 4.6% 38 200 226 1 71% 0
J.White NE 27 20 23 22 6.6% 20 3.4% 25 171 150 0 84% 0
B.Scott PHI 26 21 23 21 16.1% 12 12.4% 17 103 117 1 71% 0
D.Lewis NYG 23 22 2 30 7.1% 19 -12.0% 20 73 124 1 60% 0
Da.Johnson HOU 21 23 29 20 0.7% 23 5.6% 24 161 149 1 67% 1
D.Cook MIN 20 24 22 23 6.2% 21 8.3% 19 127 110 1 74% 0
J.Mixon CIN 16 25 11 26 -2.9% 27 -6.1% 26 138 138 1 81% 0
B.Hill ATL 14 26 14 24 0.4% 24 -0.1% 19 111 101 0 84% 0
C.Thompson JAX 11 27 13 25 -0.6% 25 1.0% 19 111 85 1 84% 0
T.Pollard DAL 6 28 1 31 -7.3% 28 -12.4% 17 77 77 0 71% 0
J.Conner PIT 5 29 3 29 -10.4% 29 -11.8% 23 125 102 0 78% 0
J.K.Dobbins BAL 0 30 -1 32 -14.1% 30 -14.5% 16 82 61 0 75% 0
D.Singletary BUF -1 31 10 27 -14.4% 31 -7.5% 30 159 117 0 70% 0
J.D.McKissic WAS -2 32 -2 34 -14.8% 32 -14.7% 33 183 117 0 76% 1
C.Edwards-Helaire KC -4 33 -5 35 -15.8% 33 -16.4% 38 204 142 0 66% 0
J.Jacobs LV -8 34 -1 33 -20.1% 34 -14.7% 25 122 74 0 72% 0
L.Fournette TB -15 35 4 28 -27.6% 37 -9.8% 21 100 47 0 76% 0
M.Brown LAR -15 36 -25 38 -26.5% 36 -34.1% 21 79 55 0 67% 0
E.Elliott DAL -17 37 -19 37 -20.2% 35 -20.9% 48 220 158 1 71% 1
A.Gibson WAS -24 38 -15 36 -31.9% 38 -25.1% 23 147 46 0 83% 1
T.Gurley ATL -31 39 -36 40 -42.6% 39 -46.8% 20 77 13 0 65% 1
D.Henry TEN -34 40 -27 39 -43.2% 40 -37.7% 18 81 13 0 56% 0
M.Sanders PHI -45 41 -48 41 -46.3% 41 -48.4% 25 91 6 0 48% 0
R.Jones TB -63 42 -66 42 -51.5% 42 -53.1% 31 109 -11 0 71% 1
M.Gordon DEN -68 43 -74 43 -64.7% 43 -69.6% 26 78 -45 1 73% 2

RECEIVING, OTHERS: 6-15 passes

Player Team DYAR YAR DVOA VOA Passes Yards EYds TD Catch
Rate		 FUM
A.Ingold LV 64 65 93.4% 95.2% 10 91 174 1 80% 0
R.Mostert SF 64 69 84.8% 92.8% 12 150 178 1 92% 0
J.Wilson SF 40 47 114.5% 138.5% 7 75 104 1 86% 0
L.Murray NO 38 35 52.2% 46.4% 12 91 116 0 83% 0
M.Breida MIA 36 35 52.7% 50.1% 8 79 113 0 88% 0
C.McCaffrey CAR 27 38 45.1% 68.3% 9 67 88 0 78% 0
K.Juszczyk SF 24 34 16.5% 28.5% 14 114 108 0 64% 0
Z.Moss BUF 23 21 33.1% 30.0% 8 41 81 1 75% 0
D.Dallas SEA 22 16 26.0% 15.7% 10 50 86 1 90% 0
J.Kelley LAC 18 27 8.4% 19.9% 15 110 95 0 93% 0
R.Freeman DEN 17 20 23.2% 29.3% 8 58 68 0 88% 0
A.Peterson DET 16 13 21.7% 14.2% 9 55 67 0 78% 0
T.Ervin GB 15 10 9.4% 1.9% 9 33 79 0 67% 0
K.Johnson DET 14 15 25.0% 27.3% 7 43 54 1 71% 0
L.Bell 2TM 13 12 23.3% 20.5% 6 70 51 0 100% 1
A.Mattison MIN 13 22 7.8% 24.0% 11 61 68 0 82% 0
S.Barkley NYG 11 10 5.9% 4.6% 9 60 61 0 67% 0
D.Booker LV 10 15 14.0% 25.7% 8 60 48 0 100% 0
K.Ballage NYJ 8 10 6.6% 11.1% 10 67 46 0 90% 0
C.Hyde SEA 2 4 -7.8% -4.8% 7 34 34 0 86% 0
D.Freeman NYG 1 -2 -11.5% -16.5% 10 58 45 0 70% 0
Dar.Williams KC 0 4 -13.5% -8.7% 13 57 51 0 62% 0
W.Gallman NYG -1 -6 -15.4% -24.6% 12 59 31 0 92% 0
J.Richard LV -6 -4 -22.5% -19.3% 14 71 35 0 79% 0
K.Vaughn TB -6 -12 -30.9% -46.0% 7 27 13 1 57% 1
T.Cohen CHI -9 -12 -32.5% -37.8% 9 41 16 0 67% 0
I.Smith ATL -10 -10 -29.7% -29.6% 10 43 24 0 70% 0
T.Pope LAC -10 -9 -37.8% -35.6% 7 28 9 0 71% 0
F.Gore NYJ -12 -9 -34.9% -29.0% 9 35 16 0 67% 0
L.Perine NYJ -16 -19 -40.8% -46.5% 10 30 9 0 80% 0
L.McCoy TB -17 -12 -35.7% -29.3% 14 61 21 0 71% 0
K.Smith ATL -18 -18 -63.7% -65.5% 6 11 -11 0 67% 0
K.Drake ARI -19 -28 -45.7% -60.8% 10 29 3 0 70% 0
J.McNichols TEN -19 -16 -65.8% -56.1% 7 19 -13 0 57% 0
Du.Johnson HOU -23 -16 -45.8% -36.1% 13 77 4 0 77% 1