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RUSHING: Minimum 100 rushes

Player	Team	DYAR		YAR		DVOA		VOA		Runs	Yards	EYds		TD	FUM	Suc Rate
D. Henry	TEN	1	386	1	462	10	15.5%	4	20.3%	377	2,027	1	2,002	17	3	7	57%
D. Cook	MIN	2	335	2	299	8	15.6%	10	13.0%	312	1,557	2	1,738	16	4	10	56%
N. Chubb	CLE	3	276	4	257	2	25.5%	3	23.2%	191	1,067	4	1,145	12	1	20	52%
A. Jones	GB	4	254	8	190	5	20.3%	11	12.9%	201	1,104	3	1,170	9	1	5	59%
A. Kamara	NO	5	253	3	272	3	23.1%	1	25.4%	187	932	6	1,098	16	1	15	54%
J. Dobbins
R. Jones
A. Gibson
D. Henderson
G. Edwards
C. Carson
W. Gallman
L. Murray
J. Taylor
M. Sanders
D. Swift
D. Harris
T. Pollard
M. Brown
E. Elliott
J. Wilson
J. Robinson
D. Johnson
K. Hunt
A. Peterson
J. Williams
M. Gordon
K. Drake
R. Mostert
D. Montgomery
M. Davis
Z. Moss
C. Edwards-Helaire
J. Conner
B. Hill
M. Gaskin
J. Mixon
D. Singletary
A. Ekeler
G. Bernard
C. Akers
F. Gore
J. Jacobs
T. Gurley
P. Lindsay
B. Snell
J. Kelley

RUSHING: 20-99 rushes

Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Runs	Yards	EYds	TD	FUM
S. Michel	NE	94	94	19.9%	19.9%	79	449	438	1	0
A. Morris	NYG	61	35	19.4%	7.4%	55	238	285	1	0
R. Burkhead	NE	60	67	12.9%	15.4%	67	274	339	3	0
J. McKissic	WAS	57	40	7.7%	3.0%	85	365	390	1	1
A. Dillon	GB	56	61	21.6%	23.9%	46	242	251	2	0
J. McKinnon
C. Hyde
J. Richard
L. Fournette
C. Edmonds
J. Jackson
J. Adams
C. McCaffrey
S. Perine
L. Bell
D. Ogunbowale
B. Scott
R. Freeman
D. Booker
D. Foreman
A. Mattison
N. Hines
D. Williams
I. Smith
R. Smith
D. Lewis
J. Taylor
D. Dallas
C. Clement
T. Johnson
M. Ingram
T. Williams
D. Freeman
J. Hasty
D. Johnson
P. Barber
J. McNichols
S. Ahmed
L. Perine
K. Johnson
M. Breida
D. Thompson
K. Vaughn
J. White
A. McFarland
D. Washington
J. Wilkins
T. Homer
T. Coleman
K. Ballage
J. Howard
D. Johnson

RECEIVING: Minimum 25 passes

Player	Team	DYAR		YAR		DVOA		VOA		Passes	Yards	EYds		TD	Catch Rate		FUM
A. Kamara	NO	1	195	1	194	11	19.1%	11	18.9%	107	756	1	825	5	24	78%	0
N. Hines	IND	2	158	2	173	5	23.7%	4	27.2%	76	482	2	627	4	8	83%	0
K. Hunt	CLE	3	148	6	122	3	35.1%	5	26.5%	51	304	5	521	6	29	75%	1
M. Gaskin	MIA	4	137	4	134	1	37.8%	1	36.8%	47	388	8	472	2	4	87%	0
C. Edmonds	ARI	5	135	5	128	4	24.0%	6	22.1%	67	402	3	527	4	20	79%	1
D. Montgomery
A. Ekeler
C. Carson
D. Swift
J. McKinnon
J. Taylor
K. Johnson
K. Juszczyk
J. White
J. Williams
D. Cook
M. Davis
J. Robinson
L. Murray
D. Henderson
R. Burkhead
G. Bernard
B. Scott
D. Johnson
E. Elliott
J. Wilson
D. Singletary
J. McKissic
D. Johnson
A. Jones
B. Hill
D. Lewis
J. Jacobs
J. Mixon
T. Pollard
K. Drake
D. Williams
C. Edwards-Helaire
M. Brown
L. Fournette
W. Gallman
K. Ballage
J. Conner
T. Gurley
A. Gibson
M. Sanders
D. Henry
I. Smith
R. Jones
M. Gordon

RECEIVING: 10-24 passes

Player	Team	DYAR	YAR	DVOA	VOA	Passes	Yards	EYds	TD	Catch Rate	FUM
N. Chubb	CLE	63	58	52.7%	47.7%	18	150	198	0	89%	0
C. McCaffrey	CAR	60	76	42.5%	57.3%	20	149	202	1	89%	0
A. Mattison	MIN	53	62	52.9%	63.1%	15	125	168	1	87%	0
J. Jackson	LAC	50	48	23.1%	21.7%	24	173	201	0	79%	0
C. Ham	MIN	47	44	46.2%	43.4%	13	97	152	1	62%	0
C. Akers
M. Breida
A. Ingold
T. Homer
R. Mostert
G. Edwards
C. Thompson
T. Ervin
D. Dallas
Z. Moss
J. Kelley
A. Peterson
J. Richard
P. Laird
S. Perine
T. Johnson
L. Bell
R. Freeman
P. Ricard
F. Gore
D. Thompson
R. Smith
D. Freeman
T. Pope
J. Wilkins
L. Perine
J. Dobbins
S. Ahmed
K. Smith
B. Snell
J. Samuels
D. Washington
L. McCoy
C. Hyde
K. Vaughn
D. Booker
J. McNichols
D. Ogunbowale
P. Lindsay

This table explained

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.

Effective Yards (EYds) 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.

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Regular season only.

Note for 1987: strikebreaker games (Weeks 4-6) are not included.