| Player | Team | DYAR | YAR | DVOA | VOA | Runs | Yards | TD | FUM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Marshall | |||||||||||||
| S. Smith | |||||||||||||
| J. Cribbs | |||||||||||||
| R. Brown | |||||||||||||
| C. Ochocinco | |||||||||||||
| K. Walter | |||||||||||||
| D. Northcutt | |||||||||||||
| J. Cotchery | |||||||||||||
| M. Clayton | |||||||||||||
| B. Smith | |||||||||||||
| S. Holmes | |||||||||||||
| D. Hester | |||||||||||||
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Wide receivers are ranked according to DYAR, or Defense-adjusted Yards Above Replacement. This gives the value of the performance on plays where this WR 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 other statistic given is DVOA, or Defense-adjusted Value Over Average. This number represents value, per play, over an average WR in the same game situations. The more positive the DVOA rating, the better the player's performance. DVOA (and its cousin, VOA, which isn't adjusted based on opponent) is further explained here.
The simple version: DYAR means a wide receiver with more total value. DVOA means a wide receiver 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.
DYAR and DVOA include all passes intended for the receiver, both complete and incomplete. Catch Rate represents the percentage of passes to this receiver completed. This is a reference to incomplete passes, not dropped passes: dropped passes are not specified in publicly available play-by-play, and unfortunately we cannot yet correct for this.
Clicking on a player's name will bring you to his FO player page with advanced stats through the most recent season.
Regular season only.
Note for 1987: strikebreaker games (Weeks 4-6) are not included.
