Overall Running Back Rankings after Week Ten

Running Backs Ranked in terms of Net Points per game and Rushing Yards per game

minimum 10 rushing attempts per game (90 attempts for the season)

Net Points = Points Created by Yards, Plays, and Fumbles Lost

in 2007, running backs with at least 160 attempts averaged 2.50 Net Points per game

Wins Produced = Wins Produced by Yards, Plays, and Fumbles Lost

RB Score = All Yards – 3*All Plays – 30*Fumbles Lost

All Yards = Rushing Yards + Receiving Yards

All Plays = Rushing Attempts + Receptions

Data taken from Yahoo.com

Running Backs

Net Points

per Game

Rank

Rush Yards

per Game

Rank

Rushing

Yards

Rushing

Attempts

Rushing

Average

Rushing

Yards

per Game

All

Yards

All

Plays

Fumbles

Lost

Net

Points

per game

Net Points

per play

RB

Score

Wins

Produced

Clinton Portis

1

2

995

200

5.0

110.6

1,145

218

1

4.62

0.191

461

1.100

Frank Gore

2

7

728

159

4.6

80.9

1,045

192

1

4.35

0.204

439

1.037

Steven Jackson

3

10

525

128

4.1

75.0

784

153

1

3.82

0.175

295

0.706

Adrian Peterson

4

1

1,015

206

4.9

112.8

1,113

221

3

3.62

0.147

360

0.852

Chris Johnson

5

8

723

160

4.5

80.3

902

186

0

3.55

0.172

344

0.850

Matt Forte

6

9

713

189

3.8

79.2

995

226

0

3.42

0.136

317

0.819

Brandon Jacobs

7

4

806

153

5.3

89.6

837

158

1

3.32

0.189

333

0.790

Brian Westbrook

8

18

448

109

4.1

64.0

655

138

0

3.23

0.164

241

0.601

LaDainian Tomlinson

9

13

629

164

3.8

69.9

883

197

0

3.12

0.143

292

0.747

Maurice Jones-Drew

10

24

433

98

4.4

48.1

686

126

0

3.07

0.219

308

0.735

Michael Turner

11

3

890

203

4.4

98.9

901

207

0

3.04

0.132

280

0.728

Thomas Jones

12

6

750

160

4.7

83.3

854

180

1

2.95

0.147

284

0.701

DeAngelo Williams

13

12

662

139

4.8

73.6

741

152

0

2.94

0.174

285

0.703

Steve Slaton

14

20

545

124

4.4

60.6

743

156

0

2.86

0.165

275

0.684

Marion Barber

15

11

665

172

3.9

73.9

929

205

2

2.69

0.118

254

0.635

Julius Jones

16

15

597

129

4.6

66.3

668

142

0

2.53

0.160

242

0.605

Ronnie Brown

17

22

504

128

3.9

56.0

674

147

0

2.46

0.151

233

0.590

Kevin Smith

18

27

401

93

4.3

44.6

590

118

0

2.41

0.184

236

0.577

Jamal Lewis

19

17

593

167

3.6

65.9

737

182

0

2.19

0.108

191

0.524

Earnest Graham

20

19

560

131

4.3

62.2

734

154

2

2.18

0.128

212

0.513

Marshawn Lynch

21

21

512

146

3.5

56.9

711

173

0

2.17

0.113

192

0.520

Mewelde Moore

22

29

377

93

4.1

41.9

548

115

0

2.11

0.165

203

0.505

Larry Johnson

23

5

417

93

4.5

83.4

429

99

1

2.01

0.101

102

0.262

Willis McGahee

24

16

463

125

3.7

66.1

576

139

2

1.47

0.074

99

0.264

Justin Fargas

25

23

383

104

3.7

54.7

411

109

0

1.34

0.086

84

0.249

LenDale White

26

26

418

108

3.9

46.4

432

112

0

1.16

0.093

96

0.277

Le'Ron McClain

27

31

361

97

3.7

40.1

449

112

1

0.98

0.079

83

0.231

Fred Taylor

28

32

358

103

3.5

39.8

435

115

1

0.79

0.062

60

0.184

Ryan Grant

29

14

625

173

3.6

69.4

633

177

2

0.74

0.038

42

0.168

Joseph Addai

30

30

282

91

3.1

40.3

334

100

0

0.74

0.052

34

0.138

Jonathan Stewart

31

28

383

103

3.7

42.6

395

107

1

0.63

0.053

44

0.145

Edgerrin James

32

25

384

110

3.5

48.0

457

120

2

0.61

0.041

37

0.120

Chris Perry

33

33

253

96

2.6

28.1

310

111

3

-0.87

-0.070

-113

-0.221