Overall Running Back Rankings after Week Twelve

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

minimum 10 rushing attempts per game (110 attempts for the season)

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

in 2007, running backs with at least 160 attempts averaged 0.133 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 Play

Rush Yards

per Attempt

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

Derrick Ward

1

3

600

120

5.0

54.5

896

151

0

3.54

0.258

443

1.037

Warrick Dunn

2

7

566

123

4.6

56.6

810

154

0

3.15

0.204

348

0.838

DeAngelo Williams

3

2

883

172

5.1

80.3

981

187

0

3.46

0.203

420

1.012

Brandon Jacobs

4

1

879

164

5.4

87.9

910

169

1

3.33

0.197

373

0.882

Steve Slaton

5

6

774

159

4.9

70.4

972

191

0

3.31

0.191

399

0.970

Kevin Smith

6

9

599

133

4.5

54.5

811

160

0

2.75

0.189

331

0.806

Clinton Portis

7

4

1,206

244

4.9

109.6

1,378

266

1

4.53

0.187

550

1.320

Frank Gore

8

10

860

191

4.5

78.2

1,191

227

2

3.67

0.178

450

1.065

Steven Jackson

9

17

525

128

4.1

75.0

784

153

1

3.82

0.175

295

0.706

Chris Johnson

10

11

833

187

4.5

75.7

1,051

220

1

3.06

0.153

361

0.890

Ronnie Brown

11

16

642

154

4.2

58.4

833

175

1

2.36

0.148

278

0.685

LaDainian Tomlinson

12

24

770

203

3.8

70.0

1,099

242

0

3.24

0.147

373

0.948

Adrian Peterson

13

5

1,180

242

4.9

107.3

1,275

258

3

3.41

0.145

411

0.984

Matt Forte

14

18

909

225

4.0

82.6

1,245

270

1

3.49

0.142

405

1.016

Brian Westbrook

15

19

547

137

4.0

60.8

760

171

0

2.65

0.140

247

0.635

Thomas Jones

16

12

950

217

4.4

86.4

1,090

242

1

2.91

0.132

334

0.847

Michael Turner

17

13

1,088

251

4.3

98.9

1,099

255

0

2.99

0.129

334

0.874

Julius Jones

18

8

637

141

4.5

57.9

703

155

1

1.81

0.128

208

0.524

Marshawn Lynch

19

26

710

189

3.8

64.5

992

231

0

2.68

0.128

299

0.784

Earnest Graham

20

15

563

132

4.3

56.3

737

155

2

1.97

0.127

212

0.514

Marion Barber

21

20

838

215

3.9

76.2

1,191

261

2

3.01

0.127

348

0.871

Jonathan Stewart

22

14

528

123

4.3

48.0

544

128

1

1.18

0.101

130

0.341

Joseph Addai

23

29

457

129

3.5

50.8

588

149

0

1.65

0.100

141

0.396

Jamal Lewis

24

27

716

195

3.7

65.1

870

212

1

1.90

0.099

204

0.553

Justin Fargas

25

25

547

145

3.8

60.8

583

151

0

1.56

0.093

130

0.374

Willie Parker

26

22

485

126

3.8

80.8

489

127

0

1.95

0.092

108

0.312

LenDale White

27

23

469

123

3.8

42.6

483

127

0

1.02

0.089

102

0.299

Fred Taylor

28

28

436

121

3.6

39.6

522

135

1

0.89

0.072

87

0.254

Ryan Grant

29

21

837

216

3.9

76.1

870

224

2

1.41

0.069

138

0.402

Willis McGahee

30

30

489

141

3.5

54.3

609

157

2

1.01

0.058

78

0.231