Overall Running Back Rankings after Week Three

Running Backs Ranked in terms of Net Points and Rushing Yards

minimum 10 rushing attempts per game

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	Net Points per Game	RB Score	Wins Produced
Michael Turner	1	1	366	59	6.2	122.0	378	61	0	17.02	5.67	195	0.453
Adrian Peterson	2	2	340	65	5.2	113.3	371	70	0	14.54	4.85	161	0.387
Reggie Bush	3	28	152	42	3.6	50.7	402	68	1	14.53	4.84	168	0.382
Frank Gore	4	5	287	60	4.8	95.7	412	73	1	14.26	4.75	163	0.375
Matt Forte	5	4	304	73	4.2	101.3	409	86	0	14.14	4.71	151	0.376
Chris Johnson	6	7	276	50	5.5	92.0	327	57	0	13.82	4.61	156	0.368
Julius Jones	7	3	312	61	5.1	104.0	347	67	0	13.27	4.42	146	0.353
Earnest Graham	8	15	223	37	6.0	74.3	262	41	0	12.07	4.02	139	0.321
Maurice Jones-Drew	9	35	137	31	4.4	45.7	258	42	0	11.54	3.85	132	0.307
Marion Barber	10	6	285	62	4.6	95.0	372	72	1	11.29	3.76	126	0.296
Jerious Norwood	11	21	186	31	6.0	62.0	230	35	0	10.81	3.60	125	0.288
Steven Jackson	12	26	159	50	3.2	53.0	292	65	0	9.32	3.11	97	0.248
Brandon Jacobs	13	12	244	50	4.9	81.3	254	52	0	9.08	3.03	98	0.242
Le'Ron McClain	14	14	152	36	4.2	76.0	180	39	0	5.97	2.99	63	0.159
Darren McFadden	15	9	252	44	5.7	84.0	278	49	1	8.73	2.91	101	0.228
Ronnie Brown	16	25	161	34	4.7	53.7	217	40	0	8.70	2.90	97	0.232
Steve Slaton	17	13	159	31	5.1	79.5	173	38	0	5.63	2.82	59	0.150
Marshawn Lynch	18	16	218	60	3.6	72.7	275	68	0	7.33	2.44	71	0.195
Willie Parker	19	8	263	66	4.0	87.7	263	66	0	6.80	2.27	65	0.181
Clinton Portis	20	10	248	65	3.8	82.7	270	69	0	6.71	2.24	63	0.179
Jamal Lewis	21	27	156	44	3.5	52.0	219	51	0	6.51	2.17	66	0.173
Brian Westbrook	22	24	161	42	3.8	53.7	207	50	0	5.77	1.92	57	0.153
Larry Johnson	23	17	217	58	3.7	72.3	229	59	0	5.59	1.86	52	0.149
Ricky Williams	24	29	150	37	4.1	50.0	187	44	0	5.46	1.82	55	0.145
Fred Taylor	25	20	188	49	3.8	62.7	211	53	0	5.44	1.81	52	0.145
LaDainian Tomlinson	26	19	190	57	3.3	63.3	239	65	0	5.10	1.70	44	0.136
Jonathan Stewart	27	31	145	31	4.7	48.3	145	31	0	4.90	1.63	52	0.130
Edgerrin James	28	11	248	62	4.0	82.7	263	65	1	4.12	1.37	38	0.105
Thomas Jones	29	18	208	49	4.2	69.3	232	56	1	3.58	1.19	34	0.090
DeAngelo Williams	30	33	144	39	3.7	48.0	159	43	0	3.45	1.15	30	0.092
Joseph Addai	31	34	142	43	3.3	47.3	168	47	0	3.31	1.10	27	0.088
Michael Bush	32	32	145	30	4.8	48.3	150	31	1	2.40	0.80	27	0.059
Ryan Grant	33	23	166	40	4.2	55.3	166	40	1	1.75	0.58	16	0.042
LenDale White	34	30	148	49	3.0	49.3	148	49	0	1.29	0.43	1	0.034
Chris Perry	35	22	180	60	3.0	60.0	191	64	1	-1.40	-0.47	-31	-0.042