Overall Running Back Rankings after Week Nine

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

minimum 10 rushing attempts per game (80 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	1	995	200	5.0	110.6	1145	218	1	4.62	0.191	461	1.100
Frank Gore	2	9	629	136	4.6	78.6	940	168	1	4.49	0.214	406	0.951
Chris Johnson	3	4	715	146	4.9	89.4	879	170	0	4.19	0.197	369	0.893
Steven Jackson	4	11	525	128	4.1	75.0	784	153	1	3.82	0.175	295	0.706
Brian Westbrook	5	13	422	96	4.4	70.3	596	122	0	3.55	0.175	230	0.567
Brandon Jacobs	6	5	680	131	5.2	85.0	711	136	0	3.43	0.202	303	0.731
Matt Forte	7	8	641	169	3.8	80.1	869	199	0	3.32	0.133	272	0.706
Michael Turner	8	3	794	176	4.5	99.3	805	179	0	3.22	0.144	268	0.685
Steve Slaton	9	16	538	120	4.5	67.3	719	150	0	3.14	0.167	269	0.668
LaDainian Tomlinson	10	14	551	142	3.9	68.9	766	171	0	3.04	0.142	253	0.648
Maurice Jones-Drew	11	28	363	87	4.2	45.4	595	113	0	2.89	0.205	256	0.616
Reggie Bush	12	31	294	87	3.4	42.0	660	129	2	2.73	0.148	213	0.499
Adrian Peterson	13	2	823	176	4.7	102.9	888	188	3	2.72	0.116	234	0.564
Marion Barber	14	12	665	172	3.9	73.9	929	205	2	2.69	0.118	254	0.635
Warrick Dunn	15	24	423	89	4.8	52.9	565	111	0	2.65	0.191	232	0.564
Thomas Jones	16	10	601	134	4.5	75.1	705	154	1	2.53	0.131	213	0.534
Ronnie Brown	17	22	465	118	3.9	58.1	608	133	0	2.49	0.150	209	0.530
Julius Jones	18	19	509	113	4.5	63.6	578	124	0	2.43	0.157	206	0.517
DeAngelo Williams	19	18	522	120	4.4	65.3	598	132	0	2.42	0.146	202	0.514
Marshawn Lynch	20	21	466	132	3.5	58.3	665	159	0	2.36	0.119	188	0.502
Jamal Lewis	21	17	533	148	3.6	66.6	653	161	0	2.19	0.109	170	0.465
Earnest Graham	22	20	560	131	4.3	62.2	734	154	2	2.18	0.128	212	0.513
Larry Johnson	23	6	417	93	4.5	83.4	429	99	1	2.01	0.101	102	0.262
Willie Parker	24	7	333	87	3.8	83.3	333	87	0	1.97	0.091	72	0.209
LenDale White	25	25	404	98	4.1	50.5	412	101	0	1.40	0.111	109	0.297
Justin Fargas	26	27	294	82	3.6	49.0	313	86	0	1.08	0.076	55	0.173
Le'Ron McClain	27	30	347	92	3.8	43.4	429	106	1	1.07	0.081	81	0.223
Willis McGahee	28	26	351	100	3.5	50.1	455	113	2	0.89	0.055	56	0.156
Edgerrin James	29	23	380	108	3.5	54.3	453	118	2	0.71	0.042	39	0.123
Jonathan Stewart	30	29	362	96	3.8	45.3	374	100	1	0.68	0.055	44	0.140
Ryan Grant	31	15	550	157	3.5	68.8	558	161	2	0.52	0.026	15	0.101
Fred Taylor	32	32	278	85	3.3	34.8	338	96	1	0.43	0.036	20	0.087
Chris Perry	33	33	253	96	2.6	28.1	310	111	3	-0.87	-0.070	-113	-0.221