Overall Running Back Rankings after Week Fifteen

Running Backs Ranked in terms of RB Score per game and Rushing Yards per game

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

All Yards = Rushing Yards + Receiving Yards

All Plays = Rushing Attempts + Receptions

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

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

Data taken from Yahoo.com

Average RB Score per Game = 26.5

Average RB Score per Play = 1.3

Name

Rank

RB Score

per game

Rank

Rushing Yards

per game

Rushing

Yards

Rushing

Attempts

 

All

Yards

All

Plays

Fumbles

Lost

RB

Score

RB Score

per Play

Net

Points

Wins

Produced

RB Score

per game

Rushing Yards

 per game

Brian Westbrook

1

3

1,191

254

1,896

337

1

855

2.5

75.8

2.01

65.8

91.6

Adrian Peterson

2

1

1,278

218

1,525

235

3

730

3.1

62.3

1.64

60.8

106.5

LaDainian Tomlinson

3

2

1,311

280

1,772

337

0

761

2.3

68.9

1.83

54.4

93.6

Joseph Addai

4

10

1,019

251

1,370

290

0

500

1.7

46.9

1.25

38.5

78.4

Chester Taylor

5

21

747

141

977

162

2

431

2.7

37.3

0.98

35.9

62.3

Steven Jackson

6

6

947

219

1,217

256

2

389

1.5

36.2

0.95

35.4

86.1

Marion Barber

7

22

871

176

1,130

216

0

482

2.2

43.7

1.16

34.4

62.2

Fred Taylor

8

11

1,091

216

1,149

225

1

444

2.0

40.4

1.07

31.7

77.9

Frank Gore

9

15

919

216

1,291

263

3

412

1.6

37.7

0.99

31.7

70.7

Jamal Lewis

10

9

1,084

251

1,289

275

2

404

1.5

37.9

1.00

31.1

83.4

Justin Fargas

11

14

1,009

222

1,197

245

1

432

1.8

39.9

1.06

30.9

72.1

Brandon Jacobs

12

4

799

162

923

179

4

266

1.5

23.5

0.61

29.6

88.8

Maurice Jones Drew

13

29

724

157

1,035

191

2

402

2.1

35.7

0.94

28.7

51.7

Earnest Graham

14

20

877

213

1,190

260

1

380

1.5

36.1

0.96

27.1

62.6

Laurence Maroney

15

26

633

152

749

156

0

281

1.8

26.2

0.70

25.5

57.5

LaMont Jordan

16

30

549

144

796

172

0

280

1.6

26.5

0.71

25.5

49.9

Willis McGahee

17

7

1,197

289

1,428

332

3

342

1.0

33.9

0.89

24.4

85.5

Ryan Grant

18

23

799

168

937

197

1

316

1.6

29.5

0.78

24.3

61.5

Marshawn Lynch

19

8

940

240

1,060

255

1

265

1.0

26.9

0.71

24.1

85.5

Willie Parker

20

5

1,316

321

1,480

344

3

358

1.0

35.4

0.93

23.9

87.7

Clinton Portis

21

12

1,082

280

1,396

318

4

322

1.0

31.4

0.82

23.0

77.3

Edgerrin James

22

13

1,052

274

1,193

291

0

320

1.1

32.6

0.87

22.9

75.1

Thomas Jones

23

17

963

264

1,160

288

0

296

1.0

30.7

0.82

21.1

68.8

Travis Henry

24

19

680

163

745

170

1

205

1.2

20.0

0.53

20.5

68.0

Ron Dayne

25

27

685

173

797

190

0

227

1.2

22.7

0.61

18.9

57.1

Larry Johnson

26

16

559

158

745

188

1

151

0.8

16.1

0.42

18.9

69.9

Reggie Bush

27

31

581

157

998

230

3

218

0.9

21.5

0.56

18.2

48.4

Julius Jones

28

35

556

147

745

167

0

244

1.5

23.5

0.63

17.4

39.7

Kevin Jones

29

32

566

145

759

177

1

198

1.1

19.6

0.52

16.5

47.2

Cedric Benson

30

24

674

196

797

213

2

98

0.5

12.0

0.31

8.9

61.3

LenDale White

31

18

960

265

1,074

285

4

99

0.3

12.9

0.32

7.1

68.6

Shaun Alexander

32

28

612

186

674

199

0

77

0.4

11.0

0.29

7.0

55.6

Warrick Dunn

33

33

635

204

855

238

2

81

0.3

11.3

0.29

5.8

45.4

DeShaun Foster

34

25

821

232

984

255

5

69

0.3

9.2

0.22

4.9

58.6

Rudi Johnson

35

34

497

170

607

183

2

-2

0.0

3.3

0.08

-0.2

45.2