Overall Running Back Rankings after Week Three

Running Backs Ranked in terms of RB Score and Rushing Yards

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 or 79.5 after Week Three

Average RB Score  per Play = 1.3

Running Back

Rank

RB Score

Rank

Rushing Yards

Rushing

Yards

Rushing

Attempts

Rushing

Average

 

All

Yards

All

Plays

Fumbles

Lost

RB Score

RB Score

per Play

Net Points

Wins

Produced

Brian Westbrook

1

5

291

51

5.7

514

70

0

304

4.3

25.9

0.689

LaMont Jordan

2

2

350

69

5.1

471

80

0

231

2.9

20.4

0.541

Adrian Peterson

3

10

271

64

4.2

431

72

1

185

2.6

16.0

0.420

Ronnie Brown

4

22

177

45

3.9

352

59

0

175

3.0

15.4

0.409

Marion Barber

5

12

256

40

6.4

301

44

0

169

3.8

14.5

0.387

Travis Henry

6

4

302

60

5.0

354

65

0

159

2.4

14.3

0.379

Derrick Ward

7

8

273

54

5.1

361

68

0

157

2.3

14.2

0.377

Jamal Lewis

8

3

307

53

5.8

340

57

1

139

2.4

12.0

0.313

Edgerrin James

9

6

277

60

4.6

329

65

0

134

2.1

12.3

0.326

Chris Brown

10

14

247

42

5.9

270

48

0

126

2.6

11.2

0.298

Willie Parker

11

1

368

74

5.0

382

78

1

118

1.5

10.8

0.283

Willis McGahee

12

9

272

66

4.1

335

75

0

110

1.5

10.6

0.282

Clinton Portis

13

18

227

48

4.7

271

55

0

106

1.9

9.8

0.260

Joseph Addai

14

11

271

65

4.2

321

73

0

102

1.4

9.9

0.264

Laurence Maroney

15

13

252

54

4.7

252

54

0

90

1.7

8.5

0.226

Shaun Alexander

16

7

275

66

4.2

300

72

0

84

1.2

8.5

0.225

Marshawn Lynch

17

17

228

57

4.0

264

62

0

78

1.3

7.7

0.206

DeShaun Foster

18

15

238

46

5.2

287

53

2

68

1.3

5.7

0.142

Julius Jones

19

33

124

38

3.3

188

42

0

62

1.5

6.0

0.159

Ahman Green

20

29

149

35

4.3

183

41

0

60

1.5

5.8

0.154

Sammy Morris

21

28

151

33

4.6

162

35

0

57

1.6

5.4

0.144

Fred Taylor

22

27

156

39

4.0

167

40

0

47

1.2

4.7

0.126

Thomas Jones

23

19

219

63

3.5

246

68

0

42

0.6

5.0

0.134

Frank Gore

24

24

175

52

3.4

212

57

0

41

0.7

4.7

0.124

Ladell Betts

25

36

82

30

2.7

137

34

0

35

1.0

3.6

0.096

Brandon Jackson

26

35

97

38

2.6

178

49

0

31

0.6

3.7

0.098

Larry Johnson

27

31

140

50

2.8

211

61

0

28

0.5

3.7

0.099

DeAngelo Williams

28

30

140

34

4.1

173

39

1

26

0.7

2.5

0.062

LaDainian Tomlinson

29

32

130

57

2.3

229

71

0

16

0.2

3.0

0.080

Rudi Johnson

30

23

177

58

3.1

269

66

2

11

0.2

1.5

0.030

LenDale White

31

21

180

50

3.6

197

53

1

8

0.2

1.4

0.033

Warrick Dunn

32

26

160

46

3.5

203

55

1

8

0.1

1.5

0.035

Steven Jackson

33

16

233

69

3.4

290

77

2

-1

0.0

0.8

0.012

Ron Dayne

34

37

77

31

2.5

87

32

0

-9

-0.3

0.1

0.002

Maurice Jones-Drew

35

34

100

33

3.0

156

39

2

-21

-0.5

-1.7

-0.056

Cedric Benson

36

20

189

59

3.2

217

62

2

-29

-0.5

-1.8

-0.057

Carnell Williams

37

25

167

48

3.5

184

51

2

-29

-0.6

-2.1

-0.065