Overall Running Back Rankings after Week Eight

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

Running Back

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

7

536

110

881

145

0

446

3.1

39.1

1.039

74.3

89.3

Ronnie Brown

2

10

602

119

991

158

0

517

3.3

45.0

1.198

73.9

86.0

Adrian Peterson

3

1

740

128

927

139

2

450

3.2

38.2

1.007

64.3

105.7

LaDainian Tomlinson

4

8

617

139

828

165

0

333

2.0

30.6

0.813

47.6

88.1

Joseph Addai

5

3

592

123

683

140

0

263

1.9

24.4

0.648

43.8

98.7

Marion Barber

6

17

479

84

612

102

0

306

3.0

26.9

0.715

43.7

68.4

LaMont Jordan

7

14

511

125

725

147

0

284

1.9

26.2

0.698

40.6

73.0

Willis McGahee

8

5

639

146

792

170

0

282

1.7

26.6

0.708

40.3

91.3

Travis Henry

9

4

549

119

601

124

0

229

1.8

21.3

0.566

38.2

91.5

Brandon Jacobs

10

6

450

80

474

86

1

186

2.2

16.4

0.432

37.2

90.0

Willie Parker

11

2

726

164

811

176

1

253

1.4

24.0

0.633

36.1

103.7

Derrick Ward

12

20

448

101

598

125

0

223

1.8

20.8

0.554

31.9

64.0

Edgerrin James

13

9

603

155

671

162

0

185

1.1

18.7

0.498

26.4

86.1

Jamal Lewis

14

12

443

94

476

98

1

152

1.6

14.0

0.368

25.3

73.8

Sammy Morris

15

21

384

85

419

91

0

146

1.6

13.9

0.369

24.3

64.0

Frank Gore

16

22

435

110

560

125

1

155

1.2

14.9

0.392

22.1

62.1

Thomas Jones

17

16

557

147

663

162

0

177

1.1

18.1

0.481

22.1

69.6

Marshawn Lynch

18

11

537

148

626

159

0

149

0.9

15.8

0.420

21.3

76.7

Reggie Bush

19

27

362

96

596

139

1

149

1.1

14.8

0.388

21.3

51.7

Kenny Watson

20

26

401

85

478

100

1

148

1.5

13.7

0.361

21.1

57.3

Fred Taylor

21

24

420

96

436

100

0

136

1.4

13.3

0.353

19.4

60.0

Clinton Portis

22

23

433

115

589

134

2

127

0.9

12.4

0.320

18.1

61.9

Earnest Graham

23

29

330

82

493

106

1

145

1.4

13.6

0.358

18.1

41.3

Larry Johnson

24

15

506

139

650

166

1

122

0.7

13.3

0.349

17.4

72.3

Shaun Alexander

25

19

460

135

515

146

0

77

0.5

9.7

0.259

11.0

65.7

DeShaun Foster

26

18

466

116

543

129

3

66

0.5

6.9

0.169

9.4

66.6

LenDale White

27

13

513

139

569

149

2

62

0.4

7.6

0.192

8.9

73.3

Cedric Benson

28

25

466

149

570

163

2

21

0.1

4.7

0.115

2.6

58.3

Warrick Dunn

29

28

292

95

370

113

1

1

0.0

2.4

0.058

0.1

41.7