Week One Running Back Rankings

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

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

Chris Brown

1

1

175

19

9.2

178

20

0

118

5.9

9.88

0.26

Travis Henry

2

2

139

23

6.0

183

26

0

105

4.0

9.00

0.24

Adrian Peterson

3

6

103

19

5.4

163

20

0

103

5.2

8.69

0.23

LaMont Jordan

4

17

70

15

4.7

159

24

0

87

3.6

7.51

0.20

Derrick Ward

5

11

89

13

6.8

116

17

0

65

3.8

5.59

0.15

Joseph Addai

6

3

118

23

5.1

143

26

0

65

2.5

5.81

0.15

Marion Barber III

7

20

65

11

5.9

94

12

0

58

4.8

4.91

0.13

Brian Westbrook

8

13

85

20

4.3

131

26

0

53

2.0

4.86

0.13

Clinton Portis

9

7

98

17

5.8

98

17

0

47

2.8

4.16

0.11

Willis McGahee

10

14

77

19

4.1

111

22

0

45

2.0

4.12

0.11

Larry Johnson

11

29

43

10

4.3

87

17

0

36

2.1

3.28

0.09

Tatum Bell

12

12

87

15

5.8

93

19

0

36

1.9

3.33

0.09

Ahman Green

13

15

73

16

4.6

96

20

0

36

1.8

3.36

0.09

Marshawn Lynch

14

10

90

19

4.7

99

21

0

36

1.7

3.38

0.09

Shaun Alexander

15

5

105

27

3.9

117

29

0

30

1.0

3.10

0.08

Edgerrin James

16

9

92

26

3.5

112

28

0

28

1.0

2.92

0.08

Sammy Morris

17

27

54

11

4.9

65

13

0

26

2.0

2.39

0.06

Julius Jones

18

18

66

16

4.1

77

17

0

26

1.5

2.49

0.07

Ronnie Brown

19

38

32

11

2.9

72

17

0

21

1.2

2.09

0.06

Ladell Betts

20

23

59

17

3.5

75

18

0

21

1.2

2.11

0.06

Frank Gore

21

25

55

18

3.1

76

19

0

19

1.0

1.98

0.05

Brandon Jackson

22

33

40

15

2.7

75

19

0

18

0.9

1.90

0.05

DeShaun Foster

23

8

94

17

5.5

101

18

1

17

0.9

1.29

0.03

LenDale White

24

19

66

18

3.7

73

20

0

13

0.7

1.53

0.04

Laurence Maroney

25

16

72

20

3.6

72

20

0

12

0.6

1.45

0.04

Michael Turner

26

32

41

10

4.1

41

10

0

11

1.1

1.12

0.03

Deuce McAllister

27

34

38

10

3.8

45

12

0

9

0.8

1.01

0.03

LaDainian Tomlinson

28

39

25

17

1.5

76

24

0

4

0.2

0.91

0.02

Thomas Jones

29

30

42

14

3.0

48

15

0

3

0.2

0.61

0.02

Warrick Dunn

30

26

55

22

2.5

81

26

0

3

0.1

0.88

0.02

Carnell Williams

31

22

60

12

5.0

74

14

1

2

0.1

-0.01

0.00

DeAngelo Williams

32

21

62

15

4.1

75

16

1

-3

-0.2

-0.36

-0.01

Reggie Bush

33

35

38

12

3.2

45

16

0

-3

-0.2

0.16

0.00

Ron Dayne

34

37

33

13

2.5

33

13

0

-6

-0.5

-0.16

0.00

Willie Parker

35

4

109

27

4.0

107

28

1

-7

-0.3

-0.38

-0.01

Rudi Johnson

36

28

50

18

2.8

76

21

1

-17

-0.8

-1.35

-0.04

Jamal Lewis

37

36

35

11

3.2

46

13

1

-23

-1.8

-2.02

-0.06

Cedric Benson

38

31

42

19

2.2

53

20

1

-37

-1.9

-2.96

-0.08

Steven Jackson

39

24

58

18

3.2

61

19

2

-56

-2.9

-5.01

-0.14