Players 2016 final

1

Le'Veon Bell

PIT· 12 G

157.0 Scrimmage yds/gm

2

Ezekiel Elliott

DAL· 15 G

132.9 Scrimmage yds/gm

3

David Johnson

ARI· 16 G

132.4 Scrimmage yds/gm

4

Melvin Gordon

LAC· 13 G

108.9 Scrimmage yds/gm

5

LeSean McCoy

BUF· 15 G

108.2 Scrimmage yds/gm

Running backs — 2016 · ranked by Scrimmage yds/gm

#	Player	Tm	G	Grade	Scrim/gm	Rush/gm	Car/gm	Rec/gm	Rush yds	YPC	Rush TD	Rec yds	Rec TD
1	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	12	83	157.0	105.7	21.8	6.2	1268	4.9	7	616	2
2	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	15	80	132.9	108.7	21.5	2.1	1631	5.1	15	363	1
3	David Johnson	ARI	16	89	132.4	77.4	18.3	5.0	1239	4.2	16	879	4
4	Melvin Gordon	LAC	13	76	108.9	76.7	19.5	3.2	997	3.9	10	419	2
5	LeSean McCoy	BUF	15	78	108.2	84.5	15.6	3.3	1267	5.4	13	356	1
6	Jordan Howard	CHI	15	71	107.4	87.5	16.8	1.9	1313	5.2	6	298	1
7	DeMarco Murray	TEN	16	73	104.0	80.4	18.3	3.3	1287	4.4	9	377	3
8	Spencer Ware	KC	14	67	97.7	65.8	15.3	2.4	921	4.3	3	447	2
9	Devonta Freeman	ATL	16	74	96.3	67.4	14.2	3.4	1079	4.8	11	462	2
10	Jay Ajayi	MIA	15	69	94.9	84.8	17.3	1.8	1272	4.9	8	151	0
11	Lamar Miller	HOU	14	64	90.1	76.6	19.1	2.2	1073	4.0	5	188	1
12	Carlos Hyde	SF	13	72	88.5	76.0	16.7	2.1	988	4.6	6	163	3
13	Mark Ingram	NO	16	69	85.1	65.2	12.8	2.9	1043	5.1	6	319	4
14	Frank Gore	IND	16	65	81.4	64.1	16.4	2.4	1025	3.9	4	277	4
15	C.J. Anderson	DEN	7	64	80.7	62.4	15.7	2.3	437	4.0	4	128	1
16	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	16	65	79.4	59.5	12.4	2.5	952	4.8	7	319	0
17	Eddie Lacy	GB	5	—	77.6	72.0	14.2	0.8	360	5.1	0	28	0
18	Matt Forte	NYJ	14	63	76.9	58.1	15.6	2.1	813	3.7	7	263	1
19	Matt Jones	WAS	7	61	76.1	65.7	14.1	1.1	460	4.6	3	73	0
20	Todd Gurley	LAR	16	63	75.8	55.3	17.4	2.7	885	3.2	6	327	0
21	Latavius Murray	LV	14	67	75.1	56.3	13.9	2.4	788	4.0	12	264	0
22	LeGarrette Blount	NE	16	70	74.9	72.6	18.7	0.4	1161	3.9	18	38	0
23	Theo Riddick	DET	10	66	72.8	35.7	9.2	5.3	357	3.9	1	371	5
24	Tevin Coleman	ATL	13	68	72.4	40.0	9.1	2.4	520	4.4	8	421	3
25	Doug Martin	TB	8	60	69.4	52.6	18.0	1.8	421	2.9	3	134	0
26	Bilal Powell	NYJ	16	59	69.4	45.1	8.2	3.6	722	5.5	3	388	2
27	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	13	62	68.0	63.4	16.8	0.6	824	3.8	9	60	0
28	Jeremy Hill	CIN	15	61	67.5	55.9	14.8	1.4	839	3.8	9	174	0
29	Giovani Bernard	CIN	10	60	67.3	33.7	9.1	3.9	337	3.7	2	336	1
30	Jacquizz Rodgers	TB	10	56	65.8	56.0	12.9	1.3	560	4.3	2	98	0
31	C.J. Prosise	SEA	6	57	63.3	28.7	5.0	2.8	172	5.7	1	208	0
32	Terrance West	BAL	16	59	63.1	48.4	12.1	2.1	774	4.0	5	236	1
33	Rashad Jennings	NYG	13	57	61.1	45.6	13.9	2.7	593	3.3	3	201	1
34	Ryan Mathews	PHI	13	62	59.7	50.8	11.9	1.0	661	4.3	8	115	1
35	Darren Sproles	PHI	15	59	57.7	29.2	6.3	3.5	438	4.7	2	427	2
36	DeAngelo Williams	PIT	8	58	57.6	42.9	12.2	2.2	343	3.5	4	118	2
37	Chris Ivory	JAX	11	54	56.8	39.9	10.6	1.8	439	3.8	3	186	0
38	Rob Kelley	WAS	14	58	56.1	50.3	12.0	0.9	704	4.2	6	82	1
39	Devontae Booker	DEN	16	55	54.8	38.2	10.9	1.9	612	3.5	4	265	1
40	Duke Johnson	CLE	16	52	54.5	22.4	4.6	3.3	358	4.9	1	514	0
41	Dion Lewis	NE	7	50	53.9	40.4	9.1	2.4	283	4.4	0	94	0
42	Jerick McKinnon	MIN	15	57	52.9	35.9	10.6	2.9	539	3.4	2	255	2
43	T.J. Yeldon	JAX	15	52	51.8	31.0	8.7	3.3	465	3.6	1	312	1
44	Shane Vereen	NYG	5	—	50.4	31.6	6.6	2.2	158	4.8	1	94	0
45	Thomas Rawls	SEA	9	53	49.4	38.8	12.1	1.4	349	3.2	3	96	0
46	Charles Sims	TB	7	55	48.4	21.3	7.3	3.4	149	2.9	1	190	1
47	Zach Zenner	DET	11	56	48.2	30.4	8.0	1.6	334	3.8	4	196	0
48	Tim Hightower	NO	16	51	46.8	34.2	8.3	1.4	548	4.1	4	200	1
49	Christine Michael	SEA	15	55	46.0	38.9	9.9	1.5	583	3.9	7	107	1
50	Kenneth Dixon	BAL	12	51	45.3	31.8	7.3	2.5	382	4.3	2	162	1
51	James White	NE	16	53	44.8	10.4	2.4	3.8	166	4.3	0	551	5
52	Derrick Henry	TEN	14	50	44.8	35.0	7.9	0.9	490	4.5	5	137	0
53	DeAndre Washington	LV	13	48	44.8	35.9	6.7	1.3	467	5.4	2	115	0
54	Paul Perkins	NYG	14	46	44.1	32.6	8.0	1.1	456	4.1	0	162	0
55	Chris Thompson	WAS	16	54	44.1	22.2	4.2	3.1	356	5.2	3	349	2
56	Jalen Richard	LV	16	49	42.8	30.7	5.2	1.8	491	5.9	1	194	2
57	Mike Gillislee	BUF	15	54	41.8	38.5	6.7	0.6	577	5.7	8	50	1
58	Justin Forsett	DET	9	48	41.8	32.3	9.7	2.2	291	3.3	1	85	0
59	Matt Asiata	MIN	16	52	41.6	25.1	7.6	2.0	402	3.3	6	263	0
60	Rex Burkhead	CIN	14	46	34.9	24.6	5.3	1.2	344	4.6	2	145	0

What this is. Finished box-score production from 2016, ranked by Scrimmage yds/gm. Per-game columns divide by games played, not games on the schedule, so a player who missed time is measured on the games he was in — and his season totals still show the games he missed. Minimum 4 games to be ranked, otherwise one big afternoon tops every list.

What it isn’t. None of this is a projection, a pick, or a prop recommendation — it is what already happened. Last season’s rate is a starting point for what a player does in a game, not a forecast of the next one: offense, role, and health all move underneath it. Target share and WOPR describe a player’s share of his own team’s passing game, so they compare roles, not players across teams.

About the grade. 0–100, where 50 is average for the position and 85+ is elite. It is box production, scaled by the defense it came against, pulled toward the positional average when a player has few games, then ranked within position — so a 90 quarterback and a 90 kicker are each elite for their own spot and are not comparable to each other in any other way. It needs 6 games, so players below that show — rather than a number built on a hot month.

What the grade can’t see. There is no charting behind it, so it rewards production over technique: the receiver who ran the route that freed someone else, and the back who picked up the blitz, get nothing for it. It is role-dependent by construction — a back on a run-heavy team gets more chances than an equally good back who touches it half as often. Kickers are not opponent-adjusted, because field goals are contested by distance and weather, not by the defense across the ball. And it grades a season already played; it is not a projection of the next one.

Regular season and postseason are kept separate on purpose. Playoff samples are small and the opponents are better; blending them into a season rate quietly flatters the players who got there. The grade is regular-season only, so it is not offered on the postseason split.