Players 2018 final

1

Ezekiel Elliott

DAL· 15 G

133.4 Scrimmage yds/gm

2

Todd Gurley

LAR· 14 G

130.8 Scrimmage yds/gm

3

Saquon Barkley

NYG· 16 G

126.8 Scrimmage yds/gm

4

Christian McCaffrey

CAR· 16 G

122.8 Scrimmage yds/gm

5

Melvin Gordon

LAC· 12 G

114.6 Scrimmage yds/gm

Running backs — 2018 · 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	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	15	78	133.4	95.6	20.3	5.1	1434	4.7	6	567	3
2	Todd Gurley	LAR	14	89	130.8	89.4	18.3	4.2	1251	4.9	17	580	4
3	Saquon Barkley	NYG	16	83	126.8	81.7	16.3	5.7	1307	5.0	11	721	4
4	Christian McCaffrey	CAR	16	80	122.8	68.6	13.7	6.7	1098	5.0	7	867	6
5	Melvin Gordon	LAC	12	74	114.6	73.8	14.6	4.2	885	5.1	10	490	4
6	James Conner	PIT	13	73	113.1	74.8	16.5	4.2	973	4.5	12	497	1
7	Kareem Hunt	KC	11	72	109.3	74.9	16.5	2.4	824	4.6	7	378	7
8	Alvin Kamara	NO	15	76	106.1	58.9	12.9	5.4	883	4.6	14	709	4
9	Joe Mixon	CIN	14	71	104.6	83.4	16.9	3.1	1168	4.9	8	296	1
10	Chris Carson	SEA	14	68	93.9	82.2	17.6	1.4	1151	4.7	9	163	0
11	David Johnson	ARI	16	69	86.6	58.8	16.1	3.1	940	3.6	7	446	3
12	Kerryon Johnson	DET	10	65	85.4	64.1	11.8	3.2	641	5.4	3	213	1
13	Phillip Lindsay	DEN	15	67	85.2	69.1	12.8	2.3	1037	5.4	9	241	1
14	Marlon Mack	IND	12	69	84.2	75.7	16.2	1.4	908	4.7	9	103	1
15	Dalvin Cook	MIN	11	62	83.6	55.9	12.1	3.6	615	4.6	2	305	2
16	Lamar Miller	HOU	14	61	81.1	69.5	15.0	1.8	973	4.6	5	163	1
17	Adrian Peterson	WAS	16	64	78.1	65.1	15.7	1.2	1042	4.2	7	208	1
18	Leonard Fournette	JAX	8	66	78.0	54.9	16.6	2.8	439	3.3	5	185	1
19	Aaron Jones	GB	12	65	77.8	60.7	11.1	2.2	728	5.5	8	206	1
20	Matt Breida	SF	14	59	76.8	58.1	10.9	1.9	814	5.3	3	261	2
21	Marshawn Lynch	LV	6	58	76.7	62.7	15.0	2.5	376	4.2	3	84	0
22	Sony Michel	NE	13	58	75.5	71.6	16.1	0.5	931	4.5	6	50	0
23	James White	NE	16	70	73.5	26.6	5.9	5.4	425	4.5	5	751	7
24	Tarik Cohen	CHI	16	64	73.1	27.8	6.2	4.4	444	4.5	3	725	5
25	Derrick Henry	TEN	16	66	72.4	66.2	13.4	0.9	1059	4.9	12	99	0
26	Nick Chubb	CLE	16	61	71.6	62.2	12.0	1.2	996	5.2	8	149	2
27	Austin Ekeler	LAC	14	58	68.4	39.6	7.6	2.8	554	5.2	3	404	3
28	Mark Ingram	NO	12	61	67.9	53.8	11.5	1.8	645	4.7	6	170	1
29	Jordan Howard	CHI	16	59	67.5	58.4	15.6	1.2	935	3.7	9	145	0
30	Tevin Coleman	ATL	16	62	67.2	50.0	10.4	2.0	800	4.8	4	276	5
31	Gus Edwards	BAL	11	51	67.1	65.3	12.5	0.2	718	5.2	2	20	0
32	Bilal Powell	NYJ	7	54	64.7	49.0	11.4	1.6	343	4.3	0	110	1
33	Isaiah Crowell	NYJ	13	57	64.4	52.7	11.0	1.6	685	4.8	6	152	0
34	T.J. Yeldon	JAX	14	60	64.4	29.6	7.4	3.9	414	4.0	1	487	4
35	Kenneth Dixon	BAL	6	55	64.0	55.5	10.0	1.0	333	5.5	2	51	0
36	Kenyan Drake	MIA	16	63	63.2	33.4	7.5	3.3	535	4.5	4	477	5
37	Jeff Wilson	SF	6	52	60.7	44.3	11.0	2.0	266	4.0	0	98	0
38	Frank Gore	MIA	14	50	60.4	51.6	11.1	0.9	722	4.6	0	124	1
39	Peyton Barber	TB	16	56	60.2	54.4	14.6	1.2	871	3.7	5	92	1
40	Elijah McGuire	NYJ	8	57	58.6	34.5	11.5	2.4	276	3.0	3	193	1
41	Dion Lewis	TEN	16	56	57.3	32.3	9.7	3.7	517	3.3	1	400	1
42	Jalen Richard	LV	16	53	54.1	16.2	3.4	4.2	259	4.7	1	607	0
43	LeSean McCoy	BUF	14	54	53.7	36.7	11.5	2.4	514	3.2	3	238	0
44	Doug Martin	LV	16	52	52.4	45.2	10.8	1.1	723	4.2	4	116	0
45	Alex Collins	BAL	10	60	51.6	41.1	11.4	1.5	411	3.6	7	105	1
46	Jay Ajayi	PHI	4	—	51.0	46.0	11.2	1.2	184	4.1	3	20	0
47	Jaylen Samuels	PIT	9	55	50.6	28.4	6.2	2.9	256	4.6	0	199	3
48	C.J. Anderson	LAR	9	49	49.3	44.8	7.4	0.6	403	6.0	2	41	1
49	Mike Davis	SEA	15	53	48.5	34.3	7.5	2.3	514	4.6	4	214	1
50	Darren Sproles	PHI	6	56	46.7	20.0	4.8	2.5	120	4.1	1	160	2
51	Nyheim Hines	IND	16	55	46.2	19.6	5.3	3.9	314	3.7	2	425	2
52	Zach Zenner	DET	7	53	45.9	37.9	7.9	1.0	265	4.8	3	56	0
53	Alfred Morris	SF	11	44	45.5	38.9	10.1	0.7	428	3.9	2	73	0
54	Latavius Murray	MIN	16	51	44.9	36.1	8.8	1.4	578	4.1	6	141	0
55	Chris Thompson	WAS	10	52	44.6	17.8	4.3	4.1	178	4.1	0	268	1
56	Josh Adams	PHI	13	48	43.8	39.3	9.2	0.5	511	4.3	3	58	0
57	Carlos Hyde	JAX	14	50	43.1	40.8	12.3	0.7	571	3.3	5	33	0
58	Chris Ivory	BUF	13	43	43.1	29.6	8.8	0.9	385	3.3	1	175	0
59	Royce Freeman	DEN	14	49	42.4	37.2	9.3	1.0	521	4.0	5	72	0
60	Jamaal Williams	GB	16	47	42.1	29.0	7.6	1.7	464	3.8	3	210	0

What this is. Finished box-score production from 2018, 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.