Overall Running Back Rankings after Week Eight

Running Backs Ranked in terms of Net Points per game and Rushing Yards per game

minimum 10 rushing attempts per game (80 attempts for the season)

Net Points = Points Created by Yards, Plays, and Fumbles Lost

in 2007, running backs with at least 160 attempts averaged 2.50 Net Points per game

Wins Produced = Wins Produced by Yards, Plays, and Fumbles Lost

RB Score = All Yards – 3*All Plays – 30*Fumbles Lost

All Yards = Rushing Yards + Receiving Yards

All Plays = Rushing Attempts + Receptions

Data taken from Yahoo.com

Running Backs

Net Points

per Game

Rank

Rush Yards

per Game

Rank

Rushing

Yards

Rushing

Attempts

Rushing

Average

Rushing

Yards

per Game

All

Yards

All

Plays

Fumbles

Lost

Net

Points

per game

Net Points

per play

RB

Score

Wins

Produced

Clinton Portis

1

1

944

187

5.0

118.0

1021

198

1

4.5

0.182

397

0.952

Frank Gore

2

8

629

136

4.6

78.6

940

168

1

4.5

0.214

406

0.951

Steven Jackson

3

5

508

121

4.2

84.7

767

146

1

4.5

0.184

299

0.710

Chris Johnson

4

4

626

122

5.1

89.4

718

140

0

3.9

0.194

298

0.723

Marion Barber

5

9

611

153

4.0

76.4

887

185

2

3.1

0.136

272

0.660

Brandon Jacobs

6

7

563

114

4.9

80.4

594

119

0

3.1

0.183

237

0.580

Michael Turner

7

3

655

145

4.5

93.6

666

148

0

3.0

0.144

222

0.567

LaDainian Tomlinson

8

13

551

142

3.9

68.9

766

171

0

3.0

0.142

253

0.648

Matt Forte

9

11

515

147

3.5

73.6

738

176

0

3.0

0.120

210

0.560

Steve Slaton

10

14

476

104

4.6

68.0

601

126

0

3.0

0.165

223

0.555

Earnest Graham

11

19

498

112

4.4

62.3

643

130

0

2.9

0.180

253

0.621

Reggie Bush

12

26

294

87

3.4

42.0

660

129

2

2.7

0.148

213

0.499

Warrick Dunn

13

23

423

89

4.8

52.9

565

111

0

2.6

0.191

232

0.564

Julius Jones

14

15

468

103

4.5

66.9

533

113

0

2.6

0.161

194

0.485

Ronnie Brown

15

21

406

98

4.1

58.0

519

110

0

2.5

0.161

189

0.472

DeAngelo Williams

16

17

522

120

4.4

65.3

598

132

0

2.4

0.146

202

0.514

Jamal Lewis

17

12

484

129

3.8

69.1

591

141

0

2.4

0.119

168

0.448

Marshawn Lynch

18

18

450

123

3.7

64.3

597

147

0

2.3

0.109

156

0.427

Adrian Peterson

19

2

684

151

4.5

97.7

749

163

3

2.3

0.098

170

0.412

Thomas Jones

20

10

532

122

4.4

76.0

598

136

1

2.2

0.115

160

0.410

Larry Johnson

21

6

417

93

4.5

83.4

429

99

1

2.0

0.101

102

0.262

Willis McGahee

22

20

351

100

3.5

58.5

455

113

2

1.0

0.055

56

0.156

LenDale White

23

24

327

90

3.6

46.7

335

93

0

1.0

0.073

56

0.180

Edgerrin James

24

22

380

108

3.5

54.3

453

118

2

0.7

0.042

39

0.123

Jonathan Stewart

25

25

362

96

3.8

45.3

374

100

1

0.7

0.055

44

0.140

Fred Taylor

26

27

266

80

3.3

38.0

326

90

1

0.5

0.042

26

0.096

Ryan Grant

27

16

464

137

3.4

66.3

472

141

2

0.2

0.011

-11

0.033

Chris Perry

28

28

253

96

2.6

31.6

300

110

3

-1.0

-0.076

-120

-0.237