Rounding out the top performers are Dalvin Cook and Jonathan Taylor. Despite performing at below average levels, rushing volume keeps them on the list. This trio fell short of the arbitrary carry cut-off, but posted high marks. Kamara and Jones both had 4. Expanding the sample to include RBs with plus carries provides 47 names for The average True YPC was 4.
Christian McCaffrey and Nick Chubb are obvious candidates to rejoin the list in Both had over carries in and averaged 4. Dobbins is special pic.
RayGQue May 13, In his rookie campaign, J. The next 10 columns show the 10 longest runs that player had. Rushing yards per carry continues to rise: a month ago, I noted that the league-wide yards per carry average was 4.
If that held, it would set a new record, breaking the 4. Since then, rushing efficiency has soared: since week 9 , the Panthers are averaging over 6 yards per carry, 9 more teams are averaging over 5 yards per carry, and a total of 23 teams are averaging 4.
The great rushing performance of the last month 4. And yet, rushing quantity has never been lower. For the season, teams are rushing just This will go down as the season with the fewest rushing attempts in history, and also the season with the highest yards per carry average in history. Offenses want to pass, and defenses are more than happy to allow teams to run including via non-running back runs.
And how crazy are these results? Well, take a look at the graph below, which shows every NFL season since This season, the average carry in the NFL has gained 4. That would set a new record, and it would also represent a large 0. Regular readers know that I am not a big fan of yards per carry to measure a running game, on either the team or the individual level.
That also goes for team defense. And a moderately strong one at that. This means that allowing more yards per rush is correlated with winning more games. See for yourself: [continue reading…]. How many carries would we need to take away from him to drop his production to at or below average?
Browns running back Isaiah Crowell ranked 9th in yards per carry last year, with an impressive 4. But that number may be a bit misleading, to the extent it made you think that Crowell was consistently churning out big gains. Crowell was responsible for the longest run of the season last year, an yard run in week 2 against the Ravens. In the last game of the year, Crowell had a more impressive yard run against the Steelers.
There were 42 running backs last year who had at least rush attempts; those players averaged 4. An impressive Powell movement. Jets running back Bilal Powell was the star of this metric.
He averaged 5. Remove those 12 carries and his average finally dips to 4. Below are the 19 running backs to exceed that 4. Given the limited numbers of metrics available, sometimes it is a useful measure, but we also much caution ourselves against relying on it too often. If yards per carry was the best way to evaluate running backs, and coaches wanted to play their best players most frequently and, of course, coaches were able to identify their best players , then RB1s should be better at RB2s at yards per carry.
Last year, Bears rookie Jordan Howard averaged 5. How about an outlier in the other direction? The Jets top running back last year was Matt Forte , who started 13 games and handled carries; he averaged 3. Meanwhile, backup Bilal Powell averaged 5. These are two interesting examples because they show some of the drawbacks to actually trying to properly analyze the issue.
In that way, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. On the other hand, look at the Jets example. I think we would all agree that Powell was the Jets best running back last season. He actually finished with more yards from scrimmage than Forte thanks to playing in two more games , and nearly outrushed him, too.
Forte was the moderately high priced veteran free agent signing, while Powell was intended to be the backup. So there is some issues with this on a case-by-case basis. Tagged as: Running backs , Yards per rush. The most efficient runner in NFL history? That depends. Jamaal Charles is now a Denver Bronco, making him the second superstar running back in two weeks to join a new team at the tail end of his career.
In his prime, Charles was a very good receiver and a player that could be the centerpiece of an offense. However, he will likely be remembered for a singular skill: rushing efficiency. Charles has a career YPC average of 5. That number is at least a little misleading. While rushing efficiency has not soared the way passing efficiency has, we are currently in a high-YPC environment. Sony Michel. Ty'Son Williams. Carlos Hyde. D'Onta Foreman. Rhamondre Stevenson. Devonta Freeman. Ronald Jones II.
Kenyan Drake. Trey Sermon. D'Ernest Johnson. Nyheim Hines. Adrian Peterson. Le'Veon Bell. Raheem Mostert. Samaje Perine. Damien Williams. Tony Jones Jr. Tevin Coleman. Malcolm Brown.
Marlon Mack. Justin Jackson. Kenneth Gainwell. Eno Benjamin. Derrick Gore. Phillip Lindsay. Boston Scott. David Johnson. James White. Brandon Bolden.
Salvon Ahmed. Wayne Gallman Jr. Larry Rountree III. Joshua Kelley. Elijhaa Penny. Royce Freeman. JaMycal Hasty. Brandon Jacobs. Keith Lincoln. Chris Johnson. Clinton Portis. Dick Bass. Ryan Mathews. Mike Anderson. Arian Foster. Maurice Jones-Drew. Wilbert Montgomery. Fred Jackson. Michael Bennett. Larry Johnson. Darrin Nelson. Otis Armstrong. Garrison Hearst. Timmy Brown. Ryan Grant. Lamar Miller. Lawrence McCutcheon. Bilal Powell. Walt Garrison.
Shaun Alexander. Ray Rice. Isaiah Crowell. Alfred Morris. Barry Foster. Jonathan Stewart. Chris Warren. Amos Marsh. Bob Hoernschemeyer. Corey Dillon. Chuck Muncie. Willie Parker. John David Crow. Curtis Dickey. Frank Gore. Tom Woodeshick.
Willie Ellison. Les Josephson. Reggie Bush. Kenneth Davis. Chris Ivory. Delvin Williams. Deuce McAllister. Cookie Gilchrist. Jordan Howard. Marshawn Lynch. Dexter Bussey. George Rogers. Sherman Smith. LeGarrette Blount. Eddie Lacy. Nick Pietrosante. Herschel Walker. Ronnie Brown. Maurice Morris. Alan Ameche. Mike Garrett. Calvin Hill. Frank Pollard. Kevin Faulk. Jamal Lewis. Craig Heyward.
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