NFL Running Backs - 2017 Season

Updated May 15, 2018

 

Picture:  Michael DeMocker - NOLA.com

Running Backs are scored and ranked based upon the BattleStat Number or BSN.  The BSN gives a numerical representation, similar to a QBR, for offensive skill positions.  The statistical metric represents the offensive skill player’s value based upon an average player at their respective position.  A higher BSN equates to a better overall score for a team/player.   

RUNNING BACKS:  100+Rushes, 25+Receptions

Name	Tm	BSN-Rec	BSN-Rec Rank	BSN-Rush	BSN-Rush Rank	Total BSN	Total BSN Rank
Alvin Kamara	NOR	75.40578	2	77.72267	1	77.3983	1
Todd Gurley	LAR	82.80745	1	71.6473	3	73.20972	2
Kareem Hunt	KAN	56.9002	6	74.29426	2	71.85909	3
Dion Lewis	NWE	57.43631	5	68.4624	4	66.91875	4
Mark Ingram	NOR	45.76799	13	67.49405	5	64.4524	5
Le'Veon Bell	PIT	56.54542	7	64.72125	7	63.57663	6
Melvin Gordon	LAC	46.89774	12	65.76657	6	63.12493	7
LeSean McCoy	BUF	45.38418	15	60.50365	8	58.38692	8
Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	45.4365	14	59.37749	10	57.42575	9
Leonard Fournette	JAX	43.5018	18	57.00343	11	55.1132	10
Carlos Hyde	SFO	27.51847	28	59.44667	9	54.97672	11
Lamar Miller	HOU	62.33099	3	52.2476	15	53.65927	12
C.J. Anderson	DEN	36.74274	23	55.22567	12	52.63806	13
Devonta Freeman	ATL	42.02988	20	53.07127	13	51.52548	14
Tevin Coleman	ATL	47.44505	11	51.25334	18	50.72018	15
Giovani Bernard	CIN	45.14852	16	51.50331	17	50.61364	16
Isaiah Crowell	CLE	31.17299	26	52.86259	14	49.82605	17
Javorius Allen	BAL	36.08085	24	51.75881	16	49.56389	18
Jamaal Williams	GNB	50.50021	9	46.55721	22	47.10923	19
Kenyan Drake	MIA	31.65141	25	49.39293	19	46.90911	20
DeMarco Murray	TEN	38.64045	22	47.85344	20	46.56362	21
Frank Gore	IND	39.63796	21	47.42663	21	46.33622	22
Joe Mixon	CIN	48.90599	10	41.70231	23	42.71082	23
Ameer Abdullah	DET	42.79851	19	41.01944	24	41.26851	24
Jerick McKinnon	MIN	55.4681	8	38.01328	26	40.45696	25
Matt Forte	NYJ	43.9724	17	39.43079	25	40.06661	26
Christian McCaffrey	CAR	58.81025	4	34.94001	27	38.28185	27
Wayne Gallman	NYG	29.60223	27	29.5557	28	29.56221	28

RUNNING BACKS:  100+ Rushes

Name	Tm	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	Y/G	BSN-Rush	BSN-Rush Rank
Alvin Kamara	NOR	120	728	8	6.1	45.5	77.72	1
Kareem Hunt	KAN	272	1327	8	4.9	82.9	74.29	2
Todd Gurley	LAR	279	1305	13	4.7	87	71.65	3
Dion Lewis	NWE	180	896	6	5	56	68.46	4
Mark Ingram	NOR	230	1124	12	4.9	70.3	67.49	5
Jordan Howard	CHI	276	1122	9	4.1	70.1	67.24	6
Melvin Gordon	LAC	284	1105	8	3.9	69.1	65.77	7
Le'Veon Bell	PIT	321	1291	9	4	86.1	64.72	8
LeSean McCoy	BUF	287	1138	6	4	71.1	60.50	9
Marshawn Lynch	OAK	207	891	7	4.3	59.4	60.34	10
Carlos Hyde	SFO	240	938	8	3.9	58.6	59.45	11
Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	242	983	7	4.1	98.3	59.38	12
Latavius Murray	MIN	216	842	8	3.9	52.6	58.17	13
Leonard Fournette	JAX	268	1040	9	3.9	80	57.00	14
Bilal Powell	NYJ	178	772	5	4.3	51.5	56.59	15
Alex Collins	BAL	212	973	6	4.6	64.9	56.50	16
Derrick Henry	TEN	176	744	5	4.2	46.5	55.80	17
Orleans Darkwa	NYG	171	751	5	4.4	50.1	55.24	18
C.J. Anderson	DEN	245	1007	3	4.1	62.9	55.23	19
Devonta Freeman	ATL	196	865	7	4.4	61.8	53.07	20
Isaiah Crowell	CLE	206	853	2	4.1	53.3	52.86	21
LeGarrette Blount	PHI	173	766	2	4.4	47.9	52.56	22
Lamar Miller	HOU	238	888	3	3.7	55.5	52.25	23
Javorius Allen	BAL	153	591	4	3.9	36.9	51.76	24
Giovani Bernard	CIN	105	458	2	4.4	28.6	51.50	25
Alfred Morris	DAL	115	547	1	4.8	39.1	51.42	26
Tevin Coleman	ATL	156	628	5	4	41.9	51.25	27
Kenyan Drake	MIA	133	644	3	4.8	40.3	49.39	28
DeMarco Murray	TEN	184	659	6	3.6	43.9	47.85	29
Matt Breida	SFO	105	465	2	4.4	29.1	47.78	30
Jay Ajayi	2TM	208	873	1	4.2	62.4	47.57	31
Frank Gore	IND	261	961	3	3.7	60.1	47.43	32
Jamaal Williams	GNB	153	556	4	3.6	34.8	46.56	33
Mike Gillislee	NWE	104	383	5	3.7	42.6	45.31	34
Jonathan Stewart	CAR	198	680	6	3.4	45.3	43.87	35
Joe Mixon	CIN	178	626	4	3.5	44.7	41.70	36
Ameer Abdullah	DET	165	552	4	3.3	39.4	41.02	37
Kerwynn Williams	ARI	120	426	1	3.6	26.6	40.81	38
Matt Forte	NYJ	103	381	2	3.7	31.8	39.43	39
Jerick McKinnon	MIN	150	570	3	3.8	35.6	38.01	40
Samaje Perine	WAS	175	603	1	3.4	37.7	37.56	41
Doug Martin	TAM	138	406	3	2.9	36.9	37.40	42
Peyton Barber	TAM	108	423	3	3.9	26.4	36.11	43
Christian McCaffrey	CAR	117	435	2	3.7	27.2	34.94	44
Adrian Peterson	2TM	156	529	2	3.4	52.9	33.01	45
Chris Ivory	JAX	112	382	1	3.4	27.3	29.69	46
Wayne Gallman	NYG	111	476	0	4.3	36.6	29.56	47

RUNNING BACKS:  10 - 99 Rushes

Name	Tm	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	Y/G	BSN-Rush	BSN-Rush Rank
James Conner	PIT	32	144	0	4.5	10.3	39.77	1
Chris Carson	SEA	49	208	0	4.2	52	38.89	2
Alfred Blue	HOU	71	262	1	3.7	23.8	38.75	3
Mike Davis	SEA	68	240	0	3.5	40	37.35	4
Travaris Cadet	2TM	23	96	0	4.2	10.7	36.26	5
Damien Williams	MIA	46	181	0	3.9	16.5	35.61	6
James White	NWE	43	171	0	4	12.2	35.12	7
Austin Ekeler	LAC	47	260	2	5.5	16.3	35.07	8
Malcolm Brown	LAR	63	246	1	3.9	22.4	34.23	9
Charcandrick West	KAN	18	72	2	4	5.5	33.87	10
Danny Woodhead	BAL	14	56	0	4	7	33.83	11
Shane Vereen	NYG	45	164	0	3.6	10.3	33.82	12
Terrance West	BAL	39	138	2	3.5	27.6	33.64	13
Kapri Bibbs	WAS	21	79	0	3.8	26.3	33.48	14
T.J. Yeldon	JAX	49	253	2	5.2	25.3	32.95	15
D'Onta Foreman	HOU	78	327	2	4.2	32.7	32.65	16
Tarik Cohen	CHI	87	370	2	4.3	23.1	30.90	17
Jamaal Charles	DEN	69	296	1	4.3	21.1	30.34	18
Duke Johnson	CLE	82	348	4	4.2	21.8	29.68	19
Eddie Lacy	SEA	69	179	0	2.6	19.9	29.11	20
Elijah McGuire	NYJ	88	315	1	3.6	19.7	28.47	21
Devontae Booker	DEN	79	299	1	3.8	23	26.92	22
Chris Johnson	ARI	45	114	0	2.5	28.5	26.47	23
Chris Thompson	WAS	64	294	2	4.6	29.4	25.74	24
Mike Tolbert	BUF	66	247	1	3.7	20.6	24.21	25
DeAndre Washington	OAK	57	153	2	2.7	10.2	20.08	26
Thomas Rawls	SEA	58	157	0	2.7	13.1	19.56	27
Terron Ward	ATL	30	129	0	4.3	9.2	19.49	28
Jeremy Hill	CIN	37	116	0	3.1	16.6	15.91	29
Charles Sims	TAM	21	95	0	4.5	5.9	11.94	30
Jalen Richard	OAK	56	275	1	4.9	17.2	-29.58	31

RUNNING BACK:  Receptions

NAME	REC	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	BSN	BSN Rank
Gurley II, Todd LAR	64	788	12.3	53	6	82.8	1
Kamara, Alvin NO	81	826	10.2	52	5	75.4	2
Thompson, Chris WSH	39	510	13.1	51	4	70.9	3
Johnson Jr., Duke CLE	74	693	9.4	43	3	68.5	4
Miller, Lamar HOU	36	327	9.1	20	3	62.3	5
Cunningham, Benny CHI	20	240	12	17	2	62.1	6
McCaffrey, Christian CAR	80	651	8.1	41	5	58.8	7
Ekeler, Austin LAC	27	279	10.3	17	3	57.7	8
Lewis, Dion NE	32	214	6.7	13	3	57.4	9
Smith, Rod DAL	19	202	10.6	14	1	57.1	10
Hunt, Kareem KC	53	455	8.6	28	3	56.9	11
Bell, Le'Veon PIT	85	655	7.7	44	2	56.6	12
White, James NE	56	429	7.7	31	3	55.7	13
McKinnon, Jerick MIN	51	421	8.3	26	2	55.5	14
Burkhead, Rex NE	30	254	8.5	25	3	54.5	15
NAME	REC	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	BSN	BSN Rank
Clement, Corey PHI	10	123	12.3	7.7	2	53.4	16
Williams, Jamaal GB	25	262	10.5	16	2	50.5	18
Bibbs, Kapri WSH	14	128	9.1	43	1	50.1	19
Riddick, Theo DET	53	444	8.4	28	2	49.2	20
Mixon, Joe CIN	30	287	9.6	21	0	48.9	21
McKissic, J.D. SEA	34	266	7.8	21	2	47.9	22
Richard, Jalen OAK	27	256	9.5	16	1	47.7	23
Ivory, Chris JAX	21	175	8.3	13	1	47.7	24
Coleman, Tevin ATL	27	299	11.1	20	3	47.5	25
Gordon, Melvin LAC	58	476	8.2	30	4	46.9	26
Booker, Devontae DEN	30	275	9.2	21	0	46.2	27
Perine, Samaje WSH	22	182	8.3	11	1	46	28
Ingram, Mark NO	58	416	7.2	26	0	45.8	29
Elliott, Ezekiel DAL	26	269	10.4	27	2	45.4	30
NAME	REC	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	BSN	BSN Rank
McCoy, LeSean BUF	59	448	7.6	28	2	45.4	31
Bernard, Giovani CIN	43	389	9.1	24	2	45.2	32
Williams, Damien MIA	20	155	7.8	14	1	44.8	33
Forte, Matt NYJ	37	293	7.9	24	1	44	34
Fournette, Leonard JAX	36	302	8.4	23	1	43.5	35
Montgomery, Ty GB	23	173	7.5	22	1	43	36
Abdullah, Ameer DET	25	162	6.5	12	1	42.8	37
West, Charcandrick KC	27	150	5.6	12	2	42.7	38
Freeman, Devonta ATL	36	317	8.8	23	1	42	39
McGuire, Elijah NYJ	17	177	10.4	11	1	41.7	40
Sims, Charles TB	35	249	7.1	16	1	40.6	42
Williams, Kerwynn ARZ	10	93	9.3	5.8	0	40.5	43
Gore, Frank IND	29	245	8.5	15	1	39.6	44
Woodhead, Danny BAL	33	200	6.1	25	0	38.7	45
NAME	REC	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	BSN	BSN Rank
Cohen, Tarik CHI	53	353	6.7	22	1	38.7	46
Murray, DeMarco TEN	39	266	6.8	18	1	38.6	48
Davis, Mike SEA	15	131	8.7	22	0	38	50
Anderson, C.J. DEN	28	224	8	14	1	36.7	51
Charles, Jamaal DEN	23	129	5.6	9.2	0	36.4	52
Allen, Javorius BAL	46	250	5.4	16	2	36.1	53
Mack, Marlon IND	21	225	10.7	16	1	35.9	54
Yeldon, T.J. JAX	30	224	7.5	22	0	35.2	55
Ellington, Andre HOU	39	369	9.5	31	0	34.1	56
Powell, Bilal NYJ	23	170	7.4	11	0	33	57
Washington, DeAndre OAK	34	197	5.8	13	1	33	58
Barber, Peyton TB	16	114	7.1	7.1	0	32.7	59
Foster, D.J. ARZ	17	133	7.8	19	0	32.5	60
NAME	REC	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	BSN	BSN Rank
Vereen, Shane NYG	44	253	5.8	16	0	32.1	61
Murray, Latavius MIN	15	103	6.9	6.4	0	31.9	63
Drake, Kenyan MIA	32	239	7.5	15	1	31.7	64
Henry, Derrick TEN	11	136	12.4	8.5	1	31.5	65
Smallwood, Wendell PHI	13	103	7.9	13	0	31.3	66
Crowell, Isaiah CLE	28	182	6.5	11	0	31.2	67
Cadet, Travaris BUF	16	119	7.4	13	0	29.8	68
Gallman, Wayne NYG	34	193	5.7	15	1	29.6	69
Collins, Alex BAL	23	187	8.1	13	0	29.5	70
Ajayi, Jay PHI	24	158	6.6	11	1	28.5	71
Hyde, Carlos SF	59	350	5.9	22	0	27.5	72
Lynch, Marshawn OAK	20	151	7.6	10	0	20.8	73
Breida, Matt SF	21	180	8.6	11	1	19.7	74
Darkwa, Orleans NYG	19	116	6.1	7.7	0	18.7	75
Tolbert, Mike BUF	14	78	5.6	6.5	0	15.7	76
Cook, Dalvin MIN	11	90	8.2	23	0	9.47	77
Howard, Jordan CHI	23	125	5.4	7.8	0	9.33	78
Peterson, Adrian ARZ	11	70	6.4	7	0	-2.61	79