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The 2025 regular season, ranked by the efficiency metrics that hold up. Every board states its sample minimum.

Passing efficiency

EPA per dropback, regular season. Minimum 200 dropbacks.

#	Player	Team	EPA per dropback	Dropbacks	Pass yds	TD	CPOE
1	Drake Maye	NE	0.31	539	4394	31	10.78
2	Matthew Stafford	LA	0.24	617	4707	46	1.59
3	Jordan Love	GB	0.24	461	3381	23	5.53
4	Brock Purdy	SF	0.21	298	2167	20	7.23
5	Dak Prescott	DAL	0.18	630	4552	30	2.16
6	Jared Goff	DET	0.17	614	4564	34	1.78
7	Daniel Jones	IND	0.16	409	3101	19	2.30
8	Sam Darnold	SEA	0.15	502	4048	25	5.24
9	Mac Jones	SF	0.15	304	2151	13	3.68
10	Josh Allen	BUF	0.14	506	3668	25	3.51
11	Joe Burrow	CIN	0.13	278	1809	17	4.65
12	Patrick Mahomes	KC	0.13	537	3587	22	0.34
13	C.J. Stroud	HOU	0.11	446	3041	19	0.36
14	Bo Nix	DEN	0.10	638	3931	25	-1.20
15	Caleb Williams	CHI	0.07	594	3942	27	-3.51
16	Jalen Hurts	PHI	0.07	486	3224	25	3.18
17	Trevor Lawrence	JAX	0.06	600	4007	29	-1.88
18	Lamar Jackson	BAL	0.05	338	2549	21	1.76
19	Aaron Rodgers	PIT	0.05	527	3322	24	0.04
20	Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	0.03	415	2660	20	2.02
21	Justin Herbert	LAC	0.03	566	3727	26	1.57
22	Michael Penix Jr.	ATL	0.02	290	1982	9	-3.62
23	Jaxson Dart	NYG	0.01	375	2272	15	-0.19
24	Tyler Shough	NO	0.01	356	2384	10	1.61
25	Baker Mayfield	TB	0.00	584	3693	26	-2.12

EPA per carry, regular season. Minimum 100 carries.

#	Player	Team	EPA per carry	Carries	Rush yds	TD	Y/C
1	Josh Allen	BUF	0.35	112	579	14	5.17
2	Jalen Hurts	PHI	0.16	105	421	8	4.01
3	Blake Corum	LA	0.11	145	746	6	5.14
4	Drake Maye	NE	0.10	103	450	4	4.37
5	Rachaad White	TB	0.09	132	572	4	4.33
6	D'Andre Swift	CHI	0.07	223	1087	9	4.87
7	Kareem Hunt	KC	0.06	163	611	8	3.75
8	De'Von Achane	MIA	0.06	238	1350	8	5.67
9	Chris Rodriguez Jr.	WAS	0.06	112	500	6	4.46
10	Jonathan Taylor	IND	0.05	323	1585	18	4.91
11	Javonte Williams	DAL	0.05	252	1201	11	4.77
12	TreVeyon Henderson	NE	0.05	180	911	9	5.06
13	Derrick Henry	BAL	0.03	307	1595	16	5.20
14	J.K. Dobbins	DEN	0.03	153	772	4	5.05
15	Kyren Williams	LA	0.02	259	1252	10	4.83
16	James Cook	BUF	0.02	309	1621	12	5.25
17	Kyle Monangai	CHI	0.01	169	783	5	4.63
18	Jaylen Warren	PIT	-0.00	211	958	6	4.54
19	David Montgomery	DET	-0.00	158	716	8	4.53
20	Rico Dowdle	CAR	-0.01	236	1076	6	4.56
21	Kenneth Gainwell	PIT	-0.01	114	537	5	4.71
22	Omarion Hampton	LAC	-0.01	124	545	4	4.40
23	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	-0.01	243	1223	13	5.03
24	Zach Charbonnet	SEA	-0.01	184	730	12	3.97
25	Chase Brown	CIN	-0.01	232	1019	6	4.39

EPA per target, regular season. Minimum 50 targets.

#	Player	Team	EPA per target	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	TD
1	Puka Nacua	LA	0.70	166	129	1715	10
2	Stefon Diggs	NE	0.69	102	85	1013	4
3	George Kittle	SF	0.67	69	57	628	7
4	Alec Pierce	IND	0.66	84	47	1003	6
5	George Pickens	DAL	0.64	137	93	1429	9
6	Colston Loveland	CHI	0.59	82	58	713	6
7	Christian Watson	GB	0.59	55	35	611	6
8	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	0.56	163	119	1793	10
9	Jameson Williams	DET	0.55	102	65	1109	7
10	Terry McLaurin	WAS	0.53	60	38	582	3
11	Brenton Strange	JAX	0.52	60	46	540	3
12	Ryan Flournoy	DAL	0.51	56	40	475	4
13	Ricky Pearsall	SF	0.50	53	36	528	0
14	Luther Burden III	CHI	0.50	60	47	652	2
15	DeVonta Smith	PHI	0.49	113	77	1008	4
16	Dallas Goedert	PHI	0.44	82	60	591	11
17	Trey McBride	ARI	0.44	169	126	1239	11
18	Hunter Henry	NE	0.43	87	60	768	7
19	Pat Freiermuth	PIT	0.43	54	41	486	4
20	Mack Hollins	NE	0.42	65	46	550	2
21	Marvin Harrison Jr.	ARI	0.41	73	41	608	4
22	AJ Barner	SEA	0.41	68	52	519	6
23	Zay Flowers	BAL	0.40	118	86	1211	5
24	Romeo Doubs	GB	0.40	85	55	724	6
25	Kendrick Bourne	SF	0.39	53	37	551	0

Off EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Off EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points
1	NE	0.16	0.48	6.12	490
2	LA	0.15	0.52	6.12	518
3	BUF	0.14	0.49	5.81	481
4	GB	0.12	0.48	5.51	391
5	DAL	0.11	0.47	5.75	471
6	SF	0.09	0.48	5.47	437
7	IND	0.08	0.47	5.56	466
8	CHI	0.08	0.46	5.52	441
9	DET	0.07	0.45	5.85	481
10	NYG	0.04	0.43	4.99	381
11	KC	0.04	0.45	5.00	362
12	SEA	0.04	0.47	5.77	483
13	DEN	0.04	0.44	5.22	401
14	JAX	0.04	0.44	5.12	474
15	BAL	0.04	0.45	5.72	424
16	WAS	0.03	0.46	5.26	356
17	PHI	0.03	0.43	5.14	379
18	PIT	0.03	0.44	5.12	397
19	CIN	0.01	0.46	5.13	414
20	TB	0.00	0.43	4.86	380
21	ATL	-0.01	0.44	5.28	353
22	HOU	-0.01	0.42	4.88	404
23	LAC	-0.02	0.44	5.06	368
24	ARI	-0.02	0.43	4.91	355
25	MIA	-0.02	0.42	5.28	347
26	CAR	-0.03	0.44	4.85	311
27	NO	-0.08	0.42	4.82	306
28	MIN	-0.09	0.43	4.77	344
29	NYJ	-0.12	0.41	4.31	300
30	TEN	-0.15	0.38	4.24	284
31	CLE	-0.18	0.35	4.15	279
32	LV	-0.19	0.39	4.24	241

Def EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Def EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points allowed
1	SEA	-0.11	0.40	4.39	292
2	HOU	-0.11	0.40	4.58	295
3	MIN	-0.09	0.42	4.55	333
4	CLE	-0.09	0.41	4.70	379
5	JAX	-0.08	0.42	4.79	336
6	LAC	-0.08	0.42	4.85	340
7	LA	-0.07	0.42	5.01	346
8	DEN	-0.06	0.38	4.24	311
9	PHI	-0.05	0.43	4.83	325
10	NO	-0.05	0.42	4.78	383
11	NE	-0.04	0.45	4.98	320
12	BUF	-0.01	0.43	5.11	365
13	KC	-0.01	0.44	5.02	328
14	ATL	0.01	0.45	5.10	401
15	DET	0.01	0.43	5.23	413
16	TB	0.01	0.45	5.59	411
17	IND	0.02	0.46	5.20	412
18	BAL	0.02	0.44	5.41	398
19	PIT	0.02	0.44	5.31	387
20	LV	0.03	0.45	4.93	432
21	CHI	0.04	0.47	5.81	415
22	GB	0.04	0.45	4.79	360
23	CAR	0.06	0.44	5.38	380
24	SF	0.07	0.48	5.44	371
25	MIA	0.09	0.48	5.59	424
26	ARI	0.09	0.49	5.55	488
27	NYG	0.10	0.47	5.65	439
28	TEN	0.10	0.45	5.69	478
29	CIN	0.12	0.48	6.07	492
30	NYJ	0.15	0.46	5.53	503
31	WAS	0.15	0.48	5.86	451
32	DAL	0.16	0.49	5.95	511

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